Report: World’s Happiest Countries Are Also Least Religious March 17, 2016 by Michael Stone 42 Comments The world’s happiest countries are also the world’s least religious countries according to a new report released by the World Happiness Index. Science Alert reports that every year, the World Happiness Index surveys numerous people from various countries around the world […]
By Ro Waseem March 23, 2016 17:34 GMT ibtimes.co.uk “Isis has nothing to do with Islam!” has become the mainstream response by Muslims to jihadist attacks. As a Muslim myself, I find it grotesque to observe the impunity with which jihadists murder innocent civilians, chanting the name of God who, in […]
By gillian flaccus, associated press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mar 24, 2016, 12:00 AM ET abcnews.go.com Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s call for patrolling Muslim neighborhoods in the wake of the Brussels terror attacks has sparked a backlash on Twitter.The trending hashtag #MyMuslimNeighborhood calls out the latest controversial remarks made by the […]
Mar 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The airlifting of a dozen-and-a-half Yemeni Jews to Israel last Monday received wide coverage. The action to evacuate 19 Yemenis to Israel is said to have included four stops and was done in cooperation with the US State Department. What happens to […]
Mar 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Front-runner Democratic candidate to the White House Hillary Clinton gave the world, in general, and the Arab countries, in particular, especially the Palestinian people, a hint at what her foreign policy would be if she were elected US president in November. Addressing the packed […]
BY KURT EICHENWALD ON 3/22/16 NEWSWEEK.COM Police control access to the central train station following the bomb attacks in Brussels on March 22.REUTERS Anyone surprised by the murderous attack in Brussels has not been paying attention. On a per capita basis, Belgium has been Europe’s hotbed of young Muslims who travel […]
By Reuters – Mar 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on March 14, 2014, shows a partial view of the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of Damascus (AFP photo) BEIRUT — Syrian soldiers and their allies advanced to within 1km of Palmyra on Thursday and […]
Holi, the Hindu festival of colours celebrated in South Asia, marks the beginning of spring and is being celebrated today on March 24. Holi holds a mythological importance – that […]
This sane voice sounded last Saturday from one of the western Europe’s largest mosques in London Taalay Ahmed Tue, Mar 22, 2016 Subtitles by Julia Rakhmetova Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the spiritual leader of millions of Muslims belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community made the remarks during a March 19 […]
Source: BBC By Jonathan Marcus; Diplomatic correspondent We are accustomed to thinking about policy in binary terms – domestic politics on the one hand, foreign affairs on the other. But […]
Newsweek: In the wake of the tragic Brussels attacks, the world has been flooded with familiar knee-jerk, emotional responses. Symbolic of this superficial divide has been the Twitter hashtag #StopIslam, emerging as a conduit for polarized views. But, facing down extremism—one of the challenges of our age—requires level heads and sombre […]
Source: Huffington Post By Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel; Humanitarian, public speaker and businesswoman The phrase “Allahu Akbar” is commonly used by Muslims to remind themselves of God’s vastness and power. It […]
Backlash and blame in the wake of terror attacks too often falls on the wrong people and this “perpetuates the narrative of the extremists”, a Muslim group in Ireland has said. The Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council said the attacks in Brussels on Tuesday “once again reiterate that the […]
Source: USA Today BRUSSELS — It’s already been a rough few months for Belgian Muslims in the wake of November’s terrorist attacks in Paris and the search for suspects in Belgium: Lockdowns, increased security and raids on homes. Now, in the wake of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks Tuesday, Muslims who live in Belgium fret more […]
Source: AlJazeera The deadly bomb attacks on the Belgian capital claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have prompted a huge and varied reaction on social media. Hashtags referring to the attacks trended worldwide on Twitter, picking up millions of mentions and reaching tens of […]
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown The former Pope Benedict XVI has suggested that those who mistakenly believe in other religions may not be damned after all. Which is hardly […]
Source: The Washington Post The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates collided sharply Tuesday in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels, with GOP hopeful Ted Cruz calling on […]
Source: The Guardian Muslim communities are “absolutely not reporting” suspected terrorists and need to “open up to society”, Donald Trump has said in his first UK interview since launching his bid for the US presidency. Appearing on ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB), Trump said there was “very little assimilation” in […]
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will wash the feet of young refugees during an Easter Week ritual in a gesture high in symbolism inside the Catholic Church and beyond. The Vatican didn’t say Tuesday if non-Catholics would be among the 12 refugees participating in the Holy […]
Source: Huffington Post On March 23, 1940 the All India Muslim League adopted a historic resolution in the city of Lahore. This resolution has since come to be known as […]