Harvard bars students for posting ‘obscene memes’
Source: BBC “Obscene” memes posted on a private Facebook page have cost 10 students their place at Harvard, reports the college’s newspaper. The students posted messages joking about child abuse, […]
Qatar row: Trump claims credit for isolation
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has claimed credit for the pressure being placed on Qatar by Gulf neighbours who accuse it of supporting terrorism in the region. He […]
The 25 Cities Where Millennials Are Moving
Source: Time BY David Johnson Jun 02, 2017 Millennials are moving to America’s cities — and not just the biggest ones. While places like New York City and Los Angeles remain […]
Toronto: Tenants’ religious rights violated by Brampton landlord who refused to remove shoes
thestar.com A human rights tribunal has awarded $12,000 to a Muslim couple, who claimed their landlord failed to accommodate their religious practices. The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded $12,000 to a Muslim couple, who claimed their landlord failed to accommodate their prayer times and notify the wife when […]
4 Indians, 1 Pakistani plead guilty in ‘massive’ US call centre scam
Four Indians and one Pakistani have pleaded guilty to the charges for their role in a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme in the US perpetrated by India-based call centres, the US Department of Justice has said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/4-indians-1-pakistani-plead-guilty-in-call-centre-scam-in-us/articleshow/59011168.cms? Three Indians – Rajubhai Patel (32), Viraj Patel (33), Dilip […]
1001 Inventions New Children’s Book Selected as Best Biography
by: 1001 Inventions Junior Library Guild (JLG) Honours National Geographic Readers Book on Ibn al-Haytham 1001 Inventions is delighted that it’s new children book “Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How we See”, published in partnership with National Geographic Kids, has been presented the prestigious designation “A Junior Library […]
Turkey ready to do its part to resolve Gulf rift: officials
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan conducted a phone diplomacy over the recent rift between Arab states and Qatar on Monday as the presidential spokesman said Turkey is ready […]
Qatar: ‘No justification’ for cutting diplomatic ties
Arab countries’ decisions led by Saudi Arabia are founded on ‘baseless’ allegations, Qatar foreign ministry says. The dispute between Qatar and the Gulf’s Arab countries escalated after a recent hack of Qatar’s state-run news agency [AFP/File] FAST FACTS Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and the Maldives cut ties with Qatar […]
Who is Qatar’s emir?
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani inherited power from his father in 2013. Sheikh Tamim had been named heir apparent in 2003, when his elder brother stepped aside [Mohammad Hamed/Reuters] […]
J.K. Rowling is making important points after the London terror attacks
Posted by Bridie Pearson-Jones in news Picture: GETTY IMAGES Author J.K Rowling didn’t hold back from criticising problematic responses to the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market last night. Rowling, author […]
HACKED EMAILS SHOW TOP UAE DIPLOMAT COORDINATING WITH PRO-ISRAEL THINK TANK AGAINST IRAN
Zaid Jilani, Ryan Grim June 3 2017, THE EMAIL ACCOUNT of one of Washington’s most connected and influential foreign operatives has been hacked. A small tranche of those emails was […]
Why Saudi Arabia is mad at Qatar and why we care
John Bacon USA Today Why Saudi Arabia is mad at Qatar and why we care 8 Hours Ago | 01:00 The rift between Qatar and other Arab nations intensified Monday whenSaudi […]
What Britain needs to fight terrorism is evidence – not ideology
Source: The Guardian By Sayeeda Warsi; Lady Warsi is the former co-chairman of the Conservative party We need to think afresh about the Prevent strategy: the Muslim community wants it, […]
We will not tackle extremism by stigmatizing Muslim citizens
Tariq Ramadan Reducing these acts of violence to an ideological battle between Islam and the west stokes the politics of division and ignores the root causes of terrorism Tariq […]
This is what Theresa May refused to tell you in her schoolyard sermon on terror
The Prime Minister is going to have her ‘embarrassing conversations’ with Britain’s Muslims, who have no power to switch off the evil ideology which Wahhabism represents. She does have that power – but she won’t use it Robert Fisk @indyvoices Was that really the best Theresa May could do? It was the same old tosh about “values” and […]
UK: UK police name two London attackers, say one previously known to them
AFP | ReutersUpdated about an hour ago 379 5 An undated handout picture released by the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on June 5, shows Khuram Shazad Butt (L) and Rachid Redouane from Barking, east London, believed by police to be two of the three attackers in the June 3 terror […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Assciation Midlands Hold Interfaith Iftar Dinner for Royal Navy & Army officers
By Toby, National Secretary Outreach, Pan African Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK National Representative Outreach Co-odinater, AMC Midlands Regions UK Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Midlands Region UK Hold Big Iftar Dinner for Royal Navy, Army and close friends on 30th May 2017. The programme started with recitations of holy Quran followed by […]
Don’t Pray For London – Reject Religious Extremism
Prayers are not the answer. In fact, prayers are the problem. While some pray for London after the attack that left six people dead and more than 40 injured, others offer prayers of celebration. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/dont-pray-london-reject-religious-extremism/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 The bitter truth is that Islamic extremists celebrate the death and carnage in London as an answer to their […]
Implicit bias: Is everyone racist?
Source: BBC News Few people openly admit to holding racist beliefs but many psychologists claim most of us are nonetheless unintentionally racist. We hold, what are called “implicit biases”. So […]
Florida shootings: Five killed by sacked employee
Source: BBC Five people have been killed in a shooting at an Orlando industrial estate, police in Florida say. They say the gunman was a former employee at a store […]