UK Muslims show worrying belief in conspiracy theories, claims thinktank The Guardian Britain's Muslim communities have “separatist” tendencies and a “deeply worrying” belief in conspiracy theories, according to one of the government's favourite centre-right thinktanks. The controversial Policy Exchange report however does acknowledge ... |
The Seattle Times | Stand with your Muslim neighbors and fight bigotry The Seattle Times After its granite sign was recently vandalized, the Muslim Association of Puget Sound in Redmond hosted an open house for those interested in learning about Islam. Kids4Peace attended the open house and afterward held signs of... (Jordan Goldwarg ... A year after San Bernardino, a Muslim leader sees progress amid the tension |
Radio New Zealand | Sport: Fiji 7s team embracing the pressure in Dubai Radio New Zealand The Fiji women's sevens team have advanced to the Cup quarter finals at the World Series opener in Dubai. The Fijiana upset France 21-14 in their Pool B opener before being beaten 19-10 by New Zealand. Iliesa Tanivula's side then let a ten point lead ... NZ women's sevens side schools Ireland, Fiji, France in Dubai tournament Preview: Dubai Sevens Aussie women into quarters at Dubai sevens |
Vox | How Obama could make it much harder for Trump to build his “Muslim registry” Vox As it stands right now, President-elect Donald Trump could start requiring people in the US from Muslim-majority countries to register with the government on his first day in office. He could do it by reinstituting a Bush-era program that President ... |
NEWS.com.au | One year after San Bernardino attack, city aims to prevent Muslim hate crimes The Guardian Karen Fagan, joined by her daughters, Kate and Elizabeth Bowman, writes chalk messages on the sidewalk outside the Islamic Center of Claremont in Pomona, California to show their support for Muslim communities on 25 November 2016. Photograph: Jae ... Muslim shooter Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik 'objected to him having to attend a work Xmas party' |
International Business Times | Where Is Islam Illegal? Slovakia Joins Angola, Hungary, Myanmar and Samoa In Trying To Ban Muslim Religion International Business Times President-elect Donald Trump may have raised eyebrows when he called for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., but he isn't alone when it comes to politicians targeting Islam in an effort to limit religious freedoms. The parliament of predominantly anti ... Slovakia Bars Islam from Becoming Official Religion Slovakia bars Islam from becoming state religion by tightening church laws Slovakia adopts law to effectively block Islam from becoming official state religion |
PSFK (subscription) | Can Design Education Help Position Dubai As The Design Capital Of The World? PSFK (subscription) Though owners of the Middle East's most diversified economy—its oil revenue makes up about 2 percent of its Gross Domestic Product—Dubai is as much a victim of reality as the rest of us, no matter how much the megapolis might seem like a lucid dream. |
PEOPLE.com | Company Creates Sweat-Wicking Hijab to Make Workouts More Comfortable for Muslim Women PEOPLE.com As a Muslim who played school sports growing up, Fatimah Hussein spent as much time thinking about her hijab falling out of place as she did about the game. “When I was playing sports I always worried about my hijab,” Hussein tells PEOPLE. “I wanted to ... |
Breitbart News | Will the Real Islam Please Stand Up? Patheos (blog) Yesterday a journalist called me. Billboards have appeared around Dallas with a message about Islam – basically asserting that there is no racism in Islam. The journalist had talked to the people who put up the billboards. Now she wanted an informed ... Outrage as Islam Info Stall Established at Town's Christmas Market |
Stuff.co.nz | NZ women reach Dubai quarterfinals with dominant win over France Stuff.co.nz Michaela Blyde scored a hat-trick in New Zealand's 31-point win over France in Dubai. The New Zealand women's sevens side have marched into the quarterfinals of the Dubai tournament with a dominant 31-0 win over France. Having already notched up ... Gazelles full of beans for Dubai debut Blitzboks seek solid start in Dubai NZ women's sevens side schools Ireland, Fiji in Dubai tournament |
CNN | Rep. Keith Ellison faces renewed scrutiny over past ties to Nation of Islam, defense of anti-Semitic figures CNN Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, publicly renounced his association with the Nation of Islam in 2006 after it became an issue during his run for Congress, when local Republican bloggers began publishing his old law school columns and ... |
Christian Science Monitor | How a Texas man brought a message of hope to Muslim-Americans Christian Science Monitor Normand's simple message is one of numerous displays of compassion some Americans have shown Muslim-Americans to counter the racism, bigotry, and hatred the Muslim community has reported in record numbers recently. Though crimes against ... "You belong": Texas man's message of support to Muslims goes viral This Texas Man Has A Message For American Muslims In A Donald Trump Presidency |
Breitbart News | Slovakia Bars Islam from Becoming Official Religion Breitbart News Slovakia's parliament has passed a bill by a two-thirds majority, effectively barring Islam from gaining official status as a religion. The former communist state has fiercely resisted European Union (EU) efforts to use quotas to forces member states ... Slovakia bars Islam from becoming state religion by tightening church laws Slovakia adopts law to effectively block Islam from becoming official ... Islam Now Harder to Register as Official Religion in Slovakia |
Fox News | Many Muslim-Americans suggest Trump presidency could help anti-terror fight Fox News Trump's campaign proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. sparked distrust among the Muslim community and was partly responsible for the deep rift among Muslim-American voters, said Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, Founder and President of the American ... For Muslims in Trump's America, There's More to Fear Than Just the Proposed Ban |
The National | Biggest plane, shortest flight: Emirates launches A380 route from Dubai to Doha The National Emirates currently operates nine daily flights between Dubai and Doha, making the Qatari capital the most served destination in the Emirates network. Emirates said that over the past five years it has carried more than 3.7 million passengers between ... |
TheStranger.com | Muslim UW Student Who Was Attacked Wonders: "Why? Was It Because of My Hijab?” TheStranger.com The organization has received more than 25 reports of possible anti-Muslim hate crimes and more than 350 reports of discrimination in Washington since the start of 2016, said Bukhari. According to a recent study by the Southern Poverty Law Center, in ... |
Times LIVE | Blitboks have scar tissue and mental hurdles to overcome in Dubai Times LIVE Dubai is the first stop on the 10-city HSBC World Sevens Series with South Africa starting the campaign as one of the favourites after finishing as runners-up to Fiji in the past two seasons. But they have a tough pool to navigate on day one‚ with ... |
Observer | Dubai Has Taken Brunching to New Levels of Excess Observer Leave it to Dubai to take brunch into a new stratosphere. Over the past several years, the Middle Eastern playground for the rich has adopted the American boozy brunch we all know and love and adapted it into an over-the-top, day-long bacchanal that ... |
Ynetnews | Vote tests Gambian leader who said only Allah can remove him Ynetnews BANJUL- Gambians voted on Thursday in the first serious electoral challenge to President Yahya Jammeh, who has said only Allah can remove him from office and once claimed he would rule the tiny riverside West African nation for "a billion years". |
The Lawyer (registration) | Winston & Strawn poaches second White & Case Dubai partner The Lawyer (registration) US firm Winston & Strawn has hired a second partner from rival White & Case in the Middle East. Shibeer Ahmed joins Winston & Strawn as the firm's head of Islamic finance. He joins the office today (1 December) and will be based in the firm's Dubai office. |