Israel likened the report to a Nazi propaganda publication, rather than focusing on the reasons why its actions are being criticised Rashmee Roshan Lall In response to being called an “apartheid regime” by a UN regional commission, Israel compared the report to Nazi propaganda tabloid Der Sturmer, and foreign ministry spokesman […]
By YUSRA SALIM Published: March 17, 2017 KARACHI: There exist women in Karachi – the most ‘modern’ city of Pakistan perhaps – who are still deprived of franchise: female residents of a neighbourhood in Mauripur are not allowed to obtain Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs). Mauripur is a suburban area […]
Reuters International MAR 17, 2017 – Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 14, 2017. Picture taken March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By John Davison MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – After five months of intense fighting, Iraqi forces […]
HATEM BAZIAN@hatembazian Protesters holding up signs in a demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Muslims from certain countries, Seattle, Jan. 29. It is high time for a courageous political, social, and economic faith-based coalition between American Muslims and Jews (who are aware of the danger of Zionism) […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BEIRUT AA Photo The US military says it carried out an air strike in northern Syria against an Al-Qaeda target, but denies deliberately targeting a mosque where at least 42 people were killed according to an independent monitor. Turkey’s official Anadolu Agency reported that the […]
HAKKI ÖCAL@hakkiocal Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (L) gestures while debating with the Netherlands’ far-right politician Geert Wilders in Rotterdam on March 13, prior to the Dutch parliamentary elections held on March 15. One racist fascist was more than enough in Dutch politics. Rutte lost plain and simple The liberal-turned […]
By Reuters – Mar 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Abdullah Haj Mohammad, the head of Jalud village’s council, stands in front of the Jewish settlement unit of Shvut Rachel as he speaks during a tour organised by the Palestinian authorities for ambassadors based in Tel Aviv and consuls based in […]
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE By Food & Travel Desk Published: March 13, 2017 PHOTO: EXCLUSIVEPIX MEDIA Sweden, Canada and Switzerland have made it to the top three most popular countries in the world. The Reputation Institute has taken into consideration a number of markers in order to determine which countries have […]
By News Desk Published: March 17, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS US News and World Report released its latest edition of ‘Best Countries‘ study where they evaluated 80 countries on a wide range of criteria including citizenship, quality of life and cultural history. Another major marker was ‘power’, which measured how economically and […]
By AFP – Mar 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Children ride bicycles past election posters in Volendam on Monday, prior to March 15 Dutch parliamentary elections (AFP photo) ISTANBUL — The European Union on Monday warned President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to avoid inflammatory rhetoric, as a diplomatic crisis between […]
Faced with an avalanche of tourist cancellations from Canada, congressmen are letting Canadians of 55 and over who own or rent property in the US stay there for an extra two months a year Robert Fisk Vancouver @indyvoices Thursday 9 March 2017 Funny how another nation’s sectarian hatred comes seeping […]
Mar 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The problematic contrast between how Arabs see themselves and how they are generally perceived in the US public sphere of media and politics jolted me again this week, as I followed American mainstream mass media that mostly mentions Arab countries in the […]
Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/277733 http://community.scoop.co.nz/2017/03/new-zealands-ahmadi-muslims-to-hold-walk-for-humanity/ Thursday, 16 March, 2017 – 13:29 The Ahmadiyya Muslim community of New Zealand is holding its 9th annual charity walkathon on the 18th March 2017. Thousands of dollars raised by the participants will go towards supporting the New Zealand Blind Foundation and the Humanity First charities. Having raised […]
Source: http://www.swlondoner.co.uk/national-peace-symposium-morden/ By Matthew Robinson His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the community, will provide the keynote speech Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque to host key Ahmadiyya Muslim Community event A Morden mosque will host a global Islamic community’s symposium promoting peace and cooperation this month. The National Peace Symposium, hosted […]
Source: http://www.sbsun.com/social-affairs/20170315/refugees-migration-to-be-discussed-by-faith-leaders-at-san-bernardino-symposium By Staff report SAN BERNARDINO >> Local Muslim and Mormon communities will join together with representatives of various faith communities Thursday evening to talk about refugees and migration. The Inland Empire Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are hosting a […]
Source: Time Amanda MacMillan Mar 08, 2017 Deep sleep is critical to maintaining a robust memory, but both decline with age. A small new study published in Frontiers in Human […]
Source: Youtube Nearly half of all children in Vancouver’s Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood are vulnerable. United Way-funded after-school programs provide healthy food and snacks for neighbourhood children.
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Unknown assailants have shot and hacked to death a Sufi spiritual leader and his adopted daughter in northern Bangladesh, police said Tuesday. Local […]
Source: The Guardian The right of Muslim women to wear the headscarf and full-face veil in workplaces and public spaces has never been under greater scrutiny. It is a right […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer March 15 Everyone in the continental United States will need safety glasses for looking at the sky during the August 21 eclipse. (Mark […]