Mexicans Launch Boycotts of U.S. Companies in Fury at Donald Trump
Source: Time By Ioan Grillo / Mexico City The digital image shows a clenched fist bathed in the red, white and green of Mexico’s flag and decorated with the nation’s emblematic […]
Perhaps the Largest Protest in U.S. History Was Brought to You by Trump
Source: Time By Karl Vick We could talk all day about numbers. Were 250,000 people on hand to see Donald Trump take the oath, or more like the 1.5 million […]
Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘World Is Preparing for War’
by ALEXANDER SMITH Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Friday that “it all looks as if the world is preparing for war.” Gorbachev, who was head of the socialist state when it dissolved in 1991, wrote the comments in an opinion piece for Time magazine. Mikhail Gorbachev AFP/Getty Images “More […]
Growing up a prisoner in a cult
Source: BBC By Vanessa Engle At exactly 11:15, the front door of a council flat in Brixton opened. Two women stepped out on to a quiet residential street. The younger […]
Deconstructing the LHC verdict in Aasia Bibi’s case
By Asad Jamal When a high court upholds the conviction and death sentence of a woman from a poor as well as politically and socially marginalised religious minority in a highly […]
Acts of faith: Why people get killed over blasphemy in Pakistan
Source: Herald By Alizeh Kohari Even though the rally had ended late, even though the night sky over Gangapur was turning translucent, Falak Sher’s wife insisted we stop by her house […]
MP calls for urgent action after killer of Asad Shah incites anti-Ahmadi violence from prison
Posted: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 An MP has urged the Scottish Government to take action after Tanver Ahmed, who killed Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper Asad Shah, released another anti-Ahmadi recording from prison. Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has written to the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson MSP, urging him to […]
What does it mean to be at war with “radical Islam”? On the attractions and dangers of a vague term
MARKAZ Daniel L. Byman Wednesday, January 4, 2017 MARKAZ Editor’s Note:President-elect Donald Trump and some of his senior advisors have stressed the need to focus on radical Islam and criticized President Obama for avoiding that specific label, writes Dan Byman. It is tempting to dismiss the newcomers’ views as naïve and bigoted, but […]
Libyans haven’t forgotten history
ORDER FROM CHAOS Federica Saini Fasanotti Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Last week, the Italian government reopened the embassy in Tripoli, the first to do so after the majority of Libya’s embassies closed in 2015. A number of Libyans exploited the news with a media war and talk of neo-colonialism. They couldn’t […]
Want to “take the oil”? Crunch the numbers first
MARKAZ Kenneth M. Pollack Wednesday, January 25, 2017 I had assumed that Mr. Trump’s assertion on the campaign trail that the United States should have taken and kept Iraq’s oil was nothing but electioneering. The fact that he has repeated it as president suggests that he may actually believe it’s […]
The disastrous ripple effects of Trump’s executive action on refugee resettlement
ORDER FROM CHAOS The disastrous ripple effects of Trump’s executive action on refugee resettlement Elizabeth Ferris Thursday, January 26, 2017 The international refugee system, constructed in the aftermath of World War II, has enabled millions of refugees in every region to find safety in other countries. President Trump’s expected action to […]
Global Centre for Pluralism moves to its permanent home in Canada
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON JANUARY 27, 2017 The Global Centre for Pluralism (GCP) is governed by an international Board of Directors chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent, not-for-profit international research and education centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Inspired by the example […]
Message of Peace and a Word of Warning by Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih III.
Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih III, passed away into the Mercy of Allah on June 8, 1982. The present Head of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam is Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V. 1983 Published by Alhaj Ata Ullah Kaleem Ameer & Muballigh Incharge the Ahmadiyya Movement […]
Pakistanis who Persecute Minorities could be Refused U.S. Visas
U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on U.S. refugees and immigration could severely affect Pakistanis who plan on visiting the United States. A draft copy of the executive order published by L.A. Times describes how U.S. visas could be denied to those who engage in “persecution of those who practice […]
Video: Van Jones of CNN: What’s going on in America?
CNN’s Van Jones hosts “The Messy Truth” and discusses what is currently going on in the US. Suggested Reading The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Islam!
If Trump can threaten my rights, he can do the same for any of us
By Reza Aslan, who is the author of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” and the host of CNN’s new original series “Believer With Reza Aslan,” which […]
Jordan: Another milestone in relations
Jan 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday was another milestone in relations between the two countries and underpinned the fact that the two leaders have a shared vision on many issues and, most importantly, on regional conflicts, […]
Trump vs America
Source: Dawn No matter how much he tries to portray himself as a champion of the white working class, US President Donald Trump is pitting himself against his country’s heritage with his latest executive orders against immigrants. Given his way, which is now a foregone conclusion that he will get, […]
Indonesia detains former finance official for suspected IS links
Reuters International JAN 27, 2017 – 10:38 JAKARTA (Reuters) – A former Indonesian finance ministry official has been detained on his return home after being deported from Turkey for trying to cross into Syria on suspicion of intending to join Islamic State, Indonesian authorities said on Friday. Police identified the […]
God’s own country: Why freedom is scarce in the Islamic republic
Source: Herald I was 12 years old at the time of Partition, living in Bombay where the earlier secular environment began to be polluted by aggressively assertive hordes of Gandhi-capped, lathi-wielding youths parading in the streets, shouting slogans of proud Hindu nationalism. What should have been a time of celebration […]