Here’s What NASA Needs If We’re Really Going to Mars
Source: Time There’s a big to-do list before a mission to the Red Planet will ever get launched There have been a lot of high-fives and popped corks in Houston […]
These Mock Martian Crops Show We Could Grow Food On Mars
Source: Huffington Post Establishing a sustainable colony on Mars would come with incredible challenges, none more pressing than figuring out how to keep inhabitants from starving. To the delight of […]
The North Face Just Destroyed Trump’s Simplistic Opinion On Jobs
Source: Huffington Post Donald Trump has a lame excuse for outsourcing the production of his clothing brand. The North Face, meanwhile, is proving that it’s possible to keep business local. […]
Refugee boy thought to be dead finds family 1 year later
Ten-year-old Mahdi reunites with his mother after his family believed he was dead for over a year. Photo: DPA. Published: 07 Mar 2016 16:13 GMT+01:00 A 10-year-old boy had an emotional reunion on Monday with his family, who thought he had drowned in their voyage from Turkey to Greece a […]
We reap what we sow
ABD AL-AZIZ BIN ABDALLAH Published — Friday 11 March 2016 Allah says: “Whatever of good befalls you, it is from Allah; and whatever of ill befalls you, it is from yourself.” (Qur’an, 4:79) This and other similar verses outline for us an attitude that we should adopt, and that will […]
More than One-Third of US Innovators Are Immigrants
Source: Voice Of America More than one-third of U.S. innovators are foreign born which suggests highly educated immigrants just might be one of America’s most valuable resources. Despite only making […]
UN Official: Blasphemy Laws Must Be Repealed
Source: Voice of America GENEVA—The special U.N. investigator on freedom of religion or belief is calling for the universal repeal of blasphemy laws, saying they restrict freedom of expression and […]
Racism in Trump’s Rallies and Universal Brotherhood in Islam
Epigraph: O ye people! Be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single first life form and created therefrom its mate, and from them over […]
Trump supporters, protesters clash after Chicago rally postponed
Chicago (CNN)Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday postponed a rally in Chicago amid fights between supporters and demonstrators, protests in the streets and concerns that the environment at the event was […]
When Your Friends Don’t Believe in God
Huff Post: by Kevin Wright – (Kevin Wright currently serves as the Minister of Education at The Riverside Church in the City of New York). A lot of my friends don’t believe in God. I don’t mean “acquaintances” or Facebook friends, but my actual — call you up on a […]
MISUNDERSTANDINGS ON LIBYA MAKE ISIS THE REAL WINNER
BY JACK MOORE , DR. AMIR KAMEL ON 3/11/16 In a recent interview with The Atlantic ’s Jeffrey Goldberg, U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged the failures in Libya and pinpointed […]
Pakistan: Wrong turns of the right wing
UMER ALI Full of contradictions The hanging of Mumtaz Qadri united all religio-political parties last week as together they protested against it. Blocking roads, closing down markets forcibly, thrashing journalists and attacking media houses for not covering their protests – all was done to send a message that come what […]
Donald Trump Says His Supporters Should ‘Hit Back’ At Protesters More Often
Source: Huffington Post By Amanda Terkel; Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post Donald Trump isn’t going to put a stop to his violent supporters. In fact, he wants to see more. In […]
What Modern Syria Can Learn From the Ottomans
Analysis MARCH 6, 2016 Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Syria, passes through Damascus on July 17, 1917. Under Ottoman rule, Syria existed as a collection of culturally diverse provinces. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Analysis By Toba Hellerstein The quagmire that is contemporary Syria is as infinitely complex as it was […]
King orders food, medical aid for devastated Syrian regions
King of Saudi Arabia orders food, medical aid for devastated Syrian regions Mar 7, 2016 RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will provide food and medical aid to the most devastated regions in Syria in cooperation with the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies. An agreement to this […]
An Indian gives a Saudi sponsor a taste of his own medicine
Mar 12, 2016 Abdulaziz Al-Thekair The headwaiter of a fancy European restaurant rebuked members of a Saudi family for sitting at a big table and making their two housemaids sit at a smaller separate table. The Saudi family did not violate the local laws but did violate the social norms […]
This penguin swims 8,000km every year to visit man who saved his life
Brazil http://tribune.com.pk/story/1063224/this-penguin-swims-8000km-every-year-to-visit-man-who-saved-his-life/ By News Desk Published: March 10, 2016 A penguin has struck an unlikely friendship with a Brazilian pensioner and swims 8,000 kilometres every year to visit him since he saved his life four years ago. The South American Magellanic penguin named Dindim was found covered in oil and close […]
The Bible And Quran Are More Similar Than You May Think
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Islamophobia has become frighteningly commonplace in the U.S. There’s a lot of hatred, misinformation and misplaced fear being directed at Muslims […]
Swiss Bunkers to be commandeered for asylum needs
ASYLUM DECISION Bunkers to be commandeered for asylum needs MAR 11, 2016 – 16:08 Civilian bunkers, like this one in canton St Gallen, have already been used for asylum seekers in Switzerland (Keystone) Federal and cantonal authorities will soon be able to force local communities to open their civilian bunkers […]
Group: Trump should apologize for saying ‘Islam hates us’
Source: Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A leading Muslim civil rights group is calling on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump to apologize for his claim that “Islam hates us.” […]