Oct 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI A UNESCO draft resolution recognising Palestinian rights in Jerusalem was passed this week by a vote of 24 in favour, six against and 26 abstentions. The UNESCO’s executive body will decide whether to adopt the draft text, but the Israeli education minister, Naftali […]
Source:ET India is today under a party with an ideology, which is called Hindutva. This ideology has three demands: The abolishing of Article 370 of India’s constitution, the construction of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple at Ayodhya and the enforcement of a Uniform Civil Code. All the three issues require something […]
Source:ET In the appeal, Sardar Adnan Saleem, through his counsel Raja Saimul Haq Satti, said that such an elevation is an emergent need in the present circumstances. He has made the federation through the cabinet division secretary, the prime minister through the secretary of the PM Secretariat and defence ministry […]
ON OCTOBER 15, 201612:23 Only 104 of the girls not married off Some died, some married off, radicalised into sect • Boko Haram tables demands to free 83 more […]
10/14/2016 Sophia von Bonin Co-founder of Re:Start CARSTEN KOALL VIA GETTY IMAGES What if we viewed the influx of refugees into Germany as an opportunity rather than a crisis? This was the question I asked myself, together with a group of young Berliners, when over 800,000 refugees arrived in Germany last […]
Thursday, October 13, 2016 Two orphans from Burma – image TCT Pope Francis has made an urgent call for action to be taken against those who profit from the exploitation of child migrants. In a strongly worded message released ahead of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the Pope […]
Aisha Dow Local council elections have traditionally revolved around the three Rs: rates, roads and rubbish. But for Casey Council, a rapidly expanding and multicultural municipality in Melbourne’s south-east, a new R appears to be taking centre stage: religion. It came to a head in April. With police officers […]
Number of Muslim travellers expected to grow to 168m in 2020, spending more than $200b Published: 16:51 October 13, 2016 Sarah Algethami, Staff Reporter Dubai: More Muslims are travelling, but there is a lack of accommodation and trained hotel staff catering to them, according to industry experts at the […]
October 14, 2016 Indonesian protesters demonstrate against Jakarta’s Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as “Ahok”, in Jakarta on October 14, 2016 (AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin) More Thousands of Muslim hardliners protested in Jakarta Friday demanding the Indonesian capital’s Christian governor be executed for allegedly insulting Islam, as he faces […]
15 Oct 2016 WRITER: AFP ARBIL (IRAQ) – Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said Saturday that preparations for the operation to retake Mosul from jihadists have been completed and it is time for the battle to begin. Massud Barzani (centre) says it is time for the battle for Mosul to […]
Source: The Guardian The United Nations cultural and heritage body, Unesco, has condemned Israel’s “escalating aggressions” regarding the holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif […]
Source: The Guardian François Hollande made the comments during more than 60 interviews with two Le Monde journalists. Photograph: Reuters By Kim Willsher in Paris The French president, François Hollande, has […]
Source: The Guardian A new Essential poll shows that Australians generally don’t support discriminating on the basis of religion alone for immigration purposes. The poll asked: “When a family applies […]
Source: BBC Police in China have detained 75 people in connection with a widespread network that illegally determined the gender of unborn babies. The illegal service – aimed at expectant […]
Source: BBC At least 32 people have died in a suicide attack targeting Shia in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, officials say. More than 60 were injured in the blast, carried out […]
Source: BBC Turkish-backed rebels in Syria are advancing on Dabiq, a symbolically important stronghold of so-called Islamic State. The small town holds great value to IS because of a prophecy […]
Source: Time By Katie Reilly Multiple women this week accused Trump of kissing or touching them without consent Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on claims about a […]
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin Once again, processed food companies will be at a major nutrition expo in Boston Updated On the weekend starting October 15, thousands of registered dietitians and […]
Source: Time BY Nancy Gibbs The managing editor of TIME. She is the co-author, along with TIME’s Michael Duffy, of two best-selling presidential histories: The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity and The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House. ‘Watch what we do, not what […]
Source: Time By Justin Worland More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate change-causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels. The deal reached in Kigali, Rwanda, comes after years of wrangling […]