Tunisian women free to marry non-Muslims
Source: BBC News Tunisia has overturned a law that banned women from marrying non-Muslims. A spokeswoman for President Beji Caid Essebsi made the announcement and congratulated women on gaining “the […]
Switzerland voters likely to weigh in on facial covering ban
Source: Reuters BY John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland could become the latest country to ban facial coverings worn by some Muslim women after activists collected more than the 100,000 […]
Saudi Arabia Detains Critics as New Crown Prince Consolidates Power
Source: The New York Times By BEN HUBBARD Photo Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last year. Some Saudis see him as a power-hungry upstart who is overturning […]
Hillary Clinton turned to a surprising source for healing after her devastating loss: Pope Francis’s TED Talk
Source: The Washington Post By Colby Itkowitz September 15 https://embed.ted.com/talks/lang/en/pope_francis_why_the_only_future_worth_building_includes_everyone When Pope Francis delivered a surprise TED Talk in late April, he called for powerful people to use their influence to care […]
In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling
Source: The New York Times By KEVIN GRANVILLE and ASHLEY GILBERTSON A young woman, wearing a traditional full-length Amish dress and white bonnet, stepped away from a farmer’s market, opened her palm and […]
Muslim World League hosting conference in New York
Arab News | Published — Saturday 16 September 2017 JEDDAH: Religious and intellectual extremism will be tackled in a conference being organized by the Muslim World League (MWL) in New York starting today. Representatives of Islamic institutions, as well as scientific, intellectual and political participants from around the world have […]
Peace in the Middle East will be ‘the ultimate deal,’ Trump says
ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump waits to greet Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 12, 2017. (Reuters Photo) President Donald […]
‘Tipping point’ seen over US presence at Qatar air base
BEN FLANAGAN | Published — Friday 15 September 2017 LONDON: The US is likely to pull its forces from the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar should Doha not change its ways, American defense experts told a London conference Thursday. The base is home to more than 10,000 US service […]
Vatican Uses Diplomatic Immunity To Shield Priest From Child Porn Charges
Pope Francis protects pedophile priest from prosecution: Vatican uses diplomatic immunity to shield priest from child porn charges. According to multiple reports, a high-ranking priest working in the Vatican’s embassy in Washington was caught with child pornography, including images of pre-pubescent children. However, after U.S. prosecutors indicated they were ready to charge the pedophile […]
President Trump demand ESPN anchor to apologize
The Jemele Hill story will not die, no matter how much ESPN wishes it would. ESPN president John Skipper sent a memo to all of the company’s employees late Friday afternoon, outlining his wish that ESPN remain an apolitical organization, regardless of outside perception.http://nypost.com/2017/09/15/espn-prez-calls-for-employees-help-in-awkward-jemele-hill-memo/ “In light of recent events, we […]
Black dot on 1,800-year old Indian manuscript is first ‘zero’
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP LONDON A black dot on a third-century Indian manuscript has been identified by Oxford University as the first recorded use of the mathematical symbol for zero, 500 years earlier than previously thought. “Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, have used carbon dating […]
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 […]