Charlie Hebdo attacks: Paris hero Lassan Bathily tells of mixed emotions a year after atrocity
The young Malian went from migrant worker to right-wing target after helping hide Jewish hostages at a kosher supermarket before briefing police before their successful assault John Lichfield Paris Thursday 7 January 2016 Lassana Bathily with his book ‘Je ne suis pas un heros’ (‘I Am Not A Hero’) Getty Images Lassana […]
The death of an Irish general during the Christmas period recalls an earlier bloody episode in the Middle East
General O’Callaghan knew that peace is a much harder struggle than war Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 3 January 2016 Israeli tanks AFP/Getty Images Bill O’Callaghan was not the kind of general to fade away. And given the number of Christmas cards we exchanged over the years, I’d begun to think he […]
11 Must-Read Books By Muslim Authors
Source: Huffington Post The Islamic faith began with a series of divine revelations, which were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad beginning in the early 7th century CE. Muhammad’s revelations went […]
Christians, Muslims and monotheism
The disciplining of a professor raises an old philosophical question Jan 13th 2016 BY ERASMUS EVERY so often a question that seems purely abstract and philosophical passes into the realm of hard reality where people’s lives and destinies are determined. One such conundrum is whether or not Christians and Muslims can […]
Denmark extends border checks, to debate immigration reform
Danish lawmakers debate seizing refugees’ valuables Image Credit: AFP Migrants and refugees walk in a muddy road after crossing the Macedonian border into Serbia near the village of Miratovac on January 7, 2016. Migrants and refugees are facing deteriorating weather conditions as they make their way to the EU via […]
Ghana: Veep charged Muslims to live peacefully with others
Veep charged Muslims to live peacefully with others Pomadze(C/R), Jan. 8, GNA – Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has called on Muslims to live peacefully with other religious faiths in order to enhance the country’s development. He also called for frank and honest debate in the sharing of the nation’s resources […]
Will India open its temples and mosques to menstruating women?
Source: The Guardian As a girl, Noorjehan Niaz remembers visiting the famous Muslim shrine of Haji Ali and walking down the long causeway off the coastline in south Mumbai, pushing […]
The airliner flight sims that look like real life
Source: BBC Shortly after takeoff, a red light above my head starts flashing in time to an insistent chiming. My heart starts pounding as I look around the cockpit of […]
On one colourful flower, a pitched battle is raging
Source: BBC Female monkey beetles will only mate on a flower, so if a male wants to secure a mate, he must first secure a blossom of his own Sometimes […]
Mein Kampf: The world’s most dangerous book?
Source: BBC “They wanted to replace the Bible.” Whispering in a hushed room of the Bavarian State Library, rare books expert Stephan Kellner describes how the Nazis turned a rambling, […]
Powerball lottery – and the Islamic view
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Islam needs objective media
ISLAM NEEDS AN OBJECTIVE MEDIA http://www.kashmirmonitor.in/news-islam-needs-an-objective-media-94201.aspx2 FRIDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2015, By MOIN QAZI 326 VIEWS ISLAM NEEDS AN OBJECTIVE MEDIA The sudden wave of interest in Islam across the world seemed to commence just after September 11, 2001. The Western media, television as well as print, devoted reams of paper […]
Gov Nikki Haley jabs at Donald Trump in State of the Union response
By Gregory Krieg CNN: The Republican Party tapped South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to deliver its response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, but her most memorable jabs landed squarely on the GOP’s own Donald Trump. That’s a something that didn’t escape — or please — […]
Understanding and Responding to Islamophobia in Ireland Conference
This full day conference is aimed at strengthening understandings of anti-Muslim racism in Ireland and identifying community based responses for practitioners and communities. The conference brings together community workers, youth […]
Muslim journalists no longer as rare in US newsrooms
Source: Religion News Service By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Rummana Hussain was one of those children whose Muslim parents envisioned her in a white coat with a stethoscope around her neck. Instead, […]
Religious voices respond to State of the Union
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) In his last State of the Union address, President Obama made an impassioned case against religious bigotry and cast other key issues in moral terms. He rejected “any […]
Mosque versus state
Source: Dawn.com By Pervez Hoodbhoy THE mosque in Pakistan is now no longer just a religious institution. Instead it has morphed into a deeply political one that seeks to radically […]
What Quality Education Should Teach You, According to a Harvard Scientist
http://time.com: Harvard’s great biologist/psychologist Steven Pinker is one of my favorites, even though I’m just starting to get into his work. What makes him great is not just his rational […]
Perilous pursuit: Interest in Ahmadiyya tenets makes citizen fear for life
Tribune: LAHORE: A citizen was compelled on Tuesday to move the district and sessions court after being cautioned against perusing Ahmadiyya literature. Petitioner Bilal Munawar told the court that some individuals had threatened to kill him after learning that he was reading Ahmadiyya texts. Munawar said he was a faithful, law […]