YAHYA BOSTAN@yahyabostan The allegation about the UAE’s involvement in hacking the QNA website seems to be leading to new tension in the region The Gulf crisis, which resulted in sanctions being imposed by several countries on Qatar, had started with the publication of a controversial story by the Qatar […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Syrian refugees arrive at the Öncüpınar crossing gate, close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, in order to cross to Syria for Qurban Bayram (Feast of the Sacrifice), also known as Eid al-Adha, holiday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AFP Photo) Tens of thousands of Syrians […]
Trump’s speech, which asked India to ‘help more’ with Afghanistan, amounted to calling for calm while also setting the house on fire Abhishek Parajuli 120 comments If Donald Trump had read this anecdote from a book by a formerBritish Army Officer, the Afghan strategy he laid out on Monday might […]
By AFP – Aug 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Fighters from Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units), backing the Iraqi forces, gather at Tal Afar’s airport during an operation to retake the city from the Daesh terror group on Sunday. Iraqi forces backed by local militia and a US-led coalition […]
Source: CNN Donald Trump’s global honeymoon is over.Seven months into his presidency, his foes have him figured out while America’s friends are ducking for cover.Trump’s off-script, off-color campaign-style rallies that roll back-to-back with the carefully scripted aspirations of his administration suggest to large parts of the world a man who […]
Source: GhanaWeb The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, has warned Muslim youth to stay away from lawlessness to sustain peace in various parts of the country. Speaking at the 38th Annual Conference of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organization Ghana, in Accra, Ameer and Missionary-in-Charge of Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed […]
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls for equality of all races and peace based upon justice during address at Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 26 August 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of […]
God hates Texas? Leading evangelicals try to turn Hurricane Harvey away from Texas using the power of prayer, and fail. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/evangelicals-try-pray-hurricane-harvey-away-fail/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 In a predictable effort, leading Christian evangelicals tried to “command” Hurricane Harvey “to dissipate in the name of Jesus.” However, Harvey refused their request, as did their imaginary God, […]
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller Aug 25, 2017 President Donald Trump on Friday formally ordered the Department of Defense to reverse a 2016 order allowing transgender individuals to serve openly in […]
Source: BBC News More than 100 of the world’s top robotics experts wrote a letter to the United Nations recently calling for a ban on the development of “killer robots” […]
Source: BBC News More than 1,000 people have been rescued in flooded parts of Houston, as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter Texas with heavy rains. There is a “flash […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]