Las Vegas shootings: Is the gunman a terrorist?
Source: BBC As details emerge about the Las Vegas gunman who killed at least 59 people and injured more than 500 others, an online debate has begun about why Stephen […]
The White Privilege of the “Lone Wolf” Shooter
Shaun King October 3 2017, Last night, the United States experienced the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. At least 58 people are dead and over 500 more wounded. No, that’s not a typo: More than 500 people were injured in one single incident. As tens of thousands enjoyed a […]
History’s take on millennial hate Every generation has called young people narcissistic, entitled and lazy
Source: BBC News By Amanda Ruggeri 3 October 2017 Millennials may be the world’s most hated generation – at the moment. But is disdain towards youth a new dynamic? By […]
There’s Been A Huge Rise In Muslim Student Leaders And Here’s Why
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Aisha Gani Zamzam Ibrahim was sitting at a coffee shop on 1 July when her phone started vibrating. It was 11:30am and she had travelled to London for […]
Trial starts diving into France’s homegrown jihadi violence
Source: Associated Press By PHILIPPE SOTTO PARIS (AP) — More than five years after a French-Algerian extremist killed three children and a teacher at a Jewish school and three soldiers […]
Under siege in their villages, Rohingya still in Burma say they’re trapped
Source: The Washington Post By Max Bearak KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh — Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s de facto leader, recently claimed that an unprecedented exodus of half a million Rohingya Muslims from […]
‘Lone wolf’: Our stunning double standard when it comes to race and religion
Source: The Washington Post By Khaled Beydoun In what police call the deadliest attack in modern American history, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on concertgoers at a country music festival in […]
Muslim professor in Orlando sues UCF
Source: Orlando Sentinel By Paul Brinkmann Contact ReporterOrlando Sentinel A former professor at University of Central Florida in Orlando, Vibert White, has sued the university, claiming he suffered discrimination — and ultimately […]
Horror in Las Vegas polarises the world of religion
Source: The Economist SINCE the horrific massacre in Las Vegas, the word “evil” has been heard with unusual frequency, on the lips of political leaders as well as clerics. This […]
Travel ban lawsuits filed by legal center, Muslim advocates
Source: Associated Press By JULIET LINDERMAN BALTIMORE (AP) — A coalition of Muslim and Iranian-American advocates and a nonpartisan legal institute filed the first lawsuits against the Trump administration’s new […]
Pakistan’s ruling party nominates ousted PM Sharif to lead it
Reuters International This content was published on October 2, 2017 7:58 PMOct 2, 2017 – 19:58 Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during a news conference in Islamabad, […]
Iraq’s Kurdistan region plans presidential, parliamentary votes on November 1
Reuters International This content was published on October 3, 2017 12:13 PMOct 3, 2017 – 12:13 ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region plans to hold presidential and […]
Belgium withdraws residence permit of “Salafist” Saudi imam
Reuters International This content was published on October 3, 2017 (reuters_tickers) BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium took steps to expel a Saudi imam who preaches at the country’s biggest mosque for […]
France, “in a state of war”, to vote on anti-terrorism law
Reuters International This content was published on October 3, 2017 1:21 PMOct 3, 2017 – 13:21 FILE PHOTO: French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb speaks to the media outside the Saint-Charles train station after French soldiers shot and killed a man who stabbed two women to death at the main train […]
Opinion: Science under duress in Turkey
By Simon Jäggi This content was published on September 29, 2017 A Swiss-based researcher is one of several from all over Europe who are concerned about the unpredictable future of research freedom in Turkey. (Keystone) The tense situation in Turkey is making it increasingly difficult to conduct research there. Foreign scientists working in […]
UK: Muslim cleric accused of links to Bataclan bomber ‘contacted a Spanish terrorist cell’
A BRITISH-based Muslim cleric suspected of radicalizing a man involved in the Paris Bataclan attack met members of a Spanish terrorist cell, a court has heard. PUBLISHED: 00:01, Thu, Jul 6, 2017 | UPDATED: 10:22, Thu, Jul 6, 2017 9 Muslim cleric accused of links to Bataclan bomber ‘contacted a Spanish terrorist cell’http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/825400/muslim-cleric-radicalised-bataclan-paris-Tarik-ChadliouiNC […]
Nothing Will Change After the Las Vegas Shooting
Congressman, STEVE ISRAEL OCT. 2, 2017 WASHINGTON — In the wake of one the deadliest mass shootings in our nation’s history, perhaps the most asked question by Americans is, “Will anything change?” The simple answer is no. The more vital question is, “Why not? ”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/opinion/gun-control-vegas-shooting.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-abc-region®ion=span-abc-region&WT.nav=span-abc-region&_r=0 Congress is already doing what […]
Las Vegas Shooter Had Recent Large Gambling Transactions
Source: NBC News The suspected gunman behind the Las Vegas massacre made several large gambling transactions in recent weeks, according to law enforcement officials. The transactions by Stephen Paddock, who […]
USA: Is Islamberg, a hotbed of Jihad in upstate NY
If Islamberg truly is a hotbed of jihad, a heavily armed terrorist training ground hidden in the woods of upstate New York, it’s hard to see along the rutted dirt road winding through the Muslim community.In this Sept. 7, 2017 photo, Tahirah Clark, an attorney for the Muslim enclave of […]
Myanmar takes foreign diplomats into conflict-torn Rakhine
Source: Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar authorities took foreign diplomats and United Nations representatives on a tour Monday of conflict-torn northern Rakhine state, where a security crackdown has […]