When Hamas kidnaps Muslims
Among the hostages taken by Hamas militants in their incursion into Israel on October 7 there are several Bedouins, including 16-year-old Aisha who was kidnapped along with her father and […]
A political stalemate led to the bloodshed in the Middle East. Only a political settlement can truly end it
OpinionIsrael-Hamas war Omer Bartov To escape this bloody impasse, Israel must declare it seeks a settlement with a willing Palestinian leadership and take steps to end occupation Wed 29 Nov […]
Key Dutch party sees ‘no basis’ for talks with Wilders
bbc.com By Anna Holligan & Sam Hancock BBC News, The Hague and London A major Dutch political party has said it will not enter talks with anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders […]
Europe’s rising tide of immigration hysteria
JONATHAN GORNALL November 29, 2023 In the Netherlands, a formerly fringe far-right party wins more seats in the Dutch general election than any other political group. In Dublin, a knife attack outside […]
Look at the Prophets …
Dr. Craig Considine @CraigCons If you want good behavior, look to Adam. If you want sacred knowledge, look to Enoch. If you want perseverance, look to Noah. If you want […]
Gazans in midst of ‘epic humanitarian catastrophe’ — UN chief
By AFP – Nov 30,2023 – JORDAN TIMES A wounded Palestinian woman from the Baraka family is surrounded by her children upon their arrival at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza […]
Mother of Palestinian student shot in Vermont thought he would be safer in U.S.
NOVEMBER 27, 2023 Brian Mann Hisham Awartani with his father, Ali Awartani, and mother, Elizabeth Price. On Saturday, Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot in Burlington, […]
Sweden’s prime minister condemns far-right call to tear down mosques
Promoted Post: Videos: Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam: An Ambassador of Islam to the West Source: Dawn, Pakistan newspaper Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson denounced the leader of the far-right […]
Geert Wilders will have to scrap most of manifesto to enter government, say experts
Analysis Jon Henley Europe correspondent Far-right anti-Islam pledges and Nexit referendum promise are unacceptable to potential coalition partners Tue 28 Nov 2023 Geert Wilders, the Dutch populist whose Party for […]
Volker Türk; 55 conflicts in the world and one UN Human Rights Chief
International Geneva I’m off to the Palais Wilson this week, for a chat with UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk, the last in our series of exclusive interviews with those who lead the UN’s human rights work. You can hear that interview in full in our latest Inside Geneva podcast. […]
Top court rules EU govt offices can ban Islamic headscarves at work
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP ISTANBUL NOV 28, 2023 The entrance to the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg, Oct. 5, 2015. (AP Photo) RECOMMENDED The Court of Justice of the […]
When the strategy to displace Gazans was revealed
EYAD ABU SHAKRA November 28, 2023 We have experienced a handful of days of respite from the killing machine. However, between the optimism regarding a further extension of this temporary […]
The children in Israel’s prisons
Ongoing hostage-for-prisoners exchange opens the world’s eyes to arrests, interrogations, and even abuse of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities Arab News Research & Studies Amother, weeping with joy and relief, holds her teenage son tight, as if determined never to let him go again. “I can’t describe to you how […]
‘My grandmother does not need a eulogy. Her life was a sermon’
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Rosalynn Carter was a lot of things — a grandmother, an adventurer, and someone with “unshakable […]
Similarities between Islam and the Sikh religion
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy By Mukeshwar Singh Since the dawn of humanity, religion has been playing a pivotal role […]
Understanding Israel – Gaza War without Pressure to Vilify or Glamorize Either
An expert on the Middle East, Professor Flynt Leverett is part of the founding faculty at the Penn State School of International Affairs, and an affiliate faculty at Penn State […]
Debate: Would We Be Better Off Without Religion? – Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins Speaking for Atheism
Epigraph: أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ Have they been created from nothing, or they their own creators? (Al Quran 52:35) Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
The Story of Andalusis: Al-Andalus and the reorientation of Europe’s Muslim heritage
Book Club Noshin Bokth 26 July, 2023 Book Club: Al-Andalus, the Muslim Civilization of the Iberian Peninsula, has often been viewed as a golden period of religious tolerance. With incidents […]