Where a coconut can save your life
Source: BBC By Julie Bensman 10 March 2017 If you’re ever trapped on a deserted island surrounded by nothing except coconut trees, know that you’re not as doomed as you […]
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Buying a New TV? Learn These 20 Crucial Words First
Source: Time John Patrick Pullen Updated: 9:09 PM PKT | Originally published: Mar 09, 2017 Correction appended Friday, Mar. 10 It’s not easy buying a TV, and retailers don’t like […]
IHC orders removal of blasphemous content from social media
Source: The Express Tribune By Rizwan Shehzad ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad High Court judge on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to scrub off all blasphemous content from local social media accounts. […]
Ben Lee: why a Jewish-raised Hindu musician is singing songs about Islam for kids
Source: The Guardian Ben Lee: ‘I wanted to put out a record that describes the common ground we have, not the differences.’ Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/EPA By Brigid Delaney Protests about Donald […]
Why I’m not an atheist
Source: myAJC.com By Gracie Bonds Staples – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CURTIS COMPTON Gracie Bonds Staples (front left), a choir member, participates in her Antioch Baptist Church North candlelight communion […]
‘This Will Be the Worst War’: Fears of Mass Displacement as Thousands Flee Conflict in Myanmar’s Northeast
Source: Time By Feliz Solomon / Lashio Mar 09, 2017 A steady stream of men, women and children arrive by the hundreds at Mansu Monastery in rural northeastern Myanmar. Each day […]
Saudi Arabia Must Empower Women If it Truly Wants to Move Forward
Source: Time Ian Bremmer Mar 08, 2017 Bremmer is a foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at TIME. He is the president of Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultancy, and a Global […]
How Descendants of a Slave and a Supreme Court Justice Righted a 160-Year-Old Wrong
Source: Time Melissa Chan Mar 08, 2017 More than a century after the Supreme Court declared that Dred Scott and his fellow slaves were not U.S. citizens, descendants of Scott […]
Watch the New York City Women’s Day March in 360°
Source: Time By Joyce Lee 11:02 AM PKT “Today, today is for the indigenous women. Today is for the black women. Today is for the Asian women and the Latina women,” writer and poet Jamara Mychelle Wakefield declared in front of a large crowd gathered in New York City’s Washington Square […]
Interfaith Healer: The Surprising Role of Jesus in Islam
Source: The New York Times By LESLEY HAZLETONMARCH Not just for Christians.CreditSnark/Art Resource, NY THE ISLAMIC JESUS How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims By […]
India is a top source and destination for world’s migrants
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR India has a long history of migration. More than a century ago, large numbers of Indian migrants – many of them involuntary ones […]
The 7 secrets of the greatest speakers in history
Source: Youtube This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. “Never give a “Speech”, says Richard Greene. In this masterful talk, he explains […]
Indonesia jails leaders of “deviant sect” for blasphemy
Source: Reuters An Indonesian court has jailed three leaders of a group that Islamic clerics had called a deviant religious organization for up to five years for blasphemy, sparking condemnation […]
New Israel Law Bars Foreign Critics From Entering the Country
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN A banner calling for the boycott, divestment and sanctioning of Israel hanging from the Manhattan Bridge in New York during a protest […]
What Do Mormons and Muslims Have in Common?
Source: Politico By STEPHEN PROTHERO It should have been a simple question: Last week, Trump counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka was asked by a radio host whether the president believed that […]
Muhammad Ali’s son launching religious freedom campaign
Source: Associated Press By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Muhammad Ali’s son and ex-wife declared a “showdown” over religious freedom against President Donald Trump a month after they were detained by immigration […]
Italian region bans women in face veils from entering hospitals
Source: The Local By Catherine Edwards The northern region of Liguria on Tuesday announced plans to ban the Islamic face veil from hospitals and other public institutions, in a bid […]
Islam Is Not A Religion Of Peace In Societies Where Faith Is Law
Source: Huffington Post By Kacem El Ghazzali Writer, activist, IHEU representative at the UN Human Rights Council Following the most recent terrorist attacks in Allah’s name in Brussels and elsewhere, the […]
Amid Islamophobia and travel bans, one mosque offers a lesson in caring
Source: Washington Post By Petula Dvorak Columnist March 6 The mosque in a squat, brick industrial park in Northern Virginia was bustling Saturday morning.Women in springtime-colored hijab walked through the […]
Bayonne Zoning Board votes down Muslim community center
Source : NJ.com By Corey McDonald | The Jersey Journal Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the proposal failed to pass despite the Zoning Board voting 4-3 in […]