Guardian: The site of a former bullfighting ring in Barcelona could one day house the largest mosque in Europe, members of Barcelona’s Muslim community have said after announcing they have found […]
Guardian: The site of a former bullfighting ring in Barcelona could one day house the largest mosque in Europe, members of Barcelona’s Muslim community have said after announcing they have found […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has named a self-proclaimed Pakistani charity as a “foreign terrorist organization”, a status that freezes any assets it has under U.S. jurisdiction. Jamaat-ud-Dawa calls itself a humanitarian charity but is widely seen as a front organization for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), a Pakistan-based group accused […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has named a self-proclaimed Pakistani charity as a “foreign terrorist organization”, a status that freezes any assets it has under U.S. jurisdiction. Jamaat-ud-Dawa calls itself a humanitarian charity but is widely seen as a front organization for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), a Pakistan-based group accused […]
By Samuel Jaberg Switzerland is the most multicultural of all the 32 teams taking part in the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil. But are players like Shaquiri and Rodriguez a sign of Swiss integration or are immigrants just bigger football fans? The name Haris Seferovic is now firmly lodged […]
Dawn: UNITED NATIONS: Asma Jahangir, the former president of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), has been nominated to a three-member panel to advise UN on alleged human rights […]
By Dilshad Ali 0 Comments I’m no athlete, not by a long shot. But last summer I was in a semi-decent groove, doing some running at the gym on a regular basis, attending various classes and such. I knew, given how much I dislike exercise, that the onset of Ramadan […]
MANAUS, Brazil: Switzerland powered into the World Cup knockout stages as Group E runners-up and will play Argentina for a quarter final berth after a superb Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick gave […]
Microsoft founder Bill Gates visited the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) on Tuesday to seek ties on ways to counter global hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity. The world-renowned technology pioneer, philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, took part in a roundtable discussion with […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Elise Foley elise@huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year carried out more than 72,000 deportations of parents who said they had U.S.-born children, according to reports to Congress obtained Wednesday by The Huffington Post. The reports were sent by ICE in April to the […]
Source: BBC The UK crops up on postcards, passports, in the United Nations and the Eurovision song contest. Would its name change if Scotland says “Yes” to independence, asks Esther […]
Source: BBC The US House of Representatives will vote next month on legislation authorising a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, the speaker has said. Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused […]
Source: BBC The US House of Representatives will vote next month on legislation authorising a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, the speaker has said. Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused […]
theguardian: by Yassir Morsi — Islamophobia is not just bigotry or fear. It’s a frenzy that fills the gaps in our social imagination. As Badar’s cancelled talk shows, it also doesn’t require the Muslim to say anything In the last two days we have seen an eruption of Australia’s public and […]
theguardian: by Yassir Morsi — Islamophobia is not just bigotry or fear. It’s a frenzy that fills the gaps in our social imagination. As Badar’s cancelled talk shows, it also doesn’t require the Muslim to say anything In the last two days we have seen an eruption of Australia’s public and […]
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:104) The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz The United Kingdom government […]
Mohamed Hersi, first Canadian found guilty under Canada’s new terror laws, should get maximum 10-year sentence, Crown attorney argues. TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Mohamed Hersi was the first Canadian convicted under Canada’s new terror laws. By: Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter, Published on Wed Jun 25 2014 Impose a sentence […]
An explosion has devastated a shopping mall in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, killing at least 21 people, according to local police. The blast, which is being blamed on Islamist militants, hit the Emab Plaza in the upscale Wuse 11 suburb just an hour before the national team’s World Cup […]
Sat, 06/21/2014 – 8:07pm Sun-Times wires WASHINGTON — As Iraq edges toward chaos, Joe Biden is having a quiet I-told-you-so moment. In 2006, Biden was a senator from Delaware gearing up for a presidential campaign when he proposed that Iraq be divided into three semi-independent regions for Shiites, Sunnis […]
Epigraph: “None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad Michael Servetus: A Unitarian Martyr in Trinitarian, Medieval Europe […]