The Dilemma of Jewish Privilege
Source: THE NEW REPUBLIC By JOSHUA LADON July 27, 2018 I am visibly Jewish. I wear a yarmulke; I have a beard. My tzitzit—ritual fringes—occasionally sneak out from under my shirt. […]
This may be the biggest shoe to drop from the Trump-Michael Cohen tape
Source: MSN News Longtime Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg has been subpoenaed, the Wall Street Journal reports. That should come as little surprise; he was invoked twice in Michael Cohen’s taped conversation […]
Maps reveal hidden truths of the world’s cities
A new website that lets people delve into data on the world’s cities has been launched. Dr Robert Muggah from the think-tank Instituto Igarapé showed the BBC some of his […]
Movie: Ramanujan: A Prophet of Mathematics Born in a Hindu Family
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS (/ˈʃriːniˌvɑːsə rɑːˈmɑːnʊdʒən/;[1] listen (help·info); 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920)[2] was an Indianmathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost […]
Britain shows it is becoming a weaker state by failing to put the Isis ‘Beatles’ on trial
Isis benefits from the imbroglio over the ‘Beatles’ because its atrocities have always aimed to provoke an overreaction by those it targets. This strategy worked well for al-Qaeda after 9/11 when US judicial credibility was […]
Imran Khan Full Urdu Speech | Victory Speech | 26 July 2018
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Public Views of Gene Editing for Babies Depend on How It Would Be Used
Source: Pew Research Center Americans are more likely to anticipate negative than positive effects from widespread use of gene-editing technology BY CARY FUNK AND MEG HEFFERON A baby girl holds her mother’s hand. […]
‘Unbelievably sad.’ A grieving killer whale carries her dead calf off British Columbia
Source: MSN news BY Don Sweeney An orca has been spotted off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia, propping the body of her dead newborn calf up in the water […]
Stacey Abrams Could Become America’s First Black Female Governor—If She Can Turn Georgia Blue
Source: Time By MOLLY BALL July 26, 2018 People tend to remember the first time they heard Stacey Abrams speak, and it’s easy to see why. On a Friday afternoon in […]
Forensics experts work on identifying the dead in Greek fire
Source: MSN News By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — All autopsies on the dozens of people who died in Greece’s deadliest wildfire in decades […]
Pope adviser blasts pro-crucifix bill in Italy: ‘Hands off!’
Source: Associated Press ROME (AP) — A close adviser to Pope Francis criticized legislation proposed by Italy’s anti-migrant League party to require ports and other public institutions to display a […]
Philippine leader approves autonomy law for troubled Muslim region
Source: Reuters BY Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday approved a long-awaited law to allow minority Muslims in the south to start moving toward self-rule […]
Toronto Shooting Rekindles Familiar Debate: Terrorist? Mentally Ill? Both?
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi and Catherine Porter After a 31-year-old man used a cargo truck to crush 86 people to death on the promenade in Nice, France, his distraught […]
Outrage grows over attacks on Muslim cattle traders in India
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — When a mob of Hindu villagers thrashed a Muslim cattle trader last week in western India, police rushed to the […]
Gay activists in India push top court to end ban on homosexuality — in part for the economy’s sake
By Vidhi Doshi NEW DELHI — They are considered some of India’s brightest minds. Now students and alumni from India’s most prestigious universities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer are […]
Japan hangs 6 more members of cult behind subway gas attack
Source: Associated Press By KEN MORITSUGU and MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO (AP) — The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed Thursday for […]
U.S. Christian pastor leaves Turkish prison after court ruling
Source: Reuters By Ezgi Erkoyun, Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A U.S. Christian pastor on trial in Turkey on terrorism charges left prison on Wednesday after a court ruled he should […]
Jewish newspapers unite against Labour ‘threat’
Source: BBC News The UK’s three main Jewish newspapers have published the same front page, warning that a Jeremy Corbyn-led government would pose an “existential threat to Jewish life”. The […]
IS attack devastates community in southern Syria
Source: Associated Press By SARAH EL DEEB BEIRUT (AP) — Mourners in southern Syria attended mass funerals Thursday for least 216 people killed in coordinated attacks by Islamic State fighters […]
Court: California school board’s prayers unconstitutional
Source: Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Southern California school board’s policy of opening meetings with a prayer is unconstitutional because the prayers often invoke Christianity, and there are […]