Source: Huffington Post Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has mostly avoided discussing religion during his Democratic presidential campaign. Unlike some other candidates, he sticks to politics. But he offered a rare glimpse […]
Source: PEW Research Center By Amy MitchellLeave a comment In the digital age, new tools and pathways that attract the public’s eye – from YouTube to Twitter – can quickly […]
By Olamide Oni; who is a Senior Associate at Pulse. She is a creative writer, music lover, and a borderline-obsessed Harry Potter fan. When she isn’t working on her first […]
Hong Wu, a Chinese Emperor in the fourteenth century, built mosques as well as had an army inclusive of several Muslim generals Source: World Bulletin / News Desk Hong-Wu (also […]
FOREIGNER DEMOGRAPHICS JAN 28, 2016 – 13:33 Requests for asylum in Switzerland rose by two-thirds in 2015 (Keystone) The number of foreigners moving to Switzerland fell last year as emigration rose, bringing a second consecutive slowdown in net immigration – although asylum requests jumped by two-thirds. Government data released on […]
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and precious. Anyone who saves a life; it would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) […]
(CNN) At least 24 migrants — 10 of them children — drowned in the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Greece after their boat capsized, a Greek coast guard representative told […]
It is all about perspective; things look so different when seen from a different perspective and scale. Mount Fuji (富士山 Fujisan?, IPA: [ɸɯᵝꜜdʑisaɴ] ( listen)), located on Honshu Island, is the highest […]
Source: Indian Express In October, Naoot described in a post on her Facebook account Eid Al-Adha’s tradition of slaughtering sheep as the “greatest massacre committed by human beings”. An Egyptian […]
Saudi Arabia Ambassador Abdallah Y. Al-Mouallimi addresses the United Nations General Assembly, in this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Thursday 28 January 2016 JEDDAH: The Kingdom has called on the Security Council to set Israel a time frame to abide by international agreements to withdraw […]
Jan 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL In a recent statement to Israel Radio and Army Radio, the American ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, said that the current state of Israeli-Palestinian relations is characterised by a set of circumstances “that are leading to a bi-national state”. Israel’s continued expansion of settlements […]
Jan 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab In today’s politically expedient age, it has become rare to see a leader defend one of his own. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, went on air this week, attempting to deflect the avalanche of angry protests directed at the Palestinian intelligence chief Majid […]
KKK rally For the Muslim Times’ collection to counter terrorism Source: Huffington Post By Babak Rahimi; Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Religion at University of California, San Diego News reports live […]
Jan 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Dominique Moisi Five years ago, when the so-called “Arab Spring” erupted, Turkey’s hour seemed to have arrived. Having been humiliated by the European Union after years of accession negotiations — talks marked by a chain of false promises from the EU — Turkey’s then-prime minister […]
Seventy-seven per cent of Brits support deporting migrants on spousal visas if they fail to learn English withinin two and a half years. Blimey Yasmin Choudhury @yasminisyasmin 26 comments British Muslims leave an East London mosque following prayers Getty Muslims this morning woke to the news that Trevor Phillips, the ex-chairman […]
Source: Human Rights Watch By Phelim Kine; Deputy Director, Asia Division Time is running out for the beleaguered Ahmadiyah community on Bangka Island. EXPAND Soldiers walk past a burnt mosque owned by […]
BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 06:22 PM EST | UPDATED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 06:30 PM EST While much of the West is pre-occupied with the war against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and the Saudi-Iranian war of words, 2016 began with a far more dangerous development. Nuclear […]
بلو ایریا اسلام آباد میں کھلے عام عورتوں کی تضحیک طالبان آ نہیں رھے طالبان آ گئے ہیں
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – A documentary on radical Islam has struck a nerve in France two-and-a-half months after a devastating jihadist attack in Paris and sparked a debate […]
Source: Pew Research Center GOP candidates seen as religious – except for Trump The conventional wisdom in American politics has long been that someone who is not religious cannot be elected president of the United States. Most Americans have consistently said that it is important to them that the president […]