Joint Statement from Parties, Institutions, Rights Organizations, and Public Figures on the Proposed Counterterrorism Law The undersigned institutions, political parties, rights organizations, and public figures urge the government to delay the issuance of the proposed counterterrorism law, as published in the press, until a broad and genuine social dialogue takes place about its feasibility, its articles, and the ways to …

By Ramzy Baroud On the “BBC This Week” program, historian Tom Holland labored to counter the argument that the so-called Islamic State should not be labeled as such: “The Islamic State”. Holland’s logic in the program seemed more philosophical, concerned with dialectic and logic of language, and hardly situated in any proper historical context. His comments were in response to …

  King Hamad of Bahrain has pardoned the leading human rights activist “Nabeel Rajab” who is serving a six-month jail sentence. Rajab was imprisoned for allegedly posting offensive tweets about the ministries in the country. He was sentenced in January for posting comments on the social networking site about Bahrain’s interior and defense ministries alleging that many officers serving in the security …

 This year , Muslim community  in Windsor  gathered this weekend for its 10th annual Ramadan food drive” Share the Spirit of Ramadan Food Drive” .  Almost 40 volunteers were collecting donations at the Devonshire Mall. The group collected more  200  bags than last year  and the total was about 1,500 bags of food during the drive that is taking place …

Coalition Forces Bomb Houses, Markets in Saada City By : Human Rights Watch  Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces have carried out airstrikes killing dozens of civilians in Saada City, in northern Yemen, since April 2015 in apparent violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The coalition should investigate all alleged laws-of-war violations and …

On Saturday, a security official and state news agency “MENA ” said that  A powerful explosion in Cairo occurred in front of the Italian consulate and cultural center  in the downtown . The  loud blast was heard by residents of many districts in Cairo. The security official said that a car bomb caused the blast. And still there no immediate claim of responsibility …

  According to Statistics Canada , The Canadian economy lost 6,400 jobs in June as gains in full-time work were offset by losses of part-time jobs. And The jobless rate stayed steady at 6.8 per cent, the same level it has been at since February. It was a better showing than what a consensus of economists were expecting, which was a …

The Muslim stand-up comedy festival will be held in New York City for the first time . The Muslim Funny Fest will take place between July 21 and 23 and  14 Muslim stand up comedians  will participate in it . The comedians Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid, are co-producing the event.  They have been putting together the New York Arab American Comedy Festival for …

 Amnesty International An investigative online tool mapping Israeli attacks in Gaza during the conflict of July and August 2014 has been unveiled by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture today. Its purpose is to help push for accountability for war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law. The Gaza Platform enables the user to explore and analyse data about Israel’s …

By: Jonathan Cook I’m no economist but I have been wondering how Syriza plans to bypass German-imposed austerity as long as it sticks with the euro. Depressed economies recover by devaluing their currency so that they can become more competitive. But Greece is currently tied to the euro, which means it cannot devalue and must continue to compete, despite its deathbed economy, against …