Police arrest dozens of Muslim Temple Mount rioters
Jerusalem police have arrested 58 Muslim extremists involved in recent riots and disturbances on the Temple Mount. Last week saw some of the worse violence at the holy site in months, as Islamists stockpiled rocks and other projectiles inside the Al Aqsa Mosque, camped out in the mosque overnight Saturday and launched attacks on Israeli […]
Muslim doctor shot and stabbed on way to morning prayer in Texas
He was shot and stabbed outside a Houston mosque. A Muslim man on his way to morning prayer has been shot and stabbed outside a mosque in Houston, Texas. Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesperson for the Madrasah Islamiah Masjid Noor mosque near Bellaire, told news local news agencies the victim was a doctor, who had parked […]
Man confronted by US police after false ISIL accusation
When Ahmed al-Menhali entered a hotel in one of Ohio’s Cleveland suburbs, he simply wanted to find an available room. He didn’t imagine it would end with him having what was possibly a stroke while being accosted by gun-toting police following false accusations that he was a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and […]
Surveys Find Support for Religious Liberty and Free Speech, Need for More Education About Our Core Freedoms
Annual State of the First Amendment Survey Results Released Today WASHINGTON, July 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, the Newseum Institute, in partnership with USA TODAY, released the results of its latest yearly State of the First Amendment survey. The results of this year’s survey show most Americans favor free speech, even over speech that offends, […]
Istanbul airport bombers were Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz: Turkey
Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers who killed 44 people in a gun and bomb attack at Istanbul’s main airport this week were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals, a Turkish government official said on Thursday. more-837367The attack on one of the world’s busiest airports, a hub at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, was the […]
Public banks in bad shape
Banking experts on Friday urged the government to handover public banks to private sector management immediately since their financial condition is deteriorating rapidly as a result of reckless misconduct and inefficiency of senior management officials. They also suggested the government to form a ‘banking commission’ to make the banking bosses accountable for their misconduct and […]
CAIR Says Donald Trump’s ‘Hibi-Jabis’ Reply Endangers Muslim Women
WASHINGTON, July 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s apparent support for an Islamophobic town hall question will endanger American Muslim women. During a question-and-answer session yesterday at a town hall event in Manchester, N.H., […]
Mob burns down mosque in Myanmar
A mob has burned down a mosque in northern Myanmar – the second such attack in just over a week in the predominantly Buddhist nation. The state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on Saturday that security forces in Hpakant in Kachin state were unable to stop the attackers. It said the attack on […]
Influence of Daesh, Hezbollah: Clerics urge Muslim countries to address challenges confronting Ummah
Speakers from different schools of thoughts at “Protection for Harmain-e-Sharifain and Masjid-e-Al-Aqsa Conference’ have urged the rulers and leadership of the Muslim countries to address confronting challenges of Muslim Ummah to contain increasing influence of terrorist organisations like Daesh and Hizbullah. They also urged the global leadership to play its key and responsible role to […]
ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Bangladesh siege and gun attack – Amaq
At least one person has died after gunmen stormed a cafe in Gulshan, the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Men wielding guns, bombs and swords are said to have burst into the Holey Artisan Bakery café at around 8.45pm local time (4.45pm CET). An unconfirmed number of people have been taken hostage. ISIL […]