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Archives: June 2015
United Tells Muslim Woman Passenger ‘No Soda For Terrorists’
Jose Marcelino Ortiz and Nik Zecevic | (TheLipTV Video) | -- "United Airlines discriminated against Muslim passenger Tahera Ahmad following a request she made for an unopened can of Diet Coke during…
Can Nigeria’s new Muslim President defeat Boko Haram Extremists?
By Lisa Vives | -- NEW YORK (IPS) - Muhammadu Buhari, his hand on the Holy Book, was sworn in as Nigeria’s president at an open-air ceremony this past Friday in the…
Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today’s Islam-Hatred?
Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | - Recently, the head of the Dutch national police Gerard Bouman warned against the poison that was seeping into his organisation: Muslims were continually being forced…
SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem
AJ+ | (Video) | - "It's a city where women have been forced to sit at the back of buses. Now Israel's women are demanding equal rights in Jerusalem with a "SlutWalk"."…
Thank you, Edward Snowden: An End to General Warrants as so-called PATRIOT Act expires
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The US government behemoth dedicated to spying on us all in contravention of the Constitution will likely be only slightly inconvenienced by the expiration of…
Iraqi Army, Shiite Militias Retake area west of Ramadi from ISIL/ Daesh
Press TV | (Video) -- Reports coming out of Iraq suggest that government forces have managed to recapture a 5-kilometer area in the west of the flashpoint city. The latest advances follow…
Kurdish Muslims abandoning Islam for Zoroastrianism in Disgust at ISIL/ Daesh?
By Alaa Latif | (Niqash.org) The small, ancient religion of Zoroastrianism is being revived in northern Iraq. Followers say locals should join because it's a truly Kurdish belief. Others say the revival…
As new Gaza Aid Effort sets Sail, Activists mark 5 years since Israeli attack
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Activists in Gaza City on Sunday marked five years since Israel's deadly attack on the first Freedom Flotilla in 2010, a day after the ship leading Freedom Flotilla…