Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suggested that parliament make the blasphemy law tougher by fixing the same punishment for any person misusing it or falsely accusing someone of blasphemy. In a detailed order issued on Friday, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also ordered a complete ban on the […]
Source: ET For the last few years, Rohingya Muslims have found themselves in the awkward place where some of the world’s stateless peoples have lived and subsisted — largely unnoticed and unassisted by the international community. Wedged uncomfortably between the borders of their native Myanmar and Bangladesh — their first […]
Source: NPR By Terry Gross Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so. Wright points out […]
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/stop-oppression-women-mirza-masroor-ahmad-urges/ The Worldwide Head and Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad has condemned the oppression of women accross the world saying Islam is vehemently opposed to the oppression of the female folk in all ramifications. Masroor Ahmad stated this while addressing no fewer than 15,000 Muslim […]
by: Nil Sari In the history of Islamic civilization, many hospitals were founded by women, either as wives, daughters or mothers of sultans. All health personnel were male at these […]
Reuters International AUGUST 11, 2017 A crane is used to cover the statue of Guan Yu, a Chinese deity, with a cloth in Tuban, west of Indonesia’s second-biggest […]
Reuters International AUGUST 11, 2017 By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – The wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will contest a special election for the […]
AUGUST 11, 2017 3:22 PMAUG 11, 2017 – 15:22 The burial site has unearthed yet more treasures (SBMA – ARIA SA) Workers digging the foundations for a new car park have unearthed the burial site of a Bronze Age warrior, revealing a rich source of artefacts including a sword, jewellery […]
In the first of a series from Syria, Robert Fisk says that new connections, however tenuous, demonstrate that all sides are determined to avoid military confrontation between Moscow and Washington Robert Fisk Resafeh, eastern Syria @indyvoices Monday 24 July 2017 After a sweeping Syrian military advance to the edge of […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 11, 2017 Public prosecutors have called for an 18-month suspended prison sentence for an imam at a mosque in the northeastern city of Winterthur, who is suspected of inciting violence. The Zurich prosecutor’s office announced on Friday that it also wanted the […]
By Reuters – Aug 10,2017 -JORDAN TIMES A people protection unit (YPG) fighter takes a selfie in the old city of Raqqa, Syria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) HASAKA, […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly thanked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for kicking American diplomats out of Russia, saying the move was good for the U.S. economy. Trump said that he wanted to thank Russian President Vladimir Putin for ousting hundreds of US embassy employees “because we’re […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP VIENNA Conchita Wurst representing Austria poses with the trophy after winning the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) at the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, on May 10, 2014. (REUTERS Photo) Austria’s bearded drag idol Conchita said Friday she had cancelled her headlining act at the […]
Source: USA Today BY Haidee V Eugenio, Steve Limtiaco and Dana M Williams, Pacific Daily News Editor’s note: Some details in this report, while important to the understanding of the story, are […]
Aug 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The resignation of veteran war crimes investigator Carla Del Ponte from the UN’s Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria is a serious setback for efforts […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA People at Djemaa el-Fna Square, late afternoon sun Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in […]
Aug 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The Israeli government move to close Al Jazeera television network’s operations in the country is not surprising in itself, given that the government’s irritation with Al Jazeera for the past two decades of comprehensive, live coverage of events in Israel and the […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY CLAIRE GECEWICZ While many Muslims express wariness and anxiety about aspects of their lives in the United States, Muslim women tend to be more pessimistic about […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)For 635 days, the Rev. Bill Shillady woke at 4 a.m. to send an email to Hillary Clinton. He began in April 2015, […]
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s top judge was urged on Thursday to scrap a civil law that permits Muslim men to divorce their wives by simply […]