Jordan condemns Israelis’ ‘provocative’ storming of Al Aqsa
Momani denounces move as ‘hindrance’ for Mideast peace process By JT – Apr 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Extremist Jews are seen in front of the Dome of the Rock […]
Don’t believe Trump when he says relations with Russia are at an ‘all-time low’ – the truth in Moscow is different
It’s significant that Rex Tillerson went ahead with his Moscow trip so soon after the air strikes in Syria. It’s equally significant that a meeting with Putin went ahead – and, for once, Putin […]
Lebanon’s efficient security services are stepping up their watch over Islamist supporters in Beirut and beyond
The so-called ‘tourist’ police appear in their uniforms during the day and then the same officers, in civilian clothes, can be spotted at night in the downtown cinema complex in central Beirut. And as far as the Ein el-Helweh camp is concerned, where many Islamist supporters live, Lebanon is keeping […]
Malala Yousufzai new citizen of Canada
thestar.com OTTAWA—Few new Canadians go right from a citizenship ceremony to addressing Parliament. But then few people are like Malala Yousafzai — Nobel Peace Prize winner, a United Nations messenger of peace, a global advocate for education. And still just 19. The Pakistan woman, who survived a Taliban attack five […]
Baisakhi Festival Begins as Sikhs mark 319 years of Khalsa
Around 1,500 Indian Sikhs with over 500 from various European countries and over 2,000 Pakistani Hindus and Sikhs have added colour to Beskahi festival that began in Hassanabdal on Thursday. https://www.dawn.com/news/1326743 This year’s festival marks the 319th anniversary of Khalsa (the righteous Sikh brotherhood). In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh (the […]
Egypt beefs up security outside churches ahead of Easter
Source: Associated Press By HEBA AFIFY CAIRO (AP) — Outside of Cairo’s St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, a dozen high-ranking police officers are stationed on […]
Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties
Source: Reuters Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant […]
Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Describe Military Tactic Of Systematic Rape
Source: NPR BY MICHAEL SULLIVAN AND ASHLEY WESTERMAN With her 8-year-old son’s head resting in her lap, Zubaida was sitting at home with some other women from her village in western Myanmar’s […]
50th AHMADIYYA MOSQUE IN GERMANY OPENED IN WALDSHUT-TIENGEN, BY HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY
Source: PR Ahmadiyya The Aafiyat Mosque inaugurated by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 10 April 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurated the Aafiyat Mosque (Mosque of Peace and […]
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
Source: The Conversation This Sunday, April 16, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration […]
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Will Run For Presidency, Flouting Ayatollah’s Advice
Source: NPR By BILL CHAPPELL Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run for his third term as Iran’s president, putting a jolt into next month’s elections. He’s the latest hardline challenger to […]
US Sikhs launch ad campaign that looks to push back on hate
Source: Associated Press By STEVE PEOPLES NEW YORK (AP) — Sikhs in the United States are launching a million-dollar awareness campaign that aims to stop hate-fueled attacks by explaining more […]
I was blinded by my contact lens
Source: BBC By Claire Bates Image copyrightNEW CITIZENSHIP PROJECT When Irenie Ekkeshis’s eye started to itch she assumed it would soon settle down. It didn’t. Before long, she found herself […]
The cuban building the world’s tallest bike
Source: BBC By Anna Merlan 12 April 2017 It’s not possible to keep up with 52-year-old Félix Ramón Guirola Cepero, and it’s not wise to try. On a bright winter […]
The joy of a Christian-Muslim wedding among Egypt’s Nubians
Source: BBC The attacks this week on Coptic churches in northern Egypt underline the dangers faced by the country’s Christian minority. But among the Nubians – an ancient nation that […]
Muslims respond to call for blood donations in Egypt after Palm Sunday attacks
Source: Fox News In a show of solidarity after the Palm Sunday attacks in Egypt, Muslim men and women rushed to mosques in Tanta to donate blood for those injured […]
Mardan university student lynched by mob over alleged blasphemy: police
REUTERS | ALI AKBAR | HASSAN FARHAN A 23-year-old student of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan was killed and another seriously injured by a vigilante mob for allegedly “publishing blasphemous […]
European court rules Russia fatally botched Beslan school siege
Reuters International APR 13, 2017 – An interior view shows the building of a school, which was seized by Islamist militants in 2004 in the southern town of Beslan, Russia, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev (reuters_tickers) By Kazbek Basayev and Andrew Osborn BESLAN/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia broke European human rights […]
Tensions lurk behind Pence’s ‘partnership’ visit to Indonesia
Reuters International APR 13, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Judge Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Supreme Court Justice in the […]
Germany’s Schaeuble says if Muslim migrants don’t like Europe, go elsewhere
Reuters International APR 12, 2017 – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Muslims who migrate to Europe should understand […]