Huff Post When I tell people about the activism work I do, many people wonder if I’m a Muslim, and when I tell them I’m not, they’re either confused or intrigued. Sometimes both. They wonder what it is that makes me want to be an advocate for Muslims even though […]
Business Insider Want to live a better life? Then don’t move to Turkey, which ranked dead last in the OECD’s new quality-of-life index. The organization looked at factors that affect the lives of citizens, including income, housing, jobs, community, education, environment, civic engagement, health, life satisfaction, safety, and work-life balance. These […]
Huff Post BUDAPEST, Hungary — FIFA’s medical advisers say new designs are needed because headscarfs worn by Muslim women players could lead to head and neck injuries. Michel D’Hooghe, chairman of FIFA’s medical committee, says samples received from two designers “represented a danger” to players’ health. Soccer’s rules-making panel has […]
Source: The Local Nearly half of the women killed in Germany are considered to have been victims of their boyfriend or husband – a far greater figure than the share of men killed by their partners, new police figures show. It is the first time that police figures have […]
Source: Yahoo According to Sharon Stone’s former nanny, looking after her three sons was a lot less stressful than dealing with the boys’ famous mother. Erlinda T. Elemen filed a nine-page lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday claiming that the “Basic Instinct” star harassed her continually during her […]
Religious leaders discuss their commonalities Source: THE JERUSALEM POST. By JEREMY SHARON 05/24/2012 03:32 Forty religious leaders from the Muslim, Christian, Druse, Bahai, Ahmadi and Jewish faiths in the North gather for meeting. An imam, a priest and a rabbi walk into a yeshiva. This is not the beginning of […]
Now, Islamic clerics say ‘mosque-type domes’ cannot adorn non-Muslim places of worship in Pak. Source: NEWS TRACK INDIA. Lahore, May 21 (ANI): Religious clerics in Sultanpura, Pakistan have demanded for the demolition of an Ahmedi place of worship, which looked too much like a mosque. The clerics are reportedly unhappy […]
The radical Islamic organisation Shariah4Holland has caused a stir in the Netherlands. The movement is holding a conference in Amsterdam on Saturday and has invited Fouad ‘Abu Imran’ Bekacem, the leader of Shariah4Belgium, recently sentenced to two years in jail for incitement to violence. Media attention and questions from the […]
A midnight massage under a full moon? One of the many perks of this Fiji resort Globe and Mail So you can imagine my glee at hearing of a 15-hour spa treatment […]
FIJI has a lot to learn from India in terms of maintaining and sustaining a viable sugar industry. These were the words of Sugar permanent secretary Lieutenant Colonel Manasa Vaniqi on his return from the International Sugar Organisation meeting that was held there. Lt-Col Vaniqi said despite having 15 million […]
Fiji defends military’s election role Published: 23/05/2012 at 11:48 PM Online news: Asia 0Share http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1337330192.html#_=1337866239858&count=vertical&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F294764%2Ffiji-defends-military-election-role&size=m&text=Fiji%20defends%20military's%20election%20role%20%7C%20Bangkok%20Post%3A%20news&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F294764%2Ffiji-defends-military-election-role https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=p&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F294764%2Ffiji-defends-military-election-role&size=tall&count=true&hl=en-GB&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3Dh53B7oxkHD4.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!tbK8W_8mwqaIodoNDQ%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTPvEPz66vsxcJ6_x6O4TIjVPHqWQg#id=I1_1337866239896&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com&rpctoken=360715153&_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart Fiji on Wednesday defended the army’s role in preparations for the Pacific nation’s first elections since a 2006 military coup, saying there was no other way to lay the groundwork for the vote in 2014. Soldiers chat […]
NewYork Times Is there ever a bad time to brush your teeth? Most of us believe that proper dental caremeans flossing and brushing often — at a minimum, twice daily, as the American Dental Association recommends. Those who are particularly diligent may brush more often, after meals, snacks or sugary drinks. […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: May 24, 2012 Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza, finalising her decision in Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s […]
Chinese herb Kudzu may help to curb binge drinking. MedicalNewsToday: Researchers at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School have discovered that an extract of the Chinese herb Kudzu may help […]
The New York Times I’M a Palestinian who was born in the Israeli town of Lod, and thus I am an Israeli citizen. My wife is not; she is a Palestinian from Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Despite our towns being just 30 miles apart, we met almost 6,000 miles away […]
Anyone who knows well of Indonesia and its Muslim communities should be familiar with the fact that the majority of Muslim women who wear hijab here do not do so […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah Wilders has been on record saying, “I don’t hate Muslims, I hate Islam.”[1] So, by his own admission he is an Islamophobe. How worthwhile […]
Dawn.com A PERSISTENT failure to deal with the canker of intolerance — one of the greatest threats to the Pakistani people’s mental health and their material well-being — is making the affliction day by day more unmanageable. A young non-Muslim woman has been living in Lahore for quite some time. […]
Greatist Let’s say you want to get in better shape. Of course, you’re smart, informed, and know exactly what to do. So you’ve listed the changes you need to make, pinning them to the fridge next to the vision board and inspirational photos. Here’s the only problem: You haven’t actually […]
Voice Of America: by Selah Hennessy: LONDON – “Failed leadership has gone global” — according to Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of human rights around the world. The United […]