Video: How China Is Reviving The Silk Road
Why India Is Wary of China’s Silk Road Initiative By Peter Cai: Research fellow, Lowy Institute for International Policy One of China’s most ambitious economic and foreign policy projects is […]
Turkey’s little-known Africans
While Turkey is home to many ethnic minorities, this community often attracts immediate attention, particularly in the wake of the recent refugee crisis. By Alev Scott 8 September 2016 In the sleepy village of Naime, 60km southeast of the Aegean port of Izmir, a woman who claims to be 106 […]
Problems integrating refugees in Germany
Sep 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Germany faces serious problems trying to integrate most of the 1.1 million refugees who entered that country in 2015 and the 300,000 expected this year. Three-quarters of refugees who travelled to Germany last year are male and two-thirds less than 33 years […]
After setbacks, Daesh digs in with focus on deadly attacks
Analysts warn the group is far from finished By AFP – Sep 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This undated file image posted on a militant website on January 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Daesh militants marching in Raqqa, Syria (AP photo/militant […]
Christians: Integral part of the Arab world
Sep 07,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Heads of 22 regional churches met on the Dead Sea shores and agreed on the need for a unified ecclesiastical voice of Middle Eastern churches as an instrument for entrenching peace, tolerance and acceptance, greatly needed in the climate of death and atrocity much of the […]
To burkini or not to burkini
Source: Dawn By Aisha Sarwari, who is a freelance writer based in Islamabad. She blogs at http://www.aishasarwari.wordpress.com. She can be followed on Twitter @AishaFsarwari Remember that dream where you wake […]
The forgotten underground world of Swiss bunkers
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY By Jo Fahy SEP 1, 2016 – 11:00 The bunker has seven levels underground, staff would have entered through this tunnel (swissinfo.ch) The Swiss city of Lucerne was once home to the biggest civilian bunker in the world. Built to shelter 20,000 people in the case […]
Syria says peace plan remarks show Britain’s Johnson out of touch with reality
Reuters International SEP 8, 2016 – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gives his remarks during a stake-out at United Nations headquarters in New York U.S., July 22, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that statements by Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson demonstrate London’s […]
Provocative crescent sculpture appears on mountain top
ARTISTIC STATEMENT SEP 7, 2016 – Crosses are a familiar sight on Swiss mountain tops(Keystone) An artist has posed the question of why so many mountain peaks are dominated […]
Top Saudi Cleric Says Iran Leaders Not Muslims As Hajj Row Mounts
Epigraph: Believers, be the supporters of justice and testify to what you may have witnessed, for the sake of God, even against yourselves, parents, and relatives; whether it be against the […]
Toronto: ‘Canadian values’ debate and medieval beliefs
BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN, 2016/09/07 The debate about “Canadian values” — started by Kellie Leitch, one of the candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party — erupted into the predictable insinuation that she was racist, xenophobic and guilty of the ultimate offence of the times: Islamophobia. Fortunately, for her, it […]
USA: Obama nominates first federal Muslim Judge
September 7, 20167:48 PM ET, NPR.ORG CARRIE JOHNSON Twitter Lawyer Abid Qureshi could become the first Muslim federal judge. President Obama nominated Qureshi for an open seat on the federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Enlarge this image Abid Qureshi, a partner at the law firm Latham & Watkins, […]
Iran and Saudi Arabia Squabble as Millions of Muslims Begin Pilgrimage
Source: The New York Times By BEN HUBBARD BEIRUT, Lebanon — As Muslims from around the world head toward Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and Iran have […]
A new crisis in the Muslim world: Is it too young?
Source: The Washington Post By Jon Emont JAKARTA, Indonesia — In early August, when leaders of several dozen Muslim countries gathered in Jakarta for an annual economic conference, some of […]
Former U.N. chief Annan meets Muslim, Buddhist communities in Myanmar
Source: Reuters By Wa Lone and Simon Lewis | SITTWE, MYANMAR A team led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan began to address the plight of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims […]
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary jailed for five years
Source: BBC Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group. The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after […]
Sept. 11 Marked Turning Point For Muslims In Increasingly Diverse America
Source: NPR BY TOM GJELTEN Fifteen years after the attacks of Sept. 11, Americans have grown aware not only of the danger of terrorism but also of the reality that their […]
UK: Ahmadiyya’s Bait-ul-ikram Mosque in Leicester gets a Yamaha Solution
Yamaha Equips New Baitul Ikram Mosque UK – Many House of Worship (HoW) audio installations are in existing buildings, adding sound reinforcement for the first time or replacing a life expired system. But occasionally the opportunity arises to design an audio system as an integral part of a new-build. RG […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Boston to hold its 6th annual blood drive to honor the 9/11 victims
MUSLIMS FOR LIFE BLOOD DRIVE AT MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE COMMUNITY Muslims for Life Blood Drive at Massachusetts State House BY INDIA NEW ENGLAND NEWS Follow us BOSTON–The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Boston Chapter will hold its sixth annual blood drive to honor the 9/11 victims. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA chapters nationwide […]
Microsoft’s UK data centres power up cloud services
Source: BBC Microsoft has announced that its first UK cloud computing data centres are up and running. The facilities are located in London, Durham and Cardiff. They should help the […]