Murder in God’s name ‘satanic’
Source: The Times of Israel Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced killing in God’s name as “satanic” as he held a mass to honor Jacques Hamel, the French priest whose throat […]
US: Militia Group Takes Up Arms to Stop Mosque Construction
Source: Morocco World News Rabat – A meeting that aimed to pave the way for a local Muslim community to build a mosque and cemetery has been canceled in Newton County, Georgia. A local militia had planned an armed protest to stop a proposed Muslim cemetery and mosque, said the […]
Shock and Awe
Source: Asia Times So when Duterte embarked on his global diplomatic debut, attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, many were expecting a more subdued and statesmanlike Duterte. Instead, the world witnessed a Hyde and Jekyll diplomatic behavior. Duterte, who accepted the Philippines’ (rotational) chairmanship of the regional […]
Deplorably, Trump is going to win
Source: Asia Times: The presidential election was over the moment the word “deplorable” made its run out of Hillary Clinton’s unguarded mouth. As the whole world now knows, Clinton told a Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender fundraiser Sept. 10, “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into […]
Trump is now turning to a Muslim in his time of need,
Source: The Daily Beast It’s crunch time in the race for the White House. Early voting begins in key states like Ohio in just a few weeks. And with Donald Trump trailing in most national polls, he’s now going all in on the “I’m healthier than Hillary” contest by appearing […]
Refugee influx leaves ‘Mama Merkel’ isolated in EU
Epigraph: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for […]
Moving from Brexit to Grexit.
Source: The Local The bearded 60-year-old German former bookshop owner has been in office for five years, more than anyone else since the parliament held its first international elections in 1979. Schulz now looks set to seek another two and a half years at the helm of the EU’s only […]
The Rights of Neighbors in the light of the sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2016 By Dr. Khaula Shah Nice in France is the 5th largest city of the country with a population of almost a million. They are […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Imam Shamshad Nasir invited to the installation of Rabbi Andrea Cosnowsky & Shabbat services at the Etz Chaim of Dupage County
Islam teaches peace, respect, harmony & justice for all without discrimination of caste, creed & color. -Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir Report by Fizan abdullah Chicago On September 9, 2016 Imam Shamshad was invited to the installation of Rabbi Andrea Cosnowsky. The event was held at the congregation Etz Chaim of […]
As Islamophobia Rises In Many Countries, Muslims Find Unlikely Sanctuary In Western Ukraine
Huff post: LVIV, Ukraine ― Ernes and Alime Mambetov have been living with their 2-year-old son in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv for a little over a year. Both are practicing Muslims and Crimean Tatars that fled Crimea for mainland Ukraine after Russia’s military seized control of the peninsula […]
Are refugees really going back to war zones ‘on holiday’?
Source: The Local A Die Welt report titled “Refugees go on holiday to where they were persecuted” has been raising eyebrows this week as people question how this could happen. The report was based on cases being reported by Berlin labour agencies that some recognized refugees, who are also registered […]
Muslim world in flux
Source: Dawn As Muslims worldwide have just performed another Haj and are now celebrating Eidul Azha, it is perhaps an opportune moment to reflect on the current state of that abstract construct — the ‘Muslim world’. While, indeed, the world as a whole is facing myriad challenges to the global […]
It is more than a clash of civilisations
Source: The Express Tribune By Shahid Javed Burki, who is a former caretaker finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank According to the group, the ideology it is pursuing would take its followers back to the early days of Islam. The style of governance was to be shaped […]
Muslim woman set on fire in New York
Source: ET The attack came just two days after a Brooklyn woman launched a sickening attack on two Muslim women pushing their babies in strollers — punching them in the face and trying to pull off their hijabs. Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, hurled Islamophobic insults as she pounced on the two […]
UK: There is a rising trend of radicalism and intolerance from a younger generation of Sikhs
By Harcharan Chandhoke, September 13, 2016 12:28 BST Updated 6 hr ago The headlines about a huge sword-wielding gang of masked men storming a Sikh temple may have proven to be somewhat exaggerated, but there is no doubt that the image of Sikhs in Britain has suffered from the protest against an […]
Dear Mr. Shehbaz Sharif, does calling Ahmadis ‘wajib-ul-qatl’ not count as hate speech?
How will you crack down on hate speech that your own government sponsors? September 13, 2016, 3:31 pm/ 1 Comment SHARE : Kashif Chaudhry Chief Minister,The Government of Punjab. Dear Mr. Shehbaz Sharif, I hope you are doing great. I promise to keep this short and to-the-point. A tweet […]
Security chief says Haj rituals proceeding according to plan
SHARIF M. TAHA | Published — Wednesday 14 September 2016 A Saudi security helcopter flies over Mina. (Reuters) RIYADH: A top official said all security and military units participating in the management of Haj were serving in accordance with security and preventive plans set up before the pilgrimage started. […]
Securing the UN’s future
Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – KEVIN RUDD As the existing international order becomes more fragmented, strong global-governance institutions are crucial for addressing the world’s strategic, economic and sustainability challenges. And yet, rarely have our existing institutions — including, above all, the United Nations — been frailer. The UN is […]
America’s true role in Syria
Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jeffrey D. Sachs Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet. Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died; around 10 million Syrians have been displaced; Europe has been convulsed with Daesh terror and the political fallout of refugees; and […]
Authoritarian European Commission created Brexit and could destroy the union, eastern states warn
Donald Tusk is welcomed by Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo CREDIT: AFP Peter Foster, europe editor 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 5:36PM An authoritarian European Commission was to blame for Brexit and must give up on its federalist dreams or risk the disintegration of the European Union, eastern European states warned yesterday […]