OPINION How a Swiss NGO teaches humanitarian law to Syrian rebels By Vony Rambolamanana POLITICS Conflict IN DEPTH: OPINIO SEP 19, 2016 – 12:54 Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters in Jarablus, Syria: Swiss NGO Geneva Call works mainly with Sunni factions of the FSA, a coalition of armed groups affiliated with […]
Source: The Guardian Yasmine Bouzegan Marzouk lost three family members in the truck attack in July and spoke at a national ceremony in tribute to French victims of terrorist attacks […]
SEPT. 20, 2016 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Palestinian security forces have recently detained an unspecified number Palestinians suspected of being hired by Israel to “escalate violence,” according to the mayor of the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, amid a spike in unrest that has seen seven Palestinians and one […]
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Charles Mercier September 20, 2016 CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY Just a few miles away from war and genocide, two priestly ordinations last Friday in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the celebrations they triggered, […]
John L. Allen Jr.September 11, 2014 Say “family issues” to most Americans or Europeans, and they’re likely to flash on divorce, or the challenges of single-parent households, or perhaps same-sex relationships and the push for gay marriage. What probably wouldn’t come naturally to mind is polygamy. Yet in many parts […]
Source: Politico By KATIE GLUECK There’s one state where Donald Trump’s ground game appears to be a model of efficiency, rather than a ramshackle operation lacking organizers and field offices: […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Teresa Watanabe UC Berkeley senior Paul Hadweh designed a course on the history of Palestine in order to spark discussion about his family’s homeland under Israeli occupation. “I wanted to create a space where we can read, think and speak critically about the question of Palestine,” Hadweh said. But the […]
Source: Independent By Siobhan Fenton Social Affairs Correspondent @siobhanfenton Exclusive investigation reveals serious concerns about how children taught at Accelerated Christian Education in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were treated, as ex-pupils claim exorcisms […]
Source: Associated Press By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and EMERY P. DALESIO RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Elected officials may open public meetings by praying according to their chosen religion as long as they don’t pressure observers to join in, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday. A three-judge panel of the […]
Source: Associated Press By CATHERINE LUCEY and JILL COLVIN ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of giving “aid and comfort” to Islamic terrorists Monday, declaring his anti-Muslim rhetoric helps groups such as ISIS recruit new fighters. Trump showed no sign of changing and insisted the U.S. should […]
Source: Reuters By Stephen Adler and Parisa Hafezi | NEW YORK Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters in an interview on Monday that the United States should “not harbor a […]
Source: Time By Alice Park The most comprehensive study yet shows that antibiotic use hasn’t changed in hospitals, despite recent warnings that they drugs are overprescribed As the United Nations […]
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is expected to hold talks with presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in New York this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, in a pair of meetings that illustrate one of America’s more uncomfortable foreign relationships. Al-Sisi […]
Source: Time BY Vivienne Walt / Calais As world leaders gather at the UN to tackle the migrant crisis, the displaced in Calais consider desperate measures Aged 16, Sameer has endured […]
Source: Time By Jake Pearson, Jennifer Peltz and Dake Kang / AP NEW YORK (AP) — The man suspected of planting bombs in a New York neighborhood and a New Jersey seaside town may have aimed to inflict carnage incognito, but he didn’t succeed for long in concealing his identity. […]
September 19, 2016 Mississauga. Zakaria Virk Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada – Mississauga chapter staged a grand event at Mississauga City Hall to mark the 50 years in Canada. There were 500 people in the big and beautiful The Great Hall of the City Hall. In attendance there were many dignitaries […]
Source: http://www.akdn.org/our-agencies/aga-khan-foundation ABOUT US WHAT WE DO WHERE WE WORK OUR AGENCIES PRESS CENTRE Home | Our Agencies | Aga Khan Foundation READING FOR CHILDREN The Reading for Children […]
PARIS: A young French Muslim woman who lost three family members in the July 14 jihadist attack on Nice made an impassioned plea yesterday not to confuse the Islamic faith with terrorism. Yasmine Bouzegan Marzouk, 21, told a national ceremony in tribute to the French victims of terror attacks […]
TERROR Published September 19, 2016 Associated Press FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, British lawyer Amal Clooney attends a press conference with former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed in London. Clooney is pushing for the United Nations to investigate and prosecute Islamic State commanders for genocide. Clooney wants […]