International
UAE minister says Israel boycott was wrong, time for Arab wo...
( UAE )
Abu Dhabi:A senior official in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on Arab nations to change their decades-long strategy of having no diplomatic relations with Israel, which he brands as a mistake. Anwar Gargash, the tiny Persian Gulf regime’s minister of state for foreign affairs, said that the Arab world needed a “strategic shift” in its ties with the regime in Tel Aviv. “Many, many years ago, when there was an Arab decision not to have contact with Israel, that was a very,...
PM Ardern quotes Prophet Muhammad’s hadith and expressed ...
( New Zealand )
Aucland:New Zealand has broadcasted adhan, Muslim call to prayer, and observed two minutes of silence in Christchurch, one week after the terror attack that left 50 people dead in two mosques in the city. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 22, 2019. “We are one,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told mourners in Christchurch, and quoted a hadith from Prophet Muhammad...
Mosque attacker is terrorist and will face full force of law...
( New Zealand )
Auckland:New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the terrorist who killed scores of Muslims at two mosques in the country will face “the full force of the law.” In a condolence speech in parliament on Tuesday, Ardern said she would also never speak the name of the 28-year-old Australian attacker, who she said “sought many things from his act of terror, but one was notoriety.” “That is why you will never hear me mention his name. He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He...
Global condemnation, condolences over New Zealand mosque ter...
( New Zealand )
Chicago:World leaders expressed condolences and condemnation Friday following the deadly attacks on mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, while Muslim leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide of violent anti-Islam sentiment. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the events in Christchurch represented “an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence” and called it “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” Police have...
At least 49 killed, 48 injured in terror attack on mosques i...
( New Zealand )
Chicago:The Muslim community in Chicago is taking measures to ensure safety here, after 49 people were killed in coordinated terrorist attacks at two mosques in New Zealand.
The Muslim Community Center in the Old Irving Park neighborhood plans to hire extra security to keep watch in and around their building as a result of the shootings. It’s also requesting extra police patrols at their mosque in Old Irving Park, their education center in Morton Grove, and their campus in Skokie.
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Turkey PM Erdogan called Netanyahu a tyrant and child murder...
( Turkey )
Ankara:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu a “tyrant” who kills Palestinian children, as a heated war of words between the two officials continues. “Hey Netanyahu, behave yourself. You are a tyrant, you are a tyrant who massacred seven-year-old Palestinian children,” Erdogan told supporters in capital Ankara. The remarks were a direct response to Netanyahu’s attacks earlier in the day, who called the Turkish head of state a “dictator”...
Al-Azhar Egypt slams Israeli violations on Masjid Aqsa...
( Egypt )
Cairo: Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Islamic world, condemned a series of violations by Israel, including detention of Palestinians and raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. In a statement on Friday, Al-Azhar said it supports Palestinians in Jerusalem against the arbitrary practices of Israel — such as the closure of Al-Aqsa doors — adding that these violations cannot be accepted. The statement also called for urgent action — including political...
India launches airstrikes on Pakistan across disputed Kashmi...
( India )
New Delhi:India has carried out aerial bombing over the disputed ceasefire line in Kashmir for the first time since it went to war with Pakistan in 1971, claiming to have hit a large militant training camp. The Indian foreign secretary, Vijay Gokhale, said in a briefing that Delhi had received credible intelligence the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant group, which killed 40 Indian security personnel in a suicide bombing earlier this month, was training fighters for similar attacks. “In the...
US-Taliban talks in Qatar to focus on US’ Afghanistan exit...
( Qatar )
Doha:Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said in an exclusive interview with Mehr that today’s US-Taliban talks in Qatar will focus on the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and safety of other countries from terrorist attacks from Afghan territory. Speaking to Mehr News correspondent ahead of US-Taliban peace talks in Doha on Monday, Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said the talks would focus on the details of a framework deal that the two sides reached in principle last...
Princess Rima:First Saudi woman ambassador for America...
( Saudi Arab )
Riyadh: Princess Rima bint Bandar, Saudi Arabia’s first woman ambassador, is a social campaigner on the front line of government efforts to boost the kingdom’s battered international reputation despite never having worked as a diplomat. The 43-year-old princess was named envoy to Washington on Saturday as the kingdom faces pressure from US lawmakers over last year’s murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents and its bombing campaign in neighbouring Yemen. A member of the Saudi royal...