Malala in Lalaland
BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN Two aspects of Malala Yousafzai’s speech delivered to a packed House of Commons April 12 were notable. The first was her failure to mention Stephen […]
Aid Workers Say Somalia Is ‘On the Brink of a Massive Catastrophe’
Source: Time BY Abdi Guled / AP 12:27 AM ET (MOGADISHU, Somalia) — Life-threatening child malnutrition rates are rising to alarming levels in drought-hit Somalia, the international aid group Save the […]
Early hip fracture surgery will save hundreds of lives
Source: BBC Hundreds of lives could be saved if patients with hip fractures were operated on in under 24 hours, a new study reveals. Researchers in Bristol found 8% more […]
Parents make a big difference just by talking
Source: BBC By Andreas Schleicher OECD education director Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES The think tank’s education director Andreas Schleicher explains how much positive impact can come from simple changes such as […]
How Young Muslims Define ‘Halal Dating’ For Themselves
Source: NPR BY NEHA RASHID Young Muslims find a middle ground for fostering romantic relationships between what is permissible and what is forbidden. When 18-year-old Nermeen Ileiwat first began college, […]
How Bill O’Reilly used religion to fuel fear — and his show
Source: The Washington Post By Christopher Hale April 20 at 2:01 PM Bill O’Reilly attends the Hollywood Reporter’s 2016 35 Most Powerful People in Media at Four Seasons Restaurant on […]
Defense Department expands its list of recognized religions
Source: RNS By Kimberly Winston (RNS) Humanist? Deist? No religion? No problem. The Department of Defense announced a near doubling of its list of recognized religions. It will now formally […]
How the Catholic Priesthood Became an Unlikely Haven for Many Gay Men
Source: Slate Back in March, Pope Francis sparked a wave of headlines when he hinted at the possibility of ordaining married men as priests. Since there’s no evidence that church […]
Were Trump’s Syrian missile strikes morally justified? 5 religious experts respond
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)It’s rare for President Donald Trump to mention God, and rarer still for him to name-drop the Almighty three times in a […]
The world’s strangest sperm and eggs
Source: BBC By Ella Davies 20 April 2017 The sperm is the smallest cell in human biology, but also one of the most complex. The egg meanwhile is the largest […]
Dortmund bus terror arrest: German-Russian man ‘carried out bomb attack to make money then blamed Muslims’
Source: Independent BY Jack de Menezes Police have arrested a German-Russian citizen on Friday morning on suspicion of carrying out the attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus last Tuesday, with […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community lays foundation stone for the first Mosque in Raunheim, Germany
Source: https://www.khalifaofislam.com/press-releases/raunheim-mosque-germany-2017/ Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says world passing through extremely dangerous times The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 18 April 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad laid the foundation stone for the first Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community lays foundation stone for the first Mosque in Marburg, Germany
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says service to humanity is a vital part of worship. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 19 April 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad laid the foundation stone for the first […]
History Channel Documentary: Einstein And Relativity
Suggested Reading Albert Einstein On The Spirituality That Comes From Scientific Inquiry 12 Famous Scientists On The Possibility Of God Albert Einstein’s search for God, a detailed study from the Islamic perspective Quantum […]
Pakistan: The Lynching of Mashal Khan Proves Pakistan is Dystopic
Source: New Age Islam By Arshad Alam, who is a social and political commentator and a columnist 20 April 2017 Mashal, a 23-year-old journalism student was lynched by a ferocious blood thirsty mob for alleged blasphemy. A university as a space is supposed to nurture critical ideas: ideas which have […]
India: Should Azaan on loudspeakers be banned in the early morning?
Listen To Sonu Nigam, Please, By C. M. Naim for New Age Islam 20 April 2017 My heart beats to the same rhythm as Sonu Nigam’s. His cri de cœur is also mine. Yes, please, do take seriously this matter of calling the faithful to prayers through loudspeakers, particularly in […]
Shame on those who preach intolerance in the name of Christianity
Source: The Guardian By Catherine Pepinster All across the continent, compassion has run dry as the right ignores the Gospel lessons It is chocolate time for French children this morning, thanks […]
PM ‘is not honest with nation’: Justice Khosa
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who was leading the five-judge bench on the Panamagate, declared on Thursday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif “is not honest with the Supreme Court and nation”. Justice Khosa, while authoring the 192-page judgment, disqualified the prime minister, but his views belong to the […]