A Catholic dilemma: Should IVF embryos be adopted?
Source: Crux As more Americans than ever before turn to in vitro fertilization to create families, a surprising ethical question — what to do with thousands of embryos stuck in […]
America’s dividing line: Thoughts, prayers and belief in a transcendent God
Source: CNN By John Inazu, who is associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and the author of “Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference” (University […]
665. Commandment – He who alters it after he has heard it, the sin thereof shall surely lie on those who alter it
665. Commandment – He who alters it after he has heard it, the sin thereof shall surely lie on those who alter it [2:182] And he who alters it after he has heard it, the sin thereof shall surely lie on those who alter it. Surely, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
More Than 1,000 Rabbis Call On Congress To Welcome Refugees
Source: Huffington Post In a poignant letter to Congress this week, more than 1,000 American rabbis have called on the United States to open its doors to refugees seeking sanctuary. “Since its founding, the United States has offered refuge and protection to the world’s most vulnerable,” the letter, published Wednesday, […]
The Death Toll From Chennai Floods in India Nears 270 as City Remains at a Standstill
Source: Time Chennai continues to face its worst rains in over a century, with the death toll from flooding in the southern Indian city increasing even as Friday brought a […]
California Rampage Shocks Those Who Knew Shooters
Source: Huffington Post “This was a person who was successful, who had a good job, a good income, a wife and a family. What was he missing in his life?” […]
Here are all the reasons you cant hibernate in winter
Source: BBC Many of us feel sleepy in the winter, but other species often take it a step further and hibernate. Dormice head underground to curl up tight, colonies of […]
Toronto: Guns, ‘religious book,’ found in abandoned car after crash
Toronto police are looking for the driver after a single vehicle crash at Allen and Transit roads on Dec. 4, 2015. CITYNEWS. BY ERIN CRIGER citynews.ca POSTED DEC 4, 2015 5:41 AM EST, LAST UPDATED DEC 4, 2015 AT 9:58 AM EST Toronto police have found several guns and a religious book […]
Rare Amazonian Butterfly named after Sir David Attenborough
Source: BBC By Kara Segedin 3 December 2015 A beautiful new black-eyed satyr species has become the first butterfly named in honour of Sir David Attenborough. Attenborough’s Blackeyed-Satyr (Credit: Andrew […]
Islamic State agents from Syria ‘in Thailand to target Russians’
Source: BBC Thai police say they were warned by Moscow that 10 Syrians working for the so-called Islamic State (IS) entered Thailand in October to target Russians. A leaked Thai […]
Cairo restaurant firebomb attack kills 16
Source: BBC Sixteen people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebombs were thrown into a restaurant, officials say. The attack took place at the El Sayad restaurant, […]
Jailed in India Canadian Punabi journalist
Baltej Pannu was arrested in Punjab after a woman accused him of threatening to post nude photos online, but supporters here say he was framed for political reasons. are on Facebook FACEBOOK Baltej Pannu is a Punjabi-Canadian radio journalist who lived in Brampton for 25 years and has a host […]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Says Obama Policies Could Trigger Nuclear War With Russia
Source: Huffington Post The Hawaii Democrat has been a persistent critic of Obama’s foreign policy. By Chris D’Angelo Associate Editor, HuffPost Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) continued her harsh criticisms of […]
British Muslims oppose airstrikes in Syria – and here’s why
Source: The Guardian By Miqdaad Versi If military action were enough to destroy Isis, Sunni and Shia communities would support it. But there is no shortage of concerns – or alternatives On the fateful night when MPs voted to extend airstrikes over Syria, Shabana Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham […]
Saudi Arabia carrying out ‘unprecedented wave’ of executions
Source: BBC An artist sentenced to death for apostasy. Three young Shia Muslims – arrested when they were minors – faced with beheading. And reports in the Saudi press of […]
Providing a Future for Millions of Syrian Children
Source: Huffington Post Carolyn S. Miles President & CEO, Save the Children It takes only a few hours on a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos to understand the […]
What It’s Like to be Muslim in America
Source: Cosmopolitan By Mona Chalabi Last June, Pew Research Center asked 3,217 people in the U.S. to rate members of each religion from 0 to 100; a score of 0 […]
‘Daily News’ provokes with cover on Calif. shooting: ‘God isn’t fixing this’
Source: USA Today The front cover of New York’s Daily News for Thursday takes a strong stance against how some politicians are reacting to the San Bernardino shooting with calls […]
State of liberalism / extremism in Pakistan
Interview: Dr. Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy The renowned physicist and essayist on the state of liberalism in Pakistan. By Muhammad Akbar Notezai November 05, 2015 2.6k Shares 17 Comments Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy is a prominent Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and defense analyst. In 2011, he was included on the list of 100 most influential […]
France likely to close more than 100 mosques
Source: Aljazeera France is likely to close up to 160 mosques in the coming months as part of a nationwide police operation under the state of emergency which allows places […]