Five myths about U.S.-China relations
Source: The Washington Post By John Pomfret John Pomfret, a former Washington Post bureau chief in Beijing, is the author of “The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and […]
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Every Muslim woman I’ve met is integrated
Source: The Guardian BY Saadiyya Khan Croydon, Surrey What does integration mean? Does it mean contributing to society? Or assimilating into British culture? If the former then I believe every Muslim […]
German court rules Muslim girls must take part in swimming lessons
Source: The Guardian Germany’s highest court has ruled that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that […]
Nigerian church collapse kills at least 160 worshippers – reports
Source: The Guardian The roof of a church collapsed on to worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, according to a hospital […]
‘Sugar gel’ helps premature babies
Source: BBC A dose of sugar given as a gel rubbed into the inside of the cheek is a cheap and effective way to protect premature babies against brain damage, […]
Mosul Dam collapse ‘will be worse than a nuclear bomb’
Source: Aljazeera by Barbara Bibbo As Iraqi forces continue their military operation to take Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), another equally […]
Cairo bombing: Cairo Coptic Christian complex hit
Source: BBC A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people, officials say. Dozens of others were injured in […]
First Somali-American Lawmaker Threatened And Called ‘ISIS’ By Racist Cab Driver
Source: Huffington Post Adam Hamze Politics Intern, The Huffington Post STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP/GETTY IMAGESIlhan Omar told the Minnesota Star Tribune that she will continue to focus on the rest of her […]
Russian Interference Could Give Courts Legal Authority To Install Clinton
Source: Huffington Post BY Alex Mohajer Political Writer and Commentator 1995 federal court ruling out of Pennsylvania may offer some clues to Clinton supporters as to possible legal authority for removing […]
The Pope Just Approved A Very Troubling Document On Gays And Priesthood
Source: Huffington Post BY Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post The Vatican has reaffirmed its position that gay men are barred from entering Catholic seminaries. In a document entitled […]
17 Muslim American Women Who Made America Great In 2016
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post If there was ever a year that needed Muslim women to show the world just how great America already […]
Report: Majority of Arab youth rejects radicalism
Source: Aljazeera BY Jad Chaaban Beirut – Arab youths are suffering from pervasive social exclusion, the highest unemployment levels in the world, and low female labour force participation, the Arab Human […]
Explosions reported in Turkey’s Istanbul
Source: Aljazeera Two huge explosions have occurred in the Turkish city of Istanbul, according to news reports and posts on social media. Reports say that police are evacuating the area, […]
Low Approval of Trump’s Transition but Outlook for His Presidency Improves
Source: Pew Research Center Growing numbers see ‘strong’ partisan and racial conflicts Nearly a month after Donald Trump’s election as president, the public views his transition to the White House […]
Food industry warns of higher prices without EU workers
Source: BBC The UK faces higher food prices without continued access to EU workers, 30 food and drink associations have warned. In a letter published in the Guardian, they argue […]
Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for ‘rethink’ of war on drugs
Source: BBC The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to “rethink” the war on drugs. He said […]
42% Fewer U.S. Women Are Dying of Breast Cancer
Source: Time BY Alice Park Breast cancer deaths are down in many countries worldwide—but some still have major work to do In the latest analysis of worldwide data from the […]
Maryland Muslim doctor offers free clinics
Source: The Eagle By VICKIE CONNOR SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — For the past 10 years, Dr. Ashraf Meelu has paid out-of-pocket to offer basic health care in clinics open […]
Ivanka Trump and other Orthodox Jewish converts to fall under new guidelines
Source: RNS By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) Ivanka Trump and thousands of other Orthodox converts to Judaism should be automatically recognized as Jewish under a landmark set of guidelines Israel’s […]
The Giraffe Is Now Vulnerable to Extinction Following Population Decline
Source: Time BY Justin Worland The giraffe is now “vulnerable” to extinction following a population decline due to a slew of different human activities, according to a new report. The findings […]