Source: The Independent By Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Government programme targets threats to ‘ideological security’ in schools Saudi Arabia is launching a programme to “inoculate” children against Westernisation, atheism, liberalism and secularism. They were listed as threats to “ideological security”, ahead of the danger from extremist groups including Isis and al-Qaeda and […]
Source: The Guardian Volunteers for One Roof set up beds at the homeless shelter in Leicester. Photograph: handout BY Harriet SherwoodReligion correspondent A night shelter for rough sleepers in Leicester will […]
Source: The Guardian Sharia courts are a symptom rather than the cause of the problems many Muslim women face (Sharia courts have no place in UK family law, theguardian.com, 14 […]
Source: The Guardian BY Ryan Felton in Detroit The US Department of Justice is suing the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan, alleging it violated federal law in 2015 when it denied […]
Source: RNS By Tahir Nasser (RNS) From East to West, this last week has seen some of the most extraordinary examples of unvarnished hypocrisy I have ever witnessed. In the […]
Source: Time BY Jeffrey Collins and Meg Kinnard / AP CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Confederate flag is gone from South Carolina’s Statehouse. The bullet holes have been patched in Emanuel […]
Source: Time BY Phil Stewart / Reuters (WASHINGTON) — A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China […]
Source: Time By Bradley Klapper and Josh Lederman WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America’s election process, […]
Source: BBC The UK manufacturer of Nurofen has been hit with an increased fine of A$6m (£3.6m; $4.4m) for misleading customers in Australia. Australia’s Federal Court ruled last year that […]
Source: BBC Her husband repeatedly used messages of hope in his presidential campaigns and during his time in office. But US First Lady Michelle Obama has struck a much less […]
Source: BBC The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed to the BBC that he shot dead three men while mayor of Davao. He said: “I killed about three […]
Source: CNN A nationwide ceasefire is the next step to restore peace in Syria after the recapture of Aleppo in the country’s north, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters at press conference in Japan on Friday. The Syrian regime is on the brink of retaking the whole city of Aleppo, which […]
Source: CNN The United States must either stop accusing Russia of meddling in its elections or prove it, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was “indecent” of the United States to “groundlessly” accuse Russia of intervention in the US election campaign, Russian […]
Source: The Local The boy, a German citizen of Iraqi heritage, attempted to blow up the device at the Ludwigshafen Christmas market on November 26th. When the device failed to detonate he gave up, before trying again on December 5th, prosecutors said on Friday. This time he took the explosive device, […]
By: Zubair K Khan On 15.12.2016 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Croatia organized an event in the auditorium of Culture Information Center Zagreb. Mainly it was a lecture on the topic of Woman in Islam. However prior to lecture, recitation from Holy Quran and its Croatian translation was read by Ahmadiyya Missionary […]
Harry Farley JOURNALIST 15 December 2016 Thousands of people will gather to pray in south London on Friday after a series of attacks against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. The Baitul Futuh Mosque has issued an open invitation to join Friday prayers this week in “solidarity with victims of persecution” in […]
The Muslim Sunrise is the oldest Muslim publication of North America. Its winter volume explores unity and diversity in our global village: Winter-2016 Editorial for the winter volume By Mubasher Ahmad, […]
When Samantha talked about ‘barbarism against civilians’ in Aleppo, I remembered climbing over the dead Palestinian civilians massacred at the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut in 1982, slaughtered by […]
Dec 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Her Majesty Queen Rania on Tuesday honoured the winners of the 2016 Queen Rania Award for Excellence in Education at a special ceremony, presenting […]
Bankruptcy attorney named US ambassador to Israel, to help ‘strive for peace in the Middle East’ Image Credit: Bloomberg David Friedman with US President-elect Donald Trump. Published: 06:01 December 16, 2016 AFP U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, the transition team […]