Malaysian Muslims offer Friday prayers at the Jamek Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, in this May 9, 2014 photo. (AFP) HARUN YAHYA Throughout their lives, people want to be like those they regard as being of higher quality, and they often accept them as role models. They look at pictures of movie stars and artists who...
‘The street looks like Helmand Province’: Ukip candidate claims Islam is ‘against everything modern Britain stands for’
By MATT CHORLEY, MAILONLINE POLITICAL EDITOR A fresh racism row engulfed Ukip tonight after it emerged a candidate described Islam as a ‘totalitarian ideology’ that is ‘against everything modern Britain stands for’. An email sent by Heino Vockrodt to the London council he wants to be elected to also claimed a row of shopping looked like...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta ee Raadiyo Wardheer waxaa ka mid ah: Munaasabadda maalinta dhalinta Soomaaliyeed oo maanta laga xusay Dalka oo dhan, Wafdi uu hoggaaminayo wasiirka Gashaandhiga oo maanta gaaray Galbahaarrey ityo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Fairfield High School students create sauce with real Somali style
Fairfield High School students their Amaliso chutney Picture: Michael Lloyd IT is a sauce so versatile that it complements foods as varied as fish and chips, rice, pizza and salad. And its creators, students at a secondary school in Horfield, are hoping to persuade a manufacturer to bring their Somali-style preserve to the masses. The...
‘Miracle baby’ survives 11-storey fall from Minneapolis high-rise after slipping through balcony’s railing
A baby survived a fall from the 11th floor of a building in this apartment complex in Minneapolis. young boy dubbed “the miracle baby” remains in critical condition but is expected to survive after falling 11 stories from a Minneapolis high-rise. Fifteen-month-old Musa Dayib suffered a broken spine and ribs as well as a concussion...
The privilege of being “invisible”: As a brown Muslim woman, my visibility comes with my Otherness
When I think of white privilege, I think of the ability to be seen as more than a tired symbol in a culture war MARIA KHWAJA Credit: Associated Press) I was kneeling in an East London mosque that evening. A woman with black robes flowing around her appeared and sank to the ground next to...
‘I want to look in the mirror and see I’m not the same’: Haitian teen has FOUR-POUND tumor removed from her face
Jonathan Block Doctors in Virginia have removed a four-pound tumor from the face of a Haitian teen during surgery that took 12 hours. Hennglise Dorvial, 15, had the benign tumor, which started out four years ago as pea-sized inside her sinus, known as a ameloblastoma, removed by a three-person medical team at Children’s Hospital of...
Woman gets probation for lying in al-Shabaab case
A former Minnesota woman who lied to a grand jury about raising money for men who left the state to join a terrorist group in Somalia was sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation and ordered to perform community service. Saynab Hussein, 24, of Nashville, Tenn., showed remorse during the sentencing hearing in U.S. District...
Somali pirate gets 41 1/2 years for attack on Navy ship
By Tim McGlone NORFOLK A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a Somali pirate to 41-1/2 years in prison after rejecting a prosecutor’s call for a mandatory life term. Mohamed Ali Said, 30, was convicted along with five other Somali men of piracy and related charges in the April 2010 attack on the dock landing ship Ashland....
Drug bust: Australian warship nabs $132 million heroin haul off coast of Somalia
An Australian warship has seized heroin with an estimated street value of $132 million off the coast of Somalia, the Defence Department says. The 449 kilogram haul was found on a dhow, a type of sailing vessel, intercepted by HMAS Darwin while patrolling the Indian Ocean some 40 nautical miles off Somalia’s east coast. The...
