Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul The jets came in low, screeching over Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Then there was the sound of a blast. The protesters scattered and the sound of gunfire […]
Source: Time By Tara John An attempted military coup in Turkey appeared to have failedSaturday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to the city of Istanbul, and his acting military commander and Prime Minister said the uprising had been successfully quashed. Erdogan called the attempted coup an “act of treason” […]
Source: BBC For several hours on Friday night hundreds of Turkish soldiers appeared to have taken control of key areas of the main cities of Ankara and Istanbul. There was […]
Source. thehindu.com Even as some Islamic organisations in Tamil Nadu have protested the Central government’s remarks on controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and have defended his right to preach, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Chennai allege that they have been facing discrimination from some of the organisations. Noor Muhammad.M, president […]
Source. Media Library As our anchors and TV channels commit national and logical suicide by referring to Ahmadi Mosques as “marakaz” and “Ibadgahs”, we must remind ourselves of the views of Quaid-e-Azam Mahomed Ali Jinnah who relied heavily on the Jamaat Ahmadiyya and its brilliant son Ch. Zafrulla Khan (whose […]
Source.Mediamatters.org MEGYN KELLY (HOST): I don’t know if it’s Sharia, but Islamism is considered problematic by many Americans because if you are an Islamist, you approach Islam very different from modern, more reformed Muslims. BRIGITTE GABRIEL: Exactly. You are correct. Islamists are very different than the imams that we are […]
Source. BBC.Com As reported earlier that 2,745 judges have been fired in Turkey on Saturday for alleged links to Fetullah Gulen – now both the Hurriyet newspaper and Anadolu Agency are reporting that 140 arrest warrants have been issued against members of the Supreme Court. More.
Source. ATimes The outcome of tonight’s apparent coup attempt in Turkey remains unclear, but the motivation for regime change in Turkey has been building under the surface for years. Turkey faces a perfect storm of economic, political and foreign policy problems. First, Turkey’s much-heralded economic growth spurt of the 2000’s […]
Source. ET ANKARA: A Turkish army faction backed by tanks and fighter jets was waging a coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday. Here is what we know so far: Offiicials were insisting the attempted coup was falling apart. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to Istanbul airport during the […]
Source: Time By Simon Lewis At least 84 people were killed Thursday night when a truck careened through crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of […]
Source: Time By Dan Stewart Nice was the third major attack in France in 18 months Senior politicians in France have begun questioning the country’s anti terror strategy, hours after a man driving a truck killed 84 people in France’s third major terrorist attack in 18 months. Alain Juppé, a […]
Source: Time By John R. Bowen Jihad seems to hit France harder than other countries, with more than 1,000 young people leaving to fight on the side of ISIS or […]
Source: BBC By Dave Lee North America technology reporter The US government cannot force Microsoft to give authorities access to the firm’s servers located in other countries, a court has ruled. […]
Source: BBC By BBC’s Travel Show Natural caves exist throughout Hungary, but a cave system in the small town of Tapolca has an especially memorable method of exploration. The around […]
Source. A Times. A prejudice against Turks as being self-serving and untrustworthy – although exotic – is deeply embedded in the European psyche. In William Shakespeare’s play, Othello used the word “Turk” in that sense.A recent poll found that only 9% of Germans consider that Turkey can be a “trustworthy […]
Source: Huriyat Daily News Turkey has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that killed at least 84 people in Nice during the French National Day celebrations, offering solidarity with France and […]
Source: Asia Times. Yet another criminal known to security services has perpetrated a mass killing, the Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel. Why did the French police allow a foreign national with a criminal record of violence reside in France? Apart from utter incompetence, the explanation is that he was a snitch for the […]
Source: The Daily Beast We were sitting on the cliffs as darkness fell, obscuring our view of the niches across from us where the giant Buddhas had for centuries smiled upon the fertile valley. It had only been a few years before that they were blasted away by the Taliban. The […]
Source: The Daily Beast. Boris Johnson, whose thirst for spectacularly offensive jokes has already led to multiple apology tours, has now been chosen as the international face of Britain.Britain’s least diplomatic man is the country’s new head of diplomacy.In a decision that installs the court jester as the international face […]
Source: The Daily Beast The Russian military claims it’s making progress on a space plane similar to the U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B robotic mini-shuttle. That in itself isn’t terribly surprising or even, for the United States, particularly worrisome. Lots of governments and even private companies are working on space planesthat […]