Lawmakers vote to do away with article 522, on the heels of Jordan, Tunisia By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Aug 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on April 22 shows a veiled woman sitting on a bench near an installation of wedding dresses by Lebanese artist Mireille Honein […]
King says supporting awqaf department a ‘personal priority’ By JT – Aug 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with representatives of the Jerusalem Awqaf Department, Jerusalemites […]
timesofindia.indiatimes.com: India’s ambitious experiment with freedom of religion has failed. Our insipid brand of secularism, based on states’ active engagement amid stated religious neutrality, has led to the appeasement of a few, but empowers none and brings injustice for all. Instead of uniting our society, it has fomented fragmentation and […]
Maulana Mohammed Fayyaz Baqri’s wife is among the many women who impart knowledge about the Quran to fellow Muslim women. http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/in-a-first-yari-road-mosque-opens-door-to-women-ulemas/articleshow/60078262.cms- By Linah Baliga, Mumbai Mirror | Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 01.21 AM IST At a time when Muslim women are breaking into many a male bastion, a mosque on Yari Road has […]
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times. (moving from Switzerland to France and then on to Pakistan) Part Two ended with […]
TARIQ AL-THAGAFI |Published — Wednesday 16 August 2017 Muslim pilgrims drink Zamzam water at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (SPA file photo) MAKKAH: Distributing Zamzam water to 2 million pilgrims in Makkah is not an easy task. It is carried out by institutions established to provide water to pilgrims at […]
extract: PAKISTAN TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) • Designate Pakistan as a CPC under IRFA; • Negotiate a binding agreement with the government of Pakistan, under section 405(c) of IRFA, to achieve specific and meaningful reforms, with benchmarks that include major legal reforms and releasing […]
New next-in-line to the throne Mohammed Bin Salman, also the Kingdom’s defence minister, began Operation Decisive Storm to remove Houthi rebels from the Yemeni capital in March 2015 Bethan McKernan […]
Source: BBC News Israel has expressed anger to the Swiss government over a hotel’s sign that told Jewish guests to shower before using the swimming pool. The sign in English, at Apartmenthaus Paradies in the mountain resort of Arosa, triggered much criticism. Another sign told Jewish guests to use a […]
Source: Reuters BY Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The one-time deputy leader of Somali Islamist militants al Shabaab called on Tuesday for others to quit the group following his defection […]
Source: BBC News By David Deans Image copyrightSHUTTERSTOCKImage captionAnne Marie Waters says Islam in Britain has made society “censorious” A controversial anti-Islam campaigner running for the UKIP leadership has been […]
Source: Associated Press By RISHABH R. JAIN AMRITSAR, India (AP) — In the 70 years since India and Pakistan were created from the former British Empire, there has never been […]
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Mary Ann Georgantopoulos A Tennessee mother and her middle school–aged son are suing the child’s private Christian school claiming officials did not protect the boy from repeated […]
Source: Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law new penalties for those who make bomb threats against community centers. The Democratic governor […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)Hillary Clinton’s longtime pastor plagiarized the writings of another minister in a new book scheduled to be released on Tuesday. “Strong for a […]
Source: The Guardian Ram Maya Sunar had two miscarriages. Then she had a daughter, who died of pneumonia when she was one. “My second child died from tuberculosis at just […]
Source: BBC News There have been celebrations and ceremonies in Pakistan as it marks the 70th anniversary of its creation as a sovereign state. Image copyrightEPAImage captionThere were fireworks at […]
Source: BBC News By Reda El Mawy BBC World Service Image copyrightHUGH MILESImage captionPrince Sultan bin Turki, pictured centreIn the last two years, three Saudi princes living in Europe have […]
Source: BBC News By Maddy Savage 15 August 2017 Janice Chaka had spent her lunch hour organising a surprise cooking class for a close friend who was visiting from out […]
Source: BBC An Indian woman in the southern state of Telangana says she is being “socially ostracised” because she supported a farmer from the Dalit (formerly untouchable) community. Sama Indira, […]