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 […]
Myanmar mob torches mosque as religious tensions spike: Report
Posted 02 Jul 2016 13:56 PHOTOS Myanmar has struggled to contain bouts of deadly religious bloodshed in recent years, with bristling sectarian tensions and rising Buddhist nationalism posing a challenge to the government AFP/Ye Aung Thu YANGON: A mob wielding weapons razed a Muslim prayer hall in northern Myanmar, state […]
Too Strong to Lose, Too Weak to Win
Middle East expert Patrick Cockburn dissects the “age of disintegration” that gave us Brexit and Donald Trump. PATRICK COCKBURN JUL. 2, 2016 Margus Johanson/Thinkstock This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and […]
Community-tension-fears-as- Ahmadiyya mosque-planned-for-high-crime-zone
Source. Express and Star The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK wants to convert a warehouse and offices in Vicarage Place, Caldmore, into a place of worship. Planning officers at Walsall Council have now recommended the proposal be given the green light. While West Midlands Police has not officially opposed the scheme the force […]
Syrian newcomers celebrate their first Canada Day with Ahmadiyya Muslim
Source. Canada Day also coincides with last Friday of Ramadan this year CBC News Posted: Jul 01, 2016 7:30 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 01, 2016 7:30 PM ET Play Media Syrian refugees in the GTA celebrated their first Canada Day along with the Ahmadiyya Canadian Muslim community. Syrian family […]
Germany v Italy: battle of hair, towers and two-wheelers
Source. The Local Italy face Germany in the quarter finals of Euro 2016 on Saturday. Italy vs Germany is not only one of the greatest rivalries in international football – it’s also a titanic clash of culture and cuisine. There can only be one winner, but who? History would certainly […]
EU migration to Germany hits record high
Source. ET BERLIN: Immigration to Germany from other European Union countries hit a new record of over 685,000 people last year, led by Romanians, Poles and Bulgarians, Die Welt daily said Saturday, citing official figures. A total of 685,485 EU citizens arrived in Germany in 2015 while 303,036 left for a […]
A special place in hell is not enough for women like these
Source. ET God forbid if we see a woman wearing jeans/go without a dupatta. Two or three days ago, a young woman was accosted by an older woman for ‘not wearing appropriate attire’. You can see what the poor young woman was wearing here. Not that that’s important. But, anyway. […]
Live, let live and leave it to God to judge
Source. ET You do not speak for us,” said Nihad Awad of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) at a press conference in Washington, DC on June 14. “You do not represent us.” This statement came in the wake of the massacre of 49 people at an Orlando gay […]
Researchers Uncover Ancient Shrine That May Hold Buddha’s Skull Bone
Huffington Post: Archaeologists have discovered what may be a skull bone from the revered Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. The bone was hidden inside a model of a stupa, or a Buddhist shrine used for meditation. The research team found the 1,000-year-old model within a stone chest in a crypt beneath a […]
Pakistan Must Stop Blaming the World for Its Jihadist Policies
The Wire: The elimination of Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone attack inside Pakistan last month has once again raised questions about Pakistan’s nexus with, and seriousness to eliminate, jihadist groups on its soil. Instead of serious introspection about why an Afghan jihadist was found inside Pakistan and apparently […]
Holey Artisan Bakery siege: Twenty killed in Bangladesh
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC Bangladesh’s government says 20 hostages were killed by suspected Islamists […]
Duo defy first day of Ticino headgear ban
PROTEST STUNT Duo defy first day of Ticino headgear ban By Stefania Summermatter JUL 1, 2016 – Nora Illi on the streets of Locarno in defiance of the headgear ban (Ti-Press) A Swiss woman, who has converted to Islam, and a French-Algerian businessman are facing fines after defying a new […]
Why Islam? The story of three female converts
RELIGION AND GENDER Why Islam? The story of three female converts By Sibilla Bondolfi JUL 1, 2016 – 11:00 Nora Illi, an officer of the Islamic Central Council Switzerland (ICCS), at an event in May 2010. (Keystone) With a burka ban coming into force in part of Switzerland on Friday, […]
Resistance against occupation continues
Resistance against occupation continues Agencies | Published — Saturday 2 July 2016 In this file photo, Palestinian schoolgirls walk with a donkey as the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, is seen in the background. (Reuters) RAMALLAH: The Israeli military says an Israeli was killed and three […]
Bad news for guys dreaming of taking Bosnian 2nd wife
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 2 July 2016 A woman takes a picture with a smartphone on the Smetovi mountain range near Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in this December 20, 2015 file photo. (REUTERS) JEDDAH: Bosnian authorities have stipulated that Saudi citizens wishing to travel to Bosnia Herzegovina must […]
Inside Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian jail, an Islamist prisoner talks of the regret for his killing
‘I was a maths teacher. I shot him in the back of the head. Three times. I felt nothing. Now I regret.’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 1 July 2016 Unlike his […]
Resort to referenda
Source. Dawn The cleavages between the young and elders, between the rich and poor and between regions came to the fore.There were bitter regrets the next day as consciousness of the consequences seeped in. Scotland is another story. Moral: never hold a referendum on an emotionally charged issue at a time […]
Myanmar must ‘urgently’ end abuses against Muslims: UN envoy
Source. Dawn YANGON: Myanmar’s new civilian government should prioritise ending deep discrimination against the Rohingya and other Muslims in restive Rakhine state, a United Nations envoy said Friday. Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, was speaking after a nearly two-week visit to the Buddhist-majority nation, her first since […]