Punjab in Pakistan: Fundamentalist Tableeghi Jamaat Banned
Source: Daily Times Do you not think the Tableeghi Jamaat (TJ) is elusive? Ask any common person to name the top five leaders of the organisation. They will not know. […]
Good Morning America Oscar Predictions Panel, Adnan Virk’s 2016 Oscar Predictions
https://twitter.com/GMA The work of Virk: Predicting the real Oscars and the ESPN version By Emily Pfeffer 2 days ago Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter <!– –> Since 2013, College Football analyst and Baseball Tonight studio host Adnan Virk is a known movie buff. He has shared his yearly Oscar […]
Coming Weeks Will Be ‘Critical’ to Syria’s Future, Obama Says
Source: Time “The world will be watching” The next few weeks, including a two-week cease-fire set to begin on Friday, will be “critical” to Syria’s future, according to President Obama. […]
7 Ways Body Language Can Help You Get Your Next Job
Source: Motto Got a job interview coming up? You can run through practice questions until your tongue goes numb, select the perfect Olivia Pope-meets-Alicia Florrick outfit and send out a […]
It’s Now Possible to Make Mouse Sperm in a Lab
Source: Time The research has implications for infertile couples Stem cells are a promising resource for replenishing the body with healthy cells, but so far, making eggs and sperm from […]
Hollywood needs to end Islamophobic portrayals of Muslims
Islamophobia, ISIS, and Authentic Muslim Narratives: Television’s Potential Role Source: Huffington Post By Cynthia P. Schneider; Cultural Diplomacy Expert; Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands Recently President Obama and Secretary Kerry each called […]
This Day in History in 1922: US Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights
History.com In Washington, D.C., the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 19th […]
Syria civil war: State-of-the-art technology gives President Assad’s army the edge
The regime has lost over 60,000 men since the war began, but new Russian equipment is helping turn the tide Robert Fisk You can see the Syrian army’s spanking new Russian T-90 tanks lined up in their new desert livery scarcely 100 miles from Isis’s Syrian “capital” of Raqqa. There are […]
The True History Behind The Revenant
Source: Time The Revenant is one of eight films that could walk away with the Best Picture prize at this weekend’s Oscars. Whatever happens, however, it’s the only one whose story can claim some credit for the development of the West Coast. The 1820s fur-trading expedition fictionalized in the Leonardo […]
Simon schuster creates imprint for muslim themed childrens books
Source: The New York Times As a young Pakistani-American Muslim girl growing up in Connecticut, Zareen Jaffery used to devour novels by Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume, hoping those stories […]
Mosque bacon attack could get Titusville suspect life in prison
Source: Florida Today An attack on a mosque using raw bacon and a machete could potentially garner a Brevard County man up to life in prison as a result of […]
Lancaster County residents warned their Amish neighbors of tornado alert, saving lives, officials say
Source: PennLive SALISBURY TOWNSHIP – It’s a story of neighbors helping neighbors, pitching in to repair each other’s homes after they were damaged by a massive storm Wednesday night. And the following […]
Anger as Christian lawyer paraded on Chinese state TV for ‘confession’
Source: The Guardian Supporters of a prominent Christian lawyer who was taken into secret detention after opposing a Communist party cross-removal campaign are demanding his release after he became the […]
Chinese celebrities warned not to mix with exiled Tibetans
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings […]
Excommunicated Brazilian obstetrician fights for women’s right to abort Zika babies
Source: RNS RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) Dr. Olimpio Moraes is used to being at the center of controversy. He’s been excommunicated twice by Brazil’s Roman Catholic Church for actively supporting […]
UK: Net migration is 200,000 higher than Cameron’s promise – and we’re right to be outraged. It should be more
Hysterical claims about ‘predatory male refugees invading Britain’ don’t really stack up when, in fact, 34 per cent of asylum seekers are children – and almost all contribute positively to the economy Yasmin Ahmed 8 hours ago 136 comments The new quarterly migration figures which were released by the Office for National […]
Beauty and the beast
Waseem Altaf Beauty and the beast Women are inferior to men and husbands have every right to beat disobedient wives. Wani (exchange marriage) can be overlooked and fixing a minimum age of marriage for girls is un-Islamic. Obscenity is all due to women and acid throwing can be neglected. […]
Swiss women, voting since 1971
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:41965588 EMBED CODE FEB 26, 2016 – 09:00 The Swiss will be going to the polls this weekend to vote on four separate issues. It was only 45 years ago this month that men voted in favour of women’s suffrage. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Despite Switzerland’s democratic tradition, the country was […]
Infantino elected FIFA president
FOOTBALL FEB 26, 2016 – 18:05 Gianni Infantino is a Swiss citizen from canton Valais, with a long career in football administration (Keystone) UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino has been voted in as FIFA’s new president, replacing Swiss compatriot Sepp Blatter. “We will revive the image and respect of FIFA and […]
DNA report suggests Ankara bomber was Turkish — official
By Reuters – Feb 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES ANKARA — A DNA report from a suicide bombing that killed 29 people in the Turkish capital Ankara last week suggests the main perpetrator was Turkish-born, not Syrian as initially stated by the government, a senior Turkish security official said on […]