After Trump’s Election, A Nonpracticing Muslim Returns To Prayer
Source: NPR By ZAHRA NOORBAKHSH When I was a kid, Mom used to say, “You know you’ve become an infidel when you forget the Fatihah.” The Fatihah is the preamble to […]
Nikki Haley’s Sikh heritage will help her protect minority religions
Source: RNS By Rahuldeep Singh Gill (RNS) Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will be a rare woman on Donald Trump’s Cabinet-level team, and one of the few persons of color. […]
Rabbis plan response to white supremacist threats in Montana
Source: Associated Press By MATT VOLZ Today HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Orthodox Jewish rabbis said Wednesday they will counter white supremacists’ harassment of the Jewish community in the Montana town […]
FBI probing wave of fake bomb threats to U.S. Jewish centers
Source: Reuters By David Ingram Twenty-seven Jewish community centers in 17 U.S. states reported receiving false telephone bomb threats on Wednesday, prompting evacuations and an FBI probe into the second […]
Listen To Justin Trudeau Speak Tamil To Celebrate Canada’s Diversity
Happy Thai Pongal to Tamils celebrating! Joyeux Thaï Pongal aux tamouls qui célèbrent! Iniya Pongal Nalvazhthukkal: pic.twitter.com/AT8YE4t3AB — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 14, 2017 Source: Huffington Post By Carol […]
Australia Day billboards with girls in hijabs to appear nationwide after campaign raises $130,000
Source: The Guardian By Helen Davidson Campaign plans to put up dozens of billboards across capital cities with surplus funding going to Indigenous organisations A crowdfunding campaign has raised more than […]
Breaking bad: Hollywood wakes up to the power of dark, dangerous women
theguardian: by Anne Billson — Forget sobbing suffering beauties. From Rebecca Hall’s unlikable newsreader to Jessica Chastain’s ruthless lobbyist, this is the year of the unsympathetic, deeply flawed femme. Thank goodness for that. The good news is that there are some great female characters coming up in the cinema in […]
Alex Morgan: ‘If Fifa start respecting the women’s game more, others will follow’
theguardian: by Donald McRae — The American star striker is an active campaigner for women’s equality off the field and has set her sights on becoming the world’s leading player on it, having taken the plunge with a six-month loan spell at Lyon Alex Morgan is a World Cup winner, […]
Australia Day billboard featuring girls in hijabs removed after threats
theguardian — Digital sign in Melbourne showing two Muslim girls in front of the Australian flag sparks furious social media debate and threats to company A digital sign advertising Australia Day 2017 featured images of people from various cultural backgrounds, including one picture of two Muslim girls in front of […]
Love in the Holy Qur’an – HRH Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed of Jordan
LOVE in the HOLY QURAN GHAZI Kazi Publications H.R.H. Prince Ghazi of Jordan is a Professor of Islamic Philos- ophy, and is well known as an interfaith activist and author. He obtained his BA from Princeton University in 1988 Summa cum laude; his first PhD from Cambridge University, U.K., in […]
The Qur’an on War and Peace
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) One of the criticisms levelled at the Holy Qur’an is that its verses promote violence. But in the following excerpt from Life of Muhammadsa, the biography of the Holy Prophetsa by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmood Ahmadra, second successor of the Promised […]
Post-JCPOA Iran regards tourism a fountain of wealth
January 18, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran regards tourism industry a source for generating wealth, and is seeking to make the best use of positive atmosphere created in the wake of the nuclear deal, known as JCPOA, signed in January 2016. Iran needs to breathe fresh air into the sector […]
Kosovan artists’ ‘Migrant Colors’ on show
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL A collective exhibition titled ‘Migrant Colors’ is now on display in Istanbul, bringing together the works of six artists from Kosovo, displaying unique examples of their art The “Migrant Colors” exhibition is now on in Beşiktaş, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Kosovo Prizren […]
Some hope, finally?
JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The Astana peace talks brokered by Russia and Turkey appear to be in precarious position due to the fact that the ceasefire between Damascus and the rebel forces, painstakingly brokered by Moscow and Ankara, is often violated. As such, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday […]
At least 26,000 people flee Gambia to Senegal as refugees – U.N.
At least 26,000 people have fled Gambia into Senegal fearing President Yahya Jammeh’s decision to stay in power after losing an election in December could spark unrest, the United Nations said on Wednesday, citing Senegalese government figures. “Up until the night of the 16th there were 26,000 people …. The […]
Davos — the rich are worried
Gwynne Dyer JORDAN TIMES “I can’t wait to see how the incoming administration deals with AI,” said US Secretary of State John Kerry in a less-than-gracious reference to the fact that the Trump team has not got a clue about the real driving force in the changing world economy. What […]
If the EU wants to survive after Brexit it should build closer ties with Russia
How might Europe turn Brexit to its advantage? There was something of that in the Prime Minister’s speech but what she says carries no force. What we think does not matter. It is up to them Hamish McRae How can Brexit be better for Europe? From the UK perspective the whole business […]
The Paris peace conference was beyond useless – everyone knows a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine is impossible now
Anyone who’s visited the West Bank these past few years, looked at the Jewish colonies built on stolen Arab land, witnessed the occupation and the filth of Gaza and observed its brutal Hamas militia leaders – and realised that Netanyahu will soon be the most left-wing member of his increasingly […]
Muslim Comics in a Mordant Act of ‘Resistance’
Source : The New York Times By Sopan Deb “Look at how many brown people are here!” Dean Obeidallah said to cheers after taking the stage Sunday at the Comic […]
World Leaders Push Israel and Trump to Forge a 2-State Deal
Source: The New York Times By ALISSA J. RUBIN, BENOÎT MORENNE and ISABEL KERSHNER PARIS — An effort by France to give impetus to the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process through […]