Source: Time The first African American president and the first black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater have much more in common than their success. Both have risen to […]
Source: Ghanaweb Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to bring terrorism “to its knees” after an attack in the capital Ankara that killed at least 35 people. Mr Erdogan […]
Source: Huffington Post As the United States expands its efforts to counter the threat presented by violent extremism, it continues to emphasize the need to confront the ideology that motivates and enables it. In the case of violent Islamist extremism, this includes the few militant Muslims, who carry out or […]
Source: BBC Rafael Nadal plans to sue an ex-French government minister who said his seven-month absence in 2012 was “probably due to a positive doping test”. The Spaniard is upset […]
Source: The Guardian By Stephen Burgen, from Barcelona Building does not belong to any individual or organisation, according to council report on long-running row Local authorities in Córdoba have dealt […]
Aljazeera: Netanyahu claims only Palestinians, not Israelis, ‘glorify terrorists’. I show he’s wrong: watch:
Source: Haaretz By Haroon Moghul; Author of The Order of Light and How To Be a Muslim: An American Story. Public speaker. Broadcaster. Essayist. It’s hard to keep track of all […]
Dawn: Heads of state do not typically flock to oversee military exercises in which their country’s troops are participating. But war games in Saudi Arabia are clearly an exception. Our prime minister and army chief last week joined dignitaries ranging from Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to Sudanese President Omar […]
Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: An inquiry committee has concluded that Shahbaz Taseer was not rescued in a security operation, rather he was freed by his kidnappers of their own will. […]
Source: The Guardian The Muslims have come for New York City’s subway system in a coordinated attack affecting 144 stations across the borough. Authorities were alerted to the plans of […]
Source: AlJazeera New York, US – Ahmet Kargi, 40, rolls up his sleeves, revealing a tattoo on his right arm – a white crescent and star inside a red shield. “It’s […]
Source: Aljazeera At least 27 people have been killed and 125 more wounded after a strong explosion struck the Turkish capital, Ankara, officials say. A bomb-laden car exploded on Sunday […]
Source: BBC Every August my family embarks on that great American ritual: the road trip. And we always head north. Canada may not be the most exotic of destinations, but […]
Source: RNS By Tobin Grant A data-driven conversation on religion and politics. He is a political science professor at Southern Illinois University and associate editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. “Many Muslims are kind.” That’s how my son ended our conversation yesterday as I dropped him off […]
Source: RNS (Reuters) Organizers of the South by Southwest (SXSW) arts festival have apologized to U.S. Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad after a volunteer said she must remove her Muslim headcovering to […]
Source: RNS VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Three years after the election of Pope Francis, Roman Catholic conservatives are growing increasingly worried that he is quietly unraveling the legacy of his predecessors. […]
Source: RNS (RNS) The footage, to gamers who like to play “Grand Theft Auto,” looks familiar. From the point of view of a gunman looking for targets through the speeding […]
Source: Time The violence at Donald Trump’s rally in Chicago Friday is rippling through the political world, with his Republican and Democratic rivals saying the GOP front-runner is responsible for creating the charged environment where protesters and supporters clashed for hours. “Donald Trump has created a toxic environment,” said Ohio […]
Source: BBC “Islam hates us,” Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said in a CNN interview. on Friday. Mr Trump later stood by his claim in a televised debate in Miami, saying: […]
By Natasha Bertrand March 2, 2016 View gallery . (Thomson Reuters) A boy looks on while residents inspect a damaged building in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, a suburb of Damascus A cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria, brokered by the US and Russia, officially came into effect last Saturday.In an […]