Anguilla and Mauritius make the list for 2020 top 25 islands in the world
AMA NUNOO Jul 10, 2020 S & FEATURES, WE TOUR AMA NUNOO | Staff Writer FULL BIOCLOSE July 10, 2020 at 01:00 pm | OPINIONS & FEATURES, WE TOUR Ama Nunoo is an optimist. She […]
Ahmadiyyas accuse law enforcers of compromising with fanatics
Staff Correspondent | Published: 15:48, Jul 11,2020 | The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh alleged that the law enforcers’ continued to compromise with Muslim fanatics. In a media statement issued on Saturday over the disinterring of a child born to an Ahmadiyya family in Brahmanbaria, the Jamaat said that the nation […]
Boris Johnson’s refusal to apologise for racist Srebrenica comments is an insult to all UK minorities
Tonight the prime minister will be attending the national Srebrenica memorial day event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the massacre. But Boris Johnson must first say sorry for past remarks, says Tony Lloyd […]
Would Pope Francis be willing to swap Cordoba Cathedral / Mosque with Hagia Sophia?
Pope Francis ‘very saddened’ as Turkey converts Hagia Sophia from museum into mosque By Kelly Murray, CNN (CNN) Pope Francis stood in silence for several minutes at his weekly Angelus […]
Bangladesh: ARTICLE 19 condemns exhumation of 3-day-old Ahmadiyya infant’s body
Tribune Desk Published at 09:53 pm July 12th, 2020 The incident is a manifestation of the growing culture of intolerance towards minorities in the country, says the organization ARTICLE 19 has condemned the disrespectful exhuming and dumping of the body of an infant of the Ahmadiyya community on the streets […]
Sudan scraps apostasy law and alcohol ban for non-Muslims
BBC News Navigation Image captionSudanese drinkers have had to secretly make their own alcohol until now After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including […]
Sudan allows non-Muslims to drink alcohol and bans female genital mutilation
© REUTERS – Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Sudan will permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol and the country will strengthen women’s rights, including banning female genital mutilation (FGM), its justice minister said […]
US broadcast agency to stop renewing visas for foreign journalists
According to VOA, approximately 76 foreign journalists are facing the possibility that their visas may not be renewed. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/wdr99 According to VOA, approximately 76 foreign journalists are […]
Pope Francis ‘very distressed’ over Turkey’s Hagia Sophia conversion to mosque
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Muslim prayers would begin on July 24 at Hagia Sophia. Above, visitors inside the UNESCO World Heritage site. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/z5rb6 ‘My thoughts […]
Sabotage, sanctions and the bullying of Iran is bound to backfire on the west
Simon Tisdall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Anadolu Agency via Getty It now seems fairly certain that Israel or its agents blew up Iran’s main nuclear fuel enrichment facility at […]
The United States: Cherry picking human rights issues
Source: Daily Sabah BY SABRIA CHOWDHURY BALLAND In June, President Donald Trump signed legislation calling for sanctions against those responsible for the repression and oppression of Uighur Muslims in the […]
‘Securing’ Syrian Oil? US Troops Reportedly Smuggle Trucks Full of Country’s Crude to Iraq… Again
© AP Photo / Hussein Malla MIDDLE EAST 11:09 GMT 11.07.2020 by Tim Korso The American troops, deployed in Syria without a UN mandate, were ordered to stay and “secure” the […]
INTERVIEW: Abeer Al-Fouti sees Alwaleed delivering global response to COVID-19 pandemic
Abeer Al-Fouti runs the global side of Alwaleed Philanthropies and is convinced that only a global approach will work in the face of COVID-19, the biggest health challenge for […]
Ten million face acute food shortages in Yemen — UN
By AFP – Jul 11,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Pro-government fighters give food to Yemeni children on January 26, 2017 (AFP photo) GENEVA — Nearly 10 million people are facing acute […]
The Srebrenica massacre anniversary should serve as a reminder – when we ignore atrocities, we do so at our peril
Twenty-five years later, the UK government is following a foreign policy with no strategy for confronting similar horrors head-on, writes Ray Collins @Lord_Collins Remember the victims of Srebrenica, 25 years on ( Getty ) […]
‘You cannot fight the pandemic with lies’ — Angela Merkel knows how to insert a dagger
Source: CNN Angela Merkel may not scream down the phone at President Donald Trump — but she knows how to insert a dagger.Trump, as well as Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, must have felt his ears burning when theGerman Chancellor demolished their approaches to the coronavirus in a […]
Ahmadinejad set ‘to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Houthis’: reports
The New Arab Staff The former Iranian president has allegedly sent letters to the Saudi Crown Prince [Getty] Date of publication: 9 July, 2020 Ahmadinejad is “ready” to visit the […]
MP man marries girlfriend, bride chosen by parents at same ceremony
Both girls happy with the arrangement Posted: Jul 11, 2020 The district administration is now investigating how this could happen. Betul (Madhya Pradesh), July 11 In what could be first-of-its-kind […]
Statement by the Prime Minister on Imamat Day
Source: Cision The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Imamat Day: “Today, Ismaili Muslims in Canada and around the world will celebrate Imamat Day. This day […]