The NewYork Times- The opinion pages JAKARTA — Just a few days after Lady Gaga’s concert in Indonesia was canceled after protests by Islamic groups, I flew 1,370 kilometers from Jakarta to Padang, West Sumatra, and drove a further 130 kilometers, a four-hour journey along rough, winding roads, to Sijunjung, […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The Holy Prophet Muhammad’s address at the time of his final Hajj in the early seventh century about racial equality among other […]
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By Chelsea Clinton and James P. Steyer Editor’s note: Chelsea Clinton is a board member of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on media and technology’s effects on children and teens, and wrote the foreword to “Talking Back to Facebook.” James P. Steyer is founder and CEO of […]
Health.com You’d like to do something—anything—to speed up your metabolism, but it’s out of your control. Right? Not quite. Although genetics and your age both play a role, recent studies suggest you have plenty of say over how well your metabolism—which involves your body’s ability to break down food into […]
An entire French village, which caught global public attention after failing to find a buyer for the price of a one-bedroomed Paris flat, was on Monday finally auctioned off to […]
David Cameron on Monday expressed Nato’s “frustration” at Pakistan’s refusal to allow alliance forces to use a vital supply route out of Afghanistan. The alliance on Monday urged Pakistan to […]
Source: BBC online How will Nato exit from Afghanistan? Nato’s secretary general has said at a summit in Chicago that he is optimistic Pakistan will reopen a key supply route to Afghanistan. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he expected such a move “in the very near future”. The routes were closed […]
Source: Marshable’s There are many stories of hot startups raising killer seed rounds, and it can feel like money is flowing everywhere. Times might be good right now, but raising external capital is a complicated process, and it’s something every entrepreneur needs to think about carefully. Here are tips […]
An Asian couple murdered their teenage daughter Shafilea Ahmed because they believed her westernised behaviour was bringing shame upon their family, a court heard. Shafilea, 17, had resisted plans for […]
Source: techland.time.com By Jared Newman | @OneJaredNewman | May 18, 2012 | Aliexpress.com If you need a dirt-cheap desktop PC and don’t mind Android, $74 will get you one that fits in your pocket. The MK802 “Android 4.0 Mini PC” just popped up at online retailer AliExpress. […]
Workshop enhances EU-funded tourism program Repeka Nasiko Monday, May 21, 2012 + Enlarge this image Michale Tokuru with Tarataaki Teannaki at the SPTO workshop in Nadi. Picture: BALJEET SINGH A South Pacific Tourism Organisation workshop brought together heads of tourism organisations and the private sector in an effort to raise […]
Huff Post Growing up, we have a intuitive sense of wanting to belong or fit in. The emptiness in our hearts says that something is missing in our life. That dormant desire for acceptance gets cultivated into full blown beliefs, usually inherited and taught to us. We believe in things […]
(NaturalNews) Exercise truly is a vital component of good health, as was once again illustrated in a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journalCell Metabolism. Researchers from theKarolinska Institutein Stockholm, Sweden, theUniversity of Copenhagenin Denmark, andDublin City Universityin Ireland found that just a few minutes of rigorous exercise is enough […]
New York Times: ………As a two-day NATO summit meeting opened in Chicago, Mr. Obama remained at loggerheads with PresidentAsif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, refusing even to meet with him without an […]
Express Tribune: The honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan says he is losing patience with the Capital Development Authority (CDA). In a court-initiated (suo motu) action, he wants a quick rebuilding […]
Credit: ET By Rana Tanveer Published: May 21, 2012 A hoarding is installed behind the chhatri (flattened dome) at the entrance, so that the worship place does not look like a mosque. PHOTO: THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE LAHORE: Clerics in Sultanpura who complained that an Ahmedi place of worship looked too much […]
Christians, RSS converting Muslims’ Boycott Ahmadiyas for conversions: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Source: The Times of India Rakhi Chakrabarty, TNN | May 20, 2012, 04.20AM IST NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JuH), the largest body of imams, on Saturday sought social boycott of Qadyani, also known as Ahmadiyas, a sect who call themselves […]
Pulse of The People:It’s not about peace The record. Published: Sunday, May 20, 2012 Islam is not a religion of peace. It is and has been a religion of violence, vengeance, and conquest for 1,400 years. Western Civilization is at war with Islam. Saying that we are at war with […]
BY: AFP ARABNEWS Sunday 20 May 2012 The Taekwondo star who became Afghanistan’s first ever Olympic medalist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London […]