The Push to Ban Arabic Sermons in Europe’s Mosques
An imam holds Friday prayers at the Central Mosque in the German town of HamburgChristian Charisius / Reuters SIGAL SAMUEL APR 12, 2017 Some politicians are calling for more “transparent” […]
Blind loyalty to Trump is a special relationship Britain can’t afford
by Emily Thornberry, The Guardian UK foreign policy should be based on human rights and international law. That means putting some distance between us and an unpredictable White House ‘We should […]
USA: How to stand up to Trump and WIN
Nicholas Kristof APRIL 13, 2017 NYTimes .com BOSTON — After President Trump’s election, a wave of furious opposition erupted. It was an emotional mix of denial and anger, the first two stages of grief, and it wasn’t very effective. Yet increasingly that has matured into thoughtful efforts to channel the passion […]
25% of Christians do not believe in resurrection and Queen’s former chaplain calls them non-Christians
You CANNOT be Christian if you don’t believe in the resurrection, Queen’s former chaplain Source: Daily Express By Sophia Petkar A FORMER chaplain to the Queen has said that a […]
Palestinian family makes use of unique power house
By AFP – Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian farmer hoses off the udders of cows at the Jebrini dairy farm in the West Bank town of Hebron, […]
Migrant rescuers accuse EU border agency of conspiracy
By AFP – Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Gambian migrants who voluntarily returned from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul, Gambia, […]
Deir Yassin, over and over again
Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen On April 9, Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza and the diaspora commemorated 69 years since the Deir Yassin massacre, when scores of Palestinians were killed by Zionist militias after Israel’s underground army, the Haganah, encircled the village. Bodies were left […]
Donald Trump’s air attack on Syria may have been unlawful – but nobody seems to have noticed
International law is degraded when a breach of the UN charter is declared ‘illegal but legitimate’. The rule of law requires a straightforward answer Geoffrey Robertson 22 hours ago Vladimir Putin and Jeremy Corbyn are among the few to show concern that the US’s Tomahawk missile attack on a Syrian air base was […]
Donald Trump, who doesn’t read books, is ignorant of history – and so is his pet chump Sean Spicer
The White House press spokesperson apparently could not grasp that Hitler used a chemical weapon called Zyklon B, with which the Nazis gassed up to a million of the six million Jews slaughtered in the Holocaust Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologised for causing […]
Video: General Pervez Musharraf opens up about Ahmadiyya Muslims
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments President Musharaf is expressing sympathies for the Ahmadi Muslims and is highlighting the principle of religious freedom in this video. However, he is saying […]
Europe Looks to Indonesia as Model of Peaceful Islam (while it fails Ahmadiyya and Shia Muslims)
Jakarta Globe: Jakarta. Indonesia’s long tradition of peaceful coexistence among diverse religious and ethnic groups is starting to serve as a model for other countries struggling with the challenges of multiculturalism. Nearly 85 percent of Indonesia’s population of 250 million people are Muslims, but the country is notably tolerant of other […]
Malala is ‘humbled’ by honorary Canadian citizenship
Source: BBC Nobel Peace prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says she is “humbled” to become the sixth person to receive an honorary Canadian citizenship. At 19, she is also the youngest […]
United States’ first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River
Source: Dawn A groundbreaking black jurist who became the first Muslim woman to serve as a US judge was found dead in New York’s Hudson River on Wednesday, police said. […]
Islamist detained after attack against Dortmund team bus
Source: The Local Officials said on Wednesday that one suspected Islamist has been detained after the explosive attack against the Borussia Dortmund team on Tuesday. Police are still investigating the exact motive behind the attack on Tuesday, but have said there are two Islamist suspects – one of whom was […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Issue and General Pervez Musharraf
By Zubair Khan An Interest video. All sympathise with Ahmdies but avoid resolving by calling it a sensitive religious issue. LINK:
Canada: Motion 103 is an attack on freedom of speech by Islamo-fascists
http://niazamana.com/2017/04/islamophobia-in-canada-2-2/کالم کینیڈا میں اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی پر اسلامو فاشسٹ کا حملہ April 12, 2017 1:22 am · 3 comments آصف جاوید کینیڈا ایک عظیم ملک ہے۔ اِس عظیم ملک میں دنیا بھر کے 193 ممالک اور 40 سے زیادہ مذاہب سے تعلّق رکھنے والے باشندے ، بلا امتیاز مذہب وعقیدہ، رنگ و نسل ، […]
Syria war: Trump and Putin trade barbs as ministers meet
Source: BBC The US and Russian presidents have revealed the wide gulf between them over Syria, even as their foreign ministers were meeting in Moscow. Donald Trump said Russia was […]
Secular power balances the harshness of Israel’s religious courts
Source: The Economist Israel’s contest between religious and secular justice by A.P. and ERASMUS | JERUSALEM IN ANY country where secular courts and religious ones compete to adjudicate people’s lives, […]
How Jews became ‘people of the books’
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)According to Jewish tradition, God is, among other things, a writer. The Talmud says that, on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, […]
Israel’s proposed international Jewish database raises red flags abroad
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | April 11, 2017 JERUSALEM (RNS) News that Israel’s religious establishment is compiling an international Jewish database will exacerbate ongoing tensions between Diaspora […]