Reuters International JAN 7, 2017 – U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S., October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (reuters_tickers) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – First lady Michelle Obama made an impassioned case for embracing diversity and welcoming all religious groups on Friday in a […]
Jewel Topsfield Karuni Rompies Jakarta: Permadi Arya became famous – or infamous, depending on how you look at it – for his satirical YouTube videos lampooning extremism. One of them, You are Shiite, sends up those who preach that only Sunni Muslims will be guaranteed a plot of land in […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Monday 9 January 2017 Cpl. Gibran Jaber Awagy, the brave police officer, who shot and killed two Daesh-linked wanted terrorists, is recuperating in a hospital. JEDDAH: The brave police officer who shot and killed two Daesh-linked terrorists has been hailed as a hero by […]
By AFP – Jan 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Senior British Foreign Office official Alan Duncan is seen prior to a meeting in Athens on Thursday, one week ahead of a summit in Geneva aimed at reunifying Cyprus (AFP photo) LONDON — The Israeli embassy in London sought Sunday […]
By AFP – Jan 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced people flee during a battle with Daesh militants in Al Zuhoor neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday (Reuters photo) ERBIL — Iraqi forces battling extremists in Mosul reached the Tigris River that divides the city Sunday, a key step […]
Jan 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Daesh shifted technically and tactically its method of carrying out terrorist operations in Istanbul; moreover, the assailant attacked at a vital time, New Year’s Eve celebrations, in spite of the warnings and the security measures that had been taken to face such […]
3 January 2017 Bobi Dodevski wasn’t supposed to be working on the rainy March day when he met his future wife. Mr Dodevski, a 35-year-old Macedonian border guard, had agreed to cover for a colleague. Among the thousands of refugees hoping to cross the border that day was Noora […]
The Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Mosque in Kolkata has issued a Fatwa against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over inconvenience faced by people due to demonetisation, said reports. Maulana Nurur Rehman Barkati reportedly said that he would offer a reward of Rs 25 lakh to anyone who will “cut off […]
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has encouraged women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel to feel free to breastfeed their children in the church. “The ceremony is a little […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor As an American Muslim living in a climate of Islamophobia, Reza Aslan has had to develop a thick skin when speaking about […]
Source: Huffington Post By Elyse Wanshel Associate Editor, Trends, The Huffington Post A small restaurant is giving with a big heart. Marché Ferdous, a Muslim-owned eatery in Montreal, hands […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor When Thuy Nguyen was just 12 years old, she left her native country of Vietnam and boarded a South Korean boat in […]
Source: Time By Lisa Wade Lisa Wade is associate professor of sociology at Occidental College and the author of American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. A demographic shift […]
Source: BBC Four Israeli officer cadets have been killed in Jerusalem by a Palestinian man who rammed a lorry into them, in what police say was a terrorist attack. Three […]
Israeli Embassy made vow to ‘take down’ Foreign Office deputy Sir Alan Duncan Bombshell footage covertly filmed in restaurant, obtained by Mail on Sunday Senior diplomat is egged on by a senior aide to another Conservative Minister By SIMON WALTERS POLITICAL EDITOR FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 7 January 2017 […]
Source: BBC Four people have died In Jerusalem after a suspected terrorist rammed a lorry into a group of soldiers, Israeli police say. “It is a terrorist attack, a ramming […]
NANDINI RAMNATH The acclaimed actor has died at the age of 66 from a heart attack Om Puri has died of a heart attack at the age of 66 — a sudden loss of one of Indian cinema’s most gifted actors, whose roles raged from raging intensity to […]
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association with residents of Norwood House Nursing Home in Keighley / David Knights MEMBERS of a Keighley women’s group took a message of peace and harmony to the Norwood House Nursing Home. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association visited the home, in Greenthwaite Close, during […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS SKOPJE, Macedonia Three ethnic Albanian political parties in Macedonia adopted a joint platform Saturday that demands a larger say in the country’s affairs in return for their support in forming a coalition government. Elections held last month gave the ruling conservative VMRO-DPMNE party 51 seats in the 120-member […]