U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday called Russia’s war on Ukraine a “strategic failure” for Moscow. Biden spoke during a two-day visit to the Polish capital of Warsaw, Ukraine’s largest neighbor directly to the West. After calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “butcher” earlier Saturday, Biden predicted Russia’s latest war will end in i...
A military convoy carrying logistics for the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS came under attack in southern Iraq on Sunday, a local source said. A roadside bomb exploded as the convoy was moving on a highway near the city of Nasiriyah, the source said on condition of anonymity. A military vehicle sustained minor damage in the […]
On Sunday women’s rights activists pledged to launch a wave of protests across Afghanistan if the Taliban failed to reopen girls’ schools within a week. Thousands of secondary school girls flocked to classes Wednesday after the Taliban reopened schools for the first time since seizing power last August. But officials ordered the schools shut a...
A rise in anti-Islam rhetoric in the French presidential election campaign risks creating a “spiral of hatred,” the rector of a Paris mosque said. Chems-eddine Hafiz, the rector of Paris’s historic Grande Mosquée, said law-abiding Muslims are being scapegoated just like Jews were vilified in the 1930s. He also said French society is weakened ...
Amnesty International is describing India’s repeated denial of bail to jailed Muslim activist Umar Khalid as a “big blow” to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Thirty-four year old Khalid, along with more than a dozen other Muslims, is accused of being part of a “larger conspiracy” that led to religious riots in New Delhi […]...
On Sunday, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas criticized the West’s “double standards,” penalizing Russia for invading Ukraine while ignoring Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. Abbas shared his frustration with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a briefing with reporters at the Palestinian presidential residence in Ramal...
Oman’s Islamic banking sector is likely to maintain its positive trajectory in the short-to-medium term despite structural challenges, Fitch Ratings reports. Increased awareness, strong retail demand for Islamic products, supportive regulations, and a strong push from the Islamic windows of conventional banks will drive growth. Growth in Isl...
U.S. President Joe Biden said he plans to unveil “a 20% minimum tax rate on all American households worth more than $100 million.” The so-called “Billionaire’s Tax” specifically targets roughly 700 of the nation’s wealthiest people. The Washington Post reports that the proposal could be announced as early as Monday as part of the preside...
Over 400 Russian elites, including members of the government and defense companies, face sanctions from the U.S., the European Union and G7 countries. So far, 600 Russian targets have been sanctioned by the U.S. due to Moscow’s war on Ukraine, according to a White House statement. These economic sanctions on Russia are unprecedented. In no [&...
On Thursday, a human rights organization decried Israel’s policy of placing Palestinian children 14 years and younger under house arrest. The Beirut-based Palestinian Association for Human Rights, known as Shahed, said Israeli authorities continue to oppress Palestinians, especially residents of Jerusalem. Shahed said Israel’s policy of house...
