Facebook.com Today in Mighty Girl history, Hedy Lamarr, the glamorous movie star from the black-and-white era of film who co-invented a device that helped make possible the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi technology, was born in 1914. Originally from Austria, the mathematically talented Lamarr moved to the US in […]
Source: The Atlantic When students feel adrift, spiritual guidance might help. By MARSHALL POE I think religion should be taught in college. I’m not talking about “religious studies,” that is, the […]
Huff Post: by S. Brent Plate — Humans are needy. We need things: keepsakes, stuff, tokens, tchotchkes, knickknacks, bits and pieces, junk and treasure. We carry special objects in our pockets and purses, or place them on shelves and desks in our homes and offices. As profane and ordinary as the […]
Kristi Anne Raspperry, 19, lives with her mother and father, Heather and John Moates, outside Savannah, Georgia. Heather cares full time for her husband, John, an Army veteran who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq. The strain of that, coupled with fights with her husband, prompted the Army […]
(CNN) — Walter Williams, the Mississippi man who returned to life after being pronounced dead about two weeks ago, died Thursday. He was 78. “They came and got him again around 4:15 a.m.,” Williams’ nephew, Eddie Hester, told CNN affiliate WAPT. “I think he’s gone this time.” CNN learned about the death […]
Huff Post: by Sami H. Elmansouri — For those who may use this piece to attempt to demonize over one billion Muslims, know this: I am not your ally. Although there are other communities which have indeed had more advanced conversations on this issue to date, statistically, this is not […]
Dailycaller.com: Imagine if you picked up your morning paper and the news story read “Judaism’s inadvertent effects on adherents.” Imagine if article’s non-Jewish author wrote, “The Torah strictly bans the consumption of pork, leading to the virtual disappearance of domesticated pigs in Jewish-majority areas, then their replacement by sheep and […]
Source: faithstreet.com | Salaam Bhatti This month saw the launch of the bi-partisan Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus. Here’s why. I often hear the phrase “Only 20,000 people?” as a critique of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Source: loyolamaroon.com The conferences, taking place in several U.S. cities, will take place in the St. Charles Room on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, from 7 to 9 p.m. The conference is designed to combat terrorist and anti-Islam beliefs by teaching attendees about the Prophet Muhammad from the perspective of American Muslims. […]
Source: Asia Times: Still holding his cup of coffee, he decided – as did many others in that lobby – to go down the stairs instead. When he reached the 20th floor, a voice came on the public address system and told people to go back to their offices. My […]
Source: CNN Money By Adrian Covert @CNNMoneyTech March 13, 2014: 3:23 PM ET Microsoft knows that its Office software isn’t quite as crucial as it once was. But its decision to launch a cheaper Office 365 ‘Personal’ for $70 a year is perplexing at best. Office 365 Personal can be installed on […]
BY JANNA ANDERSON AND LEE RAINIE The world is moving rapidly towards ubiquitous connectivity that will further change how and where people associate, gather and share information, and consume media. A canvassing of 2,558 experts and technology builders about where we will stand by the year 2025 finds striking patterns in their predictions. […]
Survey Report Many people around the world think it is necessary to believe in God to be a moral person, according to surveys in 40 countries by the Pew Research Center. However, this view is more common in poorer countries than in wealthier ones. In 22 of the 40 countries […]
By News Staff | March 14th 2014 A survey conducted by researchers from the University of Chicago’s Program on Medicine and Religion delves into the relationship between attitudes toward organ donation and the Islamic faith. Previous surveys have found that Muslims are less likely than other religious groups to believe in organ donation […]
Source: The Daily Caller By Qasim Rashid: Spokesperson, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA Imagine if you picked up your morning paper and the news story read “Judaism’s inadvertent effects on adherents.” Imagine if article’s non-Jewish author wrote, “The Torah strictly bans the consumption of pork, leading to the virtual disappearance of domesticated pigs […]
This is a slice of space history, important for the next generation to know about: if the link does not copy past it on your browser The Story Of The Earth’s Most Famous Photo
Source: starlocalmedia.com Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Dallas held a conference at the University of Texas at Dallas on March 6 centered around the topic of the conference was “Muhammad – Messenger of […]
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By Adam O’Neal – February 20, 2014 When Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound in May 2011, they found — in addition to the terrorist’s immediate family and an extensive pornography collection — hundreds of thousands of documents with sensitive information about al-Qaeda and its global operations. Nearly three years […]
Faithstreet.com: In his recent Washington Times article about the way Islamic law has shaped how Muslims live, Daniel Pipes reveals several surprising “facts” about Islam. For example, I was surprised to learn that Muslims not eating pork has resulted in “catastrophic deforestation” — even though United Nations studies have shown that South America […]