Source: The Guardian By Nick Cohen Freedom is worthless if it is not lived. However important rights are in a constitutional democracy, they will wither unless you use them. From John Milton’s […]
Source: Alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad makes comments in Gothenburg as his tour of Scandinavia continues On 20 May 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the […]
Source: BBC Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Muslims to reject contraception and have more children. In a speech broadcast live on TV, he said “no Muslim family” […]
Source: BBC Originally the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess, in Oxford “Isis” is merely the name for the River Thames within the city’s boundaries. And the name’s been very […]
Source: Money By Ethan Wolff-Mann Words won’t pay the bills, but they can put things in perspective. We worry about money all the time. It occupies our minds when we’re […]
Source: The Times of Israel The city of Amsterdam will give its Jewish community $11 million as compensation for taxes imposed on Holocaust survivors who returned home to the Dutch […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin An important new study has linked cell phone radiation to cancers in the brain and heart. The new research was conducted on rats by the U.S. National Toxicology Program, which exposed rats to radiofrequency radiation that comes from cell phones for about nine hours a day […]
Source: Independent A fascinating, if slightly misleading, short history By Ishaan Tharoor The video below depicts the growth and spread of the world’s two largest religions over a span of 2,000 years. […]
Source: Time By Frances D’Demilio / AP The multi-national patrol has saved thousands this week. (ROME) — Italian coast guard and navy ships, aided by Irish and German vessels as well […]
Source: The Washington Post By Nick Danforth May 28 A drawing of Sultan Mehmet II, or “The Conquerer,” appears behind an Ottoman-style military band in Istanbul. (Murad Sezer/Reuters) On May […]
Source: BBC By Who, What WhyThe Magazine answers the questions behind the news Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Mount Athos in Greece to mark the 1,000-year presence of Russian […]
Source: USA Today By Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY Some cities are singling out sugar-sweetened drinks for proposals to add taxes or warning labels, borrowing from the playbook used to largely stamp out smoking a generation ago. The […]
Source: Slate Yellow fever’s coming back, and Ebola never left. By Donna A. Patterson We did not beat Ebola. If the West Africa Ebola epidemic follows the history of past […]
Source: Slate By Christina Cauterucci For the second time this week, the U.S. legislative body best known for its obstructionist leanings managed to squeak out a unanimous vote for the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Laura Barron-Lopez Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Legislation to restrict the flow of Syrian refugees into the United States will not include a religious test, […]
Source: BBC By Brigitte Steger / Images by Adrian Storey The Japanese don’t sleep. This is what everyone – the Japanese above all – say. It’s not true, of course. But as a […]
Source: BBC Pakistani authorities have banned all broadcast advertisements for contraceptives. The regulator, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), said there had been public complaints that they prompted curiosity in […]
Source: Time By Alex Altman Donald Trump is almost certain to be the most unpopular presidential nominee of a major party in modern times. Hillary Clinton is running a close second. […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin And “fire” isn’t one of them. With Memorial Day around the corner, there’s no doubt many Americans will be heating up the grill and hosting a […]
Source: Reuters BY BRENDAN O’BRIEN Authorities in southwest Washington were investigating on Thursday fires at two churches they believe were deliberately lit over the past two days and put places of worship in the area on high alert, police said. The suspicious fires occurred at the First Congregational United Church […]