According to CNN, on January 20, 2016, “asylum seekers in the town of Middlesbrough, UK, were housed in homes with RED painted doors, making some residents targets of abuse.” British Immigration Minister James Brokenshire stated that he was "deeply concerned by this issue," after media reports that asylum seekers had had eggs and stones thrown at their houses because the paintwork on their doors gave...
On the very first day of the 2016 Saudi Arabia executes 47 people, including the key Shia cleric Sheikh Nimir al-Nimir. While we in the west were exchanging New Year gifts and cheers, tens of innocent Shia advocates were executed. Although the Saudi king is not known to be smart, he took “smart” advantage of the cheers and busy holiday news. Executing the most influential advocate on the day that...
November 13th is world’s Kindness Day. As much as world days provide opportunities to express forgotten human qualities such as love, kindness, forgiveness, ect they make me think what happened to the humanity that we need reminders to practice our qualities???...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2015 – A recent United Nations shipment of 650 boxes of biscuits for humanitarian aid contained food that was past its expiration date. “We can confirm that this was the result of an unfortunate human error during the loading process,” said Yacoub El Hillo, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Syria. El Hillo latter stated that the expired biscuits were not a...
After months of nonstop fighting, expense of millions of dollars, and destruction of homes, families and lives Houthis adhered to UN plan of ceasefire! Such interesting decision requires in depth investigation as it smells fishy to critical minds: It is not every day that UN resolution is actually adhered by anyone, so Houthis are defiantly making history at the moment, What prompted Houthis to...
Saudi's King orders 28 beheadings following the stampede in Medina More than 1200 innocent pilgrims (according to non- Saudi sources and 717 according to Saudi sources) died in a so called stampede at Mena, outside Mecca. According to Saudi activists only after 12 hours of the crises the king ordered beheading of 28 people whose names are not revealed yet. Such immediate action of the king raises many...
Saudi Arabia's offer to build mosques does not help the Syrian people WASHINGTON, September 24, 2015 – Following the offer of Saudi Arabia to build mosques in Germany for the refugees arriving there, a Syrian girl sends a letter to the Saudi king. Dear King Salman: Thank you for offering to build 200 mosques for my fellow Muslim’s in Germany. It would be very nice to have a place to...
WASHINGTON, October 16, 2014 — In an interview with Al Hadath TV in June 2014, Sheikh Ahmad al-Qabisi, an Iraqi Sunni cleric, said, “if Sunni had strong leadership (Marja’) as Shia do, they could have gotten rid of all Shia in Iraq by now.” Al-Qabisi is well-known in Iraq as a Sunni intellectual cleric. He has accused Seyed Sistani for the killings in Iraq after he issued a fatwa encouraging...
WASHINGTON, October 9, 2014 — Hajj is a significant period where representatives from all Muslim and non-Muslim countries gather in Saudi Arabia. In a best case scenario, the gathering is used to share news, regroup, and plan for the upcoming year for the Muslim nations. Hajj 2014 is even more important because of the current divisions in the Muslim world. All Muslim nations must now deal with a hatred...
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2014 – As serious as the “Coalition against ISIS” sounds, the United States is very much alone in this fight. As many as 40 counties, including ten Arab nations, have agreed to help put an end to ISIS, but the support of those nations rings hollow based on past actions by these “coalition” nations. While we all should be hopeful, we must keep some facts in mind...