Plane skids off runway in Italy, crashes into road
Source: CNN (CNN)A DHL cargo plane skidded off a runway and ended up on a road near the airport in Bergamo early Friday, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority said. More:
Kick All Muslims out of America.
Source: The Daily Beast. The unhinged conservative looking to unseat Paul Ryan wants to go even further than Trump in monitoring Muslims-Americans. Kick them all out of America, he said this week. The Republican businessman hoping to take down House Speaker Paul Ryan thinks the United States should consider deporting […]
Is Rio Ready? Deadly Shooting on the Eve of Games Says ‘No’
Source: The Daily Beast RIO DE JANEIRO—The hope that Olympic security fears might prove overblown were shattered in spectacular fashion on the eve of the games when a man claiming to be a Russian diplomat shot dead a carjacker on a busy street close to the Olympic park. Tackling the […]
FBI Agent Apparently Egged on ‘Draw Muhammad’ Shooter
Source: The Daily Beast. “It would certainly be inappropriate for an FBI undercover agent or cooperating witness to provoke or inspire or urge a person to commit an act of violence,” Michael German, a former FBI agent now at the Brennan Center for Justice, told The Daily Beast. “I could […]
Two Muslim women who work for US government escorted off plane as they made staff ‘uncomfortable’
The two friends were escorted off the plane after one of them questioned why they had not been given water for hours on the tarmac, and were greeted by armed police officers Rachael Revesz New York @RachaelRevesz Two American Muslim women were asked to leave an American Airlines plane […]
The quest for true happiness
The quest for true happiness Mariam Anwer | Published — Friday 5 August 2016 http://www.arabnews.com HAPPINESS is the ultimate goal in life for almost all of us. It is the motive behind every action that is taken in this world. People eat, shop, study, work, marry or sometimes fall into […]
Hajis arrive from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, S. Africa
MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN & FOUZIA KHAN | Published — Thursday 4 August 2016 RIYADH/JEDDAH: The first batch of Hajis from Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and India arrived at Jeddah and […]
Many early warning signs signalled current Arab disarray
Aug 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Never in modern history has the Arab world experienced such a wide range of jarring political developments as it does today, including fragmenting states, refugee flows, a terrorism export industry and long-running devastating wars. These conditions did not suddenly emerge overnight. […]
No, Aleppo is not the new Srebrenica – the West won’t go to war over Syria
There are no ‘good guys’ among the Syrian warlords yet, despite all the evidence, we want to find them. It’s time to stop lying to the people of the Middle East […]
Switzerland: Few problems in first month of burka ban
UNVEILED IN TICINO Few problems in first month of burka ban By swissinfo.ch, with input from Gerhard Lob, Ticino AUG 4, 2016 – 15:57 The police fined Nora Illi for defying the headgear ban. (Keystone/Ti-Press) It’s been a month since a so-called burka ban took effect in Switzerland’s Italian-speaking canton, […]
Unholy war over Census question on religion
Source: News.com.au By Charis Chang AUSTRALIANS are being warned not to mark “no religion” on the Census survey over fears we could become a “Muslim country”. But emails and Facebook posts […]
Being overweight ‘ages people’s brains’
Source: BBC The brains of overweight people look “10 years older” than those of leaner peers, a study has found. Brains naturally lose white matter – the part of the […]
17 Rules Of Dream Interpretation
Taken from – Ummah Forums Dreams and Dream Interpretations by Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki Ibn Qutaybah ad-Dinawari رحمه الله says in his book about dream interpretations, “There is nothing in which people deal with from the different sciences that is more obscure, delicate, exalted, noble, difficult and problematic than dreams because […]
American Christianity has long struggled to be on the right side of racial justice
Source: Vox People of faith aren’t exempt from facing each generation’s political and ideological battles. Updated by Victoria M. Massie When Michelle Obama addressed the significance of the first black […]
Newspapers were once full of Bible quotes — and a local professor’s tool lets us learn from them
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer In 1876, a particular verse from the Bible started turning up over and over in newspapers across the United States. 1 Samuel 3:4. “That the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, ‘Here I am.’” Why? At first, Lincoln Mullen was baffled. Mullen built a tool […]
Bangladesh offers reward for top missing Islamists
Source: Yahoo News Bangladesh police offered a reward on Tuesday for two top Islamists accused of spearheading the rise of extremism in the country, which is reeling from a mass […]
UN panel says Yazidi genocide ‘ongoing,’ appeals for help
Source: Associated Press By BALINT SZLANKOIRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Islamic State group is still committing genocide and other crimes against the Yazidi minority in Iraq, a United Nations commission […]
Barzani promises to liberate Christian lands usurped by ISIS
Aug 3, 2016 (IraqiNews.com) Erbil – President of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani on Friday promised to liberate the Christian lands, which are being presently controlled by ISIS. The promise […]
French Muslims step out of invisibility after attacks
Source: Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — French Muslims have been officially invisible, expected to blend in with the rest of the citizenry in secular France. But now […]
Muslims in the Military: The Few, the Proud, the Welcome
Source: The New York Times By DAVE PHILIPPS When Donald J. Trump said last fall that he would consider making Muslims in the United States carry special identification cards, Tayyib […]