Blair Imani meeting Bill Clinton. Courtesy of Blair Imani On April 13, 2016, barely a month after I started observing hijab, I attended an event called “Conversations with Bill.” It was a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, one of the first I had attended, and I was so excited to hear […]
July 26, 2016 DANIEL ESTRIN i Majda Belaroui, 21, answered the call to volunteer for the French military reserves following the recent terrorist attack in Nice. But Majda, a Muslim, refused to remove her headscarf and hijab, as required under a French law that prohibits displays of religion in government […]
July 30, 2016 JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — There has never been a better time for women in Islamic Economies to be entrepreneurs. There are more business opportunities and more openings in the employment market for women today. They are being recognised for their value in contributing to […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Jul 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) is preparing to deploy Thai technology to make artificial rain, JMD Director Mohammad Samawi said on Saturday. “We have taken many steps towards the implementation of the experiment and these steps are in […]
Source. Dawn ANYONE who can see beyond the obvious would be able to scan the invisible manufacturer’s seal embossed on the chassis of the lorry that killed too many in Nice on a day they were celebrating a great milestone in the history of human freedom. Looking closely, one could […]
Source. Dawn Editorial RARELY has a politician adhered so unwaveringly to principles when his or her political survival itself is possibly at stake. But Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has […]
How come a Muslim can be a terrorist in Europe but a mere ‘attacker’ in south-west Asia? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 25 July 2016 377 comments The frightful and bloody […]
Source. Dawn The following article is the concluding piece in our coup trilogy — Men on horseback (July 21, 2016, Dawn.com); Future coups (July 24, 2016, Dawn Magazine). This piece brings the trilogy to a full circle by investigating an enigmatic coup plot in a country which, during the Cold […]
Source. Dawn LOS ANGELES: A 42-year-old skydiver with more than 18,000 jumps made history Saturday when he became the first person to leap without a parachute and land in a net instead. “Aikins’ leap represents the culmination of a 26-year career that will set a personal and world record for […]
By Zubair K Khan In last few weeks, while analysing reactions of the inhabitants of various European cities, the public unease was never far from the surface. Callers to various electronic and print media houses said they were apprehensive of visiting popular festivals, shopping centres and malls . A shaken […]
Source. CNN (CNN)In the past week I have seen flowers and candles carpeting a street in Munich, the tranquility of asmall Bavarian town shattered by a suicide bomb and a small church in suburban France sealed off after itsoctogenarian priest had his throat cut. Before these horrific events, there was […]
Source. CNN (CNN)Muslim community leaders have refused to bury one of the terrorists who killed a Catholic priest this week in northern France, according to the president of a local Muslim organization. Adel Kermiche was one of two men who took five people hostage during morning Mass on Tuesday at a […]
Source. The Local As Turkish authorities on Friday widened their sweeping post-coup crackdown to the business sector, the European Union’s enlargement commissioner implicitly warned that the bloc would freeze Turkey’s accession talks if the crackdown violated the rule of law. More.
Source: BBC Dozens of families have left besieged eastern areas of the city of Aleppo along a humanitarian corridor, Syrian state media says. The civilians boarded buses and were taken […]
Source: The Star By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN — Denmark should halt immigration from Muslim countries to stem the threat of violence from extremists, the nation’s second-largest party […]
Source: Daily Mail By JAMES DUNN FOR MAILONLINE Merkel’s premiership is hanging by a thread today as thousands gathered to call for her resignation while a key political ally dramatically […]
Source: Politico By SAMUEL OAKFORD The United Nations has long been bullied by its most powerful members, and U.N. secretaries-general have usually been forced to grit their teeth and take […]
Source: ABC News By STEVE TURNHAM In his first response to a searing charge from bereaved Army father Khizr Khan that he’d “sacrificed nothing” for his country, Donald Trumpclaimed that […]
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency A New Jersey township is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate haredi Orthodox community leaders for alleged “blockbusting,” or trying to pressure large numbers of longtime homeowners into selling their property to Orthodox Jews. The incident is the latest example of tensions between […]
A man killed his two sisters on the eve of their weddings in Pakistan’s central Punjab province Image Credit: AFP Pakistani activists carry placards during a protest against the murder of social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch by her own brother in this file photo. Published: 16:53 July 30, 2016 […]