Dawn.com: by Shada Islam — YES, let’s make fun of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sexist praise of his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, for being tough on terror “despite being a woman”. Social media in India and the world over has had a field day with Modi’s comment. I’ve […]
By Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir Baitul ul Jam-e-Mosque, Glen Ellyn, IL Contact Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir at: Address Masjid Baet-ul-Jaamay 2 S 510 IL Rte 53 Glen Ellyn,IL. 60137 Email: […]
theguardian: by Giles Fraser — Kazakhstan is at a decisive moment between a Soviet atheist past and an increasingly Islamic future United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon and Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Fifth Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan. It might feel […]
Tribune: UNITED NATIONS: United Nations peacekeepers commonly pay for sex with cash, dresses, jewelry, perfume, cell phones and other items, despite a ban on such relationships with people the world body is trying to help, a draft UN report concluded. The draft study by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services […]
Tribune: UNITED NATIONS: United Nations peacekeepers commonly pay for sex with cash, dresses, jewelry, perfume, cell phones and other items, despite a ban on such relationships with people the world body is trying to help, a draft UN report concluded. The draft study by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services […]
Whyy Pope Francis should apologize 2 BY FARZANA HASSAN, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 07:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 07:54 PM EDT Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican June 10, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile Article http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=recommend&app_id=162622253780945&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F1ldYU13brY_.js%3Fversion%3D41%23cb%3Df10b3e711%26domain%3Dwww.torontosun.com%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.torontosun.com%252Ff1ed8df41c%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=190&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com%2F2015%2F06%2F11%2Fwhy-pope-francis-should-apologize%3Ftoken%3D53bd9ee62b0fe097bfb05e54b2fb9557&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&share=false&show_faces=false http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.c197f64a14a7434e6e58ca9722b54406.en.html#_=1434195448196&count=horizontal&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com%2F2015%2F06%2F11%2Fwhy-pope-francis-should-apologize%3Ftoken%3D53bd9ee62b0fe097bfb05e54b2fb9557&size=m&text=Why%20Pope%20Francis%20should%20apologize%20%7C%20Hassan%20%7C%20Columnists%20%7C%20Opinion%20%7C%20Toronto%20Sun&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com%2F2015%2F06%2F11%2Fwhy-pope-francis-should-apologize%3Ftoken%3D53bd9ee62b0fe097bfb05e54b2fb9557 […]
higherperspectives.com — According to two studies, published in 2006 and 2009, people who read fiction are the most capable of empathy and “theory of mind,” which is the ability to hold opinions and beliefs apart from their own. They entertain different types of ideas without necessarily rejecting them, nor changing their own beliefs. […]