What is happening to Swiss-born Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan in France is disgraceful and simply ignominious. I can no longer maintain my silence before this grotesque travesty of justice. Since rape charges were filed against him in France, Ramadan’s case has been marred by procedural irregularities. In fact, Ramadan’s mistreatment by the French courts and his virtual public lynching...
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which translates to the Pakistan Movement For Justice and is commonly known by its abbreviation as the PTI, came out on top in the latest elections after campaigning on a strong anti-corruption platform, but it was nevertheless a supposedly “controversial” victory because of the opposition’s claims of “military rigging” and the...
THIS SUNDAY THE entire New York Times Magazine will be composed of just one article on a single subject: the failure to confront the global climate crisis in the 1980s, a time when the science was settled and the politics seemed to align. Written by Nathaniel Rich, this work of history is filled with insider revelations about...
Previously, the United States sanctioned Turkey’s Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu for their roles in the arrest and detention of US pastor Andrew Brunson. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the country’s authorities to freeze the Turkish assets of the US ministers of justice and interior in response to Washington’s restrictive measures over the detention of US...
In 2018, the United Nations estimates that almost 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled Burma’s violent campaign of ethnic cleansing and moved into refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Yeehang Lee said, the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine “bears the hallmarks of genocide”. The statement followed the release of images...
मिल्लत टाइम्स,नई दिल्ली ( 15 जुलाई ): फ्रांस ने रविवार को यहां फीफा विश्व कप के रोमांचक फाइनल में दमदार क्रोएशिया को 4-2 से हराकर दूसरी बार विश्व चैंपियन बनने की उपलब्धि हासिल की। शक क्रोएशिया ने बेहतर फुटबॉल खेली लेकिन फ्रांस अधिक प्रभावी और चतुराईपूर्ण खेल दिखाया, यही उसकी असली ताकत है जिसके दम...
After the Singapore Summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, Trump was very upbeat about the denuclearization of North Korea. On June 12, 2018, Trump said in a CNN interview, “He’s denuking the whole place and he’s going to start very quickly. I think he’s going to start now.” Seriously? For this to happen, Kim...
Safi Enayat came to Copenhagen as a refugee from Afghanistan in 2001 This Ramadan, he’s hosting a pop-up iftar with chefs from Baker & Spice Dubai COPENHAGEN: Safi Enayat came to Copenhagen as a refugee from Afghanistan in 2001 and found a job washing dishes in a restaurant kitchen before working his way up to become...
Turkey has taken a leading role in condemning Israeli actions in Gaza, which has led to a diplomatic spat with both countries expelling senior diplomats this week. Turkey has called on Muslim nations to stand with Palestinians and to work to stop countries joining the United States in relocating their Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv...
Latest attacks focus attention on continuing failure of Trump’s efforts to stabilise the country. The latest, dreadful suicide bombings in Kabul and Kandahar, which killed more than 50 people on Monday have again focused attention on the continuing failure of American-led efforts to stabilise the country. After 16 years of conflict, critics say, the US is...