Source: Balkan Insight Bulgarian MPs on Friday banned the wearing of veils that cover the face – a bill proposed earlier this year by the nationalistic coalition, Patriotic Front. The so-called “burqa ban” was passed on a second reading with overwhelming support. In a sign of ethnic tension over the […]
September 30 2016 12:25 AM Officials at the Lives and Livelihoods Fund Impact Committee meeting yesterday. The Lives and Livelihoods Fund (LLF), announced two years ago by Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and supported by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), Qatar, Saudi […]
By Andrew V. Pestano | Sept. 30, 2016 at 11:07 AM French Rafale fighter jets on Friday began launching attacks against the Islamic State in Iraq from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to support Iraqi security forces ahead of the battle for Mosul. Photo […]
Fulya Ozerkan•September 30, 2016 View photos A model poses during a photo shoot in Istanbul (AFP Photo/Gurcan Ozturk) More Istanbul (AFP) – The model adjusts her clothing, stares at the camera with a hint of a smile, holds her head high and the photographer starts snapping. But at this photoshoot […]
Source: Clarion Project By John Goddard The result? The teacher’s guide depicts Canadian society as practicing a “terrorist ideology of hate” against Muslims. The Canadian Red Cross has funded a […]
Source: Amazon By Sara Khan (Author), Tony McMahon (Author) Across Britain, Muslims are caught in a battle over the very nature of their faith. And extremists appear to be gaining […]
SEPT. 24, 2016 – maan news agency (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — More than 1,000 Palestinian minors have been detained by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said on Saturday, in a reported increase from 2015.The Committee said that at least 1,000 Palestinian […]
AFP | Published — Friday 30 September 2016 DEEPEST SYMPATHIES: Jordanian King Abdallah II, second right, and Prime Minister Hani Mulki, right, offer their condolences to relatives of Jordanian writer […]
GULF TOURISTS IN GENEVA ‘I avoid places where the niqab is banned’ By Jasmine Kannouna SEP 29, 2016 – 20:00 Tourists from the Gulf make up a significant source of income for Switzerland (Keystone) An initiative to ban full-face veils has split Swiss politics, but veiled tourists interviewed by swissinfo.ch […]
Now France has marched down the road of absolution for its collaboration with the Nazis, it’s time to close the Algerian chapter. But there’s a problem – its modern army of Egyptian workers Robert Fisk @indyvoices Now here is a deeply contemporary story. When the Frenchabandoned Algeria in 1962, they also […]
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER The last war in the Western hemisphere came to an end with the recent signing of the formal peace treaty between Colombia and the FARC rebels, a conflict that has raged on and off for 50 years. Fortunately, the cities have been […]
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Is there a single thing that helps us understand why the Arab world has turned into such a horror show of dictatorships and authoritarian governments, state and private political violence, corruption on a massive scale, social polarisation, state fragmentation, and the […]
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Kailash Satyarthi; Nobel Laureate, 2014 I once met a boy working on a cocoa farm whose only dream was someday to taste the rich brown […]
The Swiss parliament recently voted to ban the burka, passing the legislation by a minuscule majority of 88 to 87. But a leading religious leader, Imam Mustafa Memeti, from the country’s capital, Bern, claimed that the full body covering was not demanded under Islamic law. He said that the religious […]
Should the Islamic headscarf be banned in photographs for official Swiss documents? One politician is suggesting so. Muslim pupils must shake hands – ‘no ifs and buts’ (20 Sep 16) Geneva advises teachers on religion in school (24 Aug 16) Anger as Basel pool bans ‘maxi burqinis’ (29 Apr 16) […]
Switzerland’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday narrowly approved a draft bill on a nationwide burqa ban, the ATS news agency reported, but the measure remains far from coming into force. Swiss politician argues against hijab in ID photos (23 Sep 16) Survey: majority of Swiss in favour of burqa […]
The world’s top female chess players have reacted with horror after being told they must compete at next year’s world championship wearing a hijab. Within hours of Iran being revealed as its host country, the prestigious event was plunged into crisis as it emerged players taking part face arrest if they […]
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. On the first day of Muharram, the Islamic New Year is observed by Muslims. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year. Hence it is a little different from the Gregorian […]
September 29 2016 08:55 PM Muslims must fear Allah and take lessons from what Allah has told us in the Qur’an regarding the Prophets and Messengers of Allah and the previous nations. Allah said (which means): “Indeed in their stories, there is a lesson for men of understanding. It (the […]