Michael Metcalfe: We need money for aid. So let’s print it
During the financial crisis, the central banks of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan created $3.7 trillion in order to buy assets and encourage investors to do the same. […]
SNP MP Angus Robertson meets Ahmadiyya Leader in London
Source: Rabwah Times. ©TIMES NEWSPAPERS LTD (Fair usage under educational & non-profit purposes ) Leader of the Scottish National Party in UK Parliament, Angus Robertson met with the leader of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the community’s headquarters in London on Wednesday, April 27th. During a Parliament session on April, 20th […]
Why I put myself in danger to tell the stories of Gaza
When Ameera Harouda hears the sounds of bombs or shells, she heads straight towards them. “I want to be there first because these stories should be told,” says Gaza’s first […]
Why peole are not buying new cars
Source: Zero Hedge Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/17/2014 THE WORLD’S UNSOLD CAR STOCKPILE Houston…We have a problem!…Nobody is buying brand new cars anymore! Well they are, but not on […]
Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam
Huff Post: by Ian Mevorack – Theologian, minister, ethicist, and activist; co-founder of Common Street Spiritual Center (www.commonstreet.org). Part 1: The time has come for Christians and Muslims to make peace between our communities. Christians and Muslims already make up more than half of the global population, and these numbers […]
India: Impact of Wahabi Islam is growing
THE PHENOMENON of Islamist terrorism has received considerable attention in recent times. Pointing to a trend of increasing radicalisation of Indian Muslims, Indian intelligence has expressed concern that it is becoming a paramount national security issue. However, in looking at Islamist fundamentalism as one of the causes for communal polarisation […]
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 […]