Being Muslim American in the year of Donald Trump
Source: CNN Story by MJ Lee; Video by Jeremy Moorhead, CNN (CNN)Muslim Americans describe the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a seminal moment that painfully altered their place in […]
North Dakota pipeline: US journalist Amy Goodman faces riot charge
Source: BBC US journalist Amy Goodman is facing charges of participating in a “riot” after filming Native American-led protests over an oil pipeline in North Dakota. The Democracy Now! reporter […]
Battle for Mosul: Operation to retake Iraqi city from IS begins
Source: BBC An Iraqi operation to recapture the city of Mosul, the last major stronghold of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the country, has started. Artillery began firing on […]
Donald Trump Claims Election Will Be Rigged at Polling Sites
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Trump tweeted that the election is rigged “at many polling places” Donald Trump refuses to back down from his claim, which has been made without specific evidence, that the upcoming election results will be rigged at polling places. The Republican nominee for President tweeted on Sunday […]
What’s Really at Stake in the Presidential Election
Source: Time TIME SURVEY: Voters Are ‘Scared’ BY Ryan Teague Beckwith Ryan Teague Beckwith is a senior editor in TIME’s Washington, D.C., bureau. Most voters are unhappy with the current state […]
THAI KING: Bhumibol mourned in Swiss Buddhist temples
OCT 16, 2016 – Around 250 people attended the ceremony in Echallens (Keystone) Two Buddhist temples in Switzerland conducted special religious ceremonies to mourn the death of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Around 250 people attended the special ceremony held at the Buddhist temple in Echallens in the canton of Vaud […]
Why the battle for Mosul matters in the fight against ISIS
By Holly Yan and Nadeem Muaddi, CNN (CNN)Of all the battles in the fight against ISIS, the operation to retake Mosulcould prove the most significant. Iraqi-led forces have started what will likely be a messy and prolonged offensive to seize Iraq’s second-largest city. Having already lost key cities — such […]
Dubai’s Emir flies £300,000 of aid to Haiti in his private jet
Source: THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE By News DeskPublished: October 17, 2016 United Arab Emirates’ Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. PHOTO: REUTERS United […]
Devaluing ‘honour’
Source: Dawn BY AFIYA S. ZIA THE 2016 Amendment to Offences in the Name/ Pretext of Honour Act has had mixed reactions. Some celebrate the reforms while others consider these to be a mere ‘smokescreen’. For decades, legal and rights activists have campaigned against this specialised form of murder of women […]
Russia and the West: Where did it all go wrong?
Source: BBC By Jonathan Marcus Diplomatic correspondent It is hard to imagine a period since the end of the Cold War when relations between Russia and the United States have been […]
Trump’s conspiracy theory smells like anti-Semitism
Source: RNS By Jeffrey Salkin (RNS) It happened in West Palm Beach, Fla. — in the shadow of condo developments and gated communities that are as demographically Jewish asWarsaw was […]
The US-directed assault on Mosul and imperialist hypocrisy
17 October 2016 The long-planned, US-directed offensive to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has begun. On Monday morning, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared on national television: “Today, I declare the start of these victorious operations.” The assault on Mosul starkly […]
US election: Muslim voters as Donald Trump’s nemesis?
Source: Aljazeera Muslim and Arab Americans, despite being only slivers of US electorate, could hurt Republican candidate’s chances. Worshippers outside Masjid-al-Aman mosque in NYC register to vote [James Reinl/Al Jazeera] […]
What was the British SAS doing in Basra?
By Chris Marsden 28 September 2005 The September 19 arrest of two undercover Special Air Service officers in Basra, traveling in an unmarked car containing weapons and explosives, has led to numerous accusations that they were acting as agents provocateurs. The BBC reported that the SAS men’s car contained “weapons, […]
The Euro and Its Threat to the Future of Europe by Joseph Stiglitz – book review
The economist exposes the flaws of the common currency, but his solutions for reform don’t convince A protester burns a euro note during a demonstration in Athens, June 2015. Photograph: Reuters John Kampfner Monday 22 August 2016 It’s two months since Britain’s worst foreign policy blunder of the modern era […]
The Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Arrives in Ottawa
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad to address Parliamentarians in Canada’s capital city. On 15 October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived in Canada’s capital city Ottawa. His Holiness arrived at the Baitul Naseer Mosque at 7.50pm where […]
In the Arab world, sectarianism is real, sects are not
Source: Aljazeera Analysis of Arab societies through sectarianism does not grasp the complex dynamics of identity politics in the region. Rima Majed Most analysts writing about the Arab world are […]
Lindsay Lohan on being ‘crucified’ for holding the Quran in the US and wearing a headscarf
Source: Dawn In 2015, Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan was criticised in the US for carrying the Quran while walking the streets of New York. This year she donned a headscarf […]
Here’s Why These Christian Women Don’t Want To Live In Donald Trump’s America
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor When women of faith get together, powerful things can happen. This week, more than 700 Christian women clergy and lay leaders signed […]
Jordanian Ayat Amer ‘first Arab woman to win NASA competition’
Excelling programmer has had to fight social restrictions, stereotypes before winning recognition By Dana Al Emam – Oct 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Ayat Amer, a NASA internship winner, poses for a group photo at the UN headquarters in September with other young people representing their countries at the meetings […]