Lives Lost: Pakistani immigrant helped others in Jersey City
By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press 2 hrs ago © Provided by Associated Press This undated family photo by Fizza Khan provided on Monday, May 18, 2020, shows her uncle […]
Imams to give citizenship lessons
Mosques are being urged to provide citizenship lessons for the thousands of youngsters they see daily. About 100,000 UK youngsters attend Islamic religious schools attached to mosques – madrasas – every day. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6665317.stm
Sindh becomes first Pak province to adopt Hindu Marriage Bill
Hindustan Times: The Sindh Assembly on Monday passed the Hindu Marriage Bill 2015, becoming the first provincial legislature in Pakistan to formalise the recognition of marriages of the Hindu, Sikh and Jain minorities. Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) general secretary Deepak Kumar Bhagchandani said the bill fulfilled a long-standing demand of […]
The migrant vote and just who is British anyway?
theguardian: by Anushka Asthana — Is it about where you are born or is it still about the colour of your skin? Jamaican immigrants arriving at Tilbury Dock in 1948 on the Empire Windrush My parents came to Britain from India in 1975 as ambitious young adults. […]
Malian hero in Paris supermarket attack to be given French citizenship
Source: france24.com Lassana Bathily, the Malian Muslim employee who helped save the lives of several customers during last week’s deadly attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris, will be awarded French nationality, France’s Interior Bernard Cazeneuve announced Thursday. More……http://www.france24.com/en/20150115-france-malian-hero-lassana-bathily-kosher-supermarket-attack-citizenship/
SC seeks report from govt over protection of minorities’ rights
Daily Times: ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a detailed report from four provincial advocates general and attorney general of Pakistan regarding the implementation of its verdict regarding the protection of minorities’ rights. The court fixed for hearing suo moto case on Kot Radha Kishan incident and issued […]
NY Times Op Ed: How Pakistan Fails Its Children
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — TO truly understand Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person ever to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, we need to understand the place she comes from. Ms. Yousafzai is from Pakistan. The day Taliban terrorists shot her in the head she was on her way to school. Pakistan’s schools, its teachers and […]
Nobel laureates call for a revolutionary shift in how humans use resources
Guardian: Eleven Nobel laureates will pool their clout to sound a warning, declaring that mankind is living beyond its means and darkening its future. At a conference in Hong Kong […]
Tony Abbott finds burqa ‘confronting’ and would not oppose parliament ban
Guardian: The prime minister has made it clear he would not oppose a parliamentary ban on the burqa, saying he found it “confronting” and, although people should be free to […]
Lord Ahmad pays tribute to the gallantry of Sergeant Major George Dorrell VC
Gov.uk: Bravery of a local First World War hero honoured at Kensington. Communities Minister Lord Ahmad today (5 September 2014) joined the family of Sergeant Major George Dorrell VC, members […]
Palestinians threaten to turn to ICC if date not set for return to 1967 lines
Epigraph: Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lordyour God is giving you. “You shall not murder. “You shall not commit […]
This attempt to redefine religious bias marks a shift from hard secularism
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown Jump to comments (462) The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s consultation does not seek the functional re-establishment of Christianity – it’s prompted by the rising importance […]
Majority votes cannot deny human rights: UN questions to Ireland reflect Atheist Ireland briefing in Geneva
Jane Donnelly and I, representing Atheist Ireland, briefed the UN Human Rights Committee this week in Geneva about religious discrimination in Ireland, particularly in the education system. The issues we […]
The United States is among the world’s worsening nations, a new report says. Here’s why
Global Post: Somalia. South Sudan. Afghanistan. It was no surprise to see these countries among the world’s most fragile nations in a new report by the Washington-based nonprofit Fund for Peace. But the United States? The world’s most powerful democracy? It didn’t land anywhere near the top, but America was among […]
The United States is among the world's worsening nations, a new report says. Here's why
Global Post: Somalia. South Sudan. Afghanistan. It was no surprise to see these countries among the world’s most fragile nations in a new report by the Washington-based nonprofit Fund for Peace. But the United States? The world’s most powerful democracy? It didn’t land anywhere near the top, but America was among […]
Identifying As Muslim On Resumes May Lead To Fewer Job Opportunities, Survey Says
Huff Post: (RNS) Recent college grads, take note: Mentioning a campus religion group on your resume — particularly a Muslim club — may lead to significantly fewer job opportunities. Two new sociology studies find new graduates who included a religious mention on a resume were much less likely to hear […]
Pakistan’s deadly descent into polio contagion
BBC: Pakistan was close to eradicating polio 10 years ago. But conspiracy theories, a Taliban ascendancy and drive-by shootings of polio workers have reversed the gains. The BBC’s M Ilyas Khan reports from the frontline of the government’s war against the virus and the militants’ war against its vaccinators. “Polio […]
Muslim youngsters from Southfields mosque collect money for Poppy Appeal
local guardian: Muslim youngsters from a Southfields mosque joined members of the armed forces to collect money for the annual Poppy Appeal. The young members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association gathered at […]
29 Million People Enslaved Globally- Khalifa of Islam Offers a Solution based on the Quran
Editor’s note: Today’s report in the Guardian and the release of first global index on slavery is an eye opener for those who have criticized the Quran on the basis […]
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS INCLUDED ISLAM -111-DENISE SPELLBERG
VIEW : Our Founding Fathers included Islam — III — Denise Spellberg Thomas Jefferson would be the first in the history of American politics to suffer the false charge of being a Muslim, an accusation considered the ultimate Protestant slur in the 18th century Even earlier in his political life — […]