In the past 48 hours, everything went wrong for Donald Trump. He lied and ranted more than usual, he insulted and offended, his friends used the press to criticize him, and his enemies in his own party said they were voting for Hillary Clinton, while anonymous reports ran rampant that […]
Aug 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The incident was tragic by any standard, but the response appears even more tragic. When Shadi Abu Jaber, a 17-year-old Jordanian, along with another passenger died in a car accident in Amman, social media users started talking about the young man whose […]
By Laila Azzeh – Aug 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugees carry water at the Azraq camp, some 100km east of Amman and 20km west of the town of Azraq in Zarqa Governorate, recently (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — More than half of the registered Syrian refugees […]
Police said mental health was a ‘significant factor’ in the case Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden A private ambulance leaves Russell Square in London early on August 4, 2016, after a woman in her 60s was killed during a knife attackAFP/Getty Images The London mayor Sadiq Khan has urged the public to […]
Exclusive: Airline urged to apologise after honeymooner ‘made to feel like a culprit’ Liam O’Hare, Ted Jeor A Muslim NHS worker was detained at a UK airport and questioned under terror laws after a cabin crew member spotted her reading a Syrian culture book on board her honeymoon flight. Faizah Shaheen, who helps […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR More than 60 million people are displaced from their homes as of the end of 2015, thehighest number of displaced people since World War II, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This group accounts for 0.8% of the world’s […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY ANGELINA E. THEODOROU74 COMMENTS Apostasy and blasphemy may seem to many like artifacts of history. But in dozens of countries around the world, laws against […]
Source: Pew Research Center Recent wave accounts for about one-in-ten asylum applications since 1985 BY PHILLIP CONNOR A record 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2015 – nearly double the previous high water mark of roughly 700,000 […]
Source: The Guardian Migrants and refugees inside Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP By Patrick Kingsley in Moria, Lesvos Christians working in Greece’s most notorious asylum detention […]
Source: USA Today By Natalie DiBlasio The Twitterverse is trying to teach Donald Trump’s spokeswoman Katrina Pierson a sassy history lesson. In an interview with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, Pierson blamed President Obama and Hillary Clinton for the 2004 death of Army Capt. Humayun Khan. However, Khan died while George W. Bush was president — four […]
Source: USA Today By Doug Stanglin The Obama administration secretly airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran in January to settle a decades-old legal dispute just as the Iranians were releasing four Americans detained byTehran, The Wall Street […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin There will be at least 80 volunteers involved The federal government is launching an investigational human trial of a Zika vaccine, health officials announced on Wednesday. The National Institutes of Health announced that at least 80 volunteers will test a new Zika vaccine. The trial, which […]
Source: Time By Jared Malsin The journey of Rami Anis from war-struck Aleppo to Rio de Janeiro In October of 2011, the popular uprising in Syria was turning from protest to […]
Source: CNN By Ben Westcott and Judy Kwon, CNN (CNN)Australia is deliberately abusing refugees in an offshore detention camp to try to stop people seeking asylum in their country by boat, human rights groups claim in a new report. Daily violence, suicide attempts and children left without medical treatment were […]
Source: CNN By Paul Armstrong, Schams Elwazer and Holly Yan, CNN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN)Hundreds of passengers miraculously escaped after an Emirates flight skidded on a runway and […]
REUTERS | Published — Wednesday 3 August 2016 Ewan McGregor … call for help LONDON: Scottish actor Ewan McGregor called on Tuesday for greater efforts to help refugee children in Iraq, warning they are at serious risk of death, sexual violence, or recruitment into armed groups. Following a visit […]
Indian family of five say they are grateful to the Almighty – and the Emirates crew Image Credit: Supplied Relieved. Shaji Kochikutty with his wife and three daughters soon after they were evacuated from EK521. Published: 16:45 August 3, 2016 By Sharmila Dhal, Chief Reporter Add to My Gulf News […]
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Answered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of the Promised Messiah of all Religions / Maseeh-e-Maood wa Mahdi-e-Maood of Muslims Hazrath Mirza ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) A video made by Abdul shafi Bharwana, Officially Incharge of Social Media Wing, Sierra Leone; Missionary in Sierra Leone; Lecturer in Jamia Ahmadiyya, […]
Angela Merkel. Photo: DPA Over 2 in 3 Germans don’t blame Merkel for terror attacks Published: 03 Aug 2016 15:10 GMT+02:00 Updated: 03 Aug 2016 15:10 GMT+02:00 Since two violent attacks in Bavaria by Islamist fanatics Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure for her open-door refugee policy. But most […]
Source: sootoday.com Group parks truck outside library, says ‘Thank you, Canada’ Islamic group, persecuted in Pakistan, celebrates 50 years of religious freedom in Canada 25 about 6 hours ago by: Darren Taylor Ohmer Ahmed, left, with Dr. A. Momin Khalifa, centre, and other Ahmadiyya Muslim Community members, are travelling across Canada […]