Source: The Citizen The changing world order is taking its toll of Salafist preacher, Zakir Naik who was otherwise not touched for decades. The recipient of Saudi King Faisal International Prize for service to Islam in 2015, is fighting with his back to the wall in 2016. There is a […]
Source: The Citizen Local activists from Mosul have reported that the Islamic State publicly executed 19 women by burning them alive. The women were burned to death in iron cages for refusing to have sex with Islamic State fighters, the Kurdish agency ARA News reported. “The 19 girls were burned […]
Source: The Local “From today onwards the competition between the AfD and the CDU for the leadership of the middle class camp has been set alight,” AfD deputy leader Beatrix von Storch wrote on Facebook on Sunday.Von Storch was responding to news that the AfD had won 14.2 percent of […]
Source: The Local The 36-year-old refugee is suspected of attempted murder after hurling the children out the window of the asylum centre where the family lived. His seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son suffered broken bones and skull fractures in the fall. His one-year-old daughter landed on her brother and escaped […]
Source: Premier Daniel Andrews greets Imam Kauser at the Ahmadiyya Muslim group’s Bait-ul-Salam Mosque, Langwarrin. PREMIER Daniel Andrews has praised the Ahmadiyya Muslim group for its commitment to peace and harmony. Speaking at a peace symposium hosted by Ahmadis’ at their Bait-ul-Salam Mosque, Langwarrin, Mr Andrews said members had displayed […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan made history this week. In a country where Muslim women have been fired and rejected […]
Photo: DPA Restaurant suffers backlash for throwing out veiled woman Published: 15 Sep 2016 17:15 GMT+02:00 A restaurant owner in western Germany has been accused on social media of racism after he threw a Muslim woman wearing a niqab out of his establishment. Last Saturday the woman went to the […]
File photo: The Local Published: 16 Sep 2016 Should it be easier for third generation immigrants – the grandchildren of foreigners residing in Switzerland – to obtain Swiss citizenship? The issue is causing headaches in parliament at the moment after the two houses failed to agree on what conditions should […]
SLOW START By Matthew Allen SEP 15, 2016 – 17:00 Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann, center right, and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a Swiss state visit to Iran in February (Keystone) The potential for trade with Iran, as sanctions are lifted, is tremendous, according to former Swiss ambassador to Tehran […]
Source: Motto By Anna Błuś A girl raped by her own father will have no choice but to give birth. A woman at high risk of dying in childbirth or […]
Source: Time By Katie Reilly Donald Trump on Friday suggested that Hillary Clinton’s Secret Service detail should be disarmed of all weapons, saying “let’s see what happens to her.” Trump made the reference at a rally in Miami while discussing Clinton’s support for gun control. “I think that her bodyguards should […]
Source: Time By Jelani Jenkins A linebacker for the Miami Dolphins It takes a village to raise a child. At a very young age, I was taught that God has […]
Source: Time By Sarah el Deeb A Russian Defense Ministry official said Syria has informed them that 62 of its soldiers were killed in the airstrike (BEIRUT) — The U.S. military […]
Source: Time NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood and injured 29 people, and a suspicious device discovered blocks away was safely removed early Sunday. Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any terror connections but called the blast an “intentional act.” “Tonight, New York City experienced […]
Source: ET Pak-China relations have always been formidable mainly because China is Pakistan’s closest ally and staunch business partner in large-scale infrastructure projects like the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The two countries often express loud protestations about their eternal friendship and cooperation in light of India’s anti-Pakistan aggression and sentiment. So it would […]
Source: Arab News: MADINAH: The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah is like a magnet pulling Muslims from across the world who come to pray there and salute Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and two of his close companions. However, a rich Islamic history lies hidden behind the breathtaking view of […]
Source: BBC A US-led air attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of government troops fighting so-called Islamic State has endangered an already shaky ceasefire deal, Russia says. Russia says at least 62 Syrian troops were killed in the Deir al-Zour strikes on Saturday. The US has expressed “regret” for the “unintentional […]
Source: BBC A bomb that exploded in New York City was an act of terrorism, Governor Andrew Cuomo says, but no link to international groups has been found. Mr Cuomo said significant damage had been caused and “we were lucky there were no fatalities”. Saturday night’s blast in Manhattan injured 29 […]
Source: The Citizen The landmark UN summit on refugees and migrants was supposed to help resettle one in ten refugees, instead UN member states have settled for vague gestures, including a campaign to end xenophobia. Human rights organisations and humanitarian actors alike have expressed disappointment with an outcome document agreed […]
Source: The Citizen Will Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif retire as scheduled in November, or seek a second term in office? This is a major question in both India and Pakistan, as while General Sharif has announced that he will not seek a second term, his soaring […]