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By Anthony Cuthbertson November 25, 2015 12:35 GMT, IBTimes.co.uk An Islamic State (Isis) propaganda website on the dark web has been taken down by hacktivists and replaced with an advert for a site selling Prozac and a message telling would-be IS supporters to calm down. Ghost Sec, a faction of the […]
Guardian: It takes something special to unite Richard Dawkins, Giles Fraser, David Cameron and the archbishop of Canterbury in a common cause, but that’s what Britain’s three biggest cinema chains have accomplished. Their refusal to screen an advert for prayer has provoked scorn and damnation – or, in more Anglican […]
Islam press: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad reflects on horrific consequences of nuclear warfare as Japan marks 70 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks On 23 November 2015, the World Head […]
Guardian: An anti-Islam group which staged an armed protest outside a Dallas Islamic centre has posted names and addresses of Muslims and “Muslim sympathisers” on its Facebook page, adding to growing tensions in north Texas following the Paris terror attacks. The group, which calls itself the Bureau of American Islamic […]
agsiw.org: A growing trope in mainstream Western analysis, which is also present in some parts of Arab and Muslim discourse, casts the kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the political and moral equivalent of the terrorist group ISIL (also known as ISIS, the “Islamic State,” and Daesh). This conflation is wrong […]
How we respond to recent attacks will shape our future for generations to come By Umar Nasser PUBLISHED23/11/2015 Retribution bombing may well destroy ISIL, but that victory will only last as long as the short time it will take for the next extremist outfit to organise itself, writes Umar Nasser […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community always stands with those who love Peace Report by Syed Rashid Bukhari, Chicago Three members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Comunity of Chicago: Shamshad Nasir (Imam of Glen Ellyn Mosque), Munawar Khan […]
Nov 25,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Editorial The shooting down of a Russian fighter jet by Turkish warplanes along the Syrian-Turkish border on Tuesday shows how fragile peace and security in the region are. Ankara said that the Russian SU-24 had crossed into Turkish airspace many times and had been warned […]
Nov 25,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Photos of Paris street memorials for the 132 people killed by Daesh on November 13 show flowers, pictures of victims, drawings, and, even, a bottle of red wine. The refrain adopted by mourning Parisians is: “They want to destroy our way of […]
Source. CNN (CNN)Turkish forces shot down a Russian plane near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday, dangerously escalating a conflict that is expanding ever more rapidly and unpredictably. Take a step back and look at what Syria’s war has wrought: Only days after the Paris attacks — one of the worst […]
By Reuters – Nov 25,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Turkish army truck loaded with a tank heading to the Syrian border near Yayladagi, Turkey, Wednesday (AP photo) ISTANBUL/NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia — Russia sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged its […]
After his tour of Kenya, the pope is scheduled to visit the Central African Republic and Uganda Philip Pullella, George Obulutsa The pope greets the crowds as he touches down in Nairobi Getty Pope Francis called for ethnic and religious reconciliation at the start of his first tour of Africa, where he […]
“Anne Frank could be a 77-year-old woman living in Boston today – a writer” Elahe IzadI A picture of Anne Frank lies in front of her memorial stone Getty Many have noted the historical parallels between the current debate over Syrians seeking refuge in the United States and the plight […]
‘It was definitely the perfect way to start our marriage,’ the pair say Ashley Cowburn; for Independent @ashcowburn Monday 23 November 2015 32 comments Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yousef had a […]
Source.The Financialist. In July, six months after Greece elected a left-wing, anti-austerity government, the country came perilously close to leaving the euro. So it’s easy to understand why markets are nervous at the prospect of Portugal, a poster child for European austerity, replacing its reform-friendly, center-right government with a left-wing, […]
Dr Irfan Malik, secretary of Nottingham branch of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said diplomacy was the only way forward. “There are so many different countries involved so I think the better […]
SYDNEY — It’s not every day a reverend, a rabbi and an imam get together in a church basement to discuss the extreme elements within their religions. Source: capebretonpost.com But that’s […]
Source: baltimoresun.com Why is it that the French government is welcoming 30,000 more refugees when governors of 31 here in America have said “no more Syrian refugees” (“Syrian refugees, advocates press Hogan to change course,” Nov. 23)? They are succumbing to the desires of ISIS by taking such actions. None of […]
Source: swlondoner.co.uk south London Muslim youth leader has criticised the British press for not giving enough airtime to moderate Muslims countering the message of ISIS. Following the attacks in Paris last […]