What’s Next for Mosul After It Was Liberated From ISIS
Source: Time BY Rebecca Collard / Mosul Jul 10, 2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced that Mosul is officially free from ISIS, despite a few dozen militants making a […]
A Great Victory for Secularism in India: Supreme Court suspends cattle slaughter ban
Source: Guardian India’s Supreme Court has suspended a law that would have banned the sale of cattle for slaughter nationwide. The government order aimed to “prevent uncontrolled and unregulated animal […]
These 100 Companies Are Responsible for Most of the World’s Carbon Emissions
Source: Time BY Lucinda Shen Jul 10, 2017 About 100 companies have been responsible for about 71% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. That’s according to a new report from climate […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community with their motto “love for all hatred for none” bring ‘Ask Me Anything’ project to Bunbury
Source: http://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/4782538/muslim-group-brings-ask-me-anything-project-to-bunbury/ | Kate Hedley It’s a risky proposition to open yourself up for scrutiny of any kind, but a Muslim group plans to do just that in Bunbury on the weekend. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – whose motto is “love for all hatred for none” – is heading to town for an ‘Ask […]
Canada’s largest Muslim convention held by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Mississauga – A Report
Source: https://www.mississauga.com/community-story/7412940-annual-convention-of-ahmadiyya-jama-at-kicks-off-in-mississauga/ | by Nouman Khalil Canada’s largest Muslim convention held by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama ‘at at the International Centre from July 7 -9 started Friday with prayers, educational displays and a press conference stressing their theme of “Love for all, hatred for none”. Terror group ISIS condemned: ‘This is not […]
India: The Unheard Story Of Delhi’s Ahmadi Muslims, Islam’s Most Marginalised Community
Source: https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/07/ahmadi-muslims-in-delhi/ Posted by Sourodipto Sanyal in Society, Staff Picks “According to the Muslims, Hindus are bad. But for them, Ahmadis are even worse than Hindus,” says Mohammad Anwer Raza, who converted from being a Sunni to an Ahmadi in 1984 “I particularly remember this incident when a stone thrown inside a mosque just missed […]
Balkan Imams Take Counter-Extremism Struggle Online
Source: Balkan In sight We are not terrorists and we love to share baklava [Turkish dessert] with our neighbours,” says one of the messages posted on Facebook by a Belgrade mufti called Mustafa Jusufspahic. Jusufspahic is among the few religious leaders in Serbia who use social media to communicate with his […]
If forced to choose, Serbia would pick EU over Russia
Source:euractive.rs he Serbian government, opposition and Kremlin have all reacted to a statement by Prime Minister Ana Brnabić that Serbia, if forced to choose between closer ties with Russia and membership of the Union, would choose the EU. Analysts say that Brnabić is only stating what President Aleksandar Vučić thinks.Serbia […]
Croatia Going in Wrong Direction
Source: Balkan Insight Ivo Josipovic, 59, whose presidency between 2010 and 2015 was marked by Croatia joining the EU and improved relations with the country’s neighbours, has told BIRN he is not satisfied with Croatia’s current foreign policy and its impact on the region. “Our foreign policy rating isn’t what we […]
Islamic school that was criticized FINALLY named
Source: Daily mail An Islamic school that tried to suppress its critical Ofsted report can finally be named after a legal challenge by the Daily Mail. Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham was criticised for segregating pupils and keeping books in its library that advocated beating wives. Inspectors said the state-funded school […]
Man leaves large painting of Jesus outside mosque in New York
Source: ET A large green and white painting of Jesus Christ hanging on the cross was left outside the Hillside Islamic Centre in Long Island, New York on Friday. The Nassau County Police Department is now investigating the incident as a “hate crime”, reported Daily Mail. “A worker there had […]
Muslim man searched in London for wearing ‘too many clothes’
Source: The Express Tribune A muslim man was stopped and searched in broad day light in London for wearing too many clothes. The man who has not been named was heading for […]
PM chairs top-level huddle to weigh options following damning JIT report
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: A top-level low-key meeting is underway at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad to chalk out the future strategy as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led government struggles to deal with the emergent situation following the submission of a damning report in Supreme Court by a high-powered inquiry panel which […]
Russia ‘ready to expel 30 US diplomats’ in sanctions row
Source: BBC Russia is ready to expel about 30 US diplomats and seize US state property in retaliation for Washington’s sanctions, Russian officials say. The threat came from Russian foreign ministry sources, quoted by the daily Izvestia. Other Russian officials have made similar statements recently. In December the Obama administration […]
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday compared the far-left and anarchist radicals who rampaged through the G20 summit host city of Hamburg to “neo-Nazis and Islamist terrorists”.
Source: The Local Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday compared the far-left and anarchist radicals who rampaged through the G20 summit host city of Hamburg to “neo-Nazis and Islamist terrorists”. A hardcore of militants among mass demonstrations against the Group of 20 meeting had burnt cars, looted shops, erected […]
After century of dispute, the German alphabet just got a new character
Source: The Local Have you ever been typing in German in a blaze of BLOCK CAPITAL anger, but been stopped short by the inability to write the next letter of the word SCHEI…? Help is finally at hand. At the end of June, the German Spelling Council decided to add […]
If Baghdadi is dead, next Islamic State leader likely to be Saddam-era officer
Reuters International JUNE 23, 2017 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the […]
Mob Killings in India Over Cows
Mob Killings in India Over Cows By NEETI UPADHYE | Jul. 9, 2017 | 1:57 NYTimes.com Attacks by vigilante cow protectors are on the rise in India. The spike is driven in part by politics.
Amnesty says Iraq and allies violated international law in Mosul battle
Reuters International JULY 11, 2017 Iraqi security forces walk along destroyed buildings from clashes in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (reuters_tickers) ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern of attacks by Iraqi forces and the […]
After riots, Merkel takes flak for decision to hold G20 in Hamburg
Source: The Local Raging street battles that marred Germany’s G20 summit have sparked a political fight over how Hamburg could descend into “mob rule” and why Chancellor Angela Merkel chose a hotbed of leftist militancy as the venue. Germany’s top-selling Bild daily was withering in its condemnation of the chaos […]