“Making my rounds in the hospital one day, I put my stethoscope to a patient’s chest while she kept her eyes fixed on the television screen over my shoulder. Hours before, bombs had torn through an airport and a train station in Brussels. My 65-year-old patient watched a flurry of images on Fox News showing …
Texas Muslims received death threats amid increasing Islamophobia in US
Vincent Simon recalls feeling shocked when he flipped on the Masjid Al Sahaabah mosque’s voicemail to hear a death threat from a man promising to behead Muslim worshippers. Simon, a US military veteran who converted to Islam some five years ago, said that the small mosque and its attendees are threatened regularly, receiving three or …
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Woman kidnapped and raped for nine months says monster’s desires were fuelled by porn
Speaking in an anti-porn campaign video Elizabeth Smart, 28, said Brian Mitchell’s passion for porn led him to snatch her. She added that when he watched the videos it “just led to him raping me more”. Ms Smart was kidnapped by twisted Mitchell at the age of 14 when he and his wife Wanda Barzee …
Muslims sue Michigan town that refused permission for a mosque
Muslims sue Michigan town that refused permission for a mosque. When officials in Sterling Heights voted 9-0 to refuse permission to build a mosque last summer, they said they had done so over concerns about traffic. But many in the Michigan community suspected a more sinister motive. Now, the community has filed a lawsuit, accusing …
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US Secretary of State Kerry has said Egypt’s military was “restoring democracy” when they deposed the country’s first freely elected president
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Egypt’s military was “restoring democracy” when they deposed the country’s first freely elected president. In an television interview in Pakistan, Mr Kerry said: “The military was asked to intervene by millions and millions of people, all of whom were afraid of a descendance into chaos, into violence. …
2 Muslim women kicked off an American Airlines flight in Miami
Two American Muslim women were asked to leave an American Airlines plane after one of them talked to another passenger about the lack of water and food and a flight attendant said they had made him feel “unsafe”. Niala Mohammad, a journalist for the government-funded news outlet Voice of America, and her friend, who works …
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Muslim flight attendant sues airline after dismissal for refusing to serve alcohol
A Muslim flight attendant who was placed on unpaid leave last summer after she refused to serve passengers alcohol is suing the airline. She converted to Islam two years ago and later found out it was forbidden to serve alcohol so she went to her supervisor to note her concerns. Her supervisor reportedly told her …
Bangladeshi Imam and his associate were killed in New York City
A Muslim imam of a mosque in New York City and his associate have been shot dead while walking along together following afternoon prayers, authorities say. Police said that the victims, identified as Imam Maulana Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, were both wearing religious garb at the time of shooting. Members of the Bangladeshi …
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IMF reaches initial deal with putschist Sisi’s administration for $12 bn loan
The International Monetary Fund has reached an initial agreement with Egypt’s coup administration for a $12 billion loan over three years, the fund said on Thursday. The IMF’s extended fund facility is aimed at countries with payment imbalances and tepid growth to aid structural reforms, according to the fund’s website.
US pledges record $38bn military aid to apartheid Israeli regime over next 10 years
The US will give the Israeli military $38bn over the next decade in what Washington described as the biggest package of military assistance in its history. The agreement is expected to give Israel as much as $3.8 billion a year over 10 years, more aid than the United States has ever provided to any country. …
