FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BEIRUT Syrian civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, search for survivors following regime airstrike on the opposition-held neighbourhood of Tishrin on Feb. 22, 2017. (AFP PHOTO) Rescue workers from Syria’s White Helmets group — the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary — will not […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL A convoy carrying military aid to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drive near the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka, Syria February 24, 2017. Picture taken February 24, 2017. Spokesman Talal Sello of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is dominated by the PKK’s Syria offshoot, […]
At the current rate of progress, every media outlet other than Fox, Breitbart, a couple of other white supremacist outlets and a few doolally Christian networks will find itself banned from the building by Wednesday afternoon Matthew Norman @IndyVoices While it isn’t always easy to be a huge fan of […]
Source: CNN By Sara Ganim and Chris Welch, CNN Seattle (CNN)Two years ago, Seattle Police Officer Jim Ritter realized his city had a major problem. People weren’t reporting hate crimes. […]
Sunday, Feb 26, 2017 Video 30°C Fachrul SidiqThe Jakarta Post | Sat, February 25, 2017 Public Order Agnecy (Satpol PP) personnel stay on guard in front of Al-Hidayah mosque on Jl Muchtar Raya in Sawangan, Depok, West Java, on Friday. The Depok administration sealed the mosque, which had been used […]
Source: CNN By Danny Cevallos, CNN Legal Analyst (CNN)This week the Chinese government finally gave Donald Trump’s company trademark protection for use of his name in the construction industry. Trump […]
In her compelling personal talk, Sarah Khan dares the audience to take a chance to get to know a Muslim, just as she dared to reach out to the very […]
Source: http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/local/muslim-women-s-annual-interfaith-event-saturday-will-promote-loyalty/article_80e654bc-f9d7-11e6-9278-3b33e009e0ec.html The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association’s annual interfaith women’s event at the Al-Nasr Mosque on Bridge Street has united women from all faiths for almost 20 years. WILLINGBORO — After 12 years in America, Amtul Wadood is still grateful she can go to the grocery store on her own […]
Source:Time Alice Park Feb 25, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. You’ve heard the saying before: “use it or lose it.” Studies show that people who utilize their […]
Source: http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/living-fear-1367422 By Amanur Aman | thedailystar.net Eleven Ahmadiyya Muslim families at Moheshkhola village in the district’s Mirpur upazila have been living in insecurity after some local religious fundamentalists ostracised them. Around 56 members of the families feared attacks from the fanatics who want them to be declared non-Muslims. Fundamentalists asked villagers not to […]
Source: Time Zeke J Miller 4:23 AM PKT President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Saturday that he will skip this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “I will not be […]
Source: BBC Nearly 10 attacks were made on migrants in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry says. A total of 560 people were injured in the violence, including […]
Kenneth Primrose is head of religious, moral and philosophical studies at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen, Scotland. He also runs The Examined Life. Edited by Sam Dresser REPUBLISH Will religious literacy help in a multicultural society? David Evers/Flickr By walking down the street of any major city, you are likely to […]
Source: ET BERLIN: Germany saw more than 3,500 attacks against refugees and asylum shelters last year, interior ministry data showed, amounting to nearly 10 acts of anti-migrant violence a day as the country grapples with a record influx of newcomers. The assaults left 560 people injured, including 43 children, the […]
Source: Dawn Military operations work. Where they are meant to recover territory, they do. Swat is steady and North Waziristan no more terror central. Where operations are meant to deny free movement to militants, they do. Bajaur, Mohmand, South Waziristan — none of them truly normal, but a long way […]
Source: The Local One person was killed and two injured Saturday when a man rammed a car into pedestrians in the southern German city of Heidelberg, said police, adding that it did not appear to be a terror attack. After the crash, the driver, a 35-year-old German man, fled on […]
25 February 2017 From the section Asia Image copyrightEPAImage captionSiti Aisyah “met some people who looked Japanese or Korean”, Indonesian officials said An Indonesian woman arrested for the murder of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader has said she was given 400 Malaysian ringgits ($90; £72) to carry out a prank. […]
Source: Huffington Post “America’s beauty comes from the diversity of its people.” By Carol Kuruvilla JOHN GREIM VIA GETTY IMAGESJustice is a tween specialty retailer with over 900 locations around […]
Source: Huffington Post “Keep the doors open,” Kindertransport survivors warn. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman For HuffPost’s #LoveTakesAction series, we’re telling stories of how people are standing up to hate and supporting […]