Dawn: by Shadaba Islam: YEARS ago when I still made regular visits to Pakistan, a young journalist came up to me in a shopping mall and asked for my thoughts on “St. Valentine’s Day”. I was flattered. Here I was walking around with my teenage son and daughter — and […]
Source: Engineering Source A new technology for the fabrication of nanotech antennas promises to lift the efficiency level of silicon solar cells from its current 10 per cent to a staggering and unprecedented 70 per cent. Scientists have long touted the theoretical promise of nano-sized antennas called “retennas”, thus named […]
allAfrica: Dr. Ahmad Murtala. Islam offers the agricultural sector a special consideration and impatiently enjoins Muslims to benefit as much as they can from the bounties of Almighty Allah, which He has widely bestowed on the earth. This has clearly appeared in numerous Qur’anic verses from which are the following: […]
Source: The Guardian, UK $2bn project, yet to get funding approval, would look for life on Europa, which has vast ice-covered oceans of water Alok Jha, science correspondent The Guardian, Friday 15 February 2013 14.09 EST Nasa scientists have drawn up plans for a mission that could look for life […]
Source: The Economist. “STAR TREK”, said one commentator. “They may as well wear a burqa,” huffed another. Supposedly chaste new uniforms for Turkish Airlines (THY) cabin attendants have triggered mirth and horror in the cyberworld. They have also sharpened debate about creeping conservatism under the mildly Islamist Justice and Development […]
Source: The Economist: WORRYING about the threats posed by space rocks has traditionally been the preserve of the paranoid. No one doubts that asteroids have hit Earth in the past, with nasty consequences, but because the chances of any such event happening in a given year are so low, most […]
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NASA Study Revealed Alarming Loss of Water in Middle East A recent NASA study revealed that Middle East lost quantity of freshwater which is almost the size of Dead Sea […]
Jews, Christians and Muslims express support for multifaith society Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia media release: JCMA, founded in 2003, is committed to the promotion of understanding, mutual respect […]
The world laughed when Islamists in Egypt recently threatened to destroy the Giza pyramids – despite the insane precedent of the Taliban’s dynamiting of the majestic Bamiyan Buddhas. But clearly […]
Q: Why do men’s clothes have buttons on the right while women’s clothes have buttons on the left? A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on […]
Uwe E. Reinhardt is an economics professor at Princeton. He has some financial interests in the health care field. It has become customary to see our health care sector as a burden on society. In some ways it is. We have developed a complicated system of financing the sector – […]
Epigraph: “He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger, with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah […]
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Source: Nasim Malik via The Telegraph The communications watchdog, Ofcom, has made a series of rulings against channels which allowed “inflammatory” material to be broadcast in breach of rules which forbid extreme opinions gaining a platform on British television. The cases, disclosed today, include examples of an imam telling viewers […]
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Swedish photographer Paul Hansen snags top photojournalism award for haunting image captured during Palestinian children’s funeral; violence in the Middle East a dominant theme in the competition. (Explicit images) Swedish […]
Source: Spiegel Germany: For over a decade, the Arab television broadcaster Al-Jazeera was widely respected for providing an independent voice from the Middle East. Recently, however, several top journalists have left, saying the station has developed a clear political agenda. More:
Dawn.com: Simon Tisdall THE idea that a woman can mediate successfully between armed groups of hostile men, and that one of these groups comprises hardline, Sharia-touting Islamists, might seem far-fetched to traditional Western societies. But not so in the Philippines, where two women have taken the lead in resolving the […]