Tariq Ramadan: ‘Muslims need to reform their minds’
Source: The Guardian The academic believes Islam and the west shouldn’t be at odds, but was banned from the US and slated in the Sun. Isis hates him, too – […]
Thousands defy rally ban to celebrate Pakistani blasphemy murderer
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayeed | ISLAMABAD Thousands of religious hardliners in Pakistan defied a ban on demonstrations to rally on Wednesday in support of a man executed for murdering […]
Four Mosques Have Burned In Seven Weeks — Leaving Many Muslims and Advocates Stunned
Source: BuzzFeed News By Albert Samaha and Talal Ansari On January 7, the Islamic Center of Lake Travis, in Austin, Texas, which had been under construction, caught on fire. A week later, on […]
Plans move forward on proposed Muslim cemetery in Farmersville
Source: Dallas News BY Claire Z. Cardona, Breaking News Producer The basic concept plans for a Muslim cemetery outside Farmersville were approved unanimously Monday night. The cemetery has been a contentious […]
Threats and Vandalism Leave American Jews on Edge in Trump Era
Source: The New York Times By ALAN BLINDER, SERGE F. KOVALESKI and ADAM GOLDMANFEB. 28, 2017 A toppled headstone at Mount Carmel, a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia. CreditJacqueline Larma/Associated Press […]
Soft-toned Trump reaches out to religious and other minorities
Source: Religion News Service By Lauren Markoe WASHINGTON (RNS) President Trump, long chided for failing to address a surge in hate crimes, began his first address to Congress by invoking […]
Wave Of Bomb Threats Against Jewish Centers Soars To 100 This Year
Source: BuzzFeed News “The level of threats and incidents is astounding, and must not stand,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt said. BY Mike Hayes BuzzFeed News Reporter and Claudia Koerner BuzzFeed […]
ROBOT SECURITY VULNERABILITIES POSE SERIOUS THREAT TO HUMANS
“Compromised robots can be used to physically damage something or even kill someone,” say researchers exposing the flaws. BY ANTHONY CUTHBERTSON ON 3/1/17 Leaked video shows Boston Dynamics’ new ‘nightmare inducing’ wheeled robot Robots built by leading manufacturers are at “critical risk” of being hacked and posing a serious threat […]
Book Review: Democracy – Justice: How are they related?
Book written by Hakan Erten – a Turkish Swiss businessman and author Book Review: The complete book is at the moment available only in Turkish, English translation to follow, Inshallah […]
Pakistan: NAB arrests former police constable, son for hiding billions in wealth
APP The National Accountability Bureau arrested a former police constable and his son, also a police constable, from Hyderabad and seized cash, gold and property documents worth billions. NAB conducted the raids within jurisdiction of Latifabad police station and arrested Mohammad Yousuf and his son, Arif Yousuf on February 25 […]
Oscars 2017: Pakistan UN representative criticised for withdrawing congratulations to Mahershala Ali over first Muslim win
Source: Independent Pakistan’s constitution doesn’t recognise Ahmadis as Muslims By Christopher Hooton @christophhooton The first Oscar win for a Muslim actor – Mahershala Ali for Moonlight – was applauded around […]
Immigration: To be or not to be
The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says: “No problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from.” In both the US and EU, the focus is increasingly on the problem of immigration. President […]
Collection of Excerpts by Promised Messiah about Angels
Please read the chapter about angels in the PDF file: Essence-2 Some unedited articles about angels: The Concept of Angels in the light of Modern Scientific Knowledge and Eight Angels that Govern
Supreme Court acquits blasphemy accused after nearly five years in prison
Source: Dawn By Nasir Iqbal The Supreme Court on Monday overturned an order by the Balochistan High Court and exonerated an accused facing life imprisonment on allegations of desecrating the […]
Crowds welcome King Salman in Indonesia
AP, Reuters | Published — Wednesday 1 March 2017 Indonesian President Joko Widodo upon arrival at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday. (SPA Saudi King Salman steps out of his plane upon arrival at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Saudi King Salman […]
How poor countries foot the refugee bill
Feb 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jorge Moreira da Silva The Syrian refugee crisis has focused attention on the need to improve management of refugee flows during times of crisis. One issue is particularly worrying: poor countries may be paying a large indirect price for rich countries’ efforts. Data shows that […]
At the upcoming Arab summit
Feb 28,2017 -JORDAN TIMES = Hasan Abu Nimah Amman will host the annual Arab leaders’ summit on March 29, 2017. On the agenda will be myriad of very difficult issues, probably topped by the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since the Arab League was created seven decades ago, this issue has been a regular […]
What it’s like to be a ‘hijabi travel blogger’ in a climate of Islamophobia
Esra Alhamal isn’t letting prejudice stop her from exploring the world Kashmira Gander @kashmiragander The Independent Travel Esra Alhamal, pictured here in Morocco, has travelled to dozens of countries “When you wear a scarf you are a visual representation of Islam,” says Saudi travel blogger Esra Alhamal, who wears the […]
Muslim Marine says he’ll guard synagogues amid threats to Jews
Epigraph (Verses advising the Muslims to defend Synagogues): Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged — and Allah indeed has […]
Saudi King is giving the world some major travel goals
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN By News Desk Published: February 28, 2017 Saudi Arabia’s King Salman inspects an honour guard at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 26, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud kick-started his first official royal tour of Asia […]