Reuters International DEC 3, 2016 – A member of Iraqi security forces stands guard during an operation against Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, December 3, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (reuters_tickers) By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – No food or fuel has reached Mosul in nearly a week and the […]
By Rula Samain – Dec 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Peacemaking should be at the heart of the mindset working to counter the spread of violence in the Middle East and the world, participants said at a conference that concluded on Thursday. Unless peace becomes a mindset and […]
Source: Index.hr CITIZENS of German city Rudesheim, a popular tourist destination during the Christmas holidays, they found themselves under fire after allegedly made several Muslims to leave the Advent market because their booth was “insulting”. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community set up the information booth in front of the […]
Source: Arab News: Coming 52 days before the inauguration of Trump, the reshaping of Syria’s military landscape is also a strong signal to the new White House. Bahout said that a “most probable calculus in Russia’s mind was that a substantial Aleppo gain was needed at all costs before the […]
Source: CNN Born and raised in Mississippi, Mo is the youngest of four brothers and has both Muslim and non-Muslim friends. He dated very little and had few girlfriends until his senior year at Mississippi State. There, he met and fell for Jaelyn Young, a sophomore studying chemistry who was […]
Source: CNN China’s foreign ministry said Saturday it has lodged a complaint with the United States over a controversial phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwan’s President that has overturned decades of diplomatic protocol. China views Taiwan as a renegade province and, since 1979, the US has acknowledged Beijing’s claim […]
Source: The Daily Beast Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Tsai Ying-wen, the president of Taiwan on Friday, risking a diplomatic dispute with China prior to his inauguration. It is believed to be the first contact between a president-elect in the United States and the leader of Taiwan since diplomatic […]
Source: Balkan Insight Croatia needs to precisely set its foreign policy goals and plan its international diplomatic initiatives more thoroughly, according to Dejan Jovic, a professor at the Zagreb Faculty of Political Sciences and chief analyst to former President Ivo Josipovic. Jovic commended Croatia for recently taking “a more active […]
Source: Dawn As soon as he sat next to him, Amer introduced himself: “When I sat down I said, ‘How you doing?’ Trump says, ‘I’m doing good.’ And I said, […]
Source: The Express Tribune By Purniya Awan Banning a whole community for religious purposes based on genitalia and physical appearance (in this case especially) makes no sense, considering that, historically, members of the transgender community have been caretakers of the Kaaba. In addition, the transgender community has possessed proper identities, […]
Source: ET One of Hungary’s main Muslim organisations decried on Monday what it said were ‘xenophobic’ steps taken by an ultra-nationalist town mayor to preserve traditional Christian values and prevent immigration. Asothalom, close to the Serbian border, last week banned mosque construction, the use of a muezzin at prayer times and […]
Source: ET A judge in Australia refused to hear a Muslim woman’s evidence unless she removed her niqab. Judge Audrey Balla said the ruling, a first in Australia, was necessary because the veil prevented him from reading Moutia Elzahed’s expression. Elzahed refused a number of alternatives, including the court being […]
Source: ET Dowry, jahaiz in Urdu, is a tradition in Pakistan and India that has ruined numerous relationships and marriages. Parents borrow staggering amounts of loans just to satisfy the greed of their daughter’s in-laws and to ensure that she is not taunted after marriage. As evil as this tradition may be, almost […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The sun sets for the last time over Barrow, Alaska. On the 18th of November, 2016 at […]
A WAITING GAME Afghan refugees find their feet in Bern By Gaby Ochsenbein DEC 2, 2016 – Maryam und Mahdi have German lessons twice a week with Fritz (swissinfo.ch) Applying for asylum in Switzerland is a long process. And those who come seeking refuge still have to get on […]
Dec 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Christopher R. Hill One of the hallmarks of a presidential transition in the United States is a comprehensive policy review, aimed at determining which policies to retain and which to eliminate or change. As President-elect Donald Trump moves towards taking office, he seems eager to […]
By Rana Husseini – Dec 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Iftaa Department on Thursday issued a fatwa prohibiting the murder of women in the name of family honour. “We received an inquiry from a citizen about Islam’s position regarding the murder of women in so-called honour crimes […]
Source: BBC Most of us feel at least a pang of guilt after snacking on a decadent treat between meals, but what if every time you opened your fridge it judged you? This is exactly the sort of scenario that Alex Gillespie, a psychologist at the London School of Economics, […]
Source: BBC On 18 November 2016 at 13:31 local time, the sun set forever on America’s northernmost city of Barrow, Alaska. That is because on Thursday the town officially changed […]
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken directly with the president of Taiwan – breaking with US policy set in 1979, when formal relations were cut. Mr Trump’s transition team said he and Tsai Ing-wen noted “close economic, political, and security ties” between the US and Taiwan in a […]