Saudi Arabia condemns attack targeting mosque in Afghanistan
A man sprays water to clean a street outside a Shiite mosque in Kandahar on October 15, 2021, after a suicide bomb attack during Friday prayers. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/rqh64 […]
No such love! The story of Taj Mahal
BY EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI COLUMNS OCT 08, 2021 The Taj Mahal, chosen as one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the New World,’ is the fruit of a legendary love story. Countless […]
Dismantling the ‘ulema-state’ is crucial for the future of Muslim-majority countries
Ahmet T. Kuru 11 Oct, 2021Opinion: Instead of solely blaming Islam or Western colonialism, Muslim societies should practice critical self-reflection and dismantle the “ulema-state” to truly address political and socio-economic […]
All bark, no bite: How Biden and the UN will protect Israeli annexation
Ramona Wadi 13 Oct, 2021 Opinion: Despite promises of walking back on Trump-era policies on Palestine, both the Biden administration and the United Nations will likely maintain the gains made […]
Six giga-projects that epitomize Saudi Arabia’s $7 trillion development plan
Source: Arab News FRANK KANEDEEMA AL KHUDAIR October 13, 2021 As part of Vision 2030, the Kingdom is redefining its global image and diversifying its economy away from oil Liberalization, […]
Dr Abdus Salam and Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program
13th October 2021 Ata-ul-Haye Nasir, Al Hakam Of the eight nuclear powers of the world, Pakistan was the seventh to announce its nuclear capability on 28 May 1998. Nuclear tests were […]
‘Not all heroes wear capes… sometimes, they wear hijabs.’
by Nudrat Ahmad, The Review of Religions. ‘Not all heroes wear capes…sometimes, they wear hijabs.’ – These are the words used by the FOX News Broadcasting company in the USA […]
Double standards on human rights are the norm, not the exception: expert
By Mohammad Mazhari International October 11, 2021 TEHRAN – MENA Program Director at the International Crisis Group says that double standard on human rights has turned to a norm and […]
Turkish German COVID-19 vaccine inventors awarded prize in Greece
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ATHENS DIASPORA OCT 14, 2021 11:33 AM GMT+3Turkish-German scientists Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci attend the award ceremony in Athens, Greece on Oct. 13, 2021. (AA Photo) Two Turkish German […]
Afghans search for escape routes to flee Taliban’s rule
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL ASIA PACIFIC OCT 14, 2021 Najia (2nd L) poses with her family in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 1, 2021. (AP Photo) Afghans are looking for a way out of Afghanistan, mulling […]
Is Finlandization the way to save Lebanon?
KHALED ABOU ZAHR October 14, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/2f3pv Can Finland’s relations with Russia serve as an example for Lebanon in the face of an Iranian takeover? One might need […]
Violence surges in Pakistan’s tribal belt as Taliban, IS-K go on attack
By Abid HussainBBC Urdu, Orakzai District Seventeen-year-old Israr was fast asleep when his phone rang. It was 2am and the teenager was exhausted. He’d been working all day as a […]
Kongsberg: Bow and arrow suspect known to Norway police
Published 35 minutes ago A man arrested over a deadly bow and arrow attack in Norway had converted to Islam and there were fears he had been radicalised, police say. […]
Vandalized mosque imam invites suspect to talk to them
By Ingrid Kelley and David Komer online producer Published 2 days ago Community rallies around vandalized mosque in Rochester Hills As police continue to investigate this criminal activity leaders at the mosque are taking a different approach – pardoning the man. ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (FOX 2) – After a mosque in Rochester Hills is vandalized, its […]
Inside America’s last white-only church
In rural Minnesota, a fringe Heathen group known as the Asatru Folk Assembly has purchased a local church – and membership is strictly whites-only. They worship Nordic, pre-Christian gods and they call themselves a ‘folk religion’ that only accepts those with northern European ancestry. Their racially exclusive ideology is protected […]
Deathly Silence: Journalists Who Mocked Assange Have Nothing to Say About CIA Plans to Kill Him
JOHN MCEVOY Yahoo! News (9/26/21) reported that “discussions over kidnapping or killing Assange occurred ‘at the highest levels’ of the Trump administration.” Yahoo! News (9/26/21) published a bombshell report detailing the US […]
They were promised a new home. Then they tried to escape it.
By SAIF HASNAT AND SAMEER YASIRTHE NEW YORK TIMES |OCT 11, 2021 AT 12:00 PM Its name translates into “floating island,” and for up to 100,000 desperate war refugees, the low-slung landmass is supposed to be home. One refugee, Munazar Islam, initially thought it would be his. He and his family of four fled […]
Pandora Papers expose greed, Assange exposed war crimes. Assange should not be in prison
By John Wight International October 9, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES The only surprise when it comes to the Pandora Papers revelations, exposing the scale of the greed and corruption of various world leaders, political figures and officials in hoarding obscene amounts of cash in offshore tax havens, is that anyone […]
Israel U-turn on JCPOA reveals its propaganda tactics
Politics October 13, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – In a contradictory departure from Israel’s longstanding propaganda, former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen has said Iran is not even close to […]
UK owes its existence to Ottomans
By Ekrem Buğra Ekinci, who is a Turkish academic. He is a professor of history of Turkish Law and Islamic Law. He is currently a member of the Faculty of […]