Source: Time While the President-elect retreated to Palm Beach with his family for Thanksgiving. The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump’s team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration. Trump, who vowed during the […]
Source: Time “We have an escalating situation where safety is a concern for everybody.” Protesters opposed to an oil pipeline planned to run beneath a lake near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota must vacate an area where thousands of demonstrators have been camped by Dec. 5 or […]
Source: Fortune by Mahita Gajanan He also took aim at Democrats Donald Trump continued to criticize the election recount effort by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein via Twitter on Sunday. “The Green Party scam to fill up their coffers by asking for impossible recounts is now being joined by the […]
Source: BBC An Australian militant thought dead is still alive and under arrest in the Middle East, according to reports. The Australian government in May said Neil Prakash, a senior recruiter for the so-called Islamic State group, had been killed in a US air strike. He died in the Iraqi […]
Source: BBC The number of people dying in the Australian city of Melbourne from a rare phenomenon called thunderstorm asthma has risen to six. Three others are in a critical […]
Source: BBC A pop music video director in South Korea has been charged in a corruption scandal that threatens to engulf the country’s president, Park Geun-Hye. Cha Eun-taek will stand trial for allegedly using his ties to the president’s confidante to win lucrative projects. The charges include abuse of power, […]
Source: BBC Israeli police have arrested 12 people on suspicion of arson over a series of wildfires that have burned around the country for four days. Firefighters have brought a blaze under control around the northern city of Haifa, where about 80,000 people were ordered to evacuate. But officials say […]
Source: BBC At least 35 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train collision in northern Iran. Four carriages derailed and two caught fire when a train that had broken down was hit by another train. The accident happened in freezing temperatures early on Friday, 250km (150 […]
Source: BBC Just over five weeks ago, Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to retake the city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State. Jewan Abdi has been following special […]
Source: BBC Tens of thousands of people flee their homes as wildfires reach the northern Israeli city of Haifa. AP Wildfires have raced into northern districts of the Israeli coastal […]
Source: Aljazeera Suspected hate crimes targeting Muslims carried out as anti-Islam rhetoric swells in the US following Paris attacks. By Patrick Strickland More than 4.2 million Syrians have fled their country as the civil war continues [Santi Palacios/AP] Several mosques have been vandalised and a number of suspected hate crimes targeting […]
Source: Aljazeera By Rhodri Davies For today’s young Muslims, traditional methods of finding a life partner are increasingly viewed as inapplicable. Sana Ikarm and her husband Hakim met using Muzmatch, and about four months later they were married [Rhodri Davies/Al Jazeera] London, United Kingdom – Arzo Kazmi has been looking for […]
Source: Aljazeera Being told to get off plane in front of passengers was “humiliating”, says Kameelah Rasheed, who alleges discrimination. BY Anealla SafdarKameelah Rasheed is one of several Muslims who has been forced to leave planes in America over the past two weeks [Rasheed] Correction Nov. 26, 2015: This article originally […]
Source: Aljazeera Assad forces capture Jabal Badro and intensify air raids in and around the city, killing 15 civilians in Anjara village. The Syrian military has announced it had taken control of a second residential district of the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo city in two days, as government air […]
Source: CNN By Bianca Britton, CNN (CNN)A legal tug-of-war between Ugandan authorities and a for-profit international chain of schools has led to the education provider being ordered to shut down […]
Source: CNN By Michael D’Antonio (CNN)Two weeks into his transition from President-elect to America’s commander in chief, Donald Trump has signaled his priorities and demonstrated the habits of mind he will bring to the most powerful position in the world. The clues tell us we shouldn’t expect this 70-year-old showman […]
Source: http://www.bramptonguardian.com/whatson-story/6986569-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-will-host-jesus-in-india-event-in-brampton/ Event happening, Sunday, Dec. 4 Jesus in India The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believes Jesus survived crucifixion. A tomb called Rauzabal in the state of Kashmir, they claim is the final resting place of Jesus. On Sunday, Dec. 4 the Ahmadiyya Community will host an event, Jesus In India at […]
Source: http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/muslim-ahmadiyya-sect-plan-trip-toowoomba/3115989/ Muslim sect plan anti-radical drive in Toowoomba Andrew Backhouse | 25th Nov 2016 1:25 PM Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community will visit Toowoomba on Saturday, November 26, 2016. A MINORITY sect of Muslims will visit Toowoomba tomorrow to spread their message of inter-faith harmony. Zain Baig from the […]
Source: Teach Don’t Preach – A campaign for secular education by atheist Ireland Today a unique secular alliance met Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, to discuss […]
Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ahmadiyya-leader-dismayed-as-likud-mk-hints-muslims-behind-fires/ Ahmadiyya sect leader ‘dismayed’ as Likud MK hints Muslims behind fires Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect in Israel, Muhammad Sharif Odeh, expresses dismay at comments made by Anat Berko on Channel 10 news last night, which the Likud MK wondered aloud why the Kababir neighborhood in Haifa was […]