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 […]
Global politics is basically anarchic – we’re ruled by the law of the jungle
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Wainer Andrew Wainer is director of policy research at Save the Children According to the realist school of political science, the global political system is […]
India: Muslim women fight to overturn triple talaq
Source: Aljazeera An online petition against triple talaq has been signed by 50,000 Muslim men and women across the country. By Shriya Ramakrishnan Twenty five-year-old Salma’s* life crumbled one morning […]
Nablus’ ancient mosques tell story of religions throughout history
Palestinian men pray at a mosque in the West Bank city of Nablus on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, July 27, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini) Nablus’ ancient mosques tell story of religions throughout history NABLUS, West Bank — The mosques in the old town of Nablus, […]
Al-Azhar refuses to consider the Islamic State an apostate
Muslims conduct taraweeh prayers as they gather for Lailat al-Qadr, at Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, July 24, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih) Al-Azhar refuses to consider the Islamic State an apostate Egypt’s Al-Azhar issued a statement Dec. 11, 2014, refusing to declare the Islamic State (IS) apostates. “No believer can be declared […]
Video: Millions attend Ramadan prayers in Makkah
Source: Al Arabia Nearly three million worshipers, including foreign umrah pilgrims and local visitors, performed isha (evening prayers) and taraweeh (special Ramadan prayers) prayers in the Grand Mosque in Makkah […]
Canada Day at Baitul Islam mosque in Vaughan
On July 1, 2016, hundreds of people gathered for celebrations at Baitul Islam mosque in Vaughan. This year, the celebrations were extra special for the Muslim community because they coincided with the […]
David Cameron’s potential successors push for Brexit delay
Source. Arab News Justice minister Gove, who torpedoed fellow anti-EU campaigner Boris Johnson’s leadership hopes on Thursday, also said he would pull Britain out of the single market, end free movement of people and impose a new immigration system favoring skilled workers. Gove’s rival and the current favorite in the […]