Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN A 23-year-old Milwaukee resident charged […]
Source: BBC The Danish parliament has backed a controversial proposal to confiscate asylum seekers’ valuables to pay for their upkeep. Police will be able to seize valuables worth more than […]
Source: The New York Times KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Hillary Clinton is Methodist, but she rarely talks about her faith on the campaign trail. On Monday, at a town-hall-style event in […]
Source: Huffington Post Hillary Clinton delivered a fiery response to a Muslim veteran’s question about Islamophobia in the United States. At last night’s Democratic Presidential Town Hall in Iowa, Islamic Air Force veteran Erum Tariq-Munir asked the former secretary of state about the future of the U.S. in light of […]
Source: NBC News Two protesters were removed Sunday from a Donald Trump rally after holding up a banner that read “Stop Hate.” One of the protesters — Arish Singh, a […]
Source: RNS On Monday night in Iowa, Hillary Clinton encountered a self-identified Catholic Democrat named Jessica Manning. Mrs. Manning wanted to know how Mrs. Clinton aligned her politics and her […]
January 25 2016 Two wounded, two assailants killed in West Bank stabbings Two attempted stabbings near Israeli settlements, attackers shot Two shot dead after latest attacks on Israel soldiers AFP/ West Bank Two Palestinians stabbed two women Monday at a grocery in an Israeli settlement of the West Bank before […]
He can hardly speak – and although we are assured his brain is active – we should wonder who is using him as a ventriloquist’s dummy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 24 January 2016 12 comments The story of Algeria is supposed to be about “reforms”. Most dictatorships are. Restrict presidential terms – […]
IMMIGRANTS with many wives will actually get extra benefits under reforms to Britain’s welfare system. By CAROLINE WHEELER PUBLISHED: 04:01, Mon, Jan 25, 2016 GETTY Immigrants with many wives will get extra benefits under reforms to Britain’s welfare system Polygamous marriages, largely confined to Muslim families, are recognised in […]
The two-hour QNL public lecture will be held on February 1 at Georgetown University in Education City. INSIGHT: Ahmed Ragab will explain the historicity of the relationship of science and Islam. By Umer Nangiana As part of its public lecture series intended to create a bridge between scholars of science […]
Source: Time “In America, we believe in redemption” U.S. President Barack Obama has announced a ban on solitary confinement in federal prisons for juveniles and as a punishment for low-level […]
Source: Time A heart attack can look very different between genders Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, but the telltale signs of […]
Source: BBC Gilded Age industrialist Henry Flagler knew a thing or two about tourism; he’s a big reason why St Augustine, West Palm Beach and Miami are the major destinations […]
Source :BBC At Northwestern University in Illinois, a group of psychologists are teaching students how to commit the perfect crime. They are taught how to break into a small office […]
Source: BBC For most of us, memory is a kind of scrapbook, a mess of blurred and faded snapshots of our lives. As much as we would like to cling […]
Source: BBC Malaysia’s top prosecutor has cleared Prime Minister Najib Razak of corruption in a long-running financial scandal that has gripped the nation. The attorney-general’s office said the $681m (£479m) […]
Source: BBC “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” That much everybody knows for sure. Earlier transatlantic travellers may have beaten him to it, of course: the Vikings almost certainly […]
Algerian pilgrim Ahmed Al-Qairawani, right. YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 25 January 2016 MADINAH: Performing tawaf (circumambulation) around the Kaaba was “a dream come true” for Algerian pilgrim Ahmed Al-Qairawani, who is in the Kingdom for the first time. “It cannot be described in words. I cried once I entered […]
PETER APPS Published — Tuesday 26 January 2016 For years, skeptics warned of multiple threats to the European project. The strains of the single currency, they said, would rip it apart. Excessive regulation was another concern, along with lack of democratic accountability. Some felt Europe’s different peoples were just too […]
Jan 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JAWAD ANANI Amman has changed so much since my childhood, about 60 years ago. How happy my siblings and I were when the snowflakes fell down like a gymnast’s ribbon, dancing and twisting their way to their destination. We would huddle, cramming our cheeks […]