http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/c/embed/76129302-1950-11e5-bed8-1093ee58dad0 Source: Washington Post President Obama hosted an Iftar dinner Monday night to mark the Muslim holiday of Ramadan and to reach out to the roughly 1.5 billion Muslims around […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The world appears to be a more dangerous place since September 11, 2001, more so than any time […]
Aljazeera: This is the second story in a two-part series about blasphemy in Pakistan. The first part, about the case of the first woman on death row for blasphemy in that country, is available here. KOT RADHA KISHAN, Pakistan — Walking through the quiet, empty streets of Chak 59, patrolled […]
Canberrra Times: Canberra’s Muslim community has had its hopes for a new mosque at Hume dashed after the ACT government advised against the site it raised as an option in January. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association had agreed to the larger “industrial area” site in January to avoid antagonising traders in […]
House of Saud Turn Birthplace of Wahhabism Ideology Into Tourist Spot By Ben Hubbard, 31 May, 2015 “Scores of tombs have been destroyed; a house associated with Muhammad’s first wife, Khadija, was replaced with a bank of public toilets; and a home believed to have belonged to his companion […]
Huff Post: by Catherine Russell — Recently Jack Ma called women executives “the secret sauce” of his company Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. His sentiment is one that research proves over and over again. Women are powerful participants in the economy, whether they are consumers, workers or entrepreneurs. The more […]
JUN 22, 2015 – swissinfo.ch Foreign immigrants are expected to account for more than 80% of Switzerland’s population increase in the next 30 years, according to projections from the Federal Statistical Office. The number of people living in Switzerland is forecast to rise from 8.2 million at present to 10.2 […]
MARK MACKINNON LONDON — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2015 12:01AM EDT Syria is dissolving not only along sectarian lines, but also class lines, with a new report warning that the country’s economy has collapsed by more than 50 per cent through four years of bloody civil […]
JORDAN TIMES ESKI MOSUL, Iraq — When Daesh burst into the Iraqi village of Eski Mosul, Sheikh Abdullah Ibrahim knew his wife was in trouble. Buthaina Ibrahim was an outspoken […]
By AFP – Jun 21,2015 – TURIN, Italy — Pope Francis said Sunday the plight of asylum seekers hoping for a new life in Europe was enough to make him […]
Source: Huffington Post By Benjamin Knoll; Assistant Professor of Politics, Centre CollegeA recent editorial by the Salt Lake City-based Deseret News editors argued that therecent murders of nine black church-goers at […]
Source: Huffington Post By Benjamin Knoll; Assistant Professor of Politics, Centre CollegeA recent editorial by the Salt Lake City-based Deseret News editors argued that therecent murders of nine black church-goers at […]
By Catherine E. Shoichet, Ashley Fantz and Holly Yan, CNN Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) A day after thousands mourned the slayings of nine black worshippers at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal […]
Source: Chicago Tribune By Thomas R. Mockaitis, who is a history professor at DePaul University, where he teaches British, modern European and military history. His research and writing cover terrorism, insurgency, counterinsurgency […]
Source: Chicago Tribune By Thomas R. Mockaitis, who is a history professor at DePaul University, where he teaches British, modern European and military history. His research and writing cover terrorism, insurgency, counterinsurgency […]
By Dan Williams5 hours ago . View photo Members of the Druze community walk next to the border fence between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan … By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Druze blocked an Israeli army ambulance they believed was transporting wounded Syrian rebels on Monday, local authorities said, […]
MADRID — Jun 22, 2015, ABC NEWS The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios — which means “Camp Kill Jews” — on Monday officially changed its name back to […]
MADRID — Jun 22, 2015, ABC NEWS The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios — which means “Camp Kill Jews” — on Monday officially changed its name back to […]
Associated Press LONDON: Indian Ocean islanders who were forced into exile to make way for a key U.S. military base are appealing to Britain’s top court in their long-running campaign […]
BEIRUT | BY TOM PERRY REUTERS.COM Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) stand with children near a sign in Tel Abyad town, Raqqa governorate, June 16, 2015. REUTERS/RODI SAID Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State, showing new momentum […]