Source: Gulf News VIENNA: Iran has complied with last July’s nuclear deal, the UN atomic watchdog said Saturday, allowing sanctions to be lifted and the landmark accord to enter into force. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that its “inspectors on the ground verified that Iran has carried out all […]
Source: BBC The opal mining town of Coober Pedy takes living down under to a new level, escaping dangerous 50C temperatures by burrowing underground. BBC’s Travel Show brings you the latest […]
Source: BBC In Sweden, it’s obligatory to eat coffee and cake. No, really. At many companies it’s mandatory for all workers, from Malmo to Stockholm, to have a designated time […]
Source: BBC Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan’s first female president. Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China. In her victory speech, she […]
Source: Time Even though the Quetta attack showed the Taliban is still bent on disrupting Pakistan’s attempts to eradicate polio, a one-on-one encounter proves instructive There’s a special place in […]
Source: BBC Diamonds big enough to be worn by Hollywood film stars could be raining down on Saturn and Jupiter, US scientists have calculated. New atmospheric data for the gas […]
Source: BBC George Orwell may have written that “tea is one of the mainstays of civilization in this country” – but even we British have to acknowledge that our national […]
Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. police departments must look beyond the Muslim American community if they want to effectively counter violent extremism, a new report from Duke University finds. […]
Source: The Washington Post Howard County’s school board voted unanimously this week to markedly expand its schedule of religious and cultural holidays, a decision members said recognized the growing diversity […]
Source: The Independent A move to ban child marriages in Pakistan has been withdrawn after meeting staunch resistance from a religious body, which branded the bill as “anti-Islamic”. The ruling […]
A new genetic technology called CRISPR may enable scientists to make permanent changes in a person’s DNA. Here’s everything you need to know: What is CRISPR? It’s a revolutionary gene-editing […]
Reza Aslan took some serious issue on CNN Monday night with Bill Maher‘s commentary about Islamic violence and oppression. Maher ended his show last Friday by going after liberals for […]
Building Better Bridges in Barrie Ontario 7 The Bahá’í Community of Barrie is hosting the World Religion Day 2016 on Sunday January 17 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. in the […]
Source: The Huffington Post Peaceful American Muslims are unfairly and ignorantly being lumped together with evil extremists in the aftermath of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks. Last month, Donald […]
Source: World Bulletin / News Desk District by district, Eid al-Adha will now become a holiday where more Muslim children in the United States can look forward to celebrating outside […]
Source: Huffington Post Before you get defensive let me say that I am not referring to prayer. I am advocating for religious literacy and the best way to achieve this […]
The following news clip aired on MTA World News yesterday. It is about President Obama’s last State of the Union address in which Dr. Mohammad Qureshi, President Connecticut Jama’at was an invited guest and had the honor of listening to it from the House of Representatives chamber. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS4_u9bzgQM MTA News […]
Son of 81-year-old Ahmadi man jailed in Pakistan turns to Australian Government for help Rabwah Time…. http://www.rabwah.net An Australian man will turn to the Australian Government for help after his 81-year-old Ahmadi Muslim father was imprisoned in Pakistan last month. Khalid Ahmad’s father, Abdul Shakoor, who owns a bookshop in […]
AFP — DAWN.COM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan would eradicate ‘evil’ honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for a harrowing documentary on the practice. ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’, which follows the story of a rare survivor, was […]
IMRAN GABOL — PUBLISHED 18 MINUTES AGO LAHORE: Local police on Saturday arrested the imam of a mosque on terror charges in relation to the incident involving a 15-year-old boy who had cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy. On Friday night a first information report (FIR No. […]