Source: The Guardian By Spencer Ackerman As Barack Obama prepares to visit Saudi Arabia, the Saudi royal family has taken custody of nine longtime Guantánamo Bay detainees, bringing Obama closer to […]
Source: CNS News By Lauretta Brown (CNSNews.com) – A new study released Tuesday found that Pakistan’s public school textbooks negatively portray the country’s religious minorities, including Hindus, Christians and Ahmadis, as “untrustworthy, […]
Syrian civilians and activists hold a banner reading in Arabic “Long live Syria, down with Assad” during an anti-regime demonstration. Photo: AFP Published: 17 Apr 2016 18:22 GMT+02:00 Syria’s opposition High Negotiations Committee threatened Sunday to suspend its participation in UN-backed peace talks if there is no progress on […]
April 3, 2016 TEHRAN – South Alabama University Professor Nader Entessar believes that Machiavellianism is dominant in the Middle East. “Also, theories of imperialism will also help us better understand the current conditions in the Middle East,” Entessar tells the Tehran Times. Following is the full text of the interview: […]
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Round the World flight Apr 14, 2016 – 17:47 Solar Impulse 2 during a maintenance flight over Hawaii in March 2016 (Keystone) The Swiss solar plane Solar Impulse 2 is now in ‘mission mode’ in anticipation of taking off for North America from Hawaii where it had been grounded […]
Working visit Justice minister defends asylum reforms as EU leader takes interest Apr 17, 2016 – 11:45 Sommaruga, left, and Asselborn, right, toured a new asylum centre in Zurich (Keystone) Europe has taken an interest in Switzerland’s asylum reforms, with a European Union leader examining the system which will […]
The Mulla was made a magistrate. During his first case the plaintiff argued so persuasively tha’t he exclaimed: ‘I believe that you are right!’ The clerk of the Court begged him to restrain himself, for the defendant had not been heard yet. Nasrudin was so carried away by the eloquence […]
AGRA, INDIA—The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge invoked nostalgia Saturday as they sat and smiled for photos on the same marble bench in front of the Taj Mahal where Prince William’s late mother, Princess Diana, had posed alone for a memorable 1992 photo. Winding down their weeklong royal tour of […]
Waqar Ahmedi Saturday 16 April 2016 424 comments independent.co.uk Have you ever identified yourself as something, lived and breathed it all your life, and then told you’re not really what you believe yourself to be? I’ve always called myself a Muslim, but recently the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) made a […]
Source. Daily Mail. Co Uk. Researcher Shiraz Maher wrote he does not ‘regard Ahmadis as Muslims’ Came days after man admitted killing Asad Shah for ‘disrespecting’ Islam Glasgow shopkeeper Mr Shah was part of the the Ahmadiyya community Maher has apologised for remarks which are being investigated by King’s […]
Apr 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The Islamic summit that convened in Turkey last week within the context of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) registered abysmal failure. This 13th session represented a moral victory for Daesh and other radical groups. The 49 participants — heads of states […]
By JT – Apr 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this photo taken on Thursday, Syrian families load their belongings onto a bus in the town of Palmyra in the central Homs province, Syria (AP photo) AMMAN – The World Bank Group (WBG) on Friday announced that eight nations […]
Indian Consul Gen of San Francisco reamed up with local Indians to host a 125th Birth Day of Dr. Ambedkar the author of Indian Constitution considered the longest constitution in the world. More than 200 guests attended the event. Here are glimpses by PAKISTAN POST new segment of FIJISUN USA […]
Source: The Guardian By Tom Phillips A Chinese judge has rejected a gay couple’s attempt to secure the right to marry in the country’s first same-sex marriage case. Sun Wenlin, 27, from the central province of Hunan, had sued the civil affairs bureau in the city of Changsha for the right […]
Source: The Guardain By Philip Oltermann Asylum seekers face cuts to support if they reject mandatory measures such as classes in language and culture Germany has announced new legal measures requiring migrants […]
Source: The Guardian By Helena Smith Pope Francis has taken a dozen highly vulnerable refugees who faced deportation from the Greek island of Lesbos back to Rome, offering them refuge in […]
In 1838, the Jesuit priests who ran the country’s top Catholic university needed money to keep it alive. Now comes the task of making amends. By RACHEL L. SWARNSAPRIL 16, 2016 WASHINGTON — The human cargo was loaded on ships at a bustling wharf in the nation’s capital, destined […]
By David Wright, CNN Source: CNN Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin mocked Bill Nye on Thursday, using the premier of a film that criticizes climate change scientists to call into question Nye’s credentials. “Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am,” the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said, […]
Source. Independent. A Muslim woman was asked to get off a plane without any explanation after she asked her neighbour to switch seats. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called for an investigation of a possible “bias motive” as the woman was of Somali descent and was wearing […]