Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity
Source: New York Times Book review by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the N.B.A.’s all-time leading scorer. His book “Coach Wooden and […]
5 Muslim practices Janet Jackson’s baby experienced after he was born!
Published January 11th, 2017 Jackson celebrated her newborn son’s birth with a bloody animal sacrifice. (File photo) Pop icon Janet Jackson became a mother at 50 on 3 January, and rumors are already flying about how she’s spent the first hours with her newborn baby Eissa and billionaire Qatari husband […]
Brexit Confusion: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma
Six months after the EU referendum, the government in Britain still has no plan for leaving the bloc. What does Brexit really mean? By Christoph Scheuermann Photos AFP January 10, 2017 They came here in the search for answers. Students, pensioners, married couples, men looking weary after a long day’s […]
Mediterranean gas expected to fuel efforts to bring Cyprus sides together
ŞEYMA ERAZ – ELIF BINICI ISTANBUL An Israeli natural gas drilling platform in the Mediterranean. The normalization of ties between Turkey and Israel proposes the transfer of Mediterranean gas to Europe through Turkey. The ample amount of gas reserve in the Eastern Mediterranean provides an incentive to ensure a definite […]
Who is abducting Social media Activists?
Source: LUBP Political workers, students, intellectuals, writers and the oppressed minorities are facing forced abductions in Pakistan. We must raise our voices on this issue. In the past three days four Social Media Activists have been abducted from Central Punjab and Islamabad. This is a premeditated campaign by the State […]
New heir to the former Ottoman throne witnesses horrors of Syrian civil war in Damascus
SINAN ÖZTÜRK@sinan_ozturk ISTANBUL The new heir to the throne of the scattered Ottoman dynasty, which once ruled the strongest empire in the world, has witnessed the horrors of the Syrian civil war since 2011 in his native Damascus. Dündar Abdülkerim al-i Osman, the oldest male member of the Ottoman family, […]
Volunteering in Istanbul: Ways to do good by helping refugees
LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL ISTANBUL Published January 9, 2017 Hosting the largest number of refugees within its borders, Turkey houses many volunteer groups that are helping refugees in a number of ways. Several of them are run by expats or welcome them to distribute more help With the start of a new […]
German ministers agree tougher rules for migrants posing security risk
Reuters International JAN 10, 2017 – Immigrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior and justice ministers, representing the two blocs in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling […]
As a young Jew, the news coming out of Israel makes me feel hopeless about ending the Occupation
Epigraph: So show your love for the stranger or foreigner, for you were foreigner in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19) Source: The Independent My relationship with Israel began with […]
Attack on Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem
Jan 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s instant reaction to the Palestinian attack last Sunday on Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem was to attribute the attack to a Daesh terrorist, much like what had happened earlier in Nice and Berlin. While the judgment was indeed […]
Mideast under Trump
Jan 10,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif The Obama presidency is in its waning days and the United States — as well as the rest of the world — is bracing itself for the unknown under a man who has befuddled his allies even before his foes. Donald Trump will […]
Video: President Obama’s Farewell Address
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US church attacker sentenced to death
Source: BBC A white supremacist has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church. Dylann Roof was convicted last month […]
Sessions Says Law ‘Absolutely’ Prohibits Waterboarding
Source: New York Times WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions, who is in line to become attorney general, said Tuesday that the law “absolutely” prohibits waterboarding and offered no hints at […]
Reports: Morocco bans sale of full-face veil
Source: Al Jazeera News media say law due to take effect soon also prohibits import and marketing of garment in “all cities and towns”. Morocco has banned the production and […]
Jeff Sessions, US attorney general nominee, denies KKK sympathies
Source: BBC President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a tough Senate confirmation hearing. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, […]
Plants can see, hear and smell and respond
Source: BBC By Josh Gabbatiss 10 January 2017 Plants, according to Jack C Schultz, “are just very slow animals“. This is not a misunderstanding of basic biology. Schultz is a […]
The mysterious masked women of Iran
Source: BBC By Rodolfo Contreras A jumble of cultures The people in Hormozagan province on Iran’s southern cost are known as Bandari (Port People). Once an important stop on the […]
Kabul bombings: Dozens dead after twin blasts near Afghan parliament
Source: BBC The blasts, part of a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, took place during rush hour as staff were leaving the complex. The Taliban said they carried […]
Hundreds join the Rev. William Barber’s ‘Moral March’ in D.C. to protest Jeff Sessions as attorney general
Source: The Washington Post By Paul Duggan The Rev. William J. Barber II, a pastor and activist who has emerged as a leading religious critic of President-elect Donald Trump, was […]