Time: Last weekend during a basketball playoff game, roughly 50 to 75 fans of a Catholic high school in Bostonchanted: “You Killed Jesus” at the opposing side, a suburban school with many Jewish students. That chant, which grew out of taunts between fans of both Catholic Memorial School, a private […]
SWISS TERRORISM TRIAL Islamic State verdicts mark ‘turning point’ By Simon Bradley MAR 19, 2016 – 15:24 Some of the accused in the courtroom via a sketch artist (Keystone) Leading Swiss papers have welcomed the Federal Criminal Court’s ‘exemplary’ convictions of foreign Islamist militants, accused of planning a terror attack […]
Our favorite post: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Palm Sunday is this weekend, […]
Mar 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Dov Waxman No foreign country features as prominently in American presidential election campaigns as Israel, and those aspiring to occupy the world’s most powerful political office, whether Republican or Democrat, routinely proclaim their support for that tiny and distant country. Yet, in the current crop […]
By Hasnain Kazim DPA Hasnain Kazim, SPIEGEL’s correspondent in Turkey, was forced to leave the country after his press credentials were not renewed. For three years, Hasnain Kazim reported for DER SPIEGEL from Istanbul. Now, he has been forced out of the country. His impressions from a place where press […]
Source: Mirror Meredith Warren, who is a Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield, has shed light on the shocking claims An expert in religion has […]
This is a rapid sequence of excellent animal & wildlife photos. Don’t blink because you might miss something special. In the last picture, you come “eyeball-to-eyeball” with a Tiger. Enjoy!
Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD: There are nearly 2,400 Pakistanis being held in different jails of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s lower house of parliament was informed on Friday. Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign […]
Source: BBC A suicide bomb attack at a busy shopping area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed at least four people, officials say. Three Israelis and an Iranian […]
By Christoph Reuter Ullstein Bild With two separate governments waging war against each other, Libya is crumbling. Islamic State is taking advantage of the turmoil to put down roots in the country. The US is weighing intervention. The brass band starts playing. The musicians march along the Corniche, their blue […]
Donald Trump has recently remarked “I think Islam hates us” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-i-think-islam-hates-us/ This is not an accurate statement. Islam teaches love for entire mankind and humanity. Islam teaches respect for all […]
Source: Motto The best friend you grew up with who now lives a few states away. Your camp friend with whom you shared a bunk bed every summer, without fail. […]
Source: Time (BERLIN)—The Czech prime minister says that the European Union and Turkey have reach a landmark deal to ease the migrant crisis and give Ankara concessions on better EU relations. Near the end of a two-day summit, Bohuslav Sobotka tweeted: “The deal with Turkey approved. All illegal migrants who […]
Source: Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — In a case that will test the limits of Dutch freedom of expression, firebrand lawmaker Geert Wilders appeared in court Friday for the first […]
Source: The Washington Post As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton begin to tighten their grips on their respective party nominations, President Obama is plunging into the campaign fray, not only to help Democrats retain the White House, but also in defense of his own legacy in a political climate dominated […]
Source: Aljazeera By Hamid Dabashi A Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Despite the fact that the majority of US citizens dislike both Hillary Clinton and […]
Source: The New York Times KRUSZYNIANY, Poland — Though she is a Polish Muslim, Dzenneta Bogdanowicz had never felt threatened living in the small village of Kruszyniany a few miles […]
Source: The Indian Express The Pakistan National Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to take steps to declare Holi, Diwali and Easter as holidays for minorities in the country. “This […]
theguardian: by Rachel Shabi — While David Cameron urges Muslim people to do more to fight extremism, volunteers such as Jahan Mahmood are working tirelessly to steer young people away from a destructive path – and doing it much more effectively than the government’s own highly distrusted counter-terrorism scheme Jahan […]
Source: Swiss Info As part of an international project called “Inside Out” by the French street artist JR, Geneva-based photographer Mark Henley shot 51 portraits of asylum seekers in their […]