Summary It is a region wracked by religious struggle between competing traditions of the faith. Conflicts take place within and between states; civil wars and proxy wars become impossible to distinguish. That could be a description of today’s Middle East. In the Middle East in 2011, change came after a […]
Interview Conducted by Julia Amalia Heyer REUTERS SPIEGEL.DE In an interview with SPIEGEL, Yuval Diskin, former director of Israel’s internal security service Shin Bet, speaks of the current clash between Israel and the Palestinians, what must be done to achieve peace and the lack of leadership in the Middle East. […]
Interview Conducted by Julia Amalia Heyer REUTERS SPIEGEL.DE In an interview with SPIEGEL, Yuval Diskin, former director of Israel’s internal security service Shin Bet, speaks of the current clash between Israel and the Palestinians, what must be done to achieve peace and the lack of leadership in the Middle East. […]
Aljazeera: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to pressure Israel to comply with international law and end its military occupation of Palestinian territories, has garnered significant institutional and governmental support in recent years. Much of its growth has been in Europe, but the BDS movement is also […]
Newstateman: Trouble has been brewing between Israel and Hamas for months. The signs were there before the Israeli and Palestinian teenagers were kidnapped and murdered, and before Israel’s crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank. It’s all horribly familiar. Missiles, rockets and threats, and another Israeli prime minister saying that […]
Newstateman: Trouble has been brewing between Israel and Hamas for months. The signs were there before the Israeli and Palestinian teenagers were kidnapped and murdered, and before Israel’s crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank. It’s all horribly familiar. Missiles, rockets and threats, and another Israeli prime minister saying that […]
Imams warn against radicalism to Aboriginal inmates converting to Islam Date July 24, 2014 8 reading nowRead later Rachel Olding Rachel Olding Reporter View more articles from Rachel Olding Follow Rachel on Twitter Email Rachel inShare submit to redditEmail articlePrintReprints & permissions Goulbourn prison. ASIO alerted: Imams called into prisons […]
UNCHR: 23 July 2014 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, after adopting a […]
Yahoo News: DOHA (Reuters) – An influential group of Islamic scholars has denounced the forced expulsion of Christians from northern Iraq by Islamist hardliners, saying it paves the way for fighting between the country’s ethnic and religious groups. The Christian community of Mosul fled to the Kurdish autonomous region last […]
Yahoo News: DOHA (Reuters) – An influential group of Islamic scholars has denounced the forced expulsion of Christians from northern Iraq by Islamist hardliners, saying it paves the way for fighting between the country’s ethnic and religious groups. The Christian community of Mosul fled to the Kurdish autonomous region last […]
AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan has joined Christian and Jewish leaders in a joint appeal to “the leaders and brokers of power” in the Middle East and the world to turn holy spaces into venues for dialogue and conversation. Instead of devolving “into venues that separate us from each other”, […]
Reported by Abu Huraira (RA): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings […]
Additional Reading Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe for the Christians Darwinian Evolution: Islam or Christianity? Exposing Creationism of Zakir Naik, Tahir ul Qadari, Yusuf Estes and Harun […]
Source: Forbes By Peggy Drexler Contributor: I write about gender, work and the modern family. I wrote about the increase in the numbers of “queen bees” in the workplace, women who aim […]
theguardian: by Keith Kahn-Harris — It suits a variety of agendas to claim that British Jews are largely united in support for Israel during this current round of conflict. Israelis and those who approve of Israel’s actions find succour in this supposed homogeneity. Conversely, Palestinians and those who support them outside […]
Chaldean website ankawa.com says a university professor was killed after speaking out against anti-Christian persecution. Meanwhile, the Islamic State has set the jizyah at 450 dollars GIORGIO BERNARDELLI He refused to keep silent about the violence agaist Mosul’s Christians who are forced to choose between converting to the Muslim faith, […]
Lenny Lapon on July 21, 2014 On October 19, 2010 my plane landed in Israel and instantaneously I was awarded Israeli citizenship with identification card # 012706735, solely because I […]
Credit: Dawn.com By Fatema Imani KARACHI: Young pilot Haris Suleman was undertaking a historic 30-day journey around the world to raise funds for education in Pakistan when his life was […]
185. Do not follow the evil inclinations of those who treat Our Signs as lies [6:151] Say, ‘Bring forward your witnesses who testify that Allah has forbidden this.’ If they bear witness, bear thou not witness with them, nor follow thou the evil inclinations of those who treat Our Signs […]
185. Do not follow the evil inclinations of those who treat Our Signs as lies [6:151] Say, ‘Bring forward your witnesses who testify that Allah has forbidden this.’ If they bear witness, bear thou not witness with them, nor follow thou the evil inclinations of those who treat Our Signs […]