Zika Virus Spread Renews Focus on Abortion Debate
Source: The Wall Street Journal By ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES and DAN FROSCH MIAMI—For the dozen or so pregnant women infected with the Zika virus in the care of Christine Curry, an […]
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The U.S. and NATO Need Turkey
Source: Time By Halil I. Danismaz Danismaz is president of the Turkish Heritage Organization ‘To cast Turkey loose now would forfeit our influence in the region and end a decades-long alliance’ […]
Images that stop the world in its tracks
Source: BBC By Kelly Grovier Every so often, a photo stops the world in its tracks. The image of nine-year old Phan Kim Phúc, running naked down a street in […]
The mysterious ancient origins of the book
Source: BBC The debate about ebooks v paper books is nothing new. Keith Houston explains how a very similar debate raged as the first books came to be in ancient […]
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HAJJ, THE ANNUAL MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE [INFOGRAPHIC]
Source: World Religion News THIS INFOGRAPHIC GIVES A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HAJJ. This comprehensive infographic from Fairmont features the Hajj, an annual pilgrimage […]
SHOULD RELIGION BE ALLOWED AT THE WORKPLACE?
Source: World Religion News WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGION AT THE WORKPLACE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE REACT. Expression of religious beliefs has become a major issue in […]
Most Men Think Sexism Is Over
Source: Motto By Megan Lasher If you Google, or just whisper softly to yourself, “Is sexism dead?” chances are, a man while appear to tell you that yes, in fact, […]
Syria: Forced Disappearances
Source: Aljazeera By Mohsin Ali More than 65,000 have vanished in Syria since 2011, according to The Syrian Network for Human Rights. They are victims of Forced (or Enforced) Disappearance – when a person is abducted, arrested or detained by the state or agents acting for the state, who then deny […]
Texas Muslims threatened amid increasing Islamophobia
Source: Aljazeera Politicians and law enforcement agencies have been slow to support Muslims facing growing threat of violence. Vincent Simon, left, and Mujeeb Kazi say a recent threat against their […]
Iraq hangs 36 men over 2014 Camp Speicher massacre
Source: Aljazeera Decision follows prime minister’s recent vow to expedite execution of convicts sentenced to death in terrorism cases. The victims’ remains were buried in mass graves [Stringer/Reuters] Iraq has […]
Ahmadiyya centenary celebration: Amir rolls out achievements
Source: Vanguard By Haroon Balogun Amir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria, Dr Mashhud Fashola has described the hundred years of the Jamaat’s existence in Nigeria as a manifestation of Allah’s […]
Turkey wedding suicide bomber ‘was child aged 12-14’
Source: BBC A suicide bombing which killed 51 people in the Turkish city of Gaziantep was carried out by a 12 to 14-year-old, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Mr Erdogan […]
Robert Redford: Obama Must Protect Sacred Utah Land
Source: Time BY Robert Redford Robert Redford is an actor, director and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council Bear Ears, a hallowed region for Native Americans, should be a national […]
The Shot That Healed A Nation
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro Neymar delivered Brazil soccer gold—and a measure of revenge over Germany He was Brazil’s face for theseOlympics, carrying a nation’s expectations on his feet. […]
Dozens Of Evangelical Leaders Petition Texas To Stop Scheduled Execution
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post REUTERSTexas death row inmate Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed August 24, 2016 for a murder he did not commit. A group of nearly 50 evangelical leaders are urging the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor […]
How Media Coverage Effects My Life As A Muslim American
Source: Huffington Post Sarene Alsharif, MPH Nutritionist, mom and loving wife trying to make a positive impact in this world. My life is normal. I like to believe I am an awesome sexy supermom but my kids and husband know I am just like every other mom, doing her best […]
Man Charged With Murdering Muslim Cleric And Assistant, Denies Being The Killer
Source: Huffington Post A New York City man appeared in court on Tuesday and denied charges he shot and killed a Muslim cleric and his assistant on a street in […]
Islamophobic Heckler Interrupts Muslim Woman’s TV Interview On Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post Jenna Amatulli Trends Editor, The Huffington Post A reporter talking to a student about anti-Muslim rhetoric was interrupted by a passerby making Islamophobic comments. For a BBC segment on Islamophobia on social media, reporter Catrin Nye was discussing with student Ruqaiya Haris, 23, the almost 7,000 anti-Islamic tweets that […]
The fatwa hotline: ‘We have heard everything’
Source: The Guardian Sheikha Radia (second right) and her fellow experts man the phone line Photograph: Delores Johnson By Hamida Ghafour Sheikha Naeema lifts her glass to take a sip […]
Bin Laden raid bestseller’s author to pay $7m
Source: BBC A former US Navy Seal who wrote a bestseller about his role in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden is to pay nearly $7m (£5m) to the […]