Source: The Daily Beast ISTANBUL—In the latest display of Turkish anger at U.S. policy in Syria, the state news agency has divulged the locations of 10 U.S. military bases and outposts in northern Syria where the U.S. is leading an operation to destroy the so-called Islamic State in its self-styled […]
Source: Arab News Daesh’s defeat in Mosul — from where it proclaimed its “caliphate” three years ago — and its impending defeat in its capital Raqqa have bred a sense of triumphalism. But this euphoria may be misplaced and is certainly premature, given the grave threat Daesh continues to pose […]
Source: Arab News: JAKARTA, Indonesia: The Indonesian government on Wednesday banned Hizbut Tahrir, an organization that wants to establish a global caliphate, under a new presidential decree criticized as draconian by rights groups. Hizbut’s legal status had been revoked to protect national unity, said Freddy Haris, a director-general at the […]
Source: Arab News BRISBANE: School officials have described it as “hate crime” after a bag adorned with a swastika and containing a pig’s head was dumped at the front gate of one of Queensland’s largest Islamic schools. Staff at the Islamic College of Brisbane discovered the bag and rotting meat […]
Source: Arab News: RIYADH: The enforcement courts across the Kingdom have ordered 3,652 men to pay court-ordered alimony to their divorced or abandoned wives and children, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. The husbands have to fully comply with court rulings or face penalties including imprisonment and fines if they […]
INGRID PERITZ MONTREAL — The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Jul. 16, 2017 9:38PM EDT, Last updated Monday, Jul. 17, 2017 8:32AM EDT Residents in Saint-Apollinaire, Que., have rejected a proposal to open a Muslim-run cemetery in their town, dealing a setback to a Muslim community still recovering from a tragic mass shooting six […]
Source: CNN A Swiss couple who disappeared from their farm in the Alps during World War II have finally been found, 75 years later, mummified in a glacier. Marceline and Francine Dumoulin went missing on August 15, 1942, after leaving to milk their cows in a meadow near their home. […]
Source: CNN President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, spoke for a second time on July 7 in a previously undisclosed discussion, the White House confirmed on Tuesday.A senior White House official told CNN the discussion was “nearly an hour.”The White House, in a statement acknowledging the meeting, […]
Source: ET An Israeli-Christian man has been accused of stabbing his daughter to death because he didn’t approve of her relationship with a Muslim man. Sami Karra, 58, killed his daughter in their family home in the Israeli town of Ramle, a day after she graduated from high school. His 17-year-old daughter, […]
Source: BBC News Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the disbanding of the Jehovah’s Witnesses on Russian territory. The ban came into effect after the court rejected an appeal by the […]
Source: Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A New York man is suing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston for sexual abuse he says he suffered decades ago at a church-affiliated […]
Source: Religion News By Lauren Markoe | 13 hours ago WASHINGTON (RNS) — Vice President Mike Pence told evangelical supporters of Israel that God had a hand in creating the state of Israel […]
Source: The Washington Post By Fenit Nirappil July 17 at 6:16 PM District officials say doctors in the city may now begin the process of prescribing life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients, […]
Source: Associated Press By SUDHIN THANAWALA SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t escape discussion of the president’s travel ban — and even […]
Source: NPR By CAMILA DOMONOSKE The city of Boston is launching a new poster campaign to fight Islamophobia by encouraging bystanders to intervene, in a non-confrontational way, if they witness anti-Muslim harassment. Starting Monday, the city began installing 50 posters around the city with advice on what to do […]
Source: BBC News The authorities in Saudi Arabia are investigating a young woman who posted a video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop-top in public. The woman, a model […]
Source: BBC News The “heartbroken” American fiancé of an Australian shot dead by a US police officer has said they have received almost no information from officials. Don Damond said his wife-to-be, Justine Damond, was gunned down after calling police to report a possible sexual assault in their quiet neighbourhood. […]
Source: Time BY Kevin Lui What’s happening with thrill rides? The weekend roller coaster collision in Spain that left 33 people injured — including kids — is just the latest reminder that your trip […]
Source: Arab News DUBAI: A junior soldier in the Indian Army on Tuesday shot dead a superior officer after he was allegedly told to stop using his mobile phone. The junior soldier was based in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri sector when Major Shikhar Thapa, who belonged to the 71 Armored […]
Source: Arab News Anti-Muslim hate crimes in the US have nearly doubled in the first half of 2017, increasing by 91 percent compared to the same time in 2016, according to a report published by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The spike marked a sizeable increase on 2016, which […]