Huff Post: by Shane Ferro — A man is suing Yahoo for gender discrimination — and his claim might not be as absurd as it sounds. Discriminating against men just because they’re male is as illegal as discrimination against women for being female. That’s not this lawsuit’s only point: it also […]
Emotionally charged dreams that lessen the fear of death are surprisingly common. 10/26/2015 Carolyn GregoireSenior Health & Science Writer, The Huffington Post THOMAS BARWICK/GETTY IMAGES Barry, an 88-year-old patient in a hospice in upstate New York, had an extremely vivid dream one night in which he was driving somewhere unknown. […]
Source: BBC Barack Obama has condemned what he called “inexcusable political rhetoric” about Islam, an apparent reference to recent remarks by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. In his first visit […]
Source: NPR President Obama is delivering remarks at a mosque in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon, in the first visit to an American mosque he’s made during his presidency. His visit, […]
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Seeking to rebut what he views as perilous election-year bombast about Muslims, President Barack Obama heads Wednesday to a mosque in […]
Source: BBC A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US. A patient infected in Dallas, Texas, is […]
“If women had the right to wear as little clothes as they desired without people finding it offensive, then I had every right to cover my body as much as […]
Source: NPR There is a joke circulating in San Salvador these days: “Instead of using a condom, use a mosquito net! That should at least keep the mosquitoes from biting […]
Kathleen Wynne honoured at holy Sikh shrine despite same-sex marriage media controversy Some of India’s major news outlets erroneously reported a snub that never happened as the Ontario premiere was presented with the “siropa” robe of honour at the Sikh faith’s most sacred site. TorontoStar Jan 31. AMRITSAR, INDIA—Premier Kathleen […]
Feb 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY I have long argued that the way candidates for high office speak about the Middle East should be a critical test of their capacity to lead our nation. Since the end of the Vietnam war, we have spent more money, sold or […]
Huff Post: by JoAnn Kamuf Ward and Hillary Scrivani — Associate Director, Human Rights in the U.S. Project at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute & Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law SchoolWomen in the United States have strived for, and achieved, equality in many areas, and have some freedoms that […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY CARYLE MURPHY; 7 COMMENTS It’s natural for people to want things to turn out well in the end, both in life and, apparently, afterwards. Roughly seven-in-ten (72%) […]
Zika-linked condition: WHO declares global emergency Source: BBC A disease linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the […]
Jan 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JOSCHKA FISCHER There is an alarming political shift to the right occurring on both sides of the Atlantic, linked to the growing force of openly chauvinist political parties and figures: Donald Trump in the United States, Marine Le Pen in France. Other names could […]
Jan 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – KLAUS SCHWAB Of the myriad challenges the world faces today, perhaps the most overwhelming is how to shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution that began at the turn of the century. New technologies and approaches are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — This poignant video offers a glimpse into what it’s like to be Muslim. http://dk79lclgtez2i.cloudfront.net/fYJyVd?app=1
Huff Post — As we settle down into the grip of another New Year, the past slips further away into obscurity and I am soberly having to grapple with the fact that many youngsters’ ears have never even heard the Beatles song, “Yesterday.” It’s an ominous sign of age creeping […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sam Levine; Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post The visit comes after he called for Muslim Americans to help fight extremism. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to […]
Sooke Grade 11 math teacher Matthew Pell repeatedly referred to the teen as “Taliban” and told the class “don’t make her angry, otherwise she will bomb you.” A Vancouver Island […]
“Islam means peace, Islam teaches respect to all, The Messiah who was to come, already has come”, said Imam Shamshad Report by Dr Iftekhar Ahmad One hundred ten students from […]