Cameron: London donor conference raises more than $10bn PM pledges to double aid to refugees Turkish PM: Assad guilty of ethnic cleansing Plan to get 700,000 Syrian children back to school Peace talks in Geneva suspended amid Russia airstrikes Read the latest summary David Cameron doubles financial aid for Syrian […]
Reuters International FEB 4, 2016 – 14:04 By Tom Perry, Lisa Barrington and Tulay Karadeniz BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – A Syrian army source said the city of Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces as rebels pounded by Russian air strikes expressed hope that the failure of Geneva peace talks […]
Photo: Kurlow wants to be the first professional ballerina to dance in a hijab. Fourteen Year-Old Australian Muslim Girl Dreams to Be the First Hijabi Ballet Dancer A young Muslim ballerina wants other girls like her to know they can make a change — no matter their beliefs or the […]
Source: Huffington Post India is slowly giving women the recognition they deserve. The Delhi high court ruled that the eldest female member of a family can now act as the […]
Source: Time A pilot initiative is aimed at stopping people coming under the influence of extremist groups online Google is experimenting with a program that would direct British users searching for words linked to religious extremism to content designed to counter radicalization, a company executive has said. Anthony House, Google’s […]
Source: Time The Islamist terror group massacres dozens in the northeast as the country is frozen by corruption and economic malaise Organized assaults from multiple directions. Check. An arsenal of […]
Source: NDTV By Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, is a former cultural ambassador for the United States and the author of several bestselling books. His latest novel is “Mycroft […]
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ANTI-PEGIDA DEMO By swissinfo.ch and agencies FEB 3, 2016 – 21:36 Police and anti-fascist demonstrators outside Basel’s cantonal parliament (Keystone) Some 350 people gathered without permission in front of Basel cantonal parliament on Wednesday to protest against Germany’s anti-Islam PEGIDA movement. A sizeable and heavily armed police presence monitored the […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Thursday 4 February 2016 AL-JOUF: Want to know the real meaning of friendship? Meet Salman bin Musleh Al-Sharari, a Saudi, who didn’t hesitate to sell his prized possession to send home his injured Turkish friend Mohammad Ali Arsalan. Al-Sharari became friends with Arsalan during his visits […]
By Reuters – Feb 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Smoke rises after air strikes by pro-Syrian government forces in Anadan city, about 10 kilometres away from the towns of Nubul and Zahraa, Northern Aleppo countryside, Syria, Wednesday (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — The Syrian army and its allies have broken a three-year […]
By JT – Feb 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has urged the world to invest in peace by giving refugees a future and assist host communities through a feasible approach that focuses on development and long-term planning. In an op-ed in The Independent published […]
Feb 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – PHILIP HAMMOND Today, the UK will co-host the conference “Supporting Syria and the region 2016”, with Germany, Kuwait, Norway and the United Nations. It will take an ambitious new approach to provide longer-term support for refugees through concrete action on livelihoods and jobs, and […]
Feb 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL HH Prince Zeid, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, has just issued a warning to all parties involved in the peace talks on the Syrian conflict, to not even think of granting amnesty to any person implicated in the commission of […]
Emotionally charged dreams that lessen the fear of death are surprisingly common. 10/26/2015 Carolyn GregoireSenior Health & Science Writer, The Huffington Post THOMAS BARWICK/GETTY IMAGES Barry, an 88-year-old patient in a hospice in upstate New York, had an extremely vivid dream one night in which he was driving somewhere unknown. […]
Source: Washington Post Organized religions have traditionally played a major role in charitable works — Christian and Muslim organizations have long established schools, hospitals and social service organizations. Catholic Charities […]
Source: BBC Barack Obama has condemned what he called “inexcusable political rhetoric” about Islam, an apparent reference to recent remarks by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. In his first visit […]
By Hannah Osborne August 5, 2015 15:30 BST IBTimes.co.uk Stephen Hawking has said that mini black holes could potentially provide enough energy to supply the world’s electricity demands – but could also destroy the planet. He made these comments as part of the BBC’s Reith lectures. The special series on black holes […]
The Muslim Times has the most extensive and the best collection on the theme of Religion & Science Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Associate Editor When President Barack […]
Source: NPR President Obama is delivering remarks at a mosque in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon, in the first visit to an American mosque he’s made during his presidency. His visit, […]