Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday approved the “immediate” construction of 300 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as his government came under pressure from right-wing Jewish groups. “After consultations in the prime minister’s office, the immediate construction of 300 homes in Beit El has been authorized,” a[…]
A forthcoming workshop is set to offer the opportunity to memorise the Holy Quran in its entirety, in as little as 56 days. Despite sounding seemingly farfetched, the programme has yielded much success in several countries including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and parts of North and West Africa. The three[…]
A car bomb exploded outside an Ismaili mosque in an eastern district of the Yemen’s war-damaged capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing nin people and wounding seven, a security source said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on the Al Faydh Alhatemy mosque in the Nuqum district, describing[…]
In January 2011, in the wake of the Arab spring that swept across the Middle East and North Africa, anti-government demonstrations began in Syria. Syria’s government responded with violent crackdowns against protesters. From those crackdowns rebel groups were formed whose main aim back then was to depose of the government[…]
“Yemen’s war is one that can be stopped, but it needs some sort of pressure to guarantee peace keeping. There are however many ways in which a truce can still be reached.” This is according to Sama’a Al-Hamdani, an independent analyst on a civil war that has effectively crippled the[…]
OPINION by Aayesha Soni – On 28 October 1971, the death of anti-Apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was officially confirmed. It was then reported that the teacher had committed suicide after he had plunged from a window on the tenth floor of John Vorster Square Police Station. His death, which we[…]
OPINION by Dr Aayesha Soni – When Toby Young, a self-proclaimed “classic liberal”tweeted, “My point is that being anti-Islamist isn’t “Islamophobic” to Mehdi Hassan my mind began enquiring. Two weeks later, British PM David Cameron’s 5500-word speech mentioned the word “Islamist” 10 times and extremist “32”times. Cameron’s speech was neither[…]
On any given Friday on the outskirts of Bologna, where the tight porticoed streets give way to the lazy sway of golden wheat fields, you will see hundreds of Muslims making their way down what could be mistaken for a country road. They converge on an old warehouse, which has[…]
Communities will be mobilized to speak out against the blight of corruption in South Africa with a number of events planned over the next week. On Tuesday evening a public meeting attempting to tackle the issue of corruption in South Africa was held at the historic Community House in Salt River.[…]
OPINION by Ramzy Baroud – As much of the Middle East sinks deeper into division between competing political camps, the so-called ‘Islamic State’ (‘IS’) continues its unhindered march towards a twisted version of a Muslim caliphate. Many thousands have lost their lives, some in the most torturous ways, so that[…]
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