Pope to meet with UK imams in bid to promote moderate Islam
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is scheduled to meet Wednesday with four British imams two weeks after the London extremist attack, part of […]
Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘Extremist’
Source: New York Times By ANDREW HIGGINS VOROKHOBINO, Russia — A dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, Andrei Sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous […]
Muhammad Ali’s former wife champions religious understanding, criticizes Donald Trump
Source: Sun Sentinel By Anthony Man Contact Reporter Sun Sentinel Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the former wife of the late heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, is pursuing a broad effort to combat discrimination […]
Pakistan blast: Lahore census team hit by suspected suicide bombing
Source: BBC At least six people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack targeting census workers and their security escort in the Pakistani city of Lahore. Four of the […]
The women who sleep with a stranger to save their marriage
Source: BBC By Athar Ahmad BBC Asian Network & Victoria Derbyshire programme A number of online services are charging “divorced” Muslim women thousands of pounds to take part in “halala” […]
Watch: Trump holds press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II
Breaking News http://www.cnbc.com/watch-live/partner?channel=cnbc_live_event_1&autoPlay=true [The stream has ended.] President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Wednesday afternoon, where he condemned an alleged chemical attack […]
Cadbury’s ‘War on Easter’ Brings Out the Inner Churchill in Theresa May
Source: Time By Dan Stewart At last, Britain’s Prime Minister is really angry about something. No, not Scotland’s renewed bid for independence. Not even the E.U.’s apparent attempt to use Gibraltar […]
Why President Trump Could Never Go It Alone on North Korea
Source: Time Charlie Campbell / Beijing 4:08 AM ET North Korea’s nuclear program will be high on the agenda when President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida […]
Malaysia MP: ‘Ok for rape victims to marry their rapists’
Source: BBC A Malaysian MP has drawn outrage for saying it can be OK for rapists to marry their victims and that some 12-year-old girls were “physically and spiritually” ready […]
Theresa May criticises Cadbury over Easter egg hunt
Source: BBC Theresa May has described the decision to drop the word Easter from the name of Cadbury and National Trust egg hunts as “absolutely ridiculous”. Her comments come after […]
Indian Idol Junior 2015 Nahid Afrin faces wrath of Mulla’s due to her singing
Statesman, India – Taste of Islamic advance Nava Thakuria | Guwahati March 27, 2017 | 01:30 PM Since time immemorial Assam has been known for its unique social harmony, religious tolerance and pluralism. The land of great Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardev,who spread the message of love, cohesion and brotherhood among […]
In the eye of the beholder: what is Islamic art?
An example of work that’s considered under the Islamic art catch-all by Mohammed El Banna. Courtesy of World Art Dubai Katrina Kufer April 5, 2017 The third edition of […]
EXORCISMS: Driving out the devil in Switzerland
http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43080614&locale=en EMBED CODE APR 3, 2017 – 17:59 Every year, about 1,400 people ask Swiss churches for help with exorcisms, and the number is growing. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The practice of ridding […]
A Bizarre SS Expedition to Tibet
Nazis on the Roof of the World: A Bizarre SS Expedition to Tibet In 1938, an SS expedition led by German zoologist Ernst Schäfer trekked to Tibet, returning with priceless animal specimens. Many believe they had actually been sent to search for a lost Aryan race, but a new book argues that […]
This is how we can reclaim the British Muslim identity from extremists
Public debate has become toxic and polarised: on one side are the people who call all Muslims terrorists and extremists, and on the other are the people who cry ‘Islamophobia’ the moment anyone opens a discussion about Islamist extremism in Britain Sara Khan @sarakhaninspire Muslim children carrying flowers join a vigil […]
BBC: Halala: The women who sleep with a stranger to save their marriage
The women who sleep with a stranger to save their marriage Source: BBC By Athar Ahmad; BBC Asian Network & Victoria Derbyshire programme A number of online services are charging “divorced” […]
Syrians risk all in flight from Raqqa
By Reuters – Apr 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A displaced Syrian woman, who fled Daesh group stronghold of Raqqa, reacts as she arrives at a temporary camp in the […]
EU denounces Israel’s West Bank demolitions policy
By Reuters – Apr 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A bedouin Palestinian girl carries a goat outside her family’s dwelling in Al Khan Al Ahmar village near the West Bank city of Jericho on February 23 (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The European Union has expressed frustration with Israel over […]
How Israel understands the Arab Peace Initiative
Apr 04,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech at the recently concluded Arab League summit, that the initiative is the only solution on the table, asserting that it will not be changed or […]
David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
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