Chew on these facts about the recently concluded Canadian general election: 1) 10 Muslim MPs were elected, the most in the history of the Canadian parliament. 2) 10 aboriginal Canadian […]
Source: The New York Times Antonio Zambardino considers himself to be neither religious nor superstitious, but when he stumbled across an exorcism while photographing in a remote area of Indonesia […]
Source: The Guardian The Coalition-appointed human rights commissioner, Tim Wilson, says the challenge of respecting religious freedom is becoming more complex, but that preserving religious freedom in a pluralistic multi-faith […]
Source: BBC The hackers’ collective Anonymous has shared details of hundreds of alleged sympathisers of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on the internet. Anonymous said the data was […]
Washington Post This week, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, unveiled the most diverse cabinet in the country’s history. The majority Liberal government’s cabinet is now gender equal — 15 of […]
The Guardian view on Ahmed Chalabi: mission incredible Editorial Could one man’s shameless inventions really have triggered the invasion of Iraq? Ahmed Chalabi – ‘an adventurer of astonishing energy and chutzpah’ – in 1998. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Shutterstock Thursday 5 November 2015 Comments 62 The death of Ahmed Chalabi is […]
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Source: Princeton Press By Saba Mahmood, who is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the […]
Source: Princeton University Press Author: Shahab Ahmed (1966-2015) was postdoctoral associate in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Read a chapter online What is Islam? How do […]
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
TERRORISM Task force wants travel ban for Swiss jihadis NOV 2, 2015 – 11:53 A photo from a militant website showing Islamic State fighters in Syria (Keystone) The Swiss intelligence services are monitoring 70 Swiss alleged to have travelled to conflict zones to join jihadi groups. Given the scale of […]
For the video please click here OCT 30, 2015 – 16:00 Canton Aargau is short of asylum shelters. The authorities now want to set up mobile Ikea units as temporary homes for 300 people. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The units are small, but easy to install. They offer space for at least four […]
Commandment – Take not, therefore, friends from among them (hypocrites) and treatment with hypocrites [4:89] What has happened to you that you are divided into two parties regarding the hypocrites? And Allah has overthrown them because of what they earned. Desire ye to guide him whom Allah has caused to […]
RAMALLAH, November 5, 2015 (WAFA) – Minor Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Ofer prison, illegally built on land to the west of Ramallah, reported being subjected to abuse prior to and during detention by the Israeli authorities, according to the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA). Abdul-Fattah Douleh, who represents minor […]
Dirk Voltz invited a group of people from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to stay with him Victoria Richards @nakedvix 19 hours ago 94 comments 10K Migrants walk on the road after crossing the Austrian-German border in southern Germany CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images A German man who decided to open up his home to […]
Source: The Independent There’s no doubt that the dark shadow of the Chilcot report has brought forward his midget apology Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 25 October 201566 comments Tony Blair’s at it again. He apologises – but not for the war, only for the “intelligence”. There are “elements of truth” […]
Independent.co.uk: Another day, another myth about Muslims. The most recent one to set tongues wagging is that poppies offend Muslims. According to far-right groups like Britain First, Muslims hate poppies. Their claim comes after a few individuals, who are widely condemned in the Muslim community, criticised the poppy on the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kira Brekke; Associate Editor, HuffPost Live The current revolution in religiosity is making faith more accessible. As studies indicate that the American public is becoming less religious, Diana Butler […]
Indonesia: Goat farts set off smoke alarm, force plane to make emergency landing By Maria Khan November 4, 2015 20:37 GMT, IBTimes.co.uk 2,033 13 Singapore airlines flight makes emergency landing in Bali after 2,186 sheep on board set off smoke alarm.Getty Images A Singapore airlines cargo flight heading from Australia to Kuala […]
Aliens, the Bible and pyramid grain stores: Republican Ben Carson makes some strange claims By Hannah Osborne November 5, 2015 11:18 GMT Updated 12 hr ago 93 2 Ben Carson says pyramids were built to store grain Reuters Ben Carson, a Republican candidate for next year’s US presidential election, has made strange claims […]