Ramadan around the world – in pictures
Source: The Guardian Jakarta, Indonesia Women offer special ‘Tarawih’ prayers on the first night of the holy month at the Istiqlal mosque Photograph: Solo Imaji/Barcroft Images Dhaka, Bangladesh A man […]
Coptic Christians in Australia to have refugee claims reassessed
Source: The Guardian BY Ben Doherty Review of their status prompted by spate of violent assaults on the religious minority in Egypt Relatives mourn victims of an attack by gunmen that […]
The secret to a long and healthy life? Eat less
Source: BBC By Alex Riley 1 June 2017 In a restaurant setting sometime in the not-too distant future, a man and a woman are on their first date. After the […]
Eight held in India over calf slaughter
Source: BBC Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionCows are considered holy by India’s majority Hindu population Police in the southern state of Kerala have arrested eight men who publicly killed a calf […]
Coral reefs can be saved but change is inevitable, scientists say
Source: BBC The world’s coral reefs can be saved by addressing climate change but they will not resemble those of the past, a new study has said. Future reefs will […]
Montenegro PM: Trump’s Shove Was a ‘Harmless Situation’ That Doesn’t Affect Our Friendship
Source: Time BY Duško Marković May 30, 2017 On June 5 , Montenegro will formally join NATO – thus reaching a historic milestone and joining the most powerful countries in the […]
NASA Is Finally Sending a Mission to Touch the Sun
Source: Time BY Jeffrey Kluger May 30, 2017 NASA has visited some awfully impressive places in the past 60 years, so it’s something of a wonder that the space agency hasn’t […]
Trump decides to keep U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, at least for now
Source: Washington Post President Trump will not relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel from secular Tel Aviv to the capital Jerusalem, at least for now, the White House announced Thursday, […]
UNDERSTANDING THE PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
May 03, 2017 This write-up intends to make people of the region aware of the beauty and the richness of their culture, when it comes to architecture and the living […]
Islamic finance is based on ‘shared prosperity’
Personal Finance | 20 May 2017 Martin Hesse The way Muslims do business is based on free-market economics, but it provides a far more equitable and sustainable economic model than the dog-eat-dog world of Western capitalism. This was a strong underlying message to come out of a recent conference on Islamic banking […]
Friday Sermon: Ramadhan — Virtues of Fasting
July 12th, 2013 ‘O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become righteous.’ (2:184) With the grace of God, Ramadan started here (the UK) from yesterday. Thank God that He has granted us the experience of yet […]
UN Chief Guterres to meet Cyprus leaders in New York amid faltering reunification talks
ASSOCIATED PRESS NICOSIA, Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Mustafa Akıncı (right), United Nations’ Secretary General Antonio Guterres (center) and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades (left) pose before a trilateral meeting (AFP Photo) Officials say U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet the rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus at U.N. headquarters in New […]
Nearly half a million Syrian children receive education in Turkey
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo A total of 169,010 Syrian children attend Turkish public schools under the Temporary Protection Regulation, while 294,112 Syrian students go to special temporary schooling centers, Turkey’s Minister of National Education Ismet Yılmaz said Wednesday. “While a curriculum was being prepared for these students to study […]
Expert tips for a balanced, healthy Ramadan diet
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL During the month of Ramadan, when people fast for more than 12 hours, iftar meals are crucial for maintaining a sufficient, balanced diet especially in places where the summer season is in full swing Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, must be prepared in accordance with a sufficient and […]
Battling Islamic State: A Visit to the Mosul Front
The fight against Islamic State in western Mosul is chaotic and brutal, with up to 200,000 civilians still trapped in the IS-held Old Town. DER SPIEGEL visited the front in Iraq to see how the battle is progressing. By Christoph Reuter Jacob Russel A girl walks through the destroyed streets […]
The Numbers Don’t Lie: White Far-Right Terrorists Pose a Clear Danger to Us All
Source: The Intercept By Mehdi Hasan, Columnist, The Intercept. Contributing Editor, New Statesman. Host, Al Jazeera English. O SEAN DUFFY, where art thou? Back in February, the Republican […]
Trump bailing on the Paris Agreement would be a middle finger to the future
Source: CNN If the United States bails on the Paris Agreement on climate change, as CNN is reporting, the results could be catastrophic both for this country and the planet. It would be a middle finger to the future. The worst part: There is absolutely no reason for it. Aside, […]
Gulf Arab row rattles Trump’s anti-Iran axis
Reuters International MAY 31, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File […]
Israeli rule ‘key cause’ of Palestinian hardship — UN
By AFP – May 31,2017 -JORDAN TIMES A photo taken from East Jerusalem on Wednesday shows a view of Israel’s separation barrier dividing occupied Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Abu Dis, and in the distance the Jordanian capital, Amman (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Fifty years […]
Trump administration approves tougher visa vetting, including social media checks
Reuters International JUN 1, 2017 – (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years. The new questions, part of […]