AFP | Published — Wednesday 15 June 2016 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, of Jordan, addresses his statement during the opening of the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (AP) GENEVA: […]
By AFP – Jun 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian protester holds a sign as he chants slogans during a protest against what organisers say is land confiscation by Israel, near Arroub Refugee Camp north of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — […]
By Dana Al Emam – Jun 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This undated handout image shows archaeologist Christopher A. Tuttle investigating the doorsill of the small building on the newly […]
Jun 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF It has been described as the worst mass shooting in America’s history. At least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured when an armed assailant opened fire early Sunday in a crowded nightclub in the Florida city of Orlando. The […]
Source: The Guardian: By Sarah Lyons-Padilla, who is a research scientist at Stanford SPARQ: Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions The evidence shows that alienating an entire religious community, as Donald […]
Source: Time By Sam Frizell How the two rival campaigns are finally talking to each other In the bright lights of the political revolution, Bernie Sanders does not sound like a […]
Source: BBC Tahmima Anam tells the Hay Festival audience about the weird and wonderful things that inspire writers. “The great thing about being a writer is that you can take all the quirky things that are interesting to you and put them in books”. Speaking to the BBC’s George Alagiah […]
Source: BBC The UK’s inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, was unchanged in May at 0.3%, figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate was kept low as a fall in the price of clothing offset rising transport costs. The Bank of England has […]
Source: BBC By Chris Johnston Business reporter Stock markets across Europe fell on Tuesday as investors weighed up the consequences of next week’s EU referendum vote. The FTSE 100 in […]
Source: BBC Vigils have been held in Orlando, Florida, and around the world for the victims of Sunday’s deadly gun attack on a gay nightclub. A Muslim cleric told those […]
Source: BBC Malaysia’s first Islamic-compliant airline, Rayani Air, has been barred from flying for breaching regulations. The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said it was revoking the airline’s certification because […]
Source: Herald Muslim women’s rights collectives have long been campaigning against the practices of instant triple talaq, polygamy and nikaah–halala in India. Two Supreme Court cases by Shayara Bano and […]
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON | BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has a moral responsibility to try to ease tension between majority Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, her […]
Source: Reuters German President Joachim Gauck joined a Ramadan dinner on Monday, warning against demonizing Muslims a day after a man pledging allegiance to Islamic State shot dead 49 people […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent After an interlude of more than a millennium, 55 years of careful planning, and within days of its opening, the first global gathering […]
Source: Politico By NICK GASS When it comes to Hillary Clinton’s pronouncement earlier Monday that “radical Islamism” and “radical jihadism” are “the same thing” in discussing the Orlando, Florida, terrorist […]
Source: The New York Times By MARK MAZZETTI, ERIC LICHTBLAU and ALAN BLINDER WASHINGTON — When a young American man from coastal Florida drove a truck packed with explosives into […]
By Alaa Basatneh ORLANDO, Florida—It wasn’t a typical weekend scene at the Fashion Square Mall in central Florida. A DJ blasted loud belly dance music as fashionably dressed Muslim women […]
By Katie Alexander, News 4 Reporter Published: June 14, 2016, 5:30 am NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Across the country, vigils continue to be held to honor the 49 victims who were killed when a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning. Tuesday evening, the […]
● MONDAY, 13 JUNE 2016 “The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns in the very strongest possible terms today’s attack at an Orlando nightclub in which dozens of innocent people were brutally killed. “All forms of terrorism and extremism are completely against the true teachings of Islam. The Holy Quran has said […]