Many young Dutch Muslims are attracted to the fundamentalist Salafi movement. Anthropologist Ineke Roex has been researching the attitudes of the movement’s followers to democracy. “Accept them as part of Dutch society, and then they become more democratic.” Michel Hoebink Salafists condemn the idea of democracy in principle, explains Roex. […]
The Jakarta Globe: An Indonesian legal expert has described a lawsuit filed by the Ahmadiyah against the mayor of Bekasi over the shuttering of their mosque as a “very interesting […]
CTV: Prayers by a liberal Jewish women’s group at a key Jerusalem holy site passed without incident Sunday, in contrast to violent scuffles with ultra-Orthodox protesters a month ago. […]
Source: LUBP Around 1,000 members of the Pakistani Taliban have been killed in clashes near the Syrian capital city of Damascus, reports say. According to recent reports, the bodies of the Pakistani Taliban members, who were killed during battles around Syria’s International Airport near Damascus, have been buried in mass […]
By Jethro Mullen and Matt Smith, CNN updated 5:09 AM EDT, Mon June 10, 2013 Hong Kong (CNN) — The man behind of one of the biggest leaks in the […]
Source: CNN Johannesburg (CNN) — South Africans offered prayers at church services while the rest of the world awaited word Sunday on Nelson Mandela‘s condition, a day after the ailing civil rights icon was rushed to the hospital yet again. The office hasn’t offered a new update since informing the […]
Source: CBS News: The man suspected of a shooting rampage that left six people dead and shattered the calm of Santa Monica, Calif., allegedly began his spree of violence by killing his father and brother, and then setting their home on fire, a law enforcement source told ABC News. The […]
Source: CBS News KABUL, Afghanistan Seven heavily armed insurgents launched an hours-long gun battle with security forces near Afghanistan’s main airport Monday, after they apparently tried to attack NATO’s airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb, the army and police said. Kabul police chief […]
Source: TOI LONDON: British Police say four teenagers have been arrested after a suspicious weekend fire at an Islamic boarding school in a London suburb. More:
Source: TOI How far the cabinet appointments in the United States reflect ideological considerations or how merely subjective and whimsical they could be on the part of the president remains a matter of debate. Perhaps, the president largely chooses the men (or women) he is comfortable with as cabinet colleagues. […]
Source: Asia Times: Russia has thrown a monkey wrench into Western plans for Syria by promising to deliver its top-of-the-line S300 surface-to-air missile system to the Bashar al-Assad government. Exactly when the missiles might arrive remains unclear; the last word from Moscow is that the missiles are not yet in […]
Editors Note: Raja Zafarul Haq, well known for his anti ahmadiyya stance has been elevated to the rank of a federal minister and as the next possible Chair of senate after being nominated as the leader of the house in Senate. This means that he is essantially President in Waiting, […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch June 9, 2013 – 20:20 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga says voters’ approval on Sunday of the latest reform paves the way for the introduction of faster […]
Epigraph: And as to those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water until, when he comes up to […]
Washington Post: The whistleblower who disclosed classified documents regarding NSA surveillance to The Washington Post and the Guardian has gone public. He is Edward Snowden, 29, an employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Edward Snowden (The Guardian) Rather than face charges in the United States, Snowden has fled to Hong Kong. […]
(CBS News) ISTANBUL – Turkey’s prime minister said Sunday his country’s financial markets are under attack. Tayyip Erdogan blamed speculators reacting to a tenth day of fierce nationwide protests against […]
Here’s a sign of the changing times — Muslim cabbies now have their very own place at San Francisco International Airport to wash their hands and feet before they pray. […]
Source: The Huffington Post An Israeli Jewish women of the Woman of the Wall organization prays while wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews […]
Epigraph: “Has the story of Abraham’s honored guests reached thee? When they entered upon him and said, ‘Peace!’ he said, ‘Peace!’ They were all strangers. And he went quietly to his household, […]
by Sam McBride sam.mcbride@newsletter.co.uk Just hours after an enthusiastic launch attended by hundreds of people, Northern Ireland’s newest political party found itself backed into an extraordinary cul-de-sac in a debate […]