Tunisia Bans Full-Face Veils for Security Reasons
Source: The New York Times By Lilia Blaise Prime Minister Youssef Chahed of Tunisia on Friday prohibited anyone wearing the niqab, a religious covering for the face with only an […]
Sri Lanka police overturn local council ban on Muslims
Sri Lanka has been under a state of emergency since the Easter Sunday suicide bombings blamed on a local jihadi group AFP/LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI 25 Jun 2019 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s […]
House passes bill to bolster security at synagogues, churches, mosques
Source: The Hill The House on Monday passed a bill aimed at bolstering security at synagogues, churches, mosques and other nonprofit organizations in the wake of recent attacks on houses of […]
Ahmadi community in Sri Lanka dealing with wrath of locals after Easter Sunday Bombings
Web Desk MAY 1, 2019 The Ahmadi community in Sri Lanka is worried about backlash in their country of refuge after the Easter attacks. Many of them fled from Pakistan […]
Unprecedented security at New Zealand mosques for Ramadan
27 Apr, 2019 By: Lincoln Tan Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald’s diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter. lincoln.tan@nzherald.co.nz@LincolnTanNZH Mosque worshippers will be greeted by armed police officers, […]
Nothing being done to halt Hazara genocide
By IMAD ZAFAR Pakistan’s Hazara community, which mostly consists of Shiites and most of whom reside in the province of Balochistan, again suffered a huge blow when on Friday they were […]
After New Zealand massacre, Ottawa Muslims weigh increasing security at mosques
Worshippers at the Ahmadiyya Mosque are on alert Judy Trinh · CBC News · Posted: Mar 23, 2019 People gather at the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Ottawa’s Sandy Hill neighbourhood […]
Citing internal security, Centre bans J&K chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami
The Union Home ministry on Thursday banned the J&K chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami for five years for allegedly indulging in activities “prejudicial to internal security and public order” and said […]
Noam Chomsky: Members of Migrant Caravan Are Fleeing from Misery & Horrors Created by the U.S.
November 22, 2018 Noam Chomsky world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author. He is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus at […]
Switzerland: CRACKDOWN: Government seeks harsher sentences for terrorism
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga (right) and the director of the Federal Justice Office, Martin Dumermuth, presented the bill to the media. (Keystone) […]
Orwellian NightmareA German Couple Winds Up on U.S. No-Fly List
When Europeans land on the U.S. No-Fly List, they have almost no chance to challenge it, as a German couple from Stuttgart recently found out the hard way. Their case […]
The craziest security ‘incident’ that I came across so far
Frankfurt airport partially evacuated after unauthorized entry COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL A Lufthansa airline logo is pictured in Frankfurt airport, Germany. (Reuters) Police evacuated part of a terminal at […]
White House bolstering Mideast team ahead of peace plan rollout
National Security Council asks agencies to volunteer staff for Kushner, in first tangible sign in months that administration is advancing Israeli-Palestinian talks proposal By AP Today, 3rd August 2018 President […]
Turkey’s Erdogan ushers in presidential system, appoints son-in-law finance minister
Reuters International This content was published on July 10, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with his new cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Umit […]
Mecca initiative and Jordan: the common security underlay
Jun 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif The four-way summit in Mecca on Sunday, called for by Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and attended by His Majesty King […]
As an imam, this is what I think British Muslims need to remember this Ramadan
Source: Independent We simply cannot take our security for granted anymore. The events of the past couple of years have proved this point. We need to work with the police, […]
Indonesia to Share Peacebuilding Experience at Kabul Process Meeting
By : Sheany | on February 27, 2018 Jakarta. Vice President Jusuf Kalla is set to attend the Kabul Process meeting in the Afghan capital as a […]
Coping with the complex security challenges
Feb 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The vacuum left by the recent fall of Daesh is being filled by new terror groups, who are forming and developing networks through existing criminal groups in order to raise money and transport weapons. This has led to an increase in […]
Muslims and Jews find common ground in faith, hope — and security
Last year’s mass shooting in a Quebec City mosque prompted a Jewish man from Thornhill to reach out to a Muslim from Mississauga. Jeffrey Brown, left, who has served as the lead community security volunteer at his synangogue for 10 years, has been working with mosques and their members in […]
Austria’s Muslims fear being cast as threat to security
by Mersiha Gadzo Muslim worshippers gather at the IZW Viennese Islamic Center mosque two days before October’s parliamentary elections [Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images] Islam was mentioned a total of 21 times […]
