Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and […]
Source: BBC David Robson – Writer My pick: How your eyes trick your mind It’s been a privilege to see my stories appear alongside the work of some really talented […]
Source: Huffington Post Twitter Inc has clarified its definition of abusive behavior that will prompt it to delete accounts, banning “hateful conduct” that promotes violence against specific groups. The social […]
Source: Huffington Post We already know a lot about our solar system. It’s nearly 4.6 billion years old, andconsists of eight planets and five known dwarf planets, for starters. But […]
Source: News Herald CALLAWAY — Investigators have not ruled out that “ritualistic sacrifice” played a role in the death of a 3-year-old discovered in a suitcase with what appeared to be a knife wound to the chest, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported Wednesday. Investigators still were processing the scene […]
Source: Associated Press When she was 16, Rana Abdelhamid was accosted on the streets of New York by a man who tried to pull off the head scarf she wears […]
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association are delivering goods they’ve collecting during a food drive. Published Thursday, December 31, 2015 6:40PM EST A group of young Montrealers is delivering the goods they’ve collected during a holiday food drive, as they do every year. But this year, the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Source: Buzz Feed On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union announced that it is suing Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital network, for refusing to provide a woman with the tubal […]
Source: Religion News Service CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Attacks on Jews and Muslims in London, including assault and harassment, have soared by more than 60 percent over the past year, police statistics […]
Source: Pew Research Center When Pew Research Center started the Fact Tank data blog back in 2013, our goal was to present data that would help people better understand the news of the day. But in looking at our top blog posts of 2015, we realized that the pieces we published often made news, too. […]
Source: CNN By Donna Brazile, A CNN contributor and a Democratic strategist, is vice chairwoman for civic engagement and voter participation at the Democratic National Committee. A nationally syndicated columnist, she […]
Source: Time Ahmed Rajib Haider was hacked to death in 2013 Two students in Bangladesh were sentenced to death on Thursday for killing a prominent atheist writer and blogger in […]
Source: BBC It may not be the kind of place you would expect to stumble upon a mosque, but Muslims have lived among the forests and lakes of Lithuania for […]
Source: BBC Sixty-five million years ago, an asteroid is believed to have crashed into Earth. The impact wiped out huge numbers of species, including almost all of the dinosaurs. One […]
Source: CNN Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)An unrelated man and woman who had been seen alone together were caned in public in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, for violating Sharia law, a police chief […]
Ruth Gledhill CHRISTIAN TODAY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR 30 December 2015 Asia Bibi is in prison in Multan in Punjab, awaiting the result of her appeal against her conviction for blasphemy. Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who has spent her seventh Christmas behind bars under death sentence in Pakistan for blasphemy, has […]
An inquiry into allegations of murder, abuse and torture by British forces between 2003 and 2009 could result in prosecutions. 05:02, UK,Saturday 02 January 2016 skynews.com British soldiers may face prosecution for war crimes, an inquiry head says Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share by […]
FOR A BETTER FUTURE: Migrants gather in Victoria Square, where migrants and refugees found temporary refuge, in central Athens on Friday. (AFP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Saturday 2 January 2016 ATHENS: Bitter cold, biting winds and rough winter seas have done little to stem the seemingly endless flow of […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 1 January 2016 Tawheed (Islamic monotheism) is the greatest foundation of Islamic belief. In fact, a person is considered as Muslim if he/she accepts that […]
By AMINO ABUBAKAR & ADEROGBA OBISESAN Published — Saturday 2 January 2016 Source: Arab News As Nigeria rings in 2016, the ever-present threat of violence by Boko Haram hangs heavy […]