Which countries are taking in Syrian refugees?
By Batsheva Sobelman, Los Angeles Time Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, now in its fifth year, more than 4 million refugees have fled the country while […]
Russia: We’ll Keep Arming Syria
Source: The Daily Beast Russia’s foreign ministry pushed back Monday at the U.S. warning that the Kremlin was escalating the conflict in Syria, arguing that its policy to support President Bashar al-Assad’s government in the fight against extremists has been longstanding. “We have always supplied equipment to them for their […]
PKK kills 16 Turkish soldiers
Source: Arab News ANKARA: Turkey’s military says 16 soldiers were killed in a Kurdish rebel attack against troops in southeast Turkey on Sunday. A military statement on Monday said six other soldiers were wounded in the attack in the mainly Kurdish Hakkari province, which border Iraq and Iran. Rebels of […]
Muslim Flight Attendant Says She Was Suspended for Refusing to Serve Alcohol
Source: Time She was placed on a 12-month unpaid leave A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended from her jobbecause she refused to serve alcohol to a passenger due […]
Pope Francis makes Catholic divorce easier
Source: BBC Pope Francis has unveiled reforms intended to make it easier for Roman Catholics to divorce and remarry within the Church. The radical reforms allow access to procedures free […]
Migrant crisis: Germany ‘can take 500,000 asylum-seekers a year’
Source: BBC Germany can cope with at least 500,000 asylum-seekers a year for several years, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said. Officials have said they expect more than 800,000 asylum-seekers […]
Kim Davis Might Be Wrong, But So Is Demonizing Her For Her Convictions
Daily Caller: It is difficult to carry a dialogue with a person who attacks your character. This came to light again last week as my social media feed spiked with memes, tweets, and posts mocking Kim Davis’ appearance, looks, weight, and marriage history. Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who has […]
Muslim leader says Refugee crisis is not just Europe’s problem
http://www.rabwah.net: The leader of a Muslim community has called for a global solution for the refugee crisis in Europe, saying Arab countries should ‘first and foremost’ provide refuge for migrants.And, […]
Can UK parliament ignore 100,000 calls for Netanyahu’s arrest?
The Electronic Intifada: The UK parliament may debate whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes. This is because more than 100,000 UK citizens and residents […]
The infidel mosque
medium.com: When you visit a mosque, you don’t really expect to go through a fence topped with barbed wire and be greeted with men carrying rifles. But when it’s a mosque where dozens of worshipers were gunned down and killed five years ago, it’s become necessary. There are an estimated two […]
Canadian elections: Conservatives dismiss two GTA candidates,
Tories dismiss Toronto candidates after urination incident, prank calls BY THE CANADIAN PRESS POSTED SEP 6, 2015 11:11 PM EDT LAST UPDATED SEP 7, 2015 AT 2:10 PM EDT Jerry Bance, former Conservative candidate for the Scarborough-Rouge Park riding in Toronto, is seen here reportedly urinating into a customer’s coffee […]
Migrant crisis: Why the Gulf states are not letting Syrians in
By Michael StephensRoyal United Services Institute (Rusi), Doha Image copyrightReutersImage captionTens of thousands of Syrian refugees are heading westwards into Europe Images of Syrian refugees stuck at borders and at train stations, not to mention the harrowing picture of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish beach, has spurred […]
Canon develops 250 megapixel camera sensor
Source: BBC Electronics company Canon has developed a 250 megapixel sensor for use in digital cameras. Canon said the sensor is sensitive enough to read lettering on the side of […]
Op-Ed: Humanity washed ashore
Source: The Malta Independent www.independent.com.mt | Monday 7 September 2015, by Laiq Ahmed Atif | amjmalta@gmail.com The tragedies of migrants are not a new reality of the current times. Every year, […]
580. Commandment – Regarding Jizya (kind of tax)
580. Commandment – Regarding Jizya (kind of tax) [9:29] Fight those from among the People of the Book who believe not in Allah, nor in the Last Day, nor hold as unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have declared to be unlawful, nor follow the true religion, until they pay […]
Germany’s coalition government has agreed to spend 6bn euros to support record numbers of migrants
Source: BBC Germany’s coalition government has agreed to spend 6bn euros (£4.4bn) to support record numbers of migrants and other measures to deal with the influx. Critics at home have […]
OIC seeks world help for Syrians
In this May 10, 2014 file photo, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Iyad Madani speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at his office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 7 September 2015 JEDDAH: The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation […]
The price of European indifference
Sep 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Bernard-Henri Lévy Europe’s migration debate has taken a disturbing turn. It began with the creation of the catch-all concept (a legal freak) of a “migrant”, which obscures the difference, central to the law, between economic and political migration, between people escaping poverty and those driven […]
US, Jordanian scholars bring attention to forgotten ancient mosque in Wadi Shireh
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Sep 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this recent photo, Kufic inscriptions are seen at the site of Wadi Shireh mosque, which dates back to the Umayyad era (Photo courtesy of Glenn Corbett) AMMAN — Two scholars from the American Centre of Oriental Research (ACOR), Glenn Corbett […]
We just got our most extensive picture yet of ISIS’ mysterious and reclusive leader
© Business Insider© Provided by Business Insider A photo of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from US Army files relating to his time as a detainee in Iraq. The world knows little of the Islamic State terror group’s brutal leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but a new article from counterterrorism expert Will McCants […]