Jordan: How to end ’honour’ killings in Jordan
Apr 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL “We want to send a strong message to the people that killing women in the name of family honour will no longer be […]
IOM expects to fly up to 10,000 migrants out of Libya in 2017
Libya is main departure point for Europe By Reuters – Apr 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Illegal African migrants arrive at Mitiga International Airport before their voluntary return to their […]
Refugee children in Sweden are falling into coma-like states on learning their families will be deported
Resignation syndrome, or uppgivenhetssyndrom, has been diagnosed in 60 children this year Will Worley @willrworley Police stand with refugee children in Sweden. The country has for years experienced the unique […]
How will Turkey change if it votes ‘Yes’ on April 16?
Compare current structure of executive, judiciary and legislative branches with what they might become after referendum. Umut Uras, Yarno Ritzen | 02 Apr 2017 Turkish citizens will vote on April […]
Abdus Salam: The real story of Pakistan’s Nobel prize winner
PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO https://www.dawn.com/news/1311473 A star is born Abdus Salam’s birth certificate. — ICTP Photo Library On the Jan 29, 1926, Chaudhry Muhammad Hussein and Bibi Hajira Hussien had a baby boy at their two-bedroom abode in Jhang. They named him Abdus Salam — ‘servant of peace’. I was born […]
Praise for a story of hope, faith and commitment that built a children’s hospice
Source: Slough Observer The battle to get a children’s hospice for Berkshire has been praised as ‘an incredible story of hope, faith and commitment’. The comment was made by Cllr […]
Vandals desecrate 80% Jewish graves at small French cemetery
Source: http://www.rt.com The Jewish community of France has expressed “anger” over the toppling of some 40 headstones at an ancestral Jewish cemetery in Waldwisse, the same burial ground that already […]
The US-Mexico border wall: What’s at stake?
Source: Aljazeera By Massoud Hayoun Throughout his 2016 election campaign, PresidentDonald Trump called for the construction of a bigger, more impenetrable border wall along the US border with Mexico. He also […]
Article 50: What will be negotiated?
Source: Aljazeera By Shafik Mandhai British Prime Minister Theresa May has invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to leave the European Union and now has two years to finalise the […]
Egypt ‘one of the biggest prisons for journalists’
Source: Aljazeera One hundred days after the arrest of Mahmoud Hussein, Egyptian authorities continue to crackdown on the media. Journalist holds a sign that says ‘Journalism is not a crime’, […]
Terrorist group al-Shabab delivers food relief to drought-stricken Somalia
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili | March 31, 2017 (RNS) The Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab is distributing food to drought-stricken residents in southern parts of the war-torn […]
China Uighurs: Xinjiang ban on long beards and veils
Source: BBC China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism. The measures include prohibiting “abnormally” long […]
The health benefits of lemon water
Source: BBC Lemons and other citrus fruits are well known for their colourful pitted skins and tart, refreshing taste. Lemons contain citric acid and are well known for their high […]
The Islamic Jesus: A Gap Or Bridge Between Christians And Muslims?
Source: Huffington Post By Mustafa Aykol Visiting senior fellow at the Freedom Project at Wellesly College Throughout the whole Qur’an, there is only one woman mentioned by her name. She […]
Some Conservatives Are Happy Neil Gorsuch Might Be Filibustered
Source: Time BY Tessa Berenson Mar 31, 2017 As Democrats move closer to filibustering Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, some conservatives are privately cheering the plan. The filibuster will […]
Here Are the Best April Fools’ Day Pranks of 2017
Source: Time BY Olivia B. Waxman Updated: 2:34 PM ET | Originally published: Mar 31, 2017 Saturday, April 1 is officially April Fools’ Day, though one could argue that every day […]
Lahore: How Jamia’at Tulaba terrorized students of Punjab University
لڑکیاں پنجاب یونیورسٹی لاہور کی اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ, پنجاب یونیورسٹی, جمعیت By Salim Malik Source: http://www.humsub.com.pk/25917/saleem-malik-26/ پنجاب یونیورسٹی لاہور چھوڑے ہوئے 30 سال ہونے کو ہیں مگر زخم آج بھی تازہ کے تازہ ہیں۔ کریدنے کی ضرورت ہی نہیں۔ جن لوگوں نے پنجاب یونیورسٹی میں پڑھا نہیں وہ اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ کی […]
Islam and the sceptred isle: Britain courts the Muslim world as European ties fray
History repeats itself Apr 1st 2017 GOVERNING a country polarised, uncertain and isolated from Europe, its female leader seeks salvation in faraway lands. Cutting loose from Europe, she […]
A Pious Soul in the Land of Guatemala
A Pious Soul in the Land of Guatemala Upon the instructions of the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I arrived in Guatemala in February 2007. It had only […]
Israel is world’s leading practitioner of water apartheid
Adri Nieuwhof Rights and Accountability 29 March 2017 Palestinian children fill containers with water at a public tap in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, July 2014.Ashraf AmraAPA images Israel markets its water […]