Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged to work on banning the Muslim niqab for public servants if he wins re-election. Harper has pushed the niqab agenda at the centre […]
Why is the niqab an election issue? Q & A with professor Aisha Ahmad “…My wardrobe has fallen under increased scrutiny, as part of a toxic discourse that is pitting […]
Religious freedom ambassador refuses to wade into niqab debate Religious minority rights ambassador says he won’t accept interviews during campaign where Conservatives’ niqab ban figures prominently. opposing religious hatred and intolerance, and promoting pluralism abroad???? not in Canada opposing religious hatred and intolerance, and promoting pluralism abroadhare on Facebook JASON […]
Oct 08,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER American foreign policy makers often wonder aloud why it is that much of the world has such an anti-American reflex. Why the “Ugly American”? Graham Greene would never have written a novel titled the “Ugly Russian” or even the “Ugly German”. It is […]
Anti-Muslim rallies and US presidential race create ‘perfect storm of Islamophobia’ By Lydia Smith October 8, 2015 11:48 BST, ibtimes.co.uk 9 7 A protester holds an American flag outside the Islamic Community Centre in Phoenix, ArizonaChristian Petersen/Getty A series of anti-Muslim rallies have been planned at mosques and other Islamic sites across […]
By Brian Aull, MIT Last month, the MIT Center for International Studies hosted a talk by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Raised a Muslim, she witnessed abuse of women in Muslim communities. […]
King Stephen has changed Canada for the worse: Haroon Siddiqui Stephen Harper’s biggest problem is not that he is a right-wing ideologue. It is how he has governed. are on Facebook http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/10/08/king-stephen-has-changed-canada-for-the-worse-siddiqui.html NATHAN DENETTE / THE CANADIAN PRESS Of the nearly one-third among Canadians Stephen Harper has courted assiduously, […]
Source: Economist THIS year’s Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to three researchers who helped to discover how cells repair damaged DNA. It is unquestionably important work—without such repair mechanisms, […]
American Muslims are bracing for a wave of anti-Islam rallies outside mosques this weekend, upping security measures at houses of worship as “patriots” gather across the country to decry their religion. In August, a Facebook page appeared calling for a “Global Rally for Humanity” outside mosques all over the world on October […]
Patch.com: Some parents in Walton County are up in a furor because their children are allegedly being forced to learn about Islam which goes against their principles. According to themedia reports, Walton county schools are teaching the middle school students the tenets of Islam and “Talk of Allah”. Parents think […]
KUNDUZ TRAGEDY Swiss-based body ready to probe hospital bombing By Matthew Allen OCT 7, 2015 – 11:00 At least 22 people were killed in the Kunduz hospital strike (Keystone) The Bern-based International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) believes the bombing of a Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan by United […]
Tories dump candidate who touts therapies to turn gay youth straight ‘Is it wrong for a homosexual to become a normal person?’ Jagdish Grewal wrote in editorial By Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press Posted: Oct 06, 2015 4:08 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 07, 2015 7:24 AM ET The Conservatives have dumped Jagdish Grewal, a candidate […]
The Independent Alexandra Sims14 hrs ago © CorbisChocolate so healthy it could be eaten as medicine has allegedly been invented by scientists. Scientists at an American chocolate company specialising in herbal technologies claim to have developed the “medicinal” chocolate, which contains only 35 per cent fat. Cacao, the key ingredient […]
Anything But Conservatives. Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams is once again asking voters to choose anyone but Conservatives in the federal election. The former Progressive Conservative leader popularized the term “ABC” during the 2008 election campaign, after he said Stephen Harper broke a promise on transfer payments. Williams […]
Source: Huffington Post By Jade Walker; Overnight Editor, The Huffington Post Three scientists — Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar — won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for “mechanistic […]
Ahmed Mohammed Al-Hassan IBRAHIM NAFFEE Published — Wednesday 7 October 2015 JEDDAH: The Kingdom is hosting for Umrah the American student who was recently wrongfully arrested after a teacher at his school in Texas mistook his homemade clock for a bomb. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Hassan, who is of Sudanese […]
Carson Calls on IRS to Terminate CAIR’s Tax-Exempt Status Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said CAIR ‘brazenly violated’ IRS rules, noting it is ‘not the first time that CAIR has disrespected U.S. laws.’ BY RYAN MAURO Sun, October 4, 2015 Ben Carson (Photo: CNN Video screenshot) Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is calling […]
Huff Post: by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — “We know that no religion is immune from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism. This means that we must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or of any other kind.” Two weeks ago I was privileged to report […]
America’s Oligarch Problem: How the Super-Rich Threaten US Democracy An Essay By Markus Feldenkirchen SPIEGEL.DE AFP Poking fun at the über-oligarch: Donald Trump pinatas are displayed in the window of a store in San Francisco’s Mission District. The sky’s the limit when it comes to […]
2015 Nobel prize in physics: Canadian Arthur B. McDonald shares win with Japan’s Takaaki Kajita Physicists win for discovery showing neutrinos have mass CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2015 5:56 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 06, 2015 7:27 AM ET Arthur McDonald, a professor emeritus at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., is […]