MINORS NGO blasts Swiss policy on detaining migrant children JUN 16, 2016 – 16:58 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as every human being below the age of eighteen, unless the law applicable to the child states otherwise. The age of majority in Switzerland […]
Jun 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Nina L. Khrushcheva Over the last few years, Pope Francis has reinvigorated the Catholic Church’s core message with passionate criticism of unbridled capitalism and a new, more progressive worldview. In the United States primaries, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is doing much the same […]
By Rula Samain – Jun 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Muslims and Christians share an iftar meal at the Assembly of God Church in Salt on Friday (Photo courtesy of Fakhri Rihani) SALT — Gathered in a Bedouin tent in a churchyard, around 40 people waited for the mosque to […]
Many of Europe’s largest banks won’t do business with Iran for fear of breaching other US sanctions, which have nothing to do with the nuclear agreement – but a lot […]
Religion News Service: Whenever Muslims are involved in a terror attack, my Facebook page and email inbox explodes with people who live to say (and love to say): “See, I told you so.” The latest was from one of my long-time correspondents who sent me a list of every member […]
FP: Though it was nearly 3,000 miles away, it was with great sadness and growing concern that I read the news about last weekend’s shootingby an American Muslim citizen at a gay bar in Orlando, Florida, that left 49 people dead and 53 others injured, with some still clinging to […]
Huff Post: As far as we know, there is no cure for death, no ingenious algorithm that can program the mysterious breath which at first gives life its form and then corrodes and withers it. It is in this breathing space between womb and tomb that we love, long and […]
Bader Sayeed is one of the top lawyer-activists in Chennai, the first woman chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board. – See more at: http://newageislam.com/interview/shobha-warrier/talaq-must-go-through-the-court-of-law/d/107673#sthash.R6qOzxYY.dpuf A schoolmate of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, she was the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the 2004 parliamentary elections from the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Todd Green, Ph.D. Author, “The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West” Donald Trump wasted little time after the news broke of the […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Whoever saves one it will be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Oneindia […]
Source: BuzzFeed News By Talal Ansari BuzzFeed News Reporter A man who was arrested in Seattle on Tuesday after making violent threats on social media against an area mosque is being […]
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) Southern Baptists are usually the first to defend religious freedom. But when it comes to Muslims, some want to draw a line. At their annual […]
Source: BBC The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) in Pakistan has declared that killing in the name of family honour is un-Islamic and against the law. The group, which advises […]
Source: The Guardian Malcolm Turnbull has warned against the community being divided by acts of terrorism such as the Orlando massacre and “extremist, nihilistic interpretations of religion”. Speaking at an […]
Source: Reuters BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM U.S. President Barack Obama met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the White House on Wednesday despite a warning by China that […]
Source: Reuters Islamophobia has risen markedly in Germany, a study published on Wednesday showed, underscoring the tensions simmering in German society after more than one million migrants, mostly Muslims, arrived last year. Every second respondent in the study of 2,420 people said they sometimes felt like a foreigner in their […]
Source: BBC Germany will not recognise polygamy or marriages involving minors, Justice Minister Heiko Maas has said “No-one who comes here has the right to put his cultural values or […]
Source: Associated Press By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama thanked the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for offering condolences after 49 people were killed in the worst mass […]
Source: Washington Post By Joel Achenbach and Lateshia Beachum The Council on American-Islamic Relations had planned to hold a news conference Tuesday unveiling a report on Islamophobia, including the rise […]
Source: Associated Press By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as […]