Non-Muslim Minnesotans are donning the hijab to show support
Source: Star Tribune Nade Conrad’s long black hair disappeared under the cover of a lilac hijab. “I feel different,” she said. Conrad, who is not Muslim, had donned the scarf […]
Man Accused Of Shooting At Meriden Mosque To Plead Guilty To Federal Hate Crime
Source: Hartford Courant HARTFORD — A Meriden man accused of firing a rifle at a mosque next to his home shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris is scheduled to […]
US Catholic-Muslim dialogue launched, Chicago Archbishop Cupich to co-chair
Source: RNS (RNS) The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Monday (Feb. 8) that it was starting a new National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue group, an initiative driven in part by growing anti-Islamic sentiment that many bishops have denounced. “As the national conversation around Islam grows increasingly fraught, coarse and driven by […]
Pakistan approves Hindu Marriage Bill after decades of inaction
Source: Times of India ISLAMABAD: After decades of delay and inaction, the Hindu minority community in Pakistan will soon have a marriage law as a parliamentary panel has unanimously approved […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came to Islam by studying autobiography of Malcolm X, watch his interview in CNN
Watch his interview in CNN The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley Malcolm X (1992) Movie Starring: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, et al. Directed by: Spike Lee. Runtime: 3 hrs […]
Fighting Radicalization: 13,000 men shaved in Tajkistan
Police in Tajikistan shaved the beards of nearly 13,000 men and convinced 1,770 women to stop wearing the hijab in the last year in a bid to tackle ‘foreign influences’, it has been reported. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tajikistan-police-shave-beards-of-13000-men-to-tackle-radicalism-a6825581.html At a press conference yesterday, the Muslim-majority central Asian country’s law enforcement services revealed that […]
I Miss Barack Obama
I miss Barack Obama, By David Brooks, NYTimes.com 2016/02/09 As this primary season has gone along, a strange sensation has come over me: I miss Barack Obama. Now, obviously I […]
Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town of Bad Aibling
Source: BBC Two passenger trains have collided in the German state of Bavaria, with police saying at least eight people have been killed and scores injured. The head-on crash happened […]
Viewpoint: Are Donald Trump and his rivals a big joke?
Source: BBC With the US presidential election just nine months away, American political satirist, PJ O’Rourke casts a scathing eye over the candidates hoping to make it to the White […]
Islam in China
Source: Review of Religions January 2009 By Fazal Ahmad – UK A lot of global political attention in recent years has been on China as it emerges as a heavyweight in the global economy. Mention is often made of its Muslim minorities in the West of China and their push […]
Polygamy in Chinese culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy#Polygamy_in_Chinese_culture Since the Han Dynasty, technically, Chinese men could have only one wife. However throughout the thousands of years of Chinese history, it was common for rich Chinese men to have a wife and various concubines. Polygyny is a by-product of the tradition of emphasis on procreation and the continuity […]
African polygamy: Past and present
James Fenske 09 November 2013 Several theories link polygamy to poverty. Polygamy is concentrated in west Africa and has declined in recent decades. Geographic variation in women’s agricultural productivity does not predict differences in the prevalence of polygamy, but historical inequality and exposure to the slave trade do. Although […]
The polygamy hoax that spread from Iraq to Eritrea
BBC Trending BBC TrendingWhat’s popular and why 30 January 2016 Image copyright@asmali77 / TwitterImage captionThe hoax spawned a host of jokes online A false rumour that men in Eritrea would be legally obliged to marry at least two women went viral this week. But it’s a hoax that has hit […]
IOF target Gaza farmers and fishermen
PNN/ Gaza/ Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Monday morning have opened fire towards farmers east of Al-Breij camp, central Gaza, and the fishermen off Al-Sudaniyya shores. Local sources said that troops in the Al-Madrasa military camp, situated on the buffer zone east of Al-Breij, have opened gunfire on a group of […]
Knesset suspends three Arab lawmakers
Knesset suspends three Arab lawmakers PNN/ Jerusalem/ Reuters said that three Arab lawmakers were suspended on Monday from speaking in parliament as punishment for supporting families of Palestinian assailants killed by Israeli forces after “attacks.” The Knesset “Ethics Committee” ruled that Balad party members Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas would be barred […]
Zurich police intervene in Kurdish rally
TENSIONS WITH TURKEY FEB 8, 2016 – 19:46 The last major incident between Kurdish and Turkish groups took place in Bern last September (Keystone) Authorities in Zurich broke up an unauthorised demonstration by a group of Kurdish activists with tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday. The group was protesting […]
Influence of Arabic and Islamic Philosophy on Judaic Thought
Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy First published Mon Dec 10, 2007; substantive revision Wed Jan 26, 2011 The influence of Arabic and Islamic philosophy on Judaic thought has never been studied […]
Swiss prosecutor supports Russian intervention in Syria
WAR CRIMES FEB 8, 2016 – 21:58 Del Ponte has formerly served on tribunals related to atrocities in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia (Keystone) Carla Del Ponte, the Swiss special prosecutor who serves on the UN commission of inquiry on Syria, has said that she generally considers Russian intervention in […]
Fighting extremism through education
ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED Published — Tuesday 9 February 2016 To try and sum up the causes of extremism in one word will ultimately lead to a vast generalization. But the main reason behind the cause of extremism is the educational curricula, because this lays the foundations that shape one’s thoughts. So […]
To silence propaganda, Iraq seeks to take Daesh offline
By Reuters – Feb 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES DUBAI — Iraq is trying to persuade satellite firms to halt Internet services in areas under Daesh’s rule, seeking to deal a major blow to the group’s potent propaganda machine, which relies heavily on social media to inspire its followers. Social […]