Muslim women face threats online
Source: RNS By Aysha Khan (RNS) When Laila Alawa woke up on a recent morning, her phone wouldn’t stop pinging with Twitter notifications. “You’re not American, you’re a terrorist sympathizer […]
New Jersey passes anti-BDS legislation
Source: JTA (JTA) — The New Jersey Legislature passed legislation that prohibits the state from investing pension and annuity funds in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses. The bipartisan bill in response to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement against Israel passed the state’s General Assembly on Monday by […]
Genocide in Burma
Source: Washington Monthly by Joshua Kurlantzick Of all the ethnic, racial, and religious minorities in the world, wrote the Economist last year, the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic group, may well be the most persecuted people on the planet. Today nearly two million Rohingya live in western Myanmar and in Bangladesh. […]
Is India ready to abolish triple talaq?
Source: Aljazeera By Mariya Salim Mariya Salim is a Kolkata born Indian with a degree in human rights law from the School of Oriental and African Studies. “I do […]
Racist Incidents Skyrocket After Brexit Vote
Source: Huffington Post By Willa Frej The fallout following the British vote to leave the European Union has triggered an uptick in racist incidents. An aversion to immigration has been at the forefront for the “leave” camp, emboldening xenophobes to reportedly come out of the shadows and publicly attack immigrant communities. […]
We have males and females all wrong
Source: BBC By David Robson Once upon a time, animal courtship was thought to run something like a Barbara Cartland novel. The rakish males battle it out for a chaste […]
Rights activists discuss violence against members of minority sects, faiths
By Zia Ur Rehman June 29, 2016 6 0 Karachi How are sectarian tensions handled and laws applicable? How severe are the issues of hate speech and discrimination against minorities? These burning questions were discussed by the participants of a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan expert group meeting on Tuesday. […]
British interested in Swiss model to save Europe ties
POST-BREXIT SOLUTIONS By Simon Bradley JUN 28, 2016 – 17:42 An awkward day for British Prime Minister David Cameron, in Brussels for the first post-Brexit EU meeting (Keystone) Post-Brexit Britain is likely to opt for a Swiss-style solution – rather than a Norwegian model – to oversee relations with the […]
War and peace, and water
Jun 28,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – LAURA TUCK India is currently facing its worst water crisis in years, with an estimated 330 million people — one-quarter of its population — affected by severe drought. Ethiopia is also dealing with its worst drought in decades, which has already contributed to the failure […]
How to measure a dysfunctional, gridlocked Congress
Earlier this month, Brookings’s Democracy Dashboard released a new collection of indicators focusing on institutional functioning and capacity. By assembling a range of data in one place, researchers and other interested parties can assess trends in the behavior of the president, the judiciary, and Congress. Today, we’ll spend some time […]
How war drives terrorism
Editors’ Note: Terrorist groups don’t emerge out of nowhere, and wars are perhaps the richest soil for seeding and growing violent groups of all stripes, writes Dan Byman. This post originally appeared in the Washington Post. Study after study has found no common profile of a terrorist. It is […]
Istanbul airport attack: 41 dead, 200 injured, Turkish officials say
Epigraph Every human life is precious and sacred; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: CNN Istanbul (CNN)Gunshots, screams and explosions pierced the air Tuesday at […]
Gambia: Lote
In traditional medication, Lote Tree is believed to have numerous medicinal values. The leaves, fruit, roots and bark of the tree are all used for various kinds of treatments. Its valuable properties have been realised since ancient times. From research, we have understood that the leaves of the plant can […]
Tolerance, respect and compassion.
Source. Dawn Firstly, we need to cast away any dated desire of cultivating a homogenous Muslim nation and accept the fact that Pakistan is and shall remain a multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-ethnic state. Our children should be taught to appreciate this diversity, not distrust it. Secondly, we must make […]
You’re not laughing now
Source. BBC UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has told the European Parliament: “You’re not laughing now.”He was jeered as he addressed the parliament during an emergency debate on the UK’s vote to leave the EU. Mr Farage, who was jeered by some MEPs, said EU politicians were “in denial” about […]
Labour MPs pass no-confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn
Source. BBC A motion of no confidence in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been passed by the party’s MPs. The 172-40 vote, which is not binding, follows resignations from the shadow cabinet and calls on Mr Corbyn to quit. Mr Corbyn said the ballot had “no constitutional legitimacy” and said he would […]
Indonesia: National scene-Media asked to stay balanced by Ahmadiyah
Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com The Ahmadiyah Indonesia Congregation (JAI) has called on the mass media to be balanced in its reporting of news related to minority groups in Indonesia. Leader (Amir Nasional) of Ahmadiyah Indonesia Abdul Basit said some media outlet usually did not provide the complete story behind cases involving minority groups […]
Zuhairi Misrawi of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Indonesia says: Ahmadiyya is a Peaceful Islam
Written by Iin Qurotul Ain During the Media Gathering on Saturday June 25th 2016 at iftaar party organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Indonesia, a young intellectual Muslim figure Zuhairi […]
Christians are becoming a minority compared to atheists in England and Wales
Source: Huffington Post By Jack Sommers; Assistant News Editor, Huffington Post UK New research charts the decline in religious identity. Christians are now outnumbered in England and Wales by atheists, […]
Pakistani clerics declare transgender marriages legal in Islam
The Telegraph: by Mohammad Zubair Khan, islamabad and Andrew Marszal, new delhi — Paro, a transgender woman in Pakistan, wears bridal dress to celebrate her birthday CREDIT: MOHAMMAD ZUBAIR KHAN Fifty top Pakistani clerics have issued a religious decree declaring that transgender people have full marriage, inheritance and funeral rights […]