What Islam Really Says About Women | Alaa Murabit | TED Talks
Alaa Murabit’s family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohibitions on what […]
What is above and what is below
A headstrong grandee had obtained from the Sultan the rights of share-cropping on the land occupied by Nasrudin. When the Court clerk asked him what crop he wanted to share, he merely said: ‘Just put in “whatever is above the ground”.’ He presented himself at the Mulla’s house with the […]
Parties in struggling Syria talks unclear on date of next round
By Reuters – Apr 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES UN Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Syria Staffan de Mistura gestures prior to a round of negotiations between the Syria’s regime-tolerated opposition (Moscow-Cairo group) and the UN, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on […]
The Divide Over Islam and National Laws in the Muslim World
Varied views on whether Quran should influence laws in countries BY JACOB POUSHTER As strife in the Middle East continues to make headlines, from the militant group ISIS to Syrian refugees, the Muslim world is sharply divided on what the relationship should be between the tenets of Islam and the […]
Survey of Muslim Canadians rebuts lazy generalizations with hard data: Neil Macdonald
Source: CBC Findings of Environics Institute survey reveal a community that’s not so different from other Canadians The cover page of a new study on Muslims in Canada features six […]
USA: How Scientology Silences Its Critics
In the doc ‘My Scientology Movie,’ filmmaker Louis Theroux interviews many ex-Scientologists about how the Church of Scientology and leader David Miscavige intimidate apostates. Jen Yamato I was the baddest-ass dude in Scientology,” declares Marty Rathbun in My Scientology Movie, a surreal documentary in which British journalist Louis Theroux attempts to […]
Muslim theology faculties develop an ‘Islam for Germany’
(RNS) While Germany’s politicians are loudly debating whether Islam is compatible with democracy, five of its state universities are quietly developing pioneering new Islamic theology faculties to try to ensure […]
Breaking News from Pakistan
Source: @SaleemudDinAA On the recommendation of the Mutahidda Ulma Board, the Punjab interior ministry, placed a ban on all Ahmadi publications. Note by Editor: More details emerging……………………….
Meet the Man Behind Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
Source: Time By Jay Newton-Small On the wall in his office at Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn headquarters, campaign chairman John Podesta has an oil painting on loan from his lobbyist brother, who […]
Bangladesh’s pluralism is at risk if Sheikh Hasina does not stop extremists
Source: The Guardian By Simon Tisdall The government of Sheikh Hasina Wazed is under growing pressure in Bangladesh to end an apparent culture of impunity after a series of brutal murders […]
8 Productive Ways To Use The Time You’re Normally Wasting On Waiting
Source: Huffington Post Darius Foroux Author of Massive Life Success and founder of Procrastinate Zero Recently I started asking readers who joined my newsletter this question: “If I could write […]
How Neuroscientists Explain the Mind-Clearing Magic of Running
Source: Huffington Post By Melissa Dahl It is something of a cliché among runners, how the activity never fails to clear your head. Does some creative block have you […]
Marine discharged after refusing to remove a Bible verse taped near her cubicle has her day in court
Source: The Washington Post By Thomas Gibbons-Neff Thomas Gibbons-Neff is a staff writer and a former Marine infantryman A Marine discharged for failing to remove a Bible verse posted in her […]
Father’s memoir spurs Scientology leader David Miscavige to threaten lawsuitFather’s memoir spurs Scientology leader David Miscavige to threaten lawsuit
Source: Los Angeles Times By Libby Hill Contact Reporter The leader of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, is looking to stop the publication of a new tell-all memoir written by his father […]
Britain Grapples With Enduring Questions of Religion and Race
Source: The New York Times By STEVEN ERLANGER and STEPHEN CASTLE APRIL 25, 2016 LONDON — As Britain engages in fierce debates centered on national identity, it is also confronting […]
Pakistani Sikhs open temple after 73 years, risking attacks
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON Apr. 27, 2016 2:27 AM EDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An armed policeman stood guard outside the 300-year-old Sikh temple, known as a gurdwara, […]
Undercover squad may mean more covering up for Tehran women
Source: Associated Press By NASSER KARIMI TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran resident Sousan Heidari has stopped letting her headscarf slip casually down over her neck and shoulders while driving in […]
Bangladesh jails Hindu teachers for ‘abusing Islam’
Source: Yahoo News A court in southern Bangladesh sentenced two Hindu schoolteachers to six months in jail for making “abusive” remarks about Islam that led a mob to attack their […]
Trump may seek India’s help in dealing with Pak’s ‘semi-unstable’ nukes
Source:TOI Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday hinted at seeking help from India and others to address the “problem” of what he described as a “semi-unstable” nuclear-armed Pakistan.Trump’s such a remark came during a town-hall in Indianapolis in response to a question on how he would deal with countries […]
9 things never to say to your child
Source: TOI Being a parent is difficult and so is coming off as a proud child. It’s only human to give vent to your rage by using harsh words. However, when the recipient of your outrage is your own child, it might have uncertain and unmanageable repercussions. We list 9 […]