Cow dung protects from radiation, claims Indian court
Source: Dawn AHMEDABAD: Houses made of cow dung are protected from atomic radiation such as nuclear blast fallout, an Indian court has claimed. Cows are venerated as sacred creatures in […]
Erdogan says Turkey may block Sweden’s Nato membership bid
Source: BBC Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that Ankara may agree to Finland joining Nato, but not Sweden.He criticised Sweden’s refusal to extradite dozens of people allegedly tied to Kurdish militant groups and other critics of his government.”If you absolutely want to join Nato, you will return these […]
Drones attack military plant in Iran, Tehran says
CNN: Drones attacked a military plant in Iran’s central city of Isfahan, Tehran said on Sunday.“An explosion has occurred in one of the military centers affiliated to the Ministry of Defense,” the deputy head of security for Isfahan governorate Mohammad Reza Jan-Nesari told the semi-official Fars News Agency.Jan-Nesari said the explosion […]
How Russia misread Germany’s growing influence
CNN Two years ago, Moscow eyed a US-German standoff over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as a litmus test of transatlantic power. Russia had invested heavily in the 750-mile undersea pipeline linking it to Germany and wanted to increase global sales and ramp up economic leverage over Europe and its power-hungry heavy […]
HATE PREACHERS NOW TARGETING FOREIGNGOVERNMENT OFFICIALS & POLITICIANS INSOCIAL HATE CAMPAIGN
Source: IHRC IHRC has taken notice deeply disturbing video1 circulating on socialmedia made by a Pakistan based hate organisation KhatmaeNabuwat http://www.khatmenabuwwat.com.pk, in which not onlyAhmadi Muslims, but all the human rights defenders, advocates andpolicticans, are the target of hate speech.A wave of bigotry against Ahmadis has intensified since the start […]
How the Politics of Hate Unites South Asia
COMMUNALISM Not just Indian, but Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka too appear to be well within an era of media incitement, orchestrated attacks on minority religious institutions, and identity politics. […]
Saudi Arabia condemns ‘provocative’ Qur’an burning in Denmark
Danish police surround Rasmus Paludan ahead of his burning of a copy of the Qur’an in Copenhagen, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ritzau Scanpix/Reuters) ARAB NEWS January 29, 2023 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia […]
Israel’s rejection of Palestinian nationalism behind escalating violence
DAOUD KUTTAB January 29, 2023 The killing by Israeli soldiers of nine Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday and the continuation of the cycle of violence […]
Europe’s unforced errors in the Maghreb
HAFED AL-GHWELL January 29, 2023 The EU’s engagement with the Maghreb has been long, complex and, at times, tumultuous. Since the early 2000s, this subregion has only grown in strategic […]
Abdul Wasi Safi’s trauma a reminder of Biden’s Afghanistan failure
DALIA AL-AQIDI January 29, 2023 Abdul Wasi Safi is a 27-year-old Afghan man who worked as an intelligence officer for Afghanistan’s National Security Forces until 2021, when he fled his home country following the withdrawal of US forces. Safi was a little boy when Afghanistan was liberated from the grip […]
Jordan, Netanyahu and the Abraham Accords
Jan 29,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh In his first visit to a foreign country since becoming prime minister again, Benjamin Netanyahu chose Jordan to start his foreign […]
New spate of violence in occupied Palestinian territories draws outrage
By Maria Weldali – Jan 29,2023 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian man photographs a charred car after it was allegedly set on fire by Israeli settlers in the village of Aqraba, east […]
Thirty Plus Quotes from the Poet of Love – Rumi
Selection of quotes by Mayukh Saha “Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.” “Wherever you are, and whatever you do, […]
Quote of the Day: Rumi’s Guest House
Epigraph: And remember when Luqman said to his son while exhorting him, ‘O my dear son! associate not partners with Allah. Surely, associating partners with God is a grievous wrong.’ … ‘O my dear […]
Germany’s Leopard Tanks Are a Game Changer with Significant Risks
Source: Spiegel There are two iterations of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz these days. One is calm, almost diffident, the Scholz the country knows best. This iteration is the one most often seen on television or in the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament. A man who seems almost impervious to the political machinations […]
Latest Israeli violence is a sign of much worse to come
RAY HANANIA January 28, 2023 The increase in violence against Palestinians by Israel’s militant army and the armed Jewish settler movement is part of an intentional strategy by extremists in […]
Kenneth Roth’s Harvard saga is a victory over Israel’s academic bullying
Richard Silverstein 24 January 2023 14:05 UTC | Harvard’s move to reverse its decision to deny a fellowship to the former head of Human Rights Watch is a defeat for those […]
The survivors of Lausanne: Intrigue and rivalry in Western Thrace
Sean Mathews 28 January 2023 10:16 UTC | Last update: 21 hours 5 mins ago A century after Muslims and Christians were divided between Greece and Turkey, the rival neighbours tussle over a minority […]
An Islamic approach to maintaining chastity in the digital age: A 13-step action plan
20th January 2023 Qamar Ahmed Zafar, London Like me, if you live in the West, you may have experienced the following: our secondary school teacher sat us down, as a […]
‘Stop glorifying mothers’: A Muslim response to this shocking statement
27th January 2023 Youssef Ikhlaf, Majlis Ansar Sultanul Qalam, MKA Netherlands A columnist, Rosanne Hertzberger, of a leading Dutch newspaper criticised the Moroccan national team in her column for showing […]