How the Syrian crisis came home to small-town Canada
Story by Moni Basu, CNN Video and photos by Matthew Gannon, CNN Lethbridge, Alberta (CNN) Muna Ali adjusts the hijab covering her wavy brown locks as she pushes a cart […]
Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey hold ‘difficult’ summit
Source: BBC European Union leaders are holding a key summit with Turkey in Brussels on ways of dealing with Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War Two. The EU is pressing Turkey, through which many migrants transit, to take some back in return for $3.3bn in aid. Turkey is […]
North Korea Threatens U.S. With Nuclear Strike Over War Games
Source: NBC News SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea issued another threat Monday, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” on Washington and Seoul, this time in reaction […]
Video: John Oliver: Finding Solutions in Humor for Migrants and Refugees s
Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey hold ‘difficult’ summit Source: BBC Migrant crisis EU migration: Crisis in seven charts Migrant crisis: Have EU promises been kept? In depth report Why is […]
Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey hold ‘difficult’ summit
Source: BBC Migrant crisis EU migration: Crisis in seven charts Migrant crisis: Have EU promises been kept? In depth report Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum? European Union […]
Intermediate tree cover can maximize groundwater recharge in the seasonally dry tropics
Source: Nature Water scarcity contributes to the poverty of around one-third of the world’s people. Despite many benefits, tree planting in dry regions is often discouraged by concerns that trees reduce water availability. Yet relevant studies from the tropics are scarce, and the impacts of intermediate tree cover remain unexplored. […]
Best Lines of the Democratic Debate in Flint, Michigan
Source: ABC News On Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders faced off against each other at the seventh debate of the primary season in Flint, Michigan. […]
Son of Ottawa ex-Imam killed in Libya
National post Toronto The death of Owais Egwilla, left, was announced on social media accounts affiliated with Libyan fighters, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The youth’s father was Abdu Albasset Egwilla, right, a Libyan-Canadian religious cleric. TORONTO — The son of a former Ottawa cleric who encouraged Libyans to […]
Apple head of software engineering says FBI’s demands compromise the safety of all iOS users
Source: Tech Crunch Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering (and one of its most popular WWDC presenters) says the FBI’s demands on the company will make all […]
A Year After Murder of Three Muslims; The Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Has Gotten Louder
Source: Patheos A year ago, in my own neighborhood of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, three Muslims students lost their lives to a hate crime. I feel the pain and anguish of […]
Muhammad as Spirit of Truth: A Christian Testimony Against Islamophobia
By Ian Mevorach Theologian, minister, ethicist, and activist; co-founder of Common Street Spiritual Center (www.commonstreet.org) Huff post: Islamophobia has been on the rise in the United States ever since 9/11. […]
Re-learning moderation
The Daily Times: Did the Holy Prophet (PBUH) not repeatedly forgive those who slandered him and attacked him? In this space, I have continuously written about the threat that an overbearing clergy poses to a state that is attempting to relearn moderation after spending a large part of the last […]
The incredible bond between mother and child captured in 22 heartwarming photographs
Source: BBC It is said there is nothing like a mother’s love, and you don’t need to look far to find proof. This Mother’s Day, BBC Earth is celebrating the […]
Dubai’s illusive fog phenomenon
Source: BBC A few times per year – if you are in the right place at just the right time and luck is on your side – you might get […]
The New York Times Presents Islam More Negatively than Cancer and Cocaine, Says New Study
Researchers say there were shocked to learn that Islam receives more negative coverage than cancer. The New York Times portrays Islam and Muslims more negatively than cancer, cocaine and alcohol, according to a report that studied the newspaper’s headlines. “Since 9/11, many media outlets began profiteering from the anti-Muslim climate. Though you […]
Bangladesh may drop Islam as country’s official religion following attacks on minorities
Source: Independent Islam could be dropped as Bangladesh’s official religion following a number of attacks in the country against people of other faiths. Christians, Hindus and Muslim minority Shiites have […]
Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death for corruption
Source: Gulf News Tehran: Iran’s billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, a judicial official said Sunday, after a long trial in which he was accused […]
Why Twitter Is Struggling, According to One Power User
Source: Time Twitter can be lonely and confusing—especially for new arrivals Yesterday, New Statesman deputy editor Helen Lewis offered a lengthy rumination on why Twitter is having so much trouble […]
Louis C.K. on Donald Trump: ‘The Guy Is Hitler’
Source: Time “He’s an insane bigot. He is dangerous” Comedian Louis C.K. urged voters to stop supporting Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Saturday, including a lengthy and impassioned plea […]
American Christianity Is Dying and the Republican Presidential Candidates Are Showing Us Why
Source: Huffington Post The Barna Group has been putting out research for years about the decline of Christianity in America. A recent study in 2015 found that “In just two […]