IPOB Crisis: Don’t carry out reprisal attacks, Imam warns Muslims
September 15, 2017 Nasir Ibrahim Nigeria Muslims The Chief Imam of Alfurqan Jumaat mosque in Kano, Bashir Umar, has warned Muslims against engaging in reprisal attacks on […]
World Suicide Prevention Day Sometimes just a few words are enough
By Luigi Jorio This content was published on September 10, 2017 Often people who decide to commit suicide see no other alternative. A kind word or just listening can often help them to change their mind (Keystone) The suicide rate in Switzerland, once one of the highest in the world, […]
The success of the Brexit negotiations show that we’re finally getting our country back
Proper British jobs such as knight, chimney sweep, coming 26th in Eurovision and weeing in a foreign fountain will be reserved for BRITISH workers Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Thursday 7 September 2017 They don’t know how it’s going to work or when it will start or who will be allowed here, but the leaked […]
India: Amarnath attack mastermind Abu Ismail among two Lashkar terrorists killed in Kashmir
Delivering a major blow to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Kashmir, security forces killed two terrorists — including the alleged mastermind of a deadly attack on Amarnath yatrisearlier this year — on the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday evening. LeT leader Abu Ismail (24) and his associate, Abu Kasim, were “eliminated” in […]
Canada: Liberals are wrongly supporting a Muslim victimhood narrative
BY FARZANA HASSAN, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 05:05 PM EDT | UPDATED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 05:22 PM EDT Liberal MP Iqra Khalid makes an announcement about an anti-Islamophobia motion on Parliament Hill while Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly looks on in Ottawa on Feb. 15, 2017. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian […]
Tunisia scraps ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
Source: Arab News TUNIS: Tunisia has abolished a decades-old ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims, the presidency said Thursday. “Congratulations to the women of Tunisia for the enshrinement of the […]
KRG’s Barzani ignores calls to postpone independence referendum
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL KRG leader Masoud Barzani attends a rally in support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Zakho, Iraq September 14, 2017. (Reuters Photo) Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani vowed Friday to go ahead with the planned independence referendum on September 25 […]
The many hues of headscarves
Ayesha Malik, Contributor Lawyer and writer The many hues of headscarves 09/12/2017 Reading Amina Lone’s letter in The Times this Sunday calling for a ban on hijabs in primary schools […]
Two Muslim Teens On Navigating Girlhood And Islamophobia In Their America
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES An illustration is seen during a commemoration ceremony at the Federal Plaza in Chicago, IL, United States on June […]
Why Do Bad Hurricanes Happen to Good People?
Source: Huffington Post BY Rabbi Pinchas Allouche, Contributor Spiritual Leader, Congregation Beth Tefillah, Scottsdale, Arizona Why do bad hurricanes and earthquakes happen to good people? And if we believe that G-d […]
The Rohingya in Myanmar: How Years of Strife Grew Into a Crisis
Source: The New York Times By MEGAN SPECIA A military crackdown against the Rohingya ethnic group has driven hundreds of thousands of men, women and children from their homes in Myanmar. The Rohingya […]
Top Catholic Official in Myanmar Speaks Out on Treatment of Rohingya Muslims and the Risks of a Military Coup
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias Sep 13, 2017 As tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee violence in Myanmar and global criticism mounts over the civilian government’s silence on the crisis, the country’s top […]
Rohingya crisis: Meeting Myanmar’s hardline Buddhist monks
Source: BBC News By Fergal Keane The monks of Ma Ba Tha regard the international media with deep suspicion. The leader of the organisation, Ashin Wirathu, covered his head and […]
Belgian order defies pope, insists on allowing euthanasia
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD Yesterday VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Belgian religious congregation is defying Pope Francis’ order to stop allowing euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals, saying that […]
Curfews, Obligatory Prayers, Whippings: Hard-Line Islam Emerges in Indonesia
Source: The Wall Street Journal By James Hookway Hard-line Islamic groups are challenging Indonesia’s tradition of religious tolerance and secular law. In the Indonesian market town of Cianjur, new rules require […]
100 Women: ‘I dye my hair brown to be taken more seriously at work’
Source: BBC News By Sarah Buckley and Amelia Butterly A Silicon Valley CEO reveals her secret to getting ahead in business – dyeing her blonde hair brown, and ditching her […]
Police Probe Terror on London Tube
Source: CNN By Nick Thompson and Eliza Mackintosh 18 people were taken to hospitals after an explosion at station, none with life-threatening injuries, officials say London (CNN) London police are treating […]
After helping retake Aleppo, Russia seeks to rebuild it
By AFP – Sep 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo provided by the Russian defence ministry on Wednesday shows Russian and other foreign journalists during a press tour […]
War will bring… another war
Sep 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri For the past six months or so, twice a week the regional and international media have warned about the looming risk […]
If Nikki Haley doesn’t drop her nonsensical pro-Israeli propaganda line at the UN, she could cause real problems for Lebanon
Under sane leadership, the US usually managed to broker ceasefires in past Lebanon wars. But the current problem is that the US President is mad. Nikki Haley is thus reduced […]