Advocates say Germany needs to update a 67-year-old refugee policy that assigns larger numbers to overtaxed cities and fewer to dwindling towns. By Rachel Stern, Correspondent JANUARY 12, 2016 Save for later Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP View Caption GOSLAR AND BERLIN, GERMANY — Situated at the foot of the Harz […]
By Ralf Hoppe SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS One kick was all it took to make Osama Mohsen, a professional soccer coach from Syria, into one of the most famous refugees to arrive in Europe last year. After a Hungarian camerawoman sent Mohsen tumbling, his life took an unexpected turn. A […]
By Christoph Reuter in Korin, Syria spiegel.de Timo Vogt/randbild.de Even as war continues to rage in Syria, normal people in the country are doing their best to survive in places like the village of Korin. It has transformed into a kind of mini-republic and has […]
Source: Time Here are some things that have been compared to moonshots: Google Books, nuclear fusion, Google Glass, artificial brains, drone delivery, getting from New York to London in one […]
Source: BBC A series of explosions has rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with gun battles on the streets. The blasts were centred around Thamrin Street, a major shopping and business […]
Source: CNN Chicago (CNN)Kory Wright dreamed of being a Chicago police officer. But his image of police was shattered when he was arrested on his 20th birthday as he was […]
Source: Huffington Post By Asma Afsaruddin Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Indiana University On Sept. 29, 2015, President Obama addressed the United Nations summit on violent extremism. He stated that […]
Written and Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to the Islamic understanding, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, John the Baptist and Jesus, may peace of God […]
In this Jan. 11, 2016 photo, a convoy of vehicles loaded with food and other supplies organized by The International Committee of the Red Cross, working alongside the Syrian Arab […]
In this May 11, 2014 file photo, a Saudi couple sit on a bench overlooking the sea, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 11 January 2016 JEDDAH: A 70-year-old citizen of Taif got the surprise of his life when his two wives egged him on to […]
Source: Arab News By SHAHUL HAMEED Is it really good to get the correct message of Islam and so become a believer? How about those who never received the message […]
NIDHAL GUESSOUM Published — Wednesday 13 January 2016 The Muslim world’s past contributions to science and education were extraordinary. The Islamic “golden age,” during which scholarship and learning flourished across the Muslim world, lasted many centuries, and included the establishment of the world’s first universities. Today, however, Muslim-majority countries lag […]
By AP – Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this October 30, 2015, photo provided by the US navy, Riverine Command Boat 805, along with its crew members, is shown transiting through rough seas during patrol operations in the Arabian Gulf. Iran was holding 10 US navy sailors and their […]
Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura must have the patience of the biblical figure Job, the tenaciousness of a limpet and the strength of Hercules if he is to succeed in bringing the proxy-warring and street-fighting parties in this Arab country […]
Shoah.org — “…They; manipulate our history books; the history books are not true; it’s a lie. The history books are lying, you need to know that, you must know that.’ – Michael Jackson by Diane Blackmon image: http://www.eurweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/diane5.jpgPhoto of Indigenous Americans – black native Americans *According to, author James W. Loewen in his […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — Explore the richness and beauty of Islam. The Islamic faith began with a series of divine revelations, which were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad beginning in the early 7th century CE. Muhammad’s revelations went on to form the basis of the Qur’an, the holy […]
(RNS) Rummana Hussain was one of those children whose Muslim parents envisioned her in a white coat with a stethoscope around her neck. Instead, she became a metro editor and reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times, where she covers criminal courts and remains the only Muslim member of the editorial staff. […]
The young Malian went from migrant worker to right-wing target after helping hide Jewish hostages at a kosher supermarket before briefing police before their successful assault John Lichfield Paris Thursday 7 January 2016 Lassana Bathily with his book ‘Je ne suis pas un heros’ (‘I Am Not A Hero’) Getty Images Lassana […]
General O’Callaghan knew that peace is a much harder struggle than war Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 3 January 2016 Israeli tanks AFP/Getty Images Bill O’Callaghan was not the kind of general to fade away. And given the number of Christmas cards we exchanged over the years, I’d begun to think he […]