Get Up. Get Out. Don’t Sit. By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Just as we were all settling in front of the television to watch the baseball playoffs, two new studies about the perils of sitting have spoiled our viewing pleasure. The research, published in separate […]
Express Tribune: BIRMINGHAM: Malala Yousufzai has come out of her coma and is trying to stand for the first time since the shooting, Express News reported on Friday. Malala, international media said, was now out of danger. The BBC tweeted an update saying: Pakistani teenager #Malala Yousafzai standing for first time since being shot by […]
Washington Post: Free speech is dying in the Western world. While most people still enjoy considerable freedom of expression, this right, once a near-absolute, has become less defined and less dependable for those espousing controversial social, political or religious views. The decline of free speech has come not from any […]
Express Tribune: Saroop Ijaz: “I think about it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong …” said Malala Yousufzai about a possible attack from the Taliban. They have come to kill you […]
Russian TV: The Swiss Army is preparing contingency plans for violent unrest across Europe. A nation mostly famous for its banks, watches and chocolate fears it may face a massive […]
Successful operation: Malala not to be sent abroad for treatment Doctors at CMH remove bullet from Malala’s body near her spinal cord, finished operation at around 5am. By Umer Farooq / Reuters Published: October 10, 2012 Doctors at CMH remove bullet from Malala’s body near her spinal cord, finished operation […]
Archaeologists, anthropologists, and biologists agree: It’s complicated. By Daniel Engber http://www.slate.com What makes us different from all the other animals? Is it our swollen brains, our idle hands, or perhaps […]
Peace-prize winning Pakistani girl on Taliban hit list fights for life after shooting Veronique De Viguerie / Getty Images, file Malala Yousafzai, pictured here at the age of 12 in March 2009, is said to be in a critical condition after she was shot twice. By Amna Nawaz […]
The Madam and the Imam By HUMA YUSUF KARACHI — Last month, the police in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, arrested four women and one man for engaging in prostitution, a crime punishable by up to 25 years in prison. The High Court in Peshawar released […]
Dani Anguiano | THE ORION Cars are burning and people are running rampant through the streets as anarchy ensues. While watching any of the major news networks such as Fox, NBC or ABC, most would think the entire Muslim world is in utter chaos all the time. The news gives […]
Russian TV: Washington will become the next American city to display a notorious anti-Jihad public advert, after a district judge declined a local Metro injunction asking for it to be […]
Friday, October 5, 2012 Judge affirms right to run anti-Islam transit ad Cyrus McGoldrick, Advocacy Director for Council on American-Islamic Relations, makes a photo with his cell phone of an anti-Muslim poster on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, in New York’s Times Square subway station. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Add […]
Russian TV: After anti-Muslim ads hit NYC subways last month, Jewish and Christian groups respond with a message of love – hanging pro-Muslim posters to condemn intolerance and celebrate the […]
Businessinsider.com: Of all the things that need to be said about Hanna Rosin’sThe End of Men, the most significant is that it is not entirely true. Even before the book’s […]
Source: Stratfor By Kamran Bokhari Vice President of Middle Eastern & South Asian Affairs (“Salafism and Arab Democratizationis republished with permission of Stratfor.”) Read more: Salafism and Arab Democratization | Stratfor The outbreak of the Arab Spring in 2011 brought significant attention to groups — known as Islamists — seeking to […]
Dear readers peace be on you all. In several of my interactions with the mainstream Muslims, the question has been posed, “What are Ahmadis doing about the Anti-Islam You Tube movie”. Their objection being why Ahmadis are not seen on the streets smashing properties and assaulting people. They fail to […]
Husain Haqqani: Muslim Rage Is About Politics, Not Religion Muslims have good reason to be angry—and it’s not a sophomoric movie trailer on you tube. Thousands of cellphone subscribers in Pakistan received an anonymous text message recently announcing a miracle: an earthquake on Tuesday, Sept. 18, had destroyed the […]
Nations support Fiji’s return to Commonwealth Credit ABC – Australian Broadcasting Commission Updated 29 September 2012, 18:19 AEST Representatives from several Commonwealth nations have agreed to support Fiji’s reinstatement to the Commonwealth. Senator Bob Carr was one of eight foreign ministers to attend the meeting. (Credit: ABC) At a meeting […]
Rally to Stop Genocide in Burma Let’s stand in solidarity with Ms. Suu Kyi’s struggle for freedom in Burma. Let it be for all including Rohingya Muslims. Ask Aung San Suu Kyi to raise her voice against genocide and discrimination in Burma Ask Ms. Suu Kyi to speak up against […]
Source: The Local Around 800 demonstrators marched through the centre of the southwestern German city of Freiburg under the banner “I Love My Prophet”. Protesters hoisted signs reading “Yes to […]