News: Istanbul MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who came together with HDP members and Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan, announced that Abdullah Öcalan calls the PKK on the issue of deciding the lay down of armed struggle to join the extraordinary meeting in the months of spring. And Akdoğan stated, "we regard this announcement as important." (Source: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/28328151.asp) Comment: On Monday the 28th of February, government officials and HDP delegation made…

News: The Chief Minister of West Bengal, India, Mamata Banerjee has visited Bangladesh on February 19, 2015 on a three-day courtesy trip at the invitation of the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen bilateral relations between Bangladesh and West Bengal. At a press briefing the day before, Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed their hope to settle the long pending Teesta River water sharing pact and ratification of the land boundary…

Headlines: Spain's Muslim Business Owners Feel Squeezed By New Zoning Proposals Will America Ever Leave Afghanistan? Pakistan to Host Two-Day Forum of Islamic Countries Indian State of Maharashtra Bans Beef Details: Spain's Muslim Business Owners Feel Squeezed By New Zoning Proposals Spain's Mediterranean coast is home to the country's biggest Muslim community. And in one town there, local politicians have proposed new zoning laws that have people pondering what it…

News: The masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John", who has been pictured in the videos of the beheadings of Western hostages, has been named. He is Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British man in his mid-20s from west London, who was previously known to British security services. British police declined to comment, citing ongoing investigations. Emwazi first appeared in a video last August, when he apparently killed the US…