Morocco to close schools allegedly linked to Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen
Rabat (AFP) - Morocco has ordered the closure of schools it says are linked to a US-based Islamic preacher that Turkey blames for a failed coup last year, the interior ministry said.
"Investigations on the establishments of the Mohamed Al-Fatih group, linked to Turkish national...
Switzerland arrest ex-Gambian minister in crimes against humanity probe
GENEVA
Switzerland on Thursday detained former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko, who is under investigation for crimes against humanity during the regime of ex-president Yahya Jammeh.
The arrest and probe come as The Gambia Monday welcomed their new president Adama Barrow, who had fled to Senegal...
Trump’s travel ban comes under intense scrutiny at appeals court
Court says it will issue ruling as soon as possible but matter likely to go to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump’s order temporarily banning US entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries came under intense scrutiny on Tuesday from a federal appeals court that questioned...
Why you’re not seeing Palestinian suffering
By :Omar Suleiman
Turn on your television, scroll through your feed on Instagram or Twitter — now X. Tune into MSNBC, ABC, Fox News, the BBC, CNN, any mainstream media outlet or platform. Ask yourself: How is the...
Somalis thank supporters with free food and tea in Minneapolis park
By Erin Adler Star Tribune
Hundreds showed up Sunday to eat and show unity after election results left African community nervous.
More than 500 people gathered in Minneapolis' Loring Park on Sunday to chat and enjoy free Somali food as part of Sambusa Sunday, an event...
Mattis ‘Heartened’ After Attending Somalia Meeting in London
By Jim GaramoneDoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2017 — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis came away from yesterday’s British-sponsored conference on Somalia in London with renewed hope for the peace process in the African nation.
Mattis told reporters flying with him back to Washington,...
Incredible story :Muslim restaurant owner in Washington who feeds the homeless for free
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — On a dreary morning in Franklin Square along K Street in Northwest Washington layers of donated clothes keep the homeless warm. Finding shelter and food defines their day. Dawud Proctor knows the struggle of homelessness all too well.
“Yeah it’s tough. I...
What’s special about the US-Israel relationship?
Horndiplomat-How Dennis Ross cooks the books of US Middle East policy.
by:Marwan Bishara
@MarwanBishara
Marwan Bishara is the senior political analyst at Al Jazeera.
If you must read Dennis Ross' Doomed to Succeed: The US-Israel-Relationship from Truman to Obama, take some sedatives because you are doomed to scream in...
Confusion about Muslim ban stokes fears in Edmonton
Ahmed Abdulkadir’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing.
On the other end it's been people stopped at the United States border, people with thwarted travel plans, people totally confused about how the new ban even worked.
As the executive director of the Ogaden Somali Community of Alberta, Abdulkadir...
Trump’s travel policies hurting ‘U.S. brand’ and discouraging tourists, experts say
by Chris Isidore
President Trump says he wants to keep out people who threaten the security of the United States. But his policies are discouraging tourists and threatening the American travel business, experts say.
One study forecasts a 10.6 million decline in visitors this year and...
