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By Zubair Khan on April 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Turkish authorities block Wikipedia without giving reason

Source:BBC Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, one of the world’s most popular websites. It was not initially clear why the ban had been imposed. The Turkey Blocks group said the site was inaccessible from 08:00 (05:00 GMT) by order of the Turkish […]

By Zubair Khan on April 29, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia issue rare child marriage fatwa

Source: BBC Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia have issued an unprecedented fatwa against child marriage. The fatwa, which is not legally binding but will be influential, was issued after a three-day congress of female clerics in the country. The clerics urged the government to raise the minimum legal age for […]

By Zubair Khan on April 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

How did so many Pakistanis become bloodthirsty vigilantes?

Source: Dawn How did so many Pakistanis become bloodthirsty vigilantes? Evening TV talk shows — at least those I have either seen or participated in — circle around two basic explanations. One, favoured by the liberal-minded, blames the blasphemy law and implicitly demands its repeal (an explicit call would endanger […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

UK: Horse riding club started by Ahmadiyya Caliph hopes to attract new riders

The organization was started on the 17th July 2011, by the present Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community and hopes that more people take advantage of this amazing opportunity. Times of Ahmad | […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea

REPORT Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea John R. Allen, Richard C. Bush, Robert Einhorn, Steven Pifer, Jonathan D. Pollack, Evans J.R. Revere, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce JonesApril 2017 Download the full report BruceBrookings On April 18, 2017, Bruce Jones, director of the Brookings Foreign Policy Program, convened […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

France, Germany want new Turkey ties but dodge EU membership

 Reuters International APR 28, 2017 – 16:54 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (3rd L) talks with Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec (2nd L), as German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (4th L) and European Commissioner Johannes Hahn (R) talk, after a meeting between European Union and candidate country Foreign Ministers in […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Sisi apparently believes that the Pope’s visit to Cairo will prove Egypt is safe for Christians – Isis has other ideas

Robert Fisk @indyvoices It must be the most dangerous trip Pope Francis has ever made, into the very heart of the capital of the largest Arab nation whose Isis tormentors […]

By Zia H Shah on April 29, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

Mormon history scholars file court brief over Trump travel ban

Source: CNN By Hunter Schwarz Washington (CNN) A group of 19 scholars of Mormon history filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals over President Trump’s blocked travel […]

By rabyam on April 28, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

The British Muslim: chasing shadows

Source: Daily Times The acceptability of Islamophobic rhetoric has clearly become more commonplace in Western politics, perhaps best exemplified by Trump’s Muslim travel ban and the rising popularity of European […]

By rabyam on April 28, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Abbas turns screw on Hamas by cutting Gaza’s electricity

Source: Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi | GAZA With the prospect looming of a Middle East peace initiative by a new U.S. administration more sympathetic to Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas […]

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Ukip under fire for choosing candidate who called Islam evil

Source: The Guardian Anne Marie Waters attends an ‘Islam kills women’ rally and protest in Westminster last year. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock  BY Peter Walker Political correspondent Ukip has been accused of “grubbing […]

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The Pope’s perilous mission to Egypt

Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)When Pope Francis travels to Egypt on Friday, he will retrace a journey his namesake made nearly 800 years ago, with a […]

By rabyam on April 28, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Texas mayor blasted after she says lack of faith in God causes poverty

Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Mayor says poverty afflicts ‘broken people’ who aren’t ’in relationship with their creator’ San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor discussed systemic poverty […]

By Zia H Shah on April 28, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

The Muslim Times: A Relatively Silent Revolution of Knowledge and Compassion

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is an age of democratization of knowledge. In the past only a few big news channels, […]

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People are looking for a ‘Religious Left.’ This little-known network of clergy has been organizing it.

Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer April 26 The Rev. Michael-Ray Mathews, from left, Valarie Kaur and the Rev. angel Kyodo Williams attend a meeting of the Auburn Senior Fellows. […]

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‘We have to take a stand’: Mormon history scholars file brief against Trump travel ban

Source: The Washington Post By Susan Hogan Muslims fearful that President Trump’s travel ban targets them are finding an ally in scholars of Mormon history. A group of 19 scholars […]

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Chicago Archdiocese to pay $4.45M to settle priest abuse lawsuits

Source: Chicago Tribune BY Manya Brachear Pashman The Archdiocese of Chicago will pay $4.45 million to settle three lawsuits brought by three men who allege they were sexually abused more than […]

By rabyam on April 28, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

‘Galway was a friendly, spiritual, city, so I decided to remain here’

Source: Galway Advertiser BY CHARLIE MCBRIDE In 2014, Galway saw the opening of its first mosque – the Mosque of Mary on the Old Monivea Road, Ballybrit. It was erected […]

By rabyam on April 28, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Pope Francis faces another delicate — and dangerous — task in Egypt trip

Source: Religion News Service By Christopher Lamb VATICAN CITY (RNS) Even as Pope Francis was on his way to the violence-plagued Central African Republic almost two years ago, security advisers […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 28, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Fateful decisions from Saudi-Egyptian summitry

Apr 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – It is bizarre but telling of the modRami G. Khouriern Arab world that one of the most important meetings that could shape the future condition of hundreds of millions of Arabs and others in this region — the two-day Egyptian-Saudi Arabian summit in Riyadh […]

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