Who will help the 10 million Syrian refugees?
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (Matthew 5:7) Pope Francis calls on every Catholic parish in Europe to host one migrant family Migrant crisis: Journey […]
Syria slams British meddling after intervention signal
SEP 6, 2015 – 15:09 BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign ministry on Sunday condemned British “interference” in its affairs, after a senior government minister signalled Britain was moving closer to military action in the war-torn country. State news agency SANA said the foreign ministry had sent two letters to United […]
Palestinian TV teen given German residency
Photo: Norddeutsche Rundfunk/Screenshot Palestinian TV teen given German residency Published: 05 Sep 2015 11:29 GMT+02:00 A Palestinian teen threatened with deportation who burst into tears during a televised debate with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has got a residency permit for “humanitarian reasons,” a statement said Friday. In the encounter last […]
Polio’s last stand
Sep 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES It has been a tough year for Nigeria. In the last 12 months, the country has suffered attacks by child suicide bombers and brutal massacres by Boko Haram. The vast majority of the 276 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok last year are still missing. And […]
Jordan says world’s failure to deal with refugee plight has led to current crisis
By JT – Sep 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants wait to board a train after crossing the border between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece near Gevgelija on Saturday (Reuters photo) AMMAN — Jordan has said that the world community’s failure to aptly address the refugee plight has led […]
In ‘non-religious’ Japan, the shrine can still exert a pull
………… It’s a common refrain at Japan’s more than 80,000 shrines and temples. Yet evidence of an instinctive spirituality that infuses daily life can be spotted across the country, from […]
Pope Francis calls on every European parish to host a refugee family
Source: RT Pope Francis has called on every European parish to host one refugee family each in a goodwill gesture that will begin in the Vatican state. It comes as […]
Angola Officially Bans Islam, Closes Mosques
Source: Morocco World News: After its decision to ban the practice of Islamic religion and the shutting down of its places of worship in the whole country, Angola became the […]
NY Times’ Op-Ed: The New Romantics in the Computer Age
Source: NY Times By David Brooks Just once I’d like to have a college student come up to me and say, “I really wanted to major in accounting, but my parents […]
Pope Francis calls on every Catholic parish in Europe to host one migrant family
Migrant crisis: Journey through Austria to Germany resumes Hundreds of migrants have resumed their journey through Austria to Germany after Hungary’s decision on Friday to let them through. Several trains […]
Bollywood: Sarfarosh to Phantom – Educating Indians About Pakistani Jihad
Sarfarosh to Phantom – Educating Indians About Pakistani Jihad By Tufail Ahmad, 03-09-2015 (A version of this article appeared in Hindi daily, Dainik Jagran on September 2, 2015.) It is in the nature of human beings to live in hope and rosy utopias, which was evident when Indians sat through […]
Canadian cities, provinces make their pitch to help Syrian refugees
CBC: Canada has resettled nearly 2,500 Syrian refugees, but municipal and provincial leaders say more can be done The plight of Syrian refugees and calls for the federal government to […]
The Islamic State Diary: A Chronicle of Life in Libyan Purgatory
SPIEGEL ONLINE For months, the Islamic State visited its reign of terror on the city of Derna, Libya — until it was stopped by an al-Qaida offshoot. Farrah Schennib describes the horrors of daily life under the IS in his diary. Only 300 kilometers (186 miles) separate dream from […]
Free Speech and Civility in America and in Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D. Director of Community Partnerships, Interfaith Center of New Growing up Muslim in America, I learned that there were many rules about speech. At home, […]
Migrants stream into Austria, swept west by overwhelmed Hungary
SEP 5, 2015 – 05:00 By Krisztina Than HEGYESHALOM, Hungary (Reuters) – Hundreds of exhausted migrants streamed into Austria on Saturday, reaching the border on buses provided by an overwhelmed Hungarian government that gave up trying to hold back crowds that had set out on foot for western Europe. After […]
Pilgrims continue to pour in from around the world
Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar visits the headquarters of the pilgrim establishment for Arab states in Makkah on Thursday. (AN photo Ahmad Hashad) ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 5 September 2015 JEDDAH: A total of 172,000 pilgrims have arrived via 861 flights from around the world at King Abdulaziz International Airport […]
An open letter to anyone who ever talked down the refugee crisis
Dear David Cameron, Theresa May, Nigel Farage, the Daily Express, protesters in Germany, Katie Hopkins, Philip Hammond, anyone who has ever written a disparaging comment on a Mail Online article, police in Hungary, the governments of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia, the people of […]
Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya
Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya Source: New Humanist Muslim creationist, cult leader, Dawkins’ nemesis, messiah. Halil Ardatracks down the real Harun Yahya – by Halil […]
Video: Egyptian Billionaire’s plan to help refugees: Buy them an island
http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/script/7.0/players/embed.js?videoid=/video/news/2015/09/04/billionaire-refugees-island.cnnmoney Source: CNN Money An Egyptian billionaire is offering to buy an island for people fleeing to Europe from war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa. Naguib Sawiris, one […]
Angela Merkel the Best Friend of the Syrian Refugees
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (Matthew 5:7) Merkel the bold Source: Economist ANGELA MERKEL may be the most powerful politician in Europe, but she […]