The Other Al-Andalus — When Muslims and Christians Flourished Side By Side in Sicily Source: The Huffington Post I sometimes think about the glories of “Islamic Spain,” or Al-Andalus. Starting […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Kabir Helminski ………………… A small minority of the world’s one and a half billion Muslims has misconstrued the teachings of Islam to justify their misguided […]
Fight for Children’s Rights; to find some way to establish a legal balance between rights of the parents and the rights of the child Source: RT In a bid […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhry, Physician, writer and human rights activist An Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper, Mr. Asad Shah, was recently stabbed to death in Glasgow, UK. Mr. Tanveer Ahmad, a […]
Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The cycle of violence in Palestine is so predictable that almost anyone following the news can easily forecast what happens next. This ability to anticipate what happens if the cycle of violence is not broken is perhaps the most concrete proof that […]
Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER President Barack Obama observed: “ISIL [Daesh] is a direct outgrowth of Al Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our invasion — which is an example of unintended consequences — which is why we should generally aim before we shoot.” Many of […]
An America which can stomach the anger of its Arab allies is in no mood to suffer the humiliations of Israel either Robert Fisk @indyvoices Edward Said, 13 years dead but intellectually un-buriable, used to say that there was only one “last taboo” in the United States. You could talk […]
By Reuters – Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES President Barack Obama, with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman (right), speaks after a Gulf Cooperation Council session at the Diriyah Palace during the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday (AP photo) RIYADH — The United States will deter and […]
Al-Arabiya: Media reports have speculated that Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan – whose career has been marred by stories of drug use and drink driving offences – is considering whether to convert to Islam. Rumors began swirling after Lohan, 27, was pictured last year holding an English translation of the Quran. […]
The Independent: Male, 26, single, quite well-educated but not an expert on the Quran – this is the profile of an average fighter joining Isis. Analysis of thousands of entry documents leaked from the terrorist group has provided vital new insight into the background and expertise of its international jihadists. […]
Source: The Tennessean Tennessee will not become the first state in the nation to make the Holy Bible its official book after an effort to override Gov. Bill Haslam’s veto failed […]
Source: RNS (RNS) Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, the Treasury Department has announced. The move will make Tubman the first African-American, the first woman in […]
Source: Associated Press By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — China has asked Indonesia to extradite four Uighur men in exchange for returning a graft fugitive recently arrested in Shanghai, the top Indonesian security minister said Thursday. Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said Indonesia will […]
Source: USA Today By Patrick Winn, GlobalPost For her crime, violating the tenets of a faith she does not observe, the courts offered two punishments. Option one: time in a grim jailhouse. Option two: nearly 30 lashes with a cane wielded by a anonymous man, hooded and clad in black robes, […]
Source: Yahoo News By Shatha Yaish AFP Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israeli police said Thursday a Hamas militant carried out a “suicide” bus bombing in Jerusalem that wounded 20 people, […]
Source: BBC The Queen has lit the first of more than 900 beacons lighting up across the UK and overseas as part of her 90th birthday celebrations. The monarch, accompanied […]
Source: CTV Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been named to Time magazine’s prestigious list of the 100 most influential people in the world, joining a wide range of international […]
“Whenever there is a terrorist attack in the world in which Muslims are the perpetrators, I feel immensely uneasy.” By Mahjabeen Syed Late on Dec. 3, 2015, shortly after […]
Source: International Business Times By Vasudevan Sridharan The Pakistani government is poised to make learning Quran compulsory in all public schools. Lawmakers in the country are talking to all parties involved in […]
By David Gibson NEW YORK (RNS) That’s always been the jokey answer to a dumb question, but it’s now a serious issue for Catholic intellectuals who have been criticizing, and […]