What to do when your boss plays favourites
Source: BBC By Elizabeth Garone Karl Moore remembers the moment he fell out of favour with his boss. He was working as a manager at IBM in Toronto when a […]
Frenchman ‘planned attacks during Euro 2016’ – Ukraine’s SBU
Source: BBC A Frenchman detained last month with a large cache of arms was planning mass attacks during the Euro 2016 football tournament, which starts on Friday, Ukrainian officials say. […]
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Ramadan
Ottawa, Ontario 5 June 2016 The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Ramadan: “Muslims in Canada and around the world will embark upon a month-long spiritual […]
China restrics Ramazan fasting in Muslim Region
BEIJING: China has marked the start of Ramazan with its customary ban on civil servants, students and children in a mainly-Muslim region from taking part in fasting, government websites said as the holy month started on Monday.Muslims eat meals as they break fast on the first day of the holy fasting […]
Why Muslims in Anchorage will fast 9 hours more than Muslims in Cape Town
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan | June 16, 2015 | 3 Comments When the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan begins later this week, some Muslims around the world […]
Bill Clinton Will Give Eulogy at Muhammad Ali’s Funeral
Source: Time By Katie Reilly; @katiemacreilly Former President Bill Clinton will give the eulogy at Muhammad Ali’s funeral, which will take place next Friday in the boxing champion’s hometown of […]
Austrian minister says migrants to EU should be kept on islands
By AFP – Jun 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants sit facing the sea near the former international airport in Athens, currently used as a temporary camp for migrants and refugees on Sunday (AFP photo) VIENNA — Asylum seekers to the European Union should be held on islands rather than […]
Ramadan mubarak!
Ramadan mubarak! Jun 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The holy month of Ramadan has just begun and the new government is taking measures to help people during the fasting month; it had, for example, made control of prices, which usually go up during Ramadan, one of its early priorities. On […]
Documentary offers intimate look at Iraq during US invasion
By Gaelle Sundelin – Jun 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Haider’s small hands struggle to find the edge of the brown scotch-tape roll. The 12-year old is not putting the final touches to some science project or building a kite. He is taping the window panes of his […]
Ramadan a month of self reflection ― Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos
June 6 — The Ramadan month is here again as it does every year. Every Sunni Muslim knows that fasting is required during the month of Ramadan, it is one of the five pillars of his faith. He knows how to fast, when to break fast and what to do […]
Quran Verses about Ramadan and fasting
Quran Verses about Ramadan and fasting The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for the people O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous [2:183] [Fasting for] a […]
Christian murdered in latest Bangladesh attack
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Dhaka A Christian was knifed to death after Sunday prayers near a church in northwestBangladesh in an attack claimed by Islamic State. Police said […]
96-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest university graduate
Source: Gulf News Tokyo: A 96-year-old Japanese man has entered the Guinness World Records after becoming the oldest person in the world to receive a university degree, officials said on Sunday. Shigemi Hirata, who lives in Takamatsu, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Design from Kyoto University […]
Donald Trump Suggests Muslim Judge Might Also Be Unfair
Source: ABC News By CANDACE SMITH Donald Trump, already facing bi-partisan backlash for his comments suggesting a judge of Mexican descent is unfit to preside over a lawsuit filed against Trump University because of “bias,” has gone further, suggesting that a Muslim judge would also not be able to treat […]
Islamic State Kills Dozens of Its Own in Hunt for Spies
Source: ABC News In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone […]
New York’s Muslims struggle to bury their dead
Source: Aljazeera By Mir Ubaid New York, US – Ahmet Kargi, 40, rolls up his sleeves, revealing a tattoo on his right arm – a white crescent and star inside a […]
Israelis mark annexation of East Jerusalem
Source: Aljazeera Israeli police deployed in large numbers in Jerusalem to secure an annual march marking Israel’s 1967 invasion and subsequent occupation of the Palestinian-dominated eastern half of the city, which […]
Muslims increasingly racially profiled on US planes in 2016
Source: Tribune A Muslim group has urged the United States Department of Transportation to take action to address the profiling of Muslims, people of colour, and persons perceived to be […]
BBC: Muhammad Ali – in his own words
Source: BBC … The politics “Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.” “Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn’t choose it, […]
Calabasas fire forces thousands from homes
Source: CNN (CNN)Hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze in Los Angeles County that has forced at least 5,000 people to evacuate their homes, authorities said. Since the inferno started Saturday afternoon it has already torched 516 acres, Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief John Tripp said. As of Sunday […]