Source: Reuters BY Shoon Naing 6 MIN READ YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said […]
Source: The New York Times By BEN HUBBARD Photo A woman behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia in 2013. The kingdom said on Tuesday that women would be allowed to drive […]
Source: Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY Yesterday DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Saudi government continues to tolerate hate speech by some clerics against minority groups while public school […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron | September 25, 2017 Zaytuna College bought the old Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, Calif., pictured here. (RNS) — A Muslim liberal arts college that […]
Source: Los Angeles Times As soon as the White House announced President Trump’s new travel ban, advocates for immigrants roundly condemned it, vowing to fight what they described as an unconstitutional abuse of […]
Source: The Guardian BY Jessica Elgot Political reporter Tuesday 26 September 2017 13.31 BSTLast modified on Tuesday 26 September 2017 15.07 BST Labour is to adopt tough new rules to tackle antisemitism following a heated debate […]
Source: Reuters COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s immigration minister on Tuesday posted a screenshot of her iPad showing a drawing of the Prophet Mohammad on Facebook, one of the satirical cartoons […]
Tarek Fatah, Yesterday at 4:57 PM Leading up to my testimony at the House of Commons Heritage Committee last week, I had expected MPs to have some degree of interest in what a Muslim had to say about M-103 and the loaded word “Islamophobia”. http://m.torontosun.com/2017/09/26/treatment-by-mps-at-m-103-committee-hearing-nothing-short-of-lousy Instead, I felt a tangible […]
SHOUNAZ MEKKY | Published — Tuesday 26 September 2017 CAIRO: An imam at Egypt’s Al-Azhar University has publicly apologized after being suspended from his job and subjected to massive criticism for singing on TV while wearing his religious uniform. “I appreciate the feelings of those who had been disturbed […]
AFP, AP |Published — Wednesday 27 September 2017 BEIJING/PARIS: International police agency Interpol has voted to include the “State of Palestine” as a member, in a new boost to Palestinian efforts for international recognition. Interpol announced the inclusion of the “State of Palestine” as well as the Solomon Islands […]
Newly renovated HCST building uses solar, geothermal technologies By Hana Namrouqa – Sep 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES HRH Prince Hassan and HRH Princess Sumaya pose for a group photo at the inauguration of the newly renovated Higher Council for Science and Technology building on Monday (Petra photo) AMMAN — […]
By AFP – Sep 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A photographer takes photos as soldiers stand next to tanks bearing Turkish and Iraqi flags during a joint military exercise near the Turkish-Iraqi border on Tuesday (AFP photo) ISTANBUL — Turkey has reacted with unbridled fury to the independence referendum in Iraq’s […]
If you really believe it’s to do with safety and security or drivers’ rights, you need to read this Chris Yiu Full disclosure: It’s public knowledge that I’ve spent some of my career at Uber. The views expressed here are entirely my own. Transport for London have announced that […]
Source: The Local Criminal statistics in Germany have shown that asylum seekers are suspects in rape and sexual assault cases at a rate higher than their representation in society as a whole. Experts discuss the problem. The Bavarian interior ministry released figures earlier this month showing that 11 percent of […]
Source: CNN The couple’s wedding photographer, Darren Hatt, was able to capture the rescue. “I was the last one to see anything,” Hatt told CNN. “When I spun around, Clayton was there already scooping the child and putting him back on the ground.” Hatt told CNN the boy and his […]
Source: CNN Washington (CNN)Former President Barack Obama revealed Monday night how emotional it was to say goodbye to his eldest daughter, Malia, when she went away to college this fall. “For those of us who have daughters, it just happens fast. I dropped off Malia at college, and I was […]
For how long will as brittle and volatile a creature confine himself to empty threats while the portly dictator derides his manhood in the most potentially lethal round of geopolitical willy-waving since 1962? Something must be done Matthew Norman @IndyVoices Tuesday 5 September 2017 The question has been gnawing away […]
By Nicole Gaouette and Elise Labott, CNN Washington (CNN) Saudi Arabia is easing restrictions on women driving, finally allowing almost half its population to get behind the wheel. A royal […]
Saudi Arabia said it will remove a ban on women driving, ending its status as the only country in the world to impose such restrictions on half the population. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-26/saudi-arabia-to-lift-women-driving-ban-ending-global-isolation Women will be entitled to driving licenses starting in June next year, the official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a […]
Source: Time By Kristyn Brandi Sept. 25, 2017 The rule is 41 years old this week and must be eliminated As an obstetrician-gynecologist, I love bringing essential care to the women […]