Ezra Levant of TheRebel.media talks with liberal Muslim activist and author Raheel Raza about the court's decision to allow women to wear face coverings while taking the Canadian citizenship oath.
Raza says the burqa and niqab should be made unconstitutional. She also points out that "Islamophobia" is really "an industry" invented by Islamists to attack the West. "The whole premise is based on a lie."
Levant and Raza tease out the contradictions in the pro-burqa arguments. She adds that when she debates this issue, it is always with Muslim men. "They can't even find a woman who will come and talk about this issue."
Journalist Wadah Khanfar and Claire Wardle, director of First Draft News, speak as part of the ABC’s Q&A panel discussing the ‘misinformation ecosystem’ aka fake news on Monday night. Khanfar says: ‘Is he going to be able to deliver, with this kind of show and the tweets and making jokes about media and so on and so forth? I don’t think so’
The newly restored site of Jesus Christ’s tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City was opened to the media on Monday after a nine-month restoration. Led by a team of Greek scientists and restorers, the project focused on the Edicule, a small structure located above the spot where Jesus’s body was buried, according to Christian belief
In a short edit from The Guardian and Accidental Pictures' feature documentary 'Jaha's Promise' we follow the journey of Jaha Dukureh from survivor of FGM and forced child marriage to Time's 100 leader and FGM activist. Confronting her past, her family, her culture, her religion, country and its leaders, Jaha became a lightning-rod for change in Gambia, her work contributing to the eventual government ban on FGM and child marriage.
Asra Nomani appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on November 13, 2015, the night of the Paris terror attacks. She discusses the illiberal "honor brigade" (Regressive Leftists) who consistently attack any and all critics of islam, and the need for people to Wake Up.
Asra Nomani is a journalist, former Wall Street Journal correspondent, and author of the book "Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam".
She co-wrote the Washington Post opinion piece: "As Muslim women, we actually ask you not to wear the hijab in the name of interfaith solidarity": Read the article here
In recent comments, Turkish president Erdoğan claimed Angela Merkel was employing "Nazi tactics" in a row over Turkish politicians campaigning inside Germany. Martin Schulz, the leader of the German SPD has called those comments an “outrage”.
Emmanuel Macron is young, never been elected to any office, and is standing without the backing of any of France's main parties. Some of his supporters say that to them, he means change.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again compared Europe with the Nazis saying that they “would revive gas chambers” if they weren't ashamed. He also fired a personal broadside at Angela Merkel, accusing her of “Nazi practices.”