More evidence for WannaCry ‘link’ to North Korean hackers
Source: BBC A hacking group closely tied to North Korea was behind the massive WannaCry attack earlier this month, security company Symantec says. The way the attack was set up […]
Manchester attack: Salman Abedi named as bomber by police
Source: BBC Salman Abedi has been named by police as the suspected suicide bomber who killed 22 people and injured 59 at Manchester Arena on Monday night. The 22-year-old was […]
The debate surrounding religious rules for slaughtering animals
Source: The Economist A new law in Belgium shows why disputes over faith-based slaughter touch a sensitive nerve THERE are some religious-freedom arguments where even the time-honoured principle of “live […]
The 712-page Google doc that proves Muslims do condemn terrorism
Source: The Guardian It happened in history class. Heraa Hashmi, a 19-year-old American Muslim student at the University of Colorado, was supposed to be discussing the Crusades with the man […]
NPR Audio: Churchill, Orwell And The Fight Against Totalitarianism
Transcript of the talk Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Tom Ricks says the writings of Winston Churchill and George Orwell still resonate today. Ricks also discusses the generals serving in the Trump […]
What Trump missed in his address on tolerance — American Muslims
Salon: President Donald Trump, like his predecessors before him, has discovered the potent language of religious tolerance and interfaith unity when discussing Islam, as he demonstrated in his speech in Saudi Arabia to leaders of some 50 Muslim nations. But unlike previous presidents, he has not linked that rhetoric with […]
The ‘Heart of Islam’ beckons tourists from all over the world
Today’s Plan Tomorrow’s Promise May 19, 2016 Hassan Cheruppa THE Saudi ‘Vision 2030’ is based on three pillars, of which the first one is the Kingdom’s status as the heart of the Arab and Islamic world. While unveiling the Vision, Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and […]
Pakistan census source of fear and hope for minorities
May 22, 2017 An official of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, second left, and a soldier collect information from a resident during a census at Rabwah in Chiniot District in Punjab province, Pakistan, in this March 27, 2017 file photo. — AFP RABWAH, Pakistan — Marginalized, attacked and frequently hit […]
Children among the dead as death toll rises to 22 after Ariana Grande Manchester bombing
A suicide bomber deliberately chose the place where he could cause ‘maximum carnage’ when he detonated a bomb at a pop concert in Manchester, the Prime Minister has said. Theresa May said ‘many’ children and young people were among the 22 dead and 59 injured in the attack. Read more….http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/23/terror-attack-in-manchester-leaves-22-people-dead-6654609/
‘Why did Nawaz Sharif even go to Riyadh?’: Pakistan humiliated at US-Arab-Islamic Summit
Media and Opposition leaders in Pakistan are criticising Nawaz Sharif after facing humiliation at the US-Arab-Islamic Summit. Santosh Chaubey | Posted by Vishakha Saxena New Delhi, May 22, 2017 Media and Opposition leaders in Pakistan are criticising Nawaz Sharif after facing humiliation at the US-Arab-Islamic Summit. Mortified – that is the word used […]
How Pakistani-Americans are entering interfaith and interracial marriages — and making them work
“I rebelled. I said ‘I’m going to marry whomever I want.’” FAHAD NAVEED | HUFSA CHAUDHRY Saks and Suzie’s Pakistani-Palestinian-American-Muslim family Saks Afridi and Suzie Afridi. — Photo courtesy Saks Afridi Fifteen years ago, at a crowded picnic in Redwood City, California, young college student Saks (short of Sakib) Afridi […]
Mix of hope and skepticism as Trump meets Abbas in Bethlehem
Palestinian official says possible West Bank city ‘too embarrassed’ to put up pictures of Trump as visit to Church of Nativity nixed over protests; minister says ‘not optimistic’ of chances […]
Why the Trump-Led Islamic Summit in Saudi Arabia Was a Disaster for Pakistan
Pakistan is largely shut out of the high-profile event, despite high hopes for recognition. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid May 23, 2017 The Donald Trump-led Arab […]
Bill Gates On His Top 5 Books For Summer Reading
Noah Kirsch , FORBES STAFF I cover the world’s most successful people. In between board meetings at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—the world’s largest private charity—Bill Gatesworks to sate […]
One person forced to flee every second in 2016, report says
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES ISTANBUL Internally displaced people sit at a makeshift camp for IDPs in al-Jarahi, south of the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Yemen, Feb. 22, 2017. […]
The Silk Road: Glorious Past and Even Brighter Future
By H.E. PANG Sen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Iran The Silk Road: Glorious Past and Even Brighter Future May 22, 2017 Over 2,000 years ago, an official delegation sent by the Chinese Emperor arrived in this piece of land after an arduous long journey. The road he […]
Rouhani: S.Arabia needs ballot boxes not arms
May 22, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran’s newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani on Monday criticized Saudi Arabia after it signed a huge arms deal with the U.S., saying “ballot boxes” […]
Donald Trump’s speech to the Muslim world was filled with hypocrisy and condescension
Despite claiming he wouldn’t give a lecture, the President did just that, displaying a blatant anti-Iran bias intended to appease the nation with whom he’d just signed a multi-billion dollar […]
Manchester attack: 22 dead and 59 hurt in suicide bombing
Epigraph: Whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it shall be as if he or she is […]
Donald Trump is trying to stick to the script – but he’s about to really mess up in the Middle East
There he was talking of the ‘ultimate deal’ between Israel and the Palestinians – as if peace was just a commodity to be bought or sold Robert Fisk @indyvoices 9 hours […]