Meet Mohna Ansari: Nepal’s first female Muslim lawyer
Kathmandu, Nepal – In November 2014, Mohna Ansari received a telephone call from the office of Nepal’s prime minister. They asked her to join the Nepal Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the government body tasked with safeguarding human rights . The lawyer from a lower middle-class Muslim family in the southern city of Nepalgunj says she […]
Palestinian author speaks out against anti-Semitism
A Palestinian Arab author condemned anti-Semitism last month, Palestinian Media Watch reports Tuesday – defying, on Palestinian Authority (PA) official television, the constant undercurrent of hatred against Jews the PA instills in its national consciousness. “The world is trying to split us apart,” author Ounallah Abu Safieh stated in a March 14 interview. In his […]
Jordanian Police Seal Muslim Brotherhood Headquarters
Police officials in Jordan shut down the Amman headquarters of Muslim Brotherhood, the biggest opposition party in the country, reports said Wednesday. A report by Jordan Times, a local newspaper, said that the staff in the building was ordered to evacuate the premises, after which it was sealed off by the authorities. A government official […]
Israeli police appoint first Muslim Dep. Commissioner
Israel”s police department welcomed its first Muslim Deputy Commissioner, Jamal Hachrush, in a ceremony on Wednesday. A native of the village of Kfar Kana, Hachrush has served in the Israeli police since 1978. Less than five years ago, Hachrush made another first, becoming the first Muslim Assistant Commissioner in the Israeli police. But the promotion […]
Professional figure skater Zahra Lari represents the United Arab Emirates and has a big dream.
The 21-year-old from Abu Dhabi has represented her country in international competitions held in Slovakia, Hungary, and Italy, among others. Lari now has her heart set on the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. In 2013, the UAE became part of the International Skating Union, paving the way for Lari to participate in major […]
The Gulf States refuse to step up and accept their share of refugees
The Syrian civil war is now five years old, spreading deep economic and humanitarian costs around the world. The arrival of more than one million refugees and migrants in Europe is leading to tensions that could bring an end to internal mobility in the European Union. Canada’s response to the Syrian crisis also became a […]
There’s more to church population than meets the eye
Sunday Monitor of March 27 reported that “even though Catholics and Anglicans are still the dominant faith in the country, they are losing believers to the Islamic faith, Pentecostals/Born-Again/ Evangelicals and Seventh Day Adventists”. I am a layman when it comes to population dynamics but the statement above is an assumption that the increase in […]
The End of the American Empire
By Ambassador Chas W. Freeman The End of the American Empire Remarks to East Bay Citizens for Peace, the Barrington Congregational Church, and the American Friends Service Committee Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) Senior Fellow, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs 2 April 2016, Barrington, Rhode Island I’m here to talk […]
Donald Trump or Ted Cruz: Pick your poison
The United States presidential campaign has reserved the greatest reward for those – at least among Republicans – with the most sinister solutions to its problems. Electioneering in the US is often a silly season. Candidates, bored stiff by campaigns for election that are measured in months if not years, are constantly looking to add […]
Texas Middle School Student Bullied By Teacher, Called A ‘Terrorist’ Because He’s Muslim (VIDEO)
Student called a terrorist in front of classmates Waleed Abushaaban, a 12-year-old student at First Colony Middle School in Sugar Land, Texas, has accused a teacher of humiliating him in front of his peers by calling him a terrorist. The 7th grade student told KHOU: “They were like, ‘oh I see a bomb!’ and they […]