Leader who quit Commonwealth in 2013 says Muslim-majority state will still respect others citizens’ faiths but he wants to shake off ‘colonial legacy’ President Yahya Jammeh, pictured, is looking to the Arab world for support to replace western aid funding to the Gambia, according to critic Sidi Sanneh. Photograph: Issouf […]
Ahmadi bookstore owner and manager arrested under blasphemy law Pakistani authorities have arrested two Ahmadi Muslim men for alleged Blasphemy. Bookstore owner Abul Shukoor and manager Mazhar Ahmad were arrested Wednesday, Dec. 2 from Ahmadiyya Book Depot in Rabwah. Both men were taken to an unknown location after their arrest. […]
Source: Huffington Post By Lynne Peeples; Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post After two weeks of tense talks, word-wrangling and marathon overnight meetings, diplomats in Paris agreed to a global […]
The year was 1915, and the strange new newspaper in Aurora, Mo., had grown so quickly in its first four years that rail officials had to build extra tracks for all the paper and printing materials suddenly rolling into town. The Aurora post office, according to one account, more than […]
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On the night of the California shootings, Asifa Quraishi-Landes sat on her couch, her face in her hands, and thought about what was […]
Source: CNN (CNN)Gunshots fired into a mosque in Connecticut. Armed men protesting the “Islamization of America” outside Islamic centers in Texas. Death threats called in to mosques in Florida, Maryland […]
Source: Politico Muslim Republicans fear Donald Trump’s escalating anti-Muslim rhetoric — capped this week by his call to block all Muslims’ entry into the country — could turn Muslims away […]
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee on Thursday rebuked Donald Trump by endorsing a measure that says barring individuals from entering the United States based on religion would be un-American. The Republican presidential front-runner has called for blocking Muslims from entering the country in the aftermath […]
By Shahid Parvez Badruddin, Sec. Dawat-ilallah, Bangalore Alhumdullilah Thumma Alhumdullilah, We had 3 full days of successful interactions with more than 180 intellectuals, academicians and Religious Leaders in Bangalore. To […]
Saudi Arabia, Dec 12: In a historic move in gender equality, Saudi Arabia has opened elections to female voters and candidates on Saturday. In fact, the move has broken the monarchy that curtails women to drive a car, wear anything else than Burqa and not allowing them to vote. Now, […]
Source: Syracuse.com Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for banning Muslims from entering the United States is “surprising and disheartening,” according to one Syracuse Muslim leader. “It goes against everything […]
Source: Time (TORONTO) — The first Canadian government plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto late Thursday where they were greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is pushing forward […]
Source: Huffington Post Following Donald Trump‘s offensive comments toward Muslims, one elderly patient decided to show her Muslim doctor that she stands in solidarity with him. Fahim Rahim, a kidney […]
AP/dpa For years, a sense of disillusionment has been growing on the right. Now, the refugee crisis has magnified that frustration. Increasingly, people from the very center of society are identifying with the movement — even as political debate coarsens and violence increases. By SPIEGEL Staff Martin Bahrmann, a local […]
Interview by Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Christoph Scheuermann Andrew Testa / DER SPIEGEL Turkish author Elif Shafak is concerned about polarization in her country: “Erdogan is, in my eyes, the most polarizing politician in recent Turkish political history.” Turkish author Elif Shafak sees her country as a “wobbly democracy,” increasingly […]
Source: New York Times By Sara Lipton DO harsh words lead to violent acts? At a moment when hate speech seems to be proliferating, it’s a question worth asking. Attorney […]
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Federal Court rejects school headscarf ban DEC 11, 2015 – 15:33 School authorities appealed a cantonal administrative court decision that gave the green light to wear the headscarves. […]
SOUTH AMERICA’S DEMOCRACIES ‘The perfect system does not exist’ By Claudinê Gonçalves DEC 11, 2015 – 15:00 In Appenzell, a rural region of eastern Switzerland, decisions are still taken by the annual open air assembly – a landmark of Swiss direct democracy (Keystone) The Swiss system of direct democracy is […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Source: The Washington Post By Fareed Zakaria Writes a foreign affairs column for The Post. He is also the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and a contributing editor for […]