Outspoken Maldives Blogger Who Challenged Radical Islamists Is Killed
Source: The New York Times By HASSAN MOOSA and KAI SCHULTZAPRIL 23, 2017 Photo Yameen Rasheed in Malé, the capital of the Maldives, in February. CreditAdam Dean for The New […]
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Trump condemns anti-Semitism on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day
Source: Reuters By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said anti-Semitism should be defeated and called the Holocaust the “darkest chapter of human history” in a video […]
Pope likens migrant holding centers to ‘concentration camps’
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had become “concentration camps”. During a […]
Is there such a thing as a ‘Muslim vote’ in France?
Source: The Conversation On April 8, the well-known French television show Salut les terriens turned sour when guests discussed the very sensitive topic of the so-called “French Muslim vote”. One […]
Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi get first vaccine
Source: BBC By James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightD POLAND/PATHImage captionThe vaccine has been tested extensively in more than 15,000 children The world’s first vaccine against […]
France Throws the Bums Out and Votes for a New Political Reality
Source: Time BY Vivienne Walt / Paris 11:01 PM ET No matter whether centrist economist Emmanuel Macron or far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen wins France’s presidency in two weeks’ […]
Find Out If a Robot Will Take Your Job
Source: Time BY David Johnson Updated: Apr 21, 2017 5:30 PM ET | Originally published: Apr 19, 2017 At a community college in upstate New York, 12 cafeteria workers recently learned […]
Does the Dubai Frame depict an ugly picture?
Source: CNN (CNN) The United Arab Emirates is an architectural playground. Its existing man-made wonders include the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, and the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, while […]
Terrorism has no religion
Source: Pakistan Observer Sadia Khan Islamabad Since the attack on world trade centre, Islamophobia has taken height in the West which forces it to clinch away from the Muslims. Religious […]
Unwitting, careless ‘insults’ to religion must not be prosecuted: SC
Source: The Times Of India NEW DELHI: In a pronouncement that reiterates the constitutional protection to freedom of speech and expression, the Supreme Court has said that unwitting or careless […]
Depression, anxiety, PTSD: The mental impact of climate change
Source: CNN By Meera Senthilingam, CNN (CNN)It’s a dream many city-dwellers long for: moving to a spacious house surrounded by greenery in the countryside, where they plan to raise their […]
Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech?
Source: BBC By Caroline Bullock Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightOLEG YAKOVLEV Irina Khoroshko, from Zelenograd near Moscow, had learned her times tables by the age of five. Her precocious […]
Saudi Arabia’s silent desert city
Source: BBC By Marjory Woodfield 21 April 2017 As always, our Saudia Airline flight from Riyadh to Medina started with prayer. “Ladies and gentlemen,” the flight attendant said over the […]
‘It’s About Facts.’ Thousands Protest and Make Friends in the Rain at the March for Science
Source: Time BY Haley Sweetland Edwards When Dennis and Christina Dorward awoke to their alarm at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning, there wasn’t a question of whether they would get out […]
YOU ONLY NEED TO READ THESE PASSAGES FROM THE KORAN TO REALISE THAT THERE’S NOTHING ‘ISLAMIC’ ABOUT THE ISLAMIC STATE
Source: Jihad of the Pen By Adam Walker The Koran, whose message Isis butcher at every turn, even instructs Muslims to protect the religious freedoms of others When Isis beheaded […]
Christian Women On Twitter Unload About Misogyny In The Church
Source: The Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A Twitter hashtag about Christian women has revealed some ugly truths about misogyny in the church. Christian author Sarah Bessey started the thread […]
Lawmaker Says Female Genital Mutilation Case Is Reason To Vote For Anti-Sharia Bill
Source: The Huffington Post Even though, as one scholar put it, “FGM has nothing to do with Islam, and Islam has nothing to do with FGM.” By Christopher Mathias 290 […]
Artist Shares Poignant Portrait Series On #BeingBlackAndMuslim
Source: The Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A portrait series inspired by a Twitter hashtag on being black and Muslim is exploring the challenges many people face at the intersection […]
Supreme Court Shows Soft Spot For Church Denied Public Funding For Playground
Source: The Huffington Post Even some of the more liberal justices signaled the state of Missouri may have gone too far against a religious school. By Cristian Farias WASHINGTON — […]
Step Inside The Technicolor World Of The International Church Of Cannabis
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg HELEN H. RICHARDSON VIA GETTY IMAGESA photo of the interior of the International Church of Cannabis. 670 At Denver’s newest church, the aim is to […]