Source: Guardian London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan, has said he will visit the US before this year’s presidential elections “in case Donald Trump wins”, in a reference to the presumptive […]
Source: BBC By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent When it comes to understanding the challenge facing the nation on obesity, yoghurt is a good place to start. It’s one of the most […]
Source: The New York Times By KEVIN RANDALL ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Dalai Lama, who tirelessly preaches inner peace while chiding people for their selfish, materialistic ways, has commissioned scientists […]
Source: Reuters BANJA LUKA, BOSNIA | BY GORDANA KATANA AND MAJA ZUVELA Thousands of Muslims flocked to the capital of Bosnia’s Serb region on Saturday for the reopening of a historic mosque destroyed during wartime, a ceremony seen as encouraging religious tolerance among deeply divided communities. Twenty years after the […]
Source: Associated Press By SHAWN POGATCHNIK DUBLIN (AP) — London’s newly elected Muslim mayor paid respect Sunday to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first public […]
Source: The Washington Post By Niraj Chokshi Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore already lost his job once. Now he’s at risk of losing it again. A state commission on Friday suspended Moore from […]
Source: Chicago Tribune By Manya Brachear Pashman Contact Reporter On the bucolic Mundelein campus that houses a theological university and the largest Roman Catholic seminary in the U.S., there are 220 […]
Source: Time By Eliana Dockterman West Point has launched an investigation into whether a photo violates the military’s policy against political demonstration. The picture shows 16 black female cadets wearing their […]
Source: BBC By Ella Davies When searching for the biggest beast ever to take to the sky, you might think it sensible to look at the biggest birds alive today. […]
Source: BBC An NHS trust has been fined £180,000 after a sexual health centre leaked the details of almost 800 patients who had attended HIV clinics. The 56 Dean Street […]
Source: Dawn When news broke last night that Sadiq Khan has been elected London’s first Muslim mayor, celebrations began the world over — most notably in Pakistan, where Sadiq Khan’s […]
Published: 09 May 2016 http://www.thelocal.ch A ‘beard society’ in the Gruyère region of Switzerland marked its 75th anniversary on the weekend with a mini festival celebrating Swiss folk traditions. Yodelling, alphorn and artisan crafts were on the programme at the festival in Vuadens, in the canton of Fribourg, from […]
Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the press conference. Photo: Eric Feferburg/AFP France unveils new €40m plan to fight radicalization Published: 09 May 2016 12:53 GMT+02:00 France will create centres in each region of the country to de-radicalize people or prevent them becoming involved in jihadist groups, the prime minister said […]
By Juan Cole | May. 7, 2016 | By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | The press is declaring Sadiq Khan, victor in the electoral contest for mayor of London, the “first Muslim mayor of a major European city.” They mean of course, something like ‘the first Muslim mayor of […]
Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani, who is a lawyer based in Lahore and the author of the book Mr Jinnah: Myth and Reality. He can be contacted via […]
Source: CBC Muslims mark anniversary with Fort McMurray donations Food, money raised as Ahmadiyya Muslims mark 50 years since arriving in Canada Thousands of dollars, and about one million pounds […]
Sour: The Daily Beast By Majid Nawaz Yes, Sadiq Khan sucked up to extremist Muslims in the past, but, still, congratulations are in order for him—and the voters. LONDON — […]
5000 Ahmadi Faithful Celebrate 50 Years of AMJ in Canada Toronto May 8, 2016 –Zakaria Virk Five thousand men, women and children gathered today at Nathan Phillip Square at Toronto City Hall to celebrate 50 years of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Canada. Mayor of Toronto John Tory, Premier of Ontario […]