The Long Shadow of A.Q. Khan
How One Scientist Helped the World Go Nuclear By Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz On February 4, 2004, the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer (A.Q.) Khan, then famous for his role […]
France: Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan held by police over rape charges
Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan, a leading professor at Oxford University, was detained on Wednesday in France, where he is facing allegations of rape. French police on Wednesday detained prominent Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, a legal source said, months after two women filed rape charges against him. Ramadan was summoned for questioning […]
This Type of Non-Dairy Milk is the Healthiest, Study Says
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN January 30, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. That almond milk latte may be delicious, but a study just published in the Journal of Food Science and […]
Bill Gates Reveals His Father Suffers From Alzheimer’s Disease – and He’s Committing $100 Million to Stopping It
Source: Time By FLORA CARR January 30, 2018 Bill Gates has revealed for the first time that his father suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Gates discussed his personal reasons for investing in the […]
Europe’s earliest written language
Source: BBC News By Stav Dimitropoulos 29 January 2018 Giannis Bellonias was standing on the edge of a craggy cliffside in Imerovigli, a village built on the apex of Santorini’s […]
Taliban threaten 70% of Afghanistan, BBC finds
Source: BBC News By Shoaib Sharifi and Louise Adamou Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan, a […]
Tired of Their Veils, Some Iranian Women Stage Rare Protests
Source: The New York Times By THOMAS ERDBRINK Inspired perhaps by a “White Wednesday” campaign, several Iranian women have publicly taken off their head scarves and waved them on the end […]
Iranian opposition cleric accuses Khamenei of abuse of power
Source: Reuters BY Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) – Instead of blaming others Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should take responsibility for Iran’s economic and political shortcomings, an opposition leader under house arrest said in a letter published on Tuesday. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gestures as he speaks, […]
Indian Muslim cleric says women watching soccer un-Islamic
Source: Associated Press BY BISWAJEET BANERJEE LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A senior cleric at an influential Islamic seminary in northern India has issued a religious decree saying that Muslim women should […]
Muslim woman receives death threats after leading prayers in Kerala
Source: The Guardian BY Amrit Dhillon in Delhi A Muslim woman in the southern Indian state of Kerala has received death threats after leading prayers for a mixed congregation in an act […]
Irish abortion referendum: Debate rages after vote announced
Source: BBC News The Republic of Ireland’s decision to hold a referendum in May on whether to reform the country’s near-total ban on abortion has triggered strong reaction. Voters will be asked whether they want to keep the constitutional restrictions or scrap them, allowing MPs to legislate on the sensitive […]
Vatican, Eager for China Ties, Asks ‘Underground’ Bishops to Step Aside
Source: The New York Times By IAN JOHNSON Photo Easter service at the government-sanctioned West Beijing Catholic Church. About half of the 10 to 12 million Catholics in China worship in […]
Pope sends sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate bishop
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — After coming under excoriating public criticism, Pope Francis has decided to send the Vatican’s most respected sex crimes expert to […]
Afghan war turns bloodier
Source: Dawn THE latest wave of terror attacks in Kabul that has claimed dozens of civilian lives marks the bloodiest phase of the so far 16-year war with the insurgents getting more audacious. The escalation in fighting raises questions about the new US-Afghan strategy. Not that the Afghan capital has […]
Proper movements in Muslim prayer ritual can reduce lower back pain
Research finds that pain can be remedied with proper knee, back angles Date: March 6, 2017 Source: Binghamton University Summary: Five times a day, roughly 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, bow, […]
Holocaust Memorial Day: Coming to terms with a tarnished Swiss wartime record
By Julie Hunt https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43845042&locale=en Embed code This content was published on January 27, 2018 11:00 AMJan 27, 2018 – 11:00 January 27, 2018 marks Holocaust Memorial Day, to remember the six million Jews killed during World War II. swissinfo.chexternal link looks back at Switzerland’s questionable wartime policies towards Jews […]
In Afrin, Kurds seek Assad’s help but not at any cost
By AFP – Jan 30,2018 – Syrian Kurds mourn during a funeral of civilians and fighters from the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units who were killed in battles in Syria’s border region of Afrin on Monday (AFP photo) BEIRUT — Kurdish forces trying to fend off a deadly Turkish offensive […]
Yemen separatists surround Aden presidential palace
By AFP – Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Fighters from the separatist Southern Transitional Council and their supporters parade around the area of the presidential palace in the government’s de […]
‘Whitewashing’ genocide in Myanmar
Jan 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Although the genocide of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar has gathered greater media attention in recent months, there […]
Palestine: Missing the point once more
Jan 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority (PA), says he has terminated the role of the United States as the patron for the so-called peace process. This followed the Trump administration’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to […]