Wed 03 April 2024: Washington, DC – The White House has cancelled a Ramadan iftar meal after several Muslim Americans declined the invitation in protest of President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza, according to two people familiar with the matter. The sources, who spoke to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, said the cancellation […]
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Rabbis from the Temple Institute meet with farmers to discuss the best way to construct a farm that will protect the red heifers from any type of blemish. (courtesy Temple Institute) Sun 31 March 2024: Radical plans to slaughter the heifers have raised concern across the Arab world – and were even linked by […]
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Fri 29 March 2024: The global halal economy is on the rise, with an increase in demand fuelling more opportunities for investment in sharia-compliant ways. The global Islamic halal economy is set to reach a market value of $7.7 trillion by 2025, more than double the $3.2 trillion it reached in 2015 and significantly higher […]
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Mon 18 March 2024: Stories have always conveyed messages to the human subconscious. From the bedtime stories children are taught, to the movies we watch and the novels we read, the art of the story is possibly the most effective tool a propagandist can use. Speeches and the spoken word may impact the mind at […]
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Mon 11 March 2024: In the 1800s, British colonists in India set about trying to reduce the cobra population, which was making life and trade very difficult in Delhi. They began to pay a bounty for dead cobras. The strategy very quickly resulted in the widespread breeding of cobras for cash. This danger of unintended consequences […]
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Khosro/Shutterstock Sun 10 March 2024: When your parents had financial troubles or questions about planning for the future, they may have sought the help of a financial adviser, their bank, or other professional. Today, many people turn to social media. TikTok in particular has become a hub of financial advice, from money saving hacks and personal stories […]
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Babies bring joy, but these Gaza families cannot find even the basics to take care of them [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera] Sat 09 March 2024: Deir el-Balah, Gaza – On a cold night three weeks ago, Aida al-Baawi rushed from the makeshift tent she had made home to the town’s nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital and, […]
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The Last Caliph, Abdul Majid II (1868-1944) Deposed from the Throne by the Ankara Assembly, from Le Petit Journal, 1924 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Dernier Calife Abdul Medjid dechu de son trone; abolition of Turkish caliphate by Mustapha Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938). Sun 03 March 2024: It is […]
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New technologies on display at Web Summit [Urooba Jamal/Al Jazeera] Sat 02 March 2024: Doha, Qatar – At one of the world’s largest technology conferences, whether it was on the main stage, its side panels, or at the dozens of glitzy, towering company booths, there was one term on everybody’s lips: artificial intelligence (AI). At […]
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Sat 02 March 2024: Since the latter part of 2023 hardly a week has gone by without some residents of Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital, losing their water supply. Notices of planned outages from the local water authority are a common occurrence. Unplanned water shutdowns also happen regularly. The entire city has been affected – shanty towns, less affluent and more affluent […]
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