JIHADISM 2016 – 12:40 Naim Cherni, right, maintained his innocence before the media in December (Keystone) Documentary or propaganda? The Swiss attorney-general’s office says it is “irritated” over YouTube’s reluctance to take down two videos about jihadists in Syria produced by a member of the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland. […]
STIFF OPPOSITION JAN 19, 2016 – 12:02 Construction work on the extension of the Zurich Museum of Fine Arts in November (Keystone) More than 100 rabbis have protested in front of the Swiss consulate in New York against a planned extension of the Zurich Museum of Fine Arts. They say […]
Source: The Monitor Muslim employees can only leave work to pray during meal breaks, according to a new policy imposed at Ariens Manufacturing in Brillion, Wisc. “It is absolutely discrimination on its […]
Source: Religion News Service LONDON (USA Today) — Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday attacked what he called “passive tolerance” of some people in Britain’s Muslim communities who support segregation and discrimination against women, and said […]
Source: Al jazeera Less than 2 percent of all politically motivated acts of violence committed in Europe are carried out by Muslims. Yet, the media narrative of a crisis with “radical […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Source: BBC Silvano was on a cruise ship when the family curse struck. An elegant 53-year-old with striking red hair who enjoyed wearing a tuxedo at every possible occasion, he […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Betsy Woodruff; who is a political reporter for the Daily Beast and formerly of Slate and National Review. You can follow her on Twitter @woodruffbets. […]
Britain’s increasingly unwelcoming approach to those fleeing war and persecution – highlighted by figures analysed by The Independent – is labelled ‘woefully inadequate’ Harry Lambert @harry_2016 96 comments If the UK had accepted its fair share of refugees, the Calais Jungle would not exist. Getty The UK has let in 170,000 fewer […]
Police fear a gang-rape phenomenon known as ‘taharrush gamea’ in the Arab world and seen in attacks on women across German cities at the New Year has now spread to Europe. The name of the practice translates to ‘collective harassment’ and is carried out by large groups of men who […]
By AP – Jan 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian inspects the rubble of a farm that was demolished after Israeli authorities said it was built without a permit on Monday in the West Bank village of Al Fundoq, east of the village of Qalqiliya (AFP photo) TEL AVIV […]
Source: BBC Pakistan has unblocked the video sharing site, YouTube, more than three years after it was banned for posting a video deemed insulting to Islam. Pakistan’s telecoms regulator said […]
Source: International Business Times The succession of the House of Saud is in doubt after 80-year-old King Salman is reported to be preparing the way for his son, rather than […]
Source: Huffington Post By Derek Penwell Author; Editor; Speaker; Activist So often the contemporary church is a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. So often it is an archdefender of […]
By AFP – Jan 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi security forces inspect a car at a checkpoint on the main road from Baghdad’s central Jaderiyah district to Dora on the southern outskirts of the Iraqi capital on Monday (AFP photo) BAGHDAD — Search operations were under way Monday for […]
Source: The Guardian David Cameron has criticised the BBC again for using the term “Islamic State”, saying Muslim people would be holding their heads in despair. The prime minister made […]
Source: BBC The UN says violence suffered by civilians in Iraq “remains staggering”, with at least 18,800 killed between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2015. Some 3.2 million people […]
Jan 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Last Tuesday, US President Barack Obama delivered the annual State of the Union (SOTU) address to a joint session of Congress. On Thursday, the Republican candidates for their party’s nomination held their sixth televised debate. The contrasts in tone could not have […]
Source: BBC He is the son and grandson of refugees and now Tamer Ismail is one himself. The 14-year-old, born to a Palestinian family in Syria, finds himself in claiming […]
By AFP – Jan 19,2016 -JORDAN TIMES A photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency on Monday shows Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the capital Riyadh (AFP photo/SPA/HO ) RIYADH — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday expressed “deep concern” to […]