UK,Thursday 06 October 2016 Video:Plans to launch a final assault on Mosul, the biggest city held by the so-called Islamic State, risk being undermined by Iraq’s Kurds, who have told Sky News they intend to keep the land they have captured. SOURCE: http://news.sky.com/video/skys-sam-kiley-reports-from-iraqi-kurdistan-10606616
New York City – Human Rights First will honor Iraqi human rights activists Khaleel Aldakhi and Ameena Saeed Hasan with its 2016 Human Rights First Award. The husband and wife activists are being recognized for their courageous work rescuing Yazidi women and girls enslaved by ISIS. The organization will present the […]
Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia to mount joint air patrols to guard against common threats Image Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left, and Delfin N. Lorenzana, right, Republic of the Philippines, Secretary of National Defense pose for a group picture after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) […]
Source: Associated Press By AMY FORLITI ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — The man who stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several […]
October 7, 2016 View photos Afghans gather around an unexploded missile near the Aghna city of Jalalabad on October 14, 2001 (AFP Photo/) More Washington (AFP) – Fifteen years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, President Barack Obama and the American military have dug in for a long campaign that […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK The recently leaked videos of Mormon authorities discussing sometimes-thorny issues behind closed doors exposed no stunning secrets or unexpected statistics. But […]
Thu Oct 6, 2016 1 of 1Full Size By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, Pentagon officials said. Although the number of […]
The true teaching of Islam has been misinterpreted by clerics, says the leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at s gives a Friday sermon at the International Centre. (HINA ALAM /TORONTO STAR) by Hina Alam, Staff Reporter The […]
SENA ALKAN@senaalkan ISTANBUL Beypazarı Ottoman-style towns in Turkey are perfect for those who want to discover the old spirit of Turkey, small-town style Even in 2016, there are still small towns around Turkey where you can experience the lifestyle of the Ottomans, evident in both the architecture and slow-paced lifestyle […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Gazans praying at Al-Aqsa mosque. (AFP Photo) More than 500 Muslim leaders and clerics from 30 countries met in Istanbul on Friday to warn that the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site that is located in Jerusalem, is in danger. The religious and political leaders, representing at […]
Mirror By Anthony Bond With tensions high over Syria and increasing attacks from terrorists, the threat of war is never far away. © Provided by MirrorAnd now, US military bosses have revealed how they think a war between the world’s most powerful countries would play out. They say the […]
Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005 Source: Washington Post By David A. Fahrenthold October 8 at 12:44 AM Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, […]
CHARLES DUTOIT AT 80 By Rodrigo Carrizo Couto, Morges CULTURE OCT 7, 2016 – 20:00 Charles Dutoit: “I am not interested in anyone dedicating a street in my name or erecting a statue in a square” (Reuters) Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit rarely gives interviews. But on the occasion of his 80th […]
theguardian: by Sally Weale and David Batty — Stories of more than 100 women shared with Guardian expose pattern of harassment which remains largely hidden Have you been affected by sexual harassment at university? Female academics, undergraduates and PhD students all contacted the Guardian with reports of abuse by predominantly […]
theguardian: by Jason Burke — Accra academics win removal of Mahatma sculpture after petition denouncing Indian leader and saying African heroes ‘come first’ The Ghana university Gandhi statue, a focus for claims that the Indian leader was racist towards black South Africans. Photograph: Christian Thompson/AP A statue of Mahatma Gandhi […]
CASTRO VALLEY LIBRARY – Interfaith America here hosted Sunday August 28 hosted a panel discussion on ‘ CALIPHATE IN THE LATTER DAYS – an exploration of the reasons of the acts of ISIS in Iraq, Syria and beyond and the possible solutions. Top San Francisco Bay Area panelists Prof. Abdul […]
My (senior) wife came across the following story on ‘social media’ and could not refrain from reading it to me: ” Haji Ali had two wives. He tried his level best to treat them both equally. It so happened that by chance both of them died on the same day. […]
Source: St.Louis Post By Kristen Taketa St. Louis Muslims are assuring people, in case they’re still unclear: Muslims are against ISIS as much as anybody else. A new billboard on […]
Source: The New York Times By ALAN RAPPEPORT The Trump campaign appeared to disavow one of its most provocative policy proposals on Thursday, as Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana said […]
Source: The New York Times By SHARON OTTERMAN and SAMANTHA SCHMIDT The Archdiocese of New York has established an independent programthat will allow victims of sexual abuse by members of […]