OPINION – After California shooting, will Americans let fear prevail?
Barack Obama says the US is entering a “new phase” of the terrorist threat. But Americans are unlikely to heed his call to be “strong and smart” in fighting the Islamic State group, writes FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor, Douglas Herbert. Whenever Americans have succumbed to fear throughout their freedom-fighting history, bad things have generally […]
JAMES LYONS: Reforming Islam
Perhaps one of the most crucial peace proposals of our time was made on Jan. 1, 2015, when Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi challenged leading Sunni jurists and theologians with initiating a reformation of Islam that has not happened in more than 1,400 years. Eventually, such a reformation must include the leading Shiite clerics as well. […]
YouTube returns to Pakistan after 3-year ban imposed in response to anti-Muslim video
Pakistan has ended its 3-year ban on YouTube after the video-sharing site agreed to create a country-specific portal that allows government regulators to easily flag offensive content for removal. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom said in a statement on Monday that the government restored access to YouTube within its borders after the the […]