‘We Have Lost Everything’: Syrians Return to Ravaged Aleppo
Source: Time By Bassem Mroue / AP The rebels have been retreating from eastern Aleppo for more than a week, and government forces are likely to prevail (ALEPPO, Syria) — Amina […]
Donald Trump Warns of 35% Tariff For Companies That Move Abroad
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Trump warned companies of “retribution or consequences” for leaving the U.S.Donald Trump warned U.S. companies of “retribution or consequences,” such as a massive tariff, if they leave the country. In a series of early morning tweets Sunday, Trump said companies with offshore factories would face a […]
The tough questions on social integration are being ducked
theguardian: by Louise Casey — Our laws and values should protect every single person in Britain – and that just isn’t happening ‘In places such as Rotherham a failure to talk only leaves the ground open for the far right on one side and Islamist extremists on the other ‘ […]
Narendra Modi Wins Reader’s Poll for TIME Person of the Year
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the online reader’s poll for TIME Person of the Year, beating out other world leaders, artists and politicians as the most influential figure in 2016 among people who voted. The magazine’s editors decide the final Person of the Year, […]
The earth does not just spin it also shakes and wobbles
Source: BBC By Nic Fleming 5 December 2016 The Earth beneath our feet seems reassuringly solid and unchanging most of the time. But this is an illusion, born of our […]
Bana Alabed, seven-year-old tweeting from Aleppo, goes quiet
Source: BBC A seven-year-old girl whose tweets from besieged eastern Aleppo drew worldwide attention has disappeared from the social network amid an army offensive. Tweeting in English with the help […]
Supreme Court hearing government appeal over Brexit powers
Source: BBC The Supreme Court has begun a landmark legal hearing into whether Parliament’s consent is required before official Brexit negotiations can begin. Its 11 justices will hear a government appeal against last month’s High Court ruling that only Parliament has the authority to trigger Article 50. The hearing, being […]
At least 11 killed as fire sweeps through Karachi hotel in Pakistan
Source: The Telegraph A huge fire swept through a four-star hotel in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, killing at least 11 people, officials said.More than 50 people suffered injuries in the early morning blaze, which started in the hotel kitchen, police officer Tauqeer Naeem said. The exact cause […]
Arranged marriages happier, claims former High Court family judge
Source: The Telegraph By John Bingham, social affairs editor Arranged marriage could be happier than marrying for love because it removes the pressure to find the “perfect” partner before settling down, […]
Survival by Accident or Design?
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad Survival by Accident or Design? HE ISSUE of the survival of all living creatures is not as easy and simple as normally understood by the Darwinian cliché of the ‘Survival of the Fittest’. This term can only be understood in depth when […]
Where Is Bana? Mystery Surrounds Shutdown Of Syrian Girl’s Twitter Account
Bana Alabed’s profile disappeared from the service on Sunday. 12/05/2016 Lee Moran Trends Editor, The Huffington Post A seven-year-old Syrian girl’s Twitter account has mysteriously shut down. Bana Alabed had gained more than 100,000 followers since the @AlabedBana profile she shares with her mother Fatemah began tweeting their experiences of living […]
Muslim comedian Mohammed Amer presses Eric Trump for answers while seated next to him on overseas flight
Arab Palestinian Comedian Talks To Eric Trump On Flight Autoplay: On | Off BYTOBIAS SALINGER NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, December 2, 2016, 6:30 PM Eric Trump promised a New York comedian that Muslims will not need to register under the Trump administration, the comic said. President-elect Donald Trump’s son […]
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Arranged marriages happier, claims former High Court family judge
Channel 4 reality show ‘Married At First Sight’ sees couples matched-up by experts, get hitched on their very first meeting CREDIT: CHANNEL 4 John Bingham, social affairs editor 18 NOVEMBER 2016 • Arranged marriage could be happier than marrying for love because it removes the pressure to find the “perfect” […]
Austrian vote a ‘good omen for Europe’: German minister
Source: The Local “If the first results are confirmed this will be a good omen against populism in Europe,” Steinmeier, who is to become Germany’s next president, told a news […]
Italy PM resigns after referendum defeat
Source: BBC In a late-night news conference, he said he took responsibility for the outcome, and said the No camp must now make clear proposals.With most ballots counted, the No vote leads with 60% against 40% for Yes. The turnout was nearly 70%, in a vote that was seen as a […]
Justice in an Unjust World
November 2016 The Review of Religions http://www.reviewofreligions.org/12764/justice-in-an-unjust-world/ Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) On 28th October 2016, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifah (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, delivered a historic lecture at York University in Toronto in front of an […]
Nicola Sturgeon visits Ahmadiyya Mosque in Glasgow
4 December 2016 From the sectionGlasgow & West Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has visited the mosque which was attended by murdered Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah. During her visit to the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Glasgow, she stressed the need to promote peace, tolerance and understanding. She also met members of the Ahmadiyya […]
U.S. Army Denies Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline Construction
Mahita Gajanan @mahitagajanan Helen H. Richardson—Denver Post/Getty ImagesNorth Dakota national guardsmen stand guard on Turtle Island watching activists and native americans at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota on Dec. 3, 2016. Construction of the pipeline will be halted […]
Hardline Islamists push agenda as blasphemy case ignites Indonesia
Source: Reuters International By Kanupriya Kapoor and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – When Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama had some of the capital’s sprawling slums levelled this spring, Muslim […]