Statue Of Scopes Trial Lawyer Sparks Debate In Tennessee
Source: NPR BY MICHAEL MILLER In 1925, the Scopes Trial sparked national debates about creationism and secularism, and put Dayton, Tenn., on the map. Now another debate is happening in […]
Christian movie studio donates $25,000 to rebuild Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas
Source: Religion News Service By Emily McFarlan Miller | July 12, 2017 Pure Flix donated $25,000 to the American History and Heritage Foundation to assist with replacing a Ten Commandments tribute monument that was recently […]
Senegal fails to stop abuse of children in Qur’anic schools
Source: The Guardian Kate Lyons Tens of thousands of children in Senegal are still being forced to beg for their food by abusive teachers in Qur’anic schools, a year after the government […]
Buddhists protest UN human rights envoy in western Myanmar
Source: Associated Press By ESTHER HSUTAN SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — Buddhist demonstrators on Wednesday protested the arrival of the U.N. human rights envoy to Myanmar for an information-gathering trip in […]
The man who takes a plane to work every day
Source: BBC Curt von Badinski, a mechanical engineer and co-founder of a San Francisco-based tech company, has a six-hour daily commute from Los Angeles – most of it by plane. Five days a week, he rises at 05:00 for the 15-minute drive to Bob Hope Burbank airport, for a 90-minute flight […]
Trump travel ban: Judge expands definition of ‘close relative’
Source: BBC Grandparents and other relatives of people living in the US cannot be barred from entering under President Trump’s travel ban, a judge has ruled. The order, by District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii, is a fresh legal blow to Mr Trump’s immigration crackdown. The judge said the ban had interpreted […]
2 Israeli police officers killed in shooting in Jerusalem’s Old City
Source: CNN Two Israeli police officers were killed in a shooting Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City, just outside one of the world’s most important religious sites. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said three armed assailants, whom he identified as terrorists, targeted police units in the area. One tried to stab police officer, […]
Specially the Ahmadiyya cross-border brides feel the heat of Indo-Pak tension
Source: HT Who are Ahmadis? The quiet town of Qadian in the border district of Punjab’s Gurdaspur is the international headquarters of the Ahmadiyya community. Their population in India is around 1,00,000 while around the world their numbers touch 170 mn. IN QADIAN, thousands of Ahmadis from 35 countries congregate for […]
Muslim Photographer’s Ambitious Project Seeks To Showcase Islam’s Diversity
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Carlos Khalil Guzman is exploring how Muslims in all 50 states practice Islam. A Muslim photographer is working on an ambitious project that he […]
King of Jordan hails Russian-US cooperation to achieve calm in south Syria
By JT – Jul 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, in a phone call on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussed the latest developments in Syria, particularly after the ceasefire agreement for the country’s southwest, secured recently by Jordan, Russia, and the US. The […]
Did You Know That Jihad Is In The Bible?
07/12/2017 8.5k This may be shocking to some readers, but the Bible has been translated into Arabic. In fact, if you open your Bible right now and peruse through all of the translations of John 3:16, “Allah” is the word used to refer to God in the Arabic version […]
New exhibit at Museum of the Princes’ Islands: Istanbul’s history of maritime transportation
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Artist Akillas Millas’ work focusing on Istanbul’s sea vehicles will go on display at the Museum of Princes’ Islands on Büyükada today Akillas Millas, known for his […]
Turkey warns Greek Cypriots against drilling in eastern Mediterranean
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkey issued a warning Thursday against the Greek Cypriot Administration’s ongoing unilateral hydrocarbon-related activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying that it disregarded the inalienable rights […]
Are you in world’s most active country? Check out the study
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL A Stanford University study based on smartphone data has found that people around the world take approximately 4,961 steps every day. The finding of the research was published in the U.S. scientific journal “Nature.” It studied smartphone data of some 717,527 individuals from 111 […]
All-girl Afghan robotics team receives visa after US makes U-turn
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Members of Afghan robotics girls team arrive to receive their visas from the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan July 13, 2017. (REUTERS Photo) Afghanistan’s all girls […]
Shariah’s Winding Path Into Modernity
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol In June, Americans in about two dozen cities joined a “March Against Sharia.” For these protesters, the Arabic term is a code […]
Award winner urges review of Islamic political thought
Source: Arab News JEDDAH: The winner of the King Faisal International Prize 2017 for Islamic Studies, Prof. Ridwan Al-Sayyid, has underscored the importance of revisiting Islamic political thought and heritage in Islamic sources. Al-Sayyid was giving a lecture on Islamic political thinking, organized by the general secretariat of the King […]
American Eagle celebrates diversity with hijab model
Source: Arab News: JEDDAH: In a celebration of diversity, renowned brand American Eagle features a hijab-wearing model to mark its summer 2017 collection. Halima Aden, a Somali American, made headlines last winter for being the first hijab-wearing model on New York and Milan runways. She was also the first […]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan accused of ‘flip-flopping’ over UK Hezbollah ban
Source: Arab News: LONDON: The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been accused of “flip-flopping” over whether Hezbollah should be completely banned in the UK. A spokesman for the mayor’s office told Arab News that he had not called for a total ban on the organization, despite a number of […]
Prospect of Turkish accession to EU more relevant than ever
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Kaymakcı has said that the period ahead provides an ample amount of opportunities to reinvigorate Turkish-EU relations. Faruk Kaymakcı, the Turkish permanent representative to the EU, who […]