Blinken’s remarks
Blinken’s remarks Editorial Published September 18, 2021 – PERHAPS it was his country’s chaotic, humiliating recent withdrawal from Afghanistan — and the attendant war weariness that comes with occupying a country for […]
Places of Worship: Shatrunjaya
JAINISM • WORLD RELIGIONS 18th September 2021 – THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS Location: Palintana, IndiaBelief: Jainism Near the city of Palitana in the Gujarat state of southwest India, the hills of Mount Shatrunjaya are covered with hundreds of ornate Jain temples that attract many pilgrims every year. These are considered the most holy places […]
Afghanistan: The escape of the whirling dancer
https://www.bbc.com/news/av-embeds/58602631 The only female whirling dancer in Afghanistan was due to kick off her biggest tour around the country. Then the Taliban took over. The Taliban sees Sufi whirling dervishes as against Islamic law. Fahima Mirzaei had no choice but to run. This is the story of her escape. This […]
New British Culture Secretary Dorries accused of Islamophobia
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL EUROPE SEP 17, 2021 2:29 PM GMT+3The U.K.’s Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries walks outside Downing Street in London, U.K., Sept. 15, 2021. (Reuters Photo) The United Kingdom’s new culture […]
Palestinian prisoners are free even when captured
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN OP-ED SEP 18, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A Palestinian child looks on while standing next to a poster expressing solidarity with the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel’s […]
South African Muslim woman becomes head of oldest media watchdog
Khadija Patel has been elected Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI). (AN Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/c8emg Khadija Patel, an investigative journalist and fourth-generation Muslim of Asian background, is the […]
Girls excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan
A woman walks down from the stage inside an auditorium at Kabul University’s education center during a demonstration in support of the Taliban government in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 11, […]
Pakistani Taliban reject amnesty offer unless Islamic law imposed
Pakistani soldiers on patrol. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has accepted responsibility for several high-profile attacks in the country. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/8h3fp Islamabad says it could pardon the Tehreek-e-Taliban if it […]
Islam and the imagination of extraterrestrial life forms
17th September 2021 Ahmad Kamal, Student, Jamia Ahmadiyya Ghana As early as the 5th century BC, Greek philosophers and mathematicians looked at the movement of the stars and wondered if there […]
Palestinian twin activists named to Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021 list
By Batool Ghaith – Sep 16,2021 – Last updated at Sep 16,2021 Palestinian twin activists Mohammed and Muna Elkurd are on the list of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021, […]
Controversial Eurozone AccessionConcerns Rise as Bulgaria Prepares to Join the Euro
Controversial Eurozone AccessionConcerns Rise as Bulgaria Prepares to Join the Euro Bulgaria has significant problems with corruption and money laundering. Nevertheless, the European Union is prepared to accept the country […]
A Third Betrayal – Many of Germany’s Local Hires Are Still Waiting To Be Rescued from Afghanistan
A Third Betrayal – Many of Germany’s Local Hires Are Still Waiting To Be Rescued from Afghanistan Germany pledged it would continue rescuing former local hires from Afghanistan, even after […]
Bayan Galal: First Arab president of Yale student government, Ivy League
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1931021/offbeat?jwsource=cl Short Url RAY HANANIA September 18, 2021 Bayan Galal said that she won the election to become the first Arab to serve as president of Yale’s student government by […]
Video game addictions need to be urgently addressed
NIDHAL GUESSOUMSeptember 17, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/94h8g The Chinese government this month decreed that youngsters under the age of 18 would be allowed to play online video games for only […]
Turkey’s open door for refugees appears to be closing
SINEM CENGIZ September 17, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zexbe After pursuing a decade-long “open-door policy” for people who flee their conflict-torn countries, Turkey seems to have recalibrated its refugee policy due […]
Did the famous Orientalist Annemarie Schimmel die as a Muslim?
Promoted post: Hamza Yusuf a Great Teacher of Islam: Except for Jinns and Evolution Translator: Schimmel Died a Muslim Head of the Center of Religious Studies and translator of three […]
Orientalism, Misinformation and Islam
Orientalism, Misinformation and Islam Abû Imân cAbd al-Rahmân Robert Squires © Muslim Answers – Orlando, Florida, All Rights Reserved. Any open-minded person embarking on a study of Islam, especially if using books written in European languages, should be aware of the seemingly inherent distortions that permeate almost all non-Muslim writings on […]
The Moment of Awakening – A Hungarian Orientalist Finds Islam
The journey of Abdul-Karim Germanus (formerly known as Julius Germanus) to Islam transformed his life forever. He once described his conversion as his “moment of awakening.” Germanus was a university professor in Hungary who spent half of his life defending Islam and the Arabic language. After having freed himself from […]
Afghans who fled Panjshir: ‘Everything can change by the hour’
4 hrs ago Kabul, Afghanistan – Since the Taliban claimed “complete control” over the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan’s northeast earlier this month, the group has been accused of “widespread atrocities”, forcing […]
Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in US aid group
The Pentagon says it is further investigating the strike, but it has no way to do so on the ground in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, severely limiting its ability […]