Summary Is it significant that U.S. congressman John Yarmuth, a Kentucky Democrat who also happens to be Jewish, issued a statement Thursday saying he would not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. Yarmuth also speaks openly about political and electoral dynamics that generally are not discussed in […]
Summary Copenhagen police said early Sunday they had shot a man dead hours after fatal gun attacks targeting the Danish capital’s main synagogue and a debate on Islam and free […]
PARIS — Meet Nassrin Abdallah. With her diminutive height and broad smile, it doesn’t seem like she should strike fear into the hearts of hardened militants from Daesh terror group. […]
The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has said for the first time since the revolution that we use simple language to develop mutual understanding with the world. The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has described Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s message to the youth in Europe and […]
The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC Onebetween 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing The Heaven […]
Posted by Rafiq A. Tschannen Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one […]
Rabwah.net: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association categorically condemns the callous attempt at mass killing Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA), an auxiliary of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, categorically condemns today’s unconscionable shooting […]
ET: ‘Pakistan’s 9/11’, ‘Never again’, ‘united we stand’ and similar expressions of resolve and the severity of the situation post-APS, Peshawar were all natural, and perhaps justified in that moment of grief, and above all, horror. The All Parties Conference, the National Action Plan, the moving to tear tribute songs; […]
khabarsoutheastasia.com: Indonesian Ahmadis are no strangers to persecution. Attacks and discrimination against them are rife, but Iskandar Gumay hopes that things for the minority Muslim sect will improve under Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Indonesia’s new president. Ahmadi Muslim cleric Iskandar Gumay prays at al-Hidayah Mosque in Jakarta on January 21st. He […]
Houston Islamic center fire was deliberately set rawstory.com Arson investigators have found evidence that some form of accelerant was used in the suspicious fire at a Houston, Texas Islamic center on Friday. ABC News reported that the Council on American-Islamic Relations is asking law enforcement to investigate the fire as […]
Atlanta (CNN) Jimmy Carter has seen a lot in his 90 years. As a son of the South, a governor and president, and as a man who spent decades tackling problems […]
Story highlights Copenhagen police kill a gunman during a shootout Sunday He’s suspected in Saturday’s deadly attacks at a free speech forum and near a synagogue By Holly Yan and […]
NOTE BY THE EDITOR: I wrote this article from Kosovo in the year 2000. It has a renewed interest as now-a-days more and more Kosovars are leaving the country (again). The reality of the current predicament in Kosovo by Rafiq A. Tschannen The impressions a traveller receives when visiting Kosovo […]
This is the moment a frail woman apparently confronted Islamic State militants in an extraordinary act of bravery. The remarkable footage appears to show the woman branding the men “devils” during the angry exchange, thought to have taken place in Syria. More…http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/watch-incredible-moment-brave-pensioner-confronts-islamic-state-militants-and-brands-them-devils-10046111.html
The problem has four syllables: Debaltseve. German Chancellor Angela Merkel can now pronounce it without difficulties, as can French President François Hollande. Debaltseve proved to be one of the thorniest […]
Manama: A solidarity walk will be held in Doha on Sunday for the three Muslim students shot dead in the US last week. “In response to the terrorist act committed against three American Muslim students in Chapel Hill in North Carolina in the United States last week, Qatar Foundation calls […]
The proportion of refugees with a B or F permit dependent on social welfare decreased in 2013 compared to the year before. However, the overall number receiving welfare payments increased […]
Marian Reid explores the country’s desert towns, where 3,000 years of generations have adapted to the harsh environment to create a beautiful and timeless world. By Marian Reid In the […]
Danish police have said three officers were shot and wounded at blasphemy debate in Copenhagen where the French ambassador was speaking. Two gunmen are said to be still at large. Reports say up to 40 shots were fired outside the venue in the Danish capital. Controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, […]
One person is confirmed to have been killed after shots were fired at a meeting held in a Copenhagen cafe to discuss free speech. Three police officers are understood to have been injured in the attack on Krudttoenden cafe in the north of the city on Saturday afternoon. The event had […]