Celebrating 50 years Nouman Khalil/Metroland The Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivers the Friday sermon at the International Centre in Mississauga. Friday, Oct. 7 Mississauga News By Nouman Khalil The Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has called upon all communities to reject hatred […]
In Bosnia and in Syria, the tactic has been used to destroy bodies—but it’s really an attempt to annihilate the spirit. JANINE DI GIOVANNI OCT 12, 2016 Beginning in 1992, the siege of Sarajevo lasted a total of three miserable years, plus 10 months, three weeks, and three days. It […]
From the section Africa Image copyrightAFPImage caption The Archbishop of Ouagadougou wishes a traditional chief a happy Eid The Pope has invited Burkina Faso’s president to the Vatican later this month to see what can be learnt from the West African nation’s example of religious tolerance. BBC Africa’s Lamine Konkobo is […]
Epigraph: “And I give them respite; for My plan is strong.” (Al Quran 68:46) For commentary of the verse please see the comment section. Source: CNN Money By Dylan Byers […]
Last Saturday saw devastating air strikes on a funeral in Sanaa, Yemen, which killed at least 155 people and wounded 500 more. Johnson’s first public response was to issue a tweet ANDREW SMITH Medics and rescue workers carry a body on a stretcher at the site of reported airstrikes by […]
HANI HAZAIMEH | ARAB NEWS STAFF | Published — Thursday 13 October 2016 A file image released by the US Navy shows a guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) conducting formation exercises with the Cyclone-class patrol crafts USS Tempest (PC 2) and USS Squall (PC 7) on September 10, 2016. […]
KLAUS SCHWAB | Published — Thursday 13 October 2016 Klaus Schwab New technologies are emerging so rapidly that societies in the Middle East are now having trouble coping with their impact. Around the globe, entire industries are being redefined and created from scratch, owing to ground-breaking developments in artificial intelligence, […]
Oct 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN US and EU sanctions on Syria are punishing civilians and undermining aid work, states a 40-page UN report, “Humanitarian impact of Syria-related unilateral restrictive measures”, prepared for the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Calling the conflict in Syria, the […]
Oct 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The United States is not the only place that will be witnessing a leadership change. Elections for top institutions and the overall leadership will be taking place within the two leading Palestinian political movements. Fateh is expected to hold its seventh congress […]
Enclave could be ‘unliveable’ by 2020 — UN By AFP – Oct 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Three-day old new-born Waleed lies wrapped in blankets at his family’s home in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Wednesday (AFP photo) GAZA, Palestine — The two millionth person has […]
This man’s story, told with the usual anonymity for this tragic place, must melt a heart of stone and so I tell it in his own words Robert Fisk in Diyabarkir @indyvoices Home again: Turkish Kurds returning to Diyarbakir in the spring after a curfew on the city is lifted […]
Source: MSN By Neha Bhatia A Hindu temple currently under construction in Abu Dhabi will be completed in 2017, its development team has announced. B R Shetty, vice chairman and […]
theguardian — The killing and jailing of people on accusations of insulting Islam is shameful. Pakistan’s supreme court should spare the life of Asia Bibi and curb future convictions Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court. ‘Her freedom would send a powerful […]
By Jonah Blank In This Review A Kingdom of Their Own: The Family Karzai and the Afghan Disaster Joshua Partlow Foreign observers of Afghanistan tend to think of former President Hamid Karzai’s government as a clan of corrupt thugs, led by a feckless, petulant whiner. In this narrative, Karzai was […]
Many bystanders saw us being threatened and harassed but did not intervene. By Imran Awan , Irene Zempi October 12, 2016 13:53 BST , Updated 7 hr ago Britain is a nation of real diversity, tolerance and multicultural vibrancy. But for those who have suffered hate crime, it can be an alienating and terrifying place. […]
By: Amanda Vicinanzo, Online Managing Editor 10/12/16 US efforts to curb the explosive growth of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will be futile if the nation fails to address the diverse revenue streams fueling the terrorist organization, according to a new report released by Homeland Security Chairman […]
Professor Rodney Wilson, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham Islamic banks often describe themselves as being providers of ethical financial services, but they do not spell out explicitly what is meant by this or its significance. The word ethical is used as a label, and equated […]
Source: Aljazeera Parents and guardians in China’s heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang who encourage or force their children into religious activities will be reported to the police, the government said […]
Recent events have shown that not only Trump is a disgrace but so are Pat Robertson & Jerry Falwell Jr. Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Earlier in this […]
Source: Review Journal Hillary Clinton to visit Las Vegas on Wednesday, one week before UNLV debate By BEN BOTKIN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a digital ad on Tuesday reaching out to Mormon voters in Nevada and Utah. The move demonstrates the high hopes the Democratic presidential candidate’s […]