Windsurfing for four days from Cuba to a new life in US
Source: BBC 2 June 2014 Last updated at 00:25 BST For decades, Cubans fleeing their island home in search of a new life in the US have crossed the shark-infested waters […]
Learning second language ‘slows brain ageing’
Learning a second language could improve reading and intelligence skills Continue reading the main story Related Stories Bilingualism ‘enriches the brain’ A second language may delay dementia Toddler brain scan […]
Learning second language 'slows brain ageing'
Learning a second language could improve reading and intelligence skills Continue reading the main story Related Stories Bilingualism ‘enriches the brain’ A second language may delay dementia Toddler brain scan […]
Whose Sharia Is It?
Huff Post: by Kecia Ali — Whose sharia is this? It is certainly not mine. I cannot believe that it is God’s. It has been a lousy month for Islamic law. First, there was the kidnapping and sale of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram, which claimed religious acceptability for their […]
U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier: Blasphemy Laws and Discrimination in Pakistan Must Go
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Obama has been disciplined about the use of force
STORY SUMMARY by Fareed Zakaria Criticizing presidents for weakness is a standard trope in Washington because the world is a messy place and, when bad things happen, Washington can be blamed for them. But to determine what America – and Obama – should be doing, we have to first understand […]
Syria bomber was Florida-born, raised in middle-class family
TORY SUMMARY The man believed to be the first American suicide bomber in Syria was born in Florida and loved to play basketball. The family of Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, 22, Saturday declined to comment or to open their door as a small group of reporters gathered outside their home in […]
11 Bizarre Church Laws That Could Send You To Jail
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Some states take their religious services very seriously. Breaking these laws could send you straight from the chapel to the cooler for something as […]
How to Get Girls Into Coding
The NewYork Times: by Nitahsa Tiku — So what if, instead of trying to guess at what might get girls interested in technology, we looked at what’s already on their screens? While parents often worry about recreational “screen time,” some educators now believe that gaming could be a way to […]
Pakistani immigrant convicted of wife’s murder in New York
Noor Hussain, 75 allegedly murdered his wife 66, because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. Tribune.com.pk By AFP ,Published: May 30, 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/715295/pakistani-immigrant-convicted-of-wifes-murder-in-new-york/ The Pakistani woman was allegedly murdered by her husband because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. PHOTO: FILE NEW YORK: A US judge convicted an elderly […]
Pakistani immigrant convicted of wife's murder in New York
Noor Hussain, 75 allegedly murdered his wife 66, because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. Tribune.com.pk By AFP ,Published: May 30, 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/715295/pakistani-immigrant-convicted-of-wifes-murder-in-new-york/ The Pakistani woman was allegedly murdered by her husband because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. PHOTO: FILE NEW YORK: A US judge convicted an elderly […]
Scientists catalogue most of proteins human bodies need to function
Scientists catalogue most of proteins human bodies need to function A decade after human genome mapped, protein map, or proteome, is next step in understanding complexity of human genetics. The Toronto Star 2014/05/31 American Museum of Natural History In what has been called a remarkable achievement, scientists have taken the […]
Searching for Common Ground: Are Muslim Terrorists Islamic or Islamist?
Huff Post: Islamic. Islamist. Muslim. People use these words to modify the nouns “terror” or “terrorism.” Media describe Boko Haram’s kidnapping of Nigerian girls by using “Islamic” and “Islamist.” There is controversy over the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s use of the term “Islamist” to describe Al Qaeda. Some may reduce these differences […]
Watch Dr Mehdi Ali Shaheed reciting his heart-warming poems
Dr.Mehdi Ali Shaheed reciting his heart-warming, thought provoking Urdu and Punjabi poems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOdgX-nz14 Courtesy,Nasir Butt, Tokyo
Extremism Is a Concept Alien to Islam–And to Human Decency
Time: Like hundreds of other Ahmadi Muslims, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was murdered only for his faith. Combined, education and compassion can conquer such extremism. Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was […]
Searching for Common Ground: Are Muslim Terrorists Islamic or Islamist?
Huff Post: by Sarah Saeed — Islamic. Islamist. Muslim. People use these words to modify the nouns “terror” or “terrorism.” Media describe Boko Haram’s kidnapping of Nigerian girls by using “Islamic” and “Islamist.” There is controversy over the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s use of the term “Islamist” to describe Al Qaeda. Some […]
Muslim Youth Group Meets With Members of Congress
Roll Call: by Bridget Bowman — Roughly 250 young men wearing identical black and white uniforms roamed the halls of the House office buildings Friday, encountering curious tourists and members of Congress along the way. The young men were members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association and they were on […]
The West worsened the terrorist threat
STORY SUMMARY There was much irony, confusion and incompetence in President Barack Obama’s speech at West Point earlier this week. If Obama is really concerned about this, he should convene an honest, dispassionate commission of enquiry into the full consequences of the 2003 war on Iraq that was energetically led […]
Shaheed Dr. Mehdi Ali Funeral set for Tuesday June 3
Canadian/American Cardiologist Assassinated in Pakistan – Body Being Flown Back to Toronto Dr Mehdi Ali Shaheed Thousands of Canadians and Americans to be in attendance Event: The body of Dr. Mehdi Ali (Bashir-ud-Din) Qamar, the Canadian & American Cardiologist, assassinated in Pakistan due to his religious beliefs arrives in […]
Which countries still outlaw apostasy and blasphemy?
Pew Research Center: by Angelina Theodorou — Apostasy and blasphemy may seem to many like artifacts of history. But in dozens of countries around the world, laws against apostasy and blasphemy remain even today. Earlier this month, the U.S. embassy in Khartoum said it was “deeply disturbed” that Sudan had sentenced a pregnant […]