UAE warns against wearing national dress abroad
Source: BBC United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals are being urged not to wear national dress outside the region, days after an Emirati man was detained in the US. Ahmed al-Menhali, […]
Iraq violence: IS bombing kills 125 Ramadan shoppers in Baghdad
Source: BBC At least 125 people have been killed and about 150 injured in an explosion claimed by the so-called Islamic State group in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. A car […]
3 Muslims On How Converting To Islam Changed Their Ideas About God
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor To change religions is to wrestle with your past beliefs and think deeply about who God is and what you want your […]
Ramadan: A Source for Conflict Resolution?
Source: Huffington Post Farhad Ahmad British Ahmadi Muslim Imam The summer has dawned upon the UK, in all its rain-filled glory, and is expected to be the hottest since records began. Some of us have extra reason to welcome the summer this year; it heralds the month of Ramadan when […]
Terrorism was Never Justified by the Prophet Mohammad
Source: Review of Religions KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY AT THE 13TH NATIONAL PEACE SYMPOSIUM ON 19th MARCH, 2016, AT THE BAITUL FUTUH MOSQUE, UK. Hazrat Mirza […]
Turkey plans to offer citizenship to Syrian refugees
The Telegraph By Zia Weise2 hrs ago Turkey is willing to grant citizenship to Syrian refugees, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, in a controversial announcement that will raise questions over his commitment to halt the migration flow to Europe . Speaking at a Ramadan dinner in Kilis, […]
Switzerland: Asylum seekers lose status over home visits
IMMIGRATION Asylum seekers lose status over home visits JUL 3, 2016 – 11:07 Anyone applying for asylum in Switzerland is not allowed to return to their country of origin. If they do so, they risk losing their recognised status as a refugee (Keystone) Almost 200 asylum seekers lost their official […]
Germany: Young Muslim takes on state on headscarf ban and wins
Young Muslim takes on state on headscarf ban and wins Source: The Local Published: 01 Jul 2016 A 25-year-old lawyer has taken on the state of Bavaria over its attempts […]
Court fines Muslim father in latest swimming lessons row
Photo: P Cutler Court fines Muslim father in latest swimming lessons row Published: 30 Jun 2016 08:59 GMT+02:00 A Muslim father was fined in Switzerland on Wednesday for refusing to allow his daughters to take swimming lessons at school, in the latest case exposing the challenges of integration in the […]
Baghdad attack: Isis claims responsibility after 78 dead in car bombing
The bombings came near the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the streets are filled with young people and families after dusk Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 The death toll from an Isis-claimed car bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, has risen to 78, according to Iraqi officials. More than 160 […]
Pushing Palestinians to a third Intifada
Jul 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The Jerusalem Day was celebrated this weekend in many Arab and Muslim capitals by street demonstrations and public events reminding heads of states of their duty towards the Holy City. For the last 36 years, the last Friday of the fasting month […]
Mapmaking and warmongering in Africa
Jul 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – PROJECT SYNDICATE Why are some regions plagued by seemingly endless instability? In the Middle East, one widespread argument, which even Daesh expounds, puts much of the blame for chronic conflict on the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret deal agreed 100 years ago by France and […]
‘Roza kyun nahi rakha?’
Source.Dawn I reach for my water bottle, and then instinctively put it back. After hearing about the incident in Ghotki, reason dictates I should stop somewhere else. Somewhere I do not fear the possibility of assault for drinking water in front of the rozeydaar. It is, after all, that time of […]
Muslim girls denied Swiss citizenship for refusing to swim with boys
Source. Dawn GENEVA: Swiss authorities have rejected the naturalisation application of two Muslim girls who refused to take swimming lessons at their school alongside boys, reported USA Today. The girls, aged 12 and 14, refused to take the compulsory lessons claiming their faith prevents them from swimming with males. The Basel residents […]
The expats whose pay fell 10% overnight
Source: BBC By Alina Dizik When American expat Katie Sidell pays her student loan bill this month, she’ll likely be parting with a bigger cut of her take-home pay. The […]
The huge Chinese warehouse run by robots
Source: BBC From Click A warehouse picker who never gets tired? The online retailer JD.com has just the thing. The company has opened a huge facility in Shanghai where items […]
Bangladesh siege: Twenty killed at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka
Source: BBC Twenty people, most of them foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a cafe in Bangladesh claimed by so-called Islamic State. Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: What ‘Game of Thrones’ Says About Our Election Nightmares
Source: Time BY Kareem Abdul Jabbar Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Writings on the Wall. The […]
Arrival of Syrian Refugees in U.S. Surges in June
Source: Time By David Johnson Almost 5,200 have arrived so far The number of Syrian refugees who have arrived in the U.S. nearly doubled in June as the Obama administration aims to make good on its pledge to resettle at least 10,000 by the end of the fiscal year. In all, […]
When will the White House tell us the whole truth about drone killings?
Source: The Guardian By Naureen Shah The Situation Room, a commander-in-chief with rapidly graying hair, a cluster of grim-faced men and women debating the ethics and the legality of a […]