Any settlement in Syria will probably look more like the Russian version (with a weakened Assad) than the Western version (without him). This has nothing in common with the era of the Cold War; far more with the shifting sands of the Middle East today Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices A […]
What, the Saudis must be asking themselves, has happened to the fawning leaders who would normally grovel to the Kingdom? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Iran boycotted the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, this year after rising tensions between the nations AP The Saudis step deeper into trouble almost by the […]
Source: The Guardian Pontiff says journalists must go the extra mile to seek the truth and ensure they don’t spread rumours which can ‘kill a person with your tongue’ Journalism […]
Guardian: The caretaker stares at the wrought iron door and its four ancient locks with a gleam in his eyes. Outside, the Moroccan sun shines down upon the ornate coloured tiles of Khizanat al-Qarawiyyin, located in the old medina of Fez. This, it is widely believed, is the oldest library […]
In youtube search daily show, Colbert, Seth Meyers and SNL to continue to laugh all the way to November 8th, the day of election in USA.
By Prof. Muhammad Sharif Khan Since 1963, when I started working in field of herpetology, I enjoyed support of my family. None except me, were lovers of frogs and lizards, especially my late wife Rashida Tasnim (Professor of Persian language), with neat and clean habits, tolerated the smell of formalin, […]
Source: The Local AfD candidate Kay Nerstheimer was elected on Sunday to Berlin’s state parliament, but quickly came under pressure over controversial posts he made on Facebook as well as his background as a former member of the far-right German Defence League. After labelling Syrian refugees “disgusting worms” last year, […]
Source: The Local According to the Washington Post’s database of fatal police shootings, 990 people were killed in 2015. In Germany, ten people were killed by police last year, according to a report on Thursday by publishing groupFunke Mediengruppe, citing figures from the German Police University. That means that while […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 17 September 2016 The expansion of the holy mosques takes into account the expected surge in Muslim population worldwide by 2030. (AN photo by Ahmed Hashad) RIYADH: A government proposal to extend the Umrah season from the current eight months to 10 is […]
September 20, 2016 TEHRAN – Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday underscored the importance of unity across the Islamic world, calling on the Shiite Muslims to avoid making vituperative comments about the Sunni figures. The Supreme Leader made the remarks as he received thousands of people from all walks […]
September 21, 2016 TEHRAN – The Center for Scriptural Heritage Studies of Iran and Islam was inaugurated in the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday. The ceremony, which took place in the Green Hall of the institute, was attended by the […]
Source: Aljazeera BY Teo Kermeliotis A group of Ghanaian academics, students and artists is calling for the removal of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from a university campus, saying that the […]
Source: Aljazeera Feelings of frustration, disgust and fear are mounting among US voters, a poll has found, as many Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump supporters say their presidential choice is […]
September 21, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | Iran has slammed the decision by United Nations to appoint Asma Jahangir as special rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and called her out as a ‘Qadiani’, a derogatory term used for members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Sect. Pakistani Lawyer and Human […]
Source: The Guardian By Paul Karp A poll showing almost half of Australians surveyed want to ban Muslim immigration shows Australian leaders have not done enough to foster cohesion, the Labor […]
Source: The Guardian A senior Catholic church figure has admitted giving conflicting accounts of what he meant in a diary entry he made about paedophile priest John Farrell and child […]
Let’s Squash the Myth That the Irish Were Ever American Slaves Madeleine Davies Éirinn go Brách and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to my fellow children of the Emerald Isle! From oppression by the British to oppression in the United States to oppression on cereal boxes, we have endured a lot […]
Source: BBC By David Robson 20 September 2016 When we think of our memories, it’s natural to imagine a kind of personal library, a bit like Sherlock Holmes’s memory palace, […]
Source: Huffington Post Yasmina Blackburn Writer, Activist, Mom She was called the “most truthful daughter of the most truthful one.” She was most devout. Most beautiful. And she was wed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, in the latter part of his lifetime. The story of […]
HUMANITARIAN PILOTS INITIATIVE http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:42461012 SEP 21, 2016 – 17:00 A private group of Swiss pilots has founded an NGO to search for migrants’ boats in distress in the Mediterranean. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The volunteers from the Humanitarian Pilots Initiative claim its easier to spot small boats from the air than it is from […]