Evolution of Empathy
Source: Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2016 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Colorado woman managed to fight off a mountain lion that […]
BBC Video: The Selfish Green: Saving our Planet
David Attenborough – Richard Dawkins – Richard Leakey – Jane Goodall Debate on how we should tackle the issue of saving our own planet. For education and awareness purposes only.
6 Things Christians Should Stop Saying To People Who Doubt – And what to focus on instead
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor I couldn’t tell you exactly when I started losing my faith. I can only describe it like this: It’s something like standing […]
Who’s WHO? Six candidates named for next World Health Organisation chief
theguardian: by Kate Hodal — Ministers and academics from France, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Italy, Hungary and UK will vie to succeed Margaret Chan as director general in July 2017 Margaret Chan will step down next summer after a decade at the helm of the World Health Organisation. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters Six […]
No scrubs: how women had to fight to become doctors
theguardian: by Farrah Jarral — Margaret Ann Bulkley spent much of her life dressed as a man so that she could practice medicine – she was not the only one to go to such lengths. As the Medical Women’s Federation prepares to celebrate its centenary, one GP examines how much […]
Thousands of Saudis sign petition to end male guardianship of women
theguardian: by Mazin Sidahmad — Protest movement seeks to end Saudi Arabia law requiring women have permission of a male guardian to travel, marry or do other fundamental tasks Saudi women hold national flags during Saudi National Day in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Friday. Photograph: Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters Thousands of Saudis […]
Homa Hoodfar, Concordia professor, released from Tehran jail
Colleagues at university make statement on her release and return to Canada By Melissa Fundira, Kamila Hinkson, CBC News Posted: Sep 26, 2016 10:17 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 26, 2016 3:23 PM ET Montreal university professor Homa Hoodfar, who had been detained in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison since June 6, has been released, Prime Minister Justin […]
Controversial Texts, Mystery Funds: On The Trail Of Saudi-Style Islam In India
All India | Sreenivasan Jain (with inputs from Sonal Matharu and Manas Singh) | Updated: September 25, 2016 by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Much is made of funds pouring in to promote Saudi-style Islam in India (known as Salafism or Wahhabism), and of its influence, but what is the ground […]
The beauty of prayer in Islam
JINAN BASTAKI | Published — Friday 23 September 2016 GOING deeper into our spiritual state during prayers (salah) requires that we have a presence of heart and are mindful of the words being said during the prayers. Our prayer will feel shorter, yet when we look at how much time […]
The accepted Haj has signs
| Published — Friday 23 September 2016 ALLAH the Almighty decreed acts of worship and obedience for great wisdom and sublime objectives. No wonder, as they strengthen the faith, purify the soul, correct the attitude and refine the morals. If acts of worship did not achieve these objectives, then the […]
In battle for Iraq’s Mosul, many forces with many motives
By AP – Sep 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this August 13, 2016 file photo, soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces are stacked against a building during a training exercise to prepare for the operation to re-take Mosul from Daesh militants in Baghdad, Iraq […]
Keeping data safe in a mountain
CLOUD STORAGE Keeping data safe in a mountain By Carlo Pisani http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:42424898 SEP 23, 2016 – 11:00 If every byte of information on the internet needs a physical location where it’s stored, one of the safest places to keep this data might be inside a Swiss mountain. (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch) […]
Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system
Source: BBC A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country’s male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have […]
Vatican makes new rules for miracles in saint-making
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican issued new rules Friday for the process to determine if healings qualify as miracles for sainthood, including safeguards against possible financial abuses. The rules deal with how a panel of medical experts scrutinizes potential miracles. Pope Francis has […]
Defying prejudice, Islam’s mystical, musical strain appeals to New Yorkers
Source: Economist Every Thursday night, the music of a tanbour, a long-necked stringed instrument, resounds across the wooden floors of a Manhattan room, wrapped with warm Persian rugs. Barefoot men […]
On Communion debate, Pope Francis opts for decentralization
Source: Crux BY John L. Allen Jr. September 25, 2016 EDITOR Towards the end of Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis’s document on the family, the pontiff writes that when priests have to make […]
The genius who grows tiny brains in a lab
Source: BBC Our brains are complex organic computers – some believe the most complicated in the Universe. Yet one scientist has managed to create mini brains that mimic how our minds work. Deep in a lab in Cambridge, England, you will find see an extraordinary thing: tiny, exact replicas of […]
Snapchat launches sunglasses with camera
Source: BBC By Dave Lee North America technology reporter Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget – sunglasses with a built-in camera. The device, which the company is calling […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria advices politicians to turn to Almighty Allah & ensure fairness & equity for National Progress
Source: http://guardian.ng/features/ahmadiyya-tasks-leaders-on-righteous-deeds/ Ahmadiyya tasks leaders on righteous deeds By Shakirah Adunola | 23 September 2016 | 2:07 am The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of Nigeria has enjoined the political leaders to turn back to Almighty Allah in their national course and ensure equity and fairness in their dealings […]
Italy: Advise of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to the biased Italian MEP, Magdi Allam
Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/islamahmadiyya/2016/09/some-advice-for-an-italian-mep/?ref_widget=gr_trending&ref_blog=grails&ref_post=muslim Some Advice for an Italian MEP September 25, 2016 by Qasim Rashid by Aasim Ahmad It was reported by London’s Express that Magdi Allam, an Italian MEP, believes that mosques are Islam’s cancer and that mosques are used to promote and manufacture terrorists. Coming from an Italian MEP, this is a […]
Chinese authorities crack down on tiny Jewish community
Source: Times of Israel The crackdown is happening at a time when Israel and China arestrengthening their economic and political ties. The two countries recently signed a visa deal, encouraging travel between the two countries. And last week China sent an official to send greetings and support to former President […]
If I’m president, I’ll recognize undivided Jerusalem
Source: Times of Israel “Mr. Trump acknowledged that Jerusalem has been the eternal capital of the Jewish People for over 3,000 years, and that the United States, under a Trump administration, will finally accept the long-standing Congressional mandate to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel,” […]
Obama: African-American museum helps tell fuller story of America
Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama said Saturday that the newelevates the often-overlooked impact of black Americans and will help others better understand the breadth of the American story. “This national […]
