Source: Channel NewsAsia BEIJING: Authorities in China’s capital will extend leave from work for new mothers and fathers, state media reported on Friday (Mar 25), in what appeared to be the latest incentive to encourage families to have more children. The world’s largest economy faces a shrinking labor force and […]
Source: Reuters ISLAMABAD | BY ASAD HASHIM Pakistan has rounded up more than 5,000 militant suspects, then released most of them, in the two days since a suicide bomber killed […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Many people are confused about key characteristics of the Zika virus The ongoing Zika virus has made headlines for its spread across the Americas and its […]
Source: Time By Rishi Iyengar Brussels airport will most likely take several months to resume full operations following this month’s terrorist attacks, its CEO said Tuesday. Arnaud Feist said Zaventem terminal […]
Source: The Spectator On Easter Saturday a Muslim shopkeeper in Glasgow was brutally murdered. Forty-year-old Asad Shah was allegedly stabbed in the head with a kitchen knife and then stamped upon. Most of the UK press began by going big on this story and referring to it as an act of […]
Source: BBC By David Farley Rice is an overlooked culinary component, often viewed as a necessary, but not particularly flavourful, staple to a meal. It’s a supporting cast member to […]
Source: Huffington Post By Gary Laderman Chair of the Department of Religion, Emory University and Editor of Sacred Matters Magazine. I recently asked a class I visited how the students would define religion. “Religion is a way of life, how a person lives their life and understands what’s important.” “Religion is […]
Source: Huffington Post By Lisa Capretto There are plenty of reasons to turn to meditation to help alleviate your stress, but if that doesn’t seem like your thing, positive psychology researcher Michelle Gielanwants you to try something else: fact-checking. Gielan is the founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research, and […]
Source: The New York Times By MAHER SATTAR and ELLEN BARRY Maher Sattar reported from Dhaka, and Ellen Barry from New Delhi. DHAKA, Bangladesh — It took Bangladesh’s High Court […]
Source: Boston Globe By Brian MacQuarrie The Archdiocese of Boston has agreed to settlements involving cash and counseling with seven people who say they were sexually abused by priests, including […]
Source: Reuters BELHE, INDIA | BY RAJENDRA JADHAV A ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter in India’s richest state is threatening to push millions of farmers into penury, […]
Source: BBC Israel has reassigned its nominee for ambassador to Brazil, whose appointment Brasilia refused to accept, apparently because he is a former settler leader. Dani Dayan will now become […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Majid Nawaz We cannot pretend that the extremism driving jihadist terror around the world has nothing to do with Islam. LONDON — At least 72 […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla An Associate Editor of HuffPost Religion. Prior to joining The Huffington Post, Carol was a reporter at the New York Daily News covering a range of topics. Years of discrimination have taken a toll on Muslim American communities. More hate-fueled incidents — from physical attacks, […]
TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1. Vancouver: 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math. 2. Your $1,800,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown. 3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations. 4. There’s always some sort of deforestation protest going […]
Source: Washington Post By Jeffrey Rediger When I went to see “Miracles from Heaven,” I saw more laughter, crying and applause than I’ve ever seen in a movie theater. Clearly, this […]
http://mvslim.com/: Never in my wildest imagination did I ever think I would become a scholar focusing on Islam and Christian-Muslim relations. Growing up, my passion was playing basketball and following the Boston Celtics. I never had any Muslim friends. In fact, I did not even know a single follower of […]
Guardian: Among British Muslims, I hear a range of views on the European referendum: many seem to be apathetic, some want Britain to remain in the EU and a small number, such as the newly formed “Muslims for Britain”, support Brexit. Such a range of views seems comparable to the […]
Source: BBC By Amanda Ruggeri Some 8,000 years ago, a tsunami with a run-up height of up to 25m swept Scottish islands and the coastline at 80mph. It may have […]
Source: BBC By Claudia Hammond 29 March 2016 We’ve all seen the films. A man is caught in quicksand, begging onlookers for help, but the more he struggles, the further […]