London Bridge: Man shot dead by police after several stabbed
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC A number of people have been stabbed and a […]
Prof. John Makdisi traces the Islamic Origins of the Common Law
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or by […]
Smartphone ‘addiction’: Young people ‘panicky’ when denied mobiles
Source: BBC Almost a quarter of young people are so dependent on their smartphones that it becomes like an addiction, suggests research by psychiatrists. The study, from King’s College London, […]
Political history: Switzerland’s controversial minaret ban, ten years on
Source: Swiss Info By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli A decade ago, a majority of Swiss voters backed a people’s initiative banning the building of minarets in the country. What has changed since? […]
A second Brexit referendum? Swiss lessons on repeating votes
By Domhnall O’Sullivan Nov 29, 2019 – swissinfo.ch Three years after voting to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom is still polarised over Brexit. Would a second referendum heal […]
The remembrance poppy is becoming a weapon against immigrants to Canada. We need to remember everyone’s contribution to the war
How come the institutional memory fails the right wing so badly in modern politics? Did all these soldiers, women as well as men, die for Canada and its allies […]
Newspaper, digital ads will try to woo Quebec civil servants to Manitoba
‘We’re not big on clothing police here,’ Pallister says on eve of campaign’s launch Source: CBC The Manitoba government is taking out newspaper and electronic advertisements in Quebec that welcome civil servants there to move to Manitoba if they feel threatened by their province’s ban on religious symbols in the […]
Quebec ad campaign about standing up for individual rights, Premier Pallister says
“This is an issue of whether you’re willing to stand up and defend minority rights, minority freedoms. And we as Manitobans have that reputation and will continue to act on […]
Ketamine may reduce heavy drinkers’ craving
Source: BBC A one-off dose of ketamine may help heavy drinkers cut back on alcohol, an experimental trial by University College London suggests. When the sedative was used to disrupt […]