HATE, HOPE AND SWIMMING LESSONS
Source: Time BY ROBIN SHULMAN | PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANNY WILCOX FRAZIER—VII FOR TIME Just over a year ago, Ghazweh Aljabooli and her husband and five children landed at the Des Moines airport and […]
Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing His ‘Insufficient Attention’ to Threats
Source: Time By David Z. Morris A quarter of the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, whose purview includes national cybersecurity, have resigned. In a group resignation letter, they […]
Quebec: Jagmeet Singh calls out NDP opponents on niqab issue in Quebec
Source: The Star OTTAWA—On the eve of the only French debate of the NDP leadership race, contender Jagmeet Singh criticized two of his opponents for their statements on a contentious […]
The day a rapist held India hostage
By Barkha Dutt August 26 at 9:59 AM The Washington Post For millions of Indians, a day that started with pride at a brave court verdict ended in rage, embarrassment, fear and an acute sense of shame. It was the day a rapist held us all for ransom. It was the day […]
Algeria’s Ahmadis, an ‘Israeli plot,’ forced to worship behind closed doors
Pacifist Muslim sect, which operates freely in Israel, is accused by Algerian government minister of working with Israel to destabilize country BY AMAL BELALLOUFI August 25, 2017, A member of Algeria’s small Ahmadi community sits at a house in Tilpasi, west of Algiers, near a photo of Mirza Ghulam […]
Saudi cleric condemns inter-Muslim conflict ahead of pilgrimage
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 25, 2017 Muslims attend Friday prayers at the Grand mosque ahead of the annual Haj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Mahmoud Mourad MECCA (Reuters) – The imam of Mecca’s Grand Mosque denounced those who […]
Switzerland: MUSLIM ‘HATE PREACHER’: Biel to open anti-extremism centre
AUGUST 25, 2017 5:10 PMAUG 25, 2017 – 17:10 The city of Biel is taking measures against extremism (Keystone) Biel has announced that it will open a contact centre for preventing extremism and violence. The news comes in the midst of a scandal over a local imam who preached […]
Video shows touching moment father of youngest victim of Spain terror attacks hugs imam
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The father of the youngest victim of last week’s tragic terror attacks in Cambrils and Barcelona hugged a local imam in an emotional protest against terror and Islamophobia. Xavier Martinez, who lost his three-year-old son Xavi in the attack on Las Ramblas avenue, embraced Spanish imam Driss […]
Thousands to defy Daesh terrorism in Barcelona peace rally
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BARCELONA Muslims attend a demonstration in Granada on August 23, 2017 in protest against a surge in anti-Islamic hate crimes following last week’s deadly attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils (AFP Photo) Tens of thousands of Spaniards and foreigners are to stage a defiant march […]
Concerns over suspicious cult in Algeria
August 22, 2017 | Published in: Africa, Algeria, News Karakaria sect in Algeria [Echoroukonline.com] August 22, 2017 at 3:40 pm Imams and sheikhs in Algeria have issued warnings about a […]
USA: At Arkansas Mosque, Spreading Hate and Finding Mercy
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Abraham Davis was sitting on a thin blue pad on the concrete floor of Cell 3 in a jail in western Arkansas when a guard came around with stamped envelopes and writing paper. The Two Americans Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their […]
The future of Islamism: Can political Islam make it in the modern world?
Source: The Economist The auguries are mixed. “DEAD, dying or detained.” That is how a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt describes the state of his comrades in what […]
SC verdict says sexual orientation part of privacy, LGBT community celebrates
Source: Hindustan Times BY Dhrubo Jyoti Hindustan Times “Sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy. Discrimination against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to […]
France’s Charlie Hebdo publishes provocative Islam cartoon
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published a provocative front-page cartoon about Islam and the recent terror attacks in Spain on Wednesday, sparking fears that […]
Study: Integration of Muslims in Germany moving ahead
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The integration of Germany’s more than 4 million Muslims is moving ahead, especially when it comes to employment and language skills, according to a […]
Suicide attack on Kabul Shi’ite mosque kills at least 30
Source: Reuters KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kabul as other attackers stormed the building, killing at least […]
Attention On Hate Speech Drives Donations To Fight Anti-Semitism
Source: NPR BY TOM GJELTEN Jewish groups have broadened their work to oppose all forms of bigotry. Following the violence in Charlottesville, Va., more non-Jews see the reality of anti-Semitism […]
Iranian refugees turn to Christianity in the Netherlands
Source: BBC News In the Netherlands, thousands of Iranian Muslim migrants and refugees are converting to Christianity, despite conversion from Islam being considered apostasy in Iran and punishable by death. […]
India guru rape case: 23 die in unrest as Ram Rahim Singh convicted
Source: BBC News At least 23 people have been killed in violent protests over the rape conviction of a popular religious leader in north India. The victims are believed to […]
Norwegian PM refuses to meet Gen. Musharraf
Oslo – NNI https://www.express.com.pk/epaper/Index.aspx?Issue=NP_LHE Former Pakistani president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was denied a meeting with the Norwegian PM during his visit to Norway last week, according to media reports. According to reports, the ex-military leader tried meeting Erna Solberg at the opening ceremony of a multicultural festival in Oslo […]