35 Leaders, Groups Listed as ‘Predators of Press Freedom’
Turkish President Erdogan, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, and the Islamic State Terror Group are recent additions to the list of “Predators of Press Freedom” released by Reporters without Borders to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists Wednesday.
Myanmar arms non-Muslim civilians in Rakhine
Authorities in Myanmar say security forces have begun arming and training non-Muslim residents in the north of Rakhine state to counter an allegedly growing threat from fighters belonging to the ethnic Rohingya minority group. Human rights advocates say the move could lead to more conflict and abuses against civilians in Rakhine. Colonel Sein Lwin, Rakhine […]
Four Mosques Shut Down In France
Four mosques in France have been closed after many people who attended them reportedly joined extremist movements. The places of worship, French officials said Wednesday, promoted violence and ideologies that ran contrary to French values. The closures were made via a national state of emergency that was initiated following terrorist attacks, including one in November […]
Arab Opinion Poll Shows Support for Clinton
Arabs from Iraq to Tunisia are closely following the U.S. presidential election, and most want Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to win the race, believing she’ll have the most positive impact on U.S. policy toward their region, a new survey indicated. The survey of eight leading Arab nations conducted by the Arab Center in Washington found […]
Mosul’s Christian exiles have little hope of return
Amman – Inside St Mary’s Church in Marka, on the outskirts of the capital Amman, Iraqi Anne Danyale al-Basi cries when she talks about her son, Rami. Since the operation to retake their home city of Mosul began on October 17, the 14-year-old doesn’t talk much. Instead, he comes straight from school to the church […]
More Than 1 Million US Muslims Now Registered to Vote
More than one million American Muslims have registered to vote in the November 8 U.S. elections, a record number that puts the community in a position to tip the race in states where they live in large numbers as polls show a tightening contest, Muslim advocates said on Wednesday.
Saudi Head of Islamic Bloc Quits After Sisi Joke
The secretary-general of the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) resigned on Monday just days after making a joke about the contents of the Egyptian president’s fridge, the group said. At a meeting of the world’s largest body of Islamic nations last week, Saudi national Iyad bin Amin Madani confused the Tunisian President Beji Caid […]
What Christians, Jews, Muslims Believe About Christ’s Death
The potential revelation of Jesus Christ’s tomb last week has brought questions of faith, religious history and the different and intersecting beliefs of Christians, Muslims and Jews into light. Researchers and archeologists from the National Technical University of Athens working at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City removed from the site […]
Geert Wilders Trial: Free Speech an Excuse for Racism
Monday saw the start of Geert Wilders’ trial for inciting racial hatred, following his promise at a 2014 rally in The Hague to reduce the number of Moroccans in the Netherlands. Wilders is the leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Netherlands, which has been prominent in Dutch politics since the mid-2000s and […]
Who is an anti-Muslim extremist?
American Muslims are under attack. “They have been vilified as murderers, accused of conspiring to take over the United States and impose Shariah religious law, described as enemies of women and subjected to hundreds of violent hate crime attacks,” states the Southern Poverty Law Center in a new online publication called, “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim […]