India’s dying mother
Source: BBC BY Justin Rowlatt Can the sacred but toxic River Ganges be cleaned up? Justin Rowlatt travelled its length, from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, to see […]
Turkey ‘needs to fulfil deal’ to gain visa-free EU travel
Source: BBC A deal to allow Turks visa-free travel within Europe will collapse if Turkey does not fulfil its commitments, the European Commission president has said. Jean-Claude Juncker said changes […]
Foot-Long Ancient Tooth Discovered on Australian Beach
Source: The New York Times By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Five million years ago, a massive sea monster may have eviscerated sharks and whales using gigantic teeth like this. Murray Orr, […]
The Hyperloop Is One Step Closer to Reality
Source: Time By Alex Fitzpatrick Nearly three years ago, technology billionaire Elon Muskproposed a radical idea: Why not create a transportation system that involved putting people-filled pods in low-pressure tubes, then […]
“True Integration is to Love the Country in which You Live” – Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad interviewed by Sweden’s Sveriges Television On 11 May 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was interviewed by Sveriges Television (Swedish TV) at the Mahmood Mosque in Malmo, Sweden. During the interview, His Holiness […]
American Capitalism’s Great Crisis
Source: Time By Rana Foroohar TIME’s assistant managing editor in charge of economics and business. How Wall Street is choking our economy and how to fix it A couple of weeks […]
Islamophobia Is No Joke
Source: Patheos by Qasim Rashid by Zahid Mian Did you hear about the Mexican who was arrested for saying “hasta la vista”? Apparently someone nearby thought he was an illegal […]
“Everyone has the right to propagate their faith but only through Peaceful Means” – Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad makes remarks during interview with Skansa Dagbladet newspaper in Sweden On 11 May 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was interviewed by the Skansa Dagbladet newspaper at the Mahmood Mosque in Malmo, Sweden. […]
MI5 Raises Terror Threat To Great Britain From Northern-Ireland To Substantial
Source: Huffington Post Steven Hopkins News Reporter MI5 has raised the threat level to Great Britain from Northern Ireland-related terrorism from moderate to substantial, Home Secretary Theresa May has said. The Security Service increased the level from moderate to substantial – which is the third most serious category out of […]
Why are many Indian Muslims seen as untouchable?
Source: BBC Untouchability is worse than slavery, said Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, one of India’s greatest statesmen and the undisputed leader of the country’s Dalits. Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) are […]
WHY WE SHOULD TEACH THEOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
Source: Religion Dispatches BY JONATHAN SHEEHAN What do you know about theology and where did you learn it? Most of you will answer, “not very much,” and “at home” or […]
Stop celebrating Sadiq Khan’s victory, Pakistan, you have no right to celebrate
Source: The Express Tribune By Farooq Mahmood Sadiq Khan is now the mayor of London. There are countless reasons to celebrate this feat. On a personal level, it is indeed a […]
President Obama Will Bring a Mixed Nuclear Message to Hiroshima
Source: Time President Obama will end his Presidency pretty much the same way he began it: with a call to the world to rid itself of nuclear arms—this time at Hiroshima, the site of the first atomic weapon used in war. Too bad he did so little to reach that […]
The Case Against Artificial Sweeteners Is Getting Stronger
Source: Time By Alice Park They’re supposed to be a way to have the proverbial cake and, literally, eat it too: all the sweet taste without the calories and the metabolic […]
Military school denies Muslim’s request to wear headscarf
Source: MSN CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel military school in South Carolina has denied a request by a newly admitted student to wear a traditional Muslim headscarf. The Citadel said […]
Missing the Sacred: Why This Atheist Came Back to Faith
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison Mormon in progress, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ and ‘His Right Hand,’ Princeton PhD, All-American triathlete As I sat in church […]
For Haredi Jews secular Zionism remains a religious heresy
Source: Guardian By Giles Fraser The continuing rejection of modern Zionism by some ultra-orthodox Jews disrupts the argument that anti-Zionism is always antisemitism The walled neighbourhood of Mea Shearim is […]
Princess Revives Swati Culture One Stitch At A Time
December 31, 2010 JULIE MCCARTHY Princess Mussarat Ahmed Zeb displays a piece of traditional Swati embroidery from her collection. The “happy colors” of the embroidery are part of the heritage of a land that has seen its share of sadness. Ahmed Zeb is reviving the heritage of Swati textiles while […]
Citadel military college bans prospective Muslim student from wearing headscarf
theguardian — South Carolina institution official cites school policy of having cadets look similar as its president says ‘uniformity is cornerstone’ of program The Citadel military college has barred a newly accepted Muslim student from wearing a headscarf. Photograph: Alamy The Citadel military college has decided a newly accepted Muslim […]
Not Every Woman Who Wears The Headscarf Is Oppressed
Huff Post: The headscarf is a controversial and widely-discussed issue today. It has been perceived as a political symbol, a symbol for oppression, as well as a fashion statement. So, what is it? No one can really decide. Can’t we just call it like it is? It’s a headscarf. There […]