The rare phenomenon of the ‘moonbow’
Source: BBC By Kelly Grovier 21 October 2016 On an evening walk in the autumn of 1799, William Cole, a now forgotten English poet, was suddenly stopped in his tracks […]
Defeating Daesh is not impossible
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 A displaced woman, who fled from Daesh terrorists in Mosul, holding her baby at Deepaka camp in the northwest of Irbil, during an operation against Daesh in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2016. Daesh rose to prominence because of a series of mistakes committed in the name of political […]
Mosul battle: Hundreds treated over toxic fumes in Iraq
Source: BBC Hundreds of people in Iraq are being treated for the effects of toxic gases after a sulphur plant was set alight in fighting with so-called Islamic State. The […]
A post-crisis order is possible in the Middle East
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 Published October 7, 2016 Strong and wise political leadership is needed to end self-destructive wars and conflicts in Muslim countries and protect them from external intervention and manipulations A number of deep-rooted problems are ravaging the Middle East and the larger Muslim world. It is as if the Muslim […]
Daesh, Dabiq and the follies of an apocalyptic ideology
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 PublishedOctober 17, 2016 Illustration by Necmettin Asma – twitter.com/necmettinasma The key stakeholders including global powers, regional players and non-state actors must stop using Daesh for their small strategic gains because this is becoming a war in which there are no winners. Two wrongs do not make a right […]
India: Kabaddi World Cup 2016, Final: India Vs Iran:
Kabaddi World Cup 2016, Final: India Vs Iran: Schedule, venue, squads The tournament which began on October 7, saw 12 teams participating in the league games. Iran Kabaddi Team By: Avinash Sharma Updated: Friday, October 21, 2016, 22:43 [IST] Ahmedabad, Oct 21: The Kabaddi World Cup 2016 has entered its […]
Ahmadiyya and their ultimate victory
Source: Rawgist.Com A friend once asked, if the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is from God, why are you so opposed even by your fellow Muslim brothers. Without engaging in a banter of scriptural quotations, which I find unnecessary (except for academic purposes) because the victory of Islam Ahmadiyyat is now palpable […]
Muslim Council of Britain anti-terror campaign criticized
Source: Ibtimes.co.uk Critics have questioned a prominent Muslim organisation’s commitment to fighting extremism, and accused it of failing to expel a charity which has called for Ahmadi Muslims to be killed.The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which represents 500 Islamic mosques, schools and institutions in the UK, announced its intention […]
Islamic Caliph is coming to Lloyd
Source:meridianbooster.com Many Canadians may have heard about the arrival of head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived in Toronto on October 3rd and he will be staying In Ontario for about 4 weeks. During this time, he will be meeting with members of the […]
Videos: Meet Savannasaurus, A New Huge Dinosaur Species
Watch a short video in CNN Meet the man Savannasaurus Elliottorum dinosaur is named after Remains of the Savannasaurus was uncovered by David Elliott, co-founder of the Australian Age of […]
Sites like Twitter, Reddit and Spotify go offline on US East coast after cyber attacks
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Major internet services including Twitter and Spotify suffered outages on October 21, 2016 as a US internet provider said it had come under attack. (AFP Photo) Cyber attacks targeting a little known internet infrastructure company, Dyn, disrupted access to dozens of websites on Friday, preventing […]
25 feared dead in raid on migrant boat during rescue op off Libya
AFP | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 Migrants and refugees, aboard a ship, wait in line to be registered after being rescued, in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya on Thursday. (AP) ROME: Up to 25 people were missing, feared drowned, Friday after men on a […]
Iranian media accuses US of killing worshippers in airstrike near Kirkuk
HANI HAZAIMEH | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 Smoke rises as Kurdish forces gather near a site of a Daesh attack in Kirkuk, Iraq. (REUTERS) JEDDAH: An airstrike killed 15 women on Friday at a shrine near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, local officials and medics […]
Editorial: Investigation aside, bombing an Iraqi shrine is a reminder of the brutality of war
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 This file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP) Just like misinformation led to a Saudi-led coalition plane targeting a funeral hall — and ultimately killing Yemeni civilians — earlier this month; yesterday’s airstrike on a Shiite shrine near the […]
The specter of World War III?
ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus recently warned against the risks of disagreements over the battle of Mosul. He said that this could even mark the beginning of World War Three. Despite the sectarian and ethnic nature of […]
Why exactly Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton ‘nasty woman’
Source: TOI “My Social Security payroll contribution will go up, as will Donald’s, assuming he can’t figure out how to get out of it,” she said. The reference was obvious. If Trump wriggled out of paying taxes before, he could most certainly do it with Social Security taxes in the […]
At least 19 dead in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia
Source: TOI The helicopter was flying from the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk to the town of Urengoy in the Yamalo-Nenetsky region when it crashed Friday between 1400 and 1500 GMT, investigators said. The regional branch of the emergencies ministry said it had been informed that a helicopter made a hard landing […]
More Germans identify as LGBT than in rest of Europe
Source: The Local The survey by Berlin startup Dalia published this week found that 5.9 percent of Europeans identify as LGBT when offered a choice between heterosexual or LGBT. The proportion was highest in Germany, where 7.4 percent of respondents identified as LGBT, and lowest in Hungary, at 1.5 percent. But […]
‘Govt to name new army chief in a week’
Source:ET “The government has not yet decided [as to who will be the new army chief] but is likely to announce his name in week or ten days’ time,” said Chaudhry said in response to a question asked during a news conference which he addressed together with PML-N leader Daniyal […]
No ifs and buts: Muslim boy must shake hands with female teachers
Source:ET A Swiss school has rejected the appeal of a Muslim schoolboy who refused to shake hands with female teachers on religious grounds.“The boy was one of two teenage brothers at a high school in Therwil who caused a nationwide furore earlier this year when they said shaking hands with […]