Interesting facts on handmade carpets.
Did you know that the first carpets or floor coverings ever made are thought to have been produced as early as 7000 BC? The world’s oldest surviving carpet, the Pazyryk […]
Ted Talk: The Best Leader for the Women Rights – President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 120 Women Who Changed Our World Source: MSN News BY Kara Lad MALALA YOUSAFZAI 1997-ACTIVIST […]
Democratic Party Files Lawsuit Against Russia, the Trump Campaign and Wikileaks
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS April 20, 2018 (NEW YORK) — The Democratic National Committee has sued President Donald Trump’s campaign, his son, his son-in-law, the Russian Federation and WikiLeaks, saying they conspired to help Trump win the 2016 presidential election. The DNC filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court in […]
Who was Jack Johnson, the boxer who may be pardoned by Trump?
Source: CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN)On Saturday, President Donald Trump said he was weighing whether or not to grant a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, after it was suggested to him by actor Sylvester Stallone. “His trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and controversial,” Trump tweeted. “Others have looked at […]
Reporters press Sarah Sanders on Trump tweet about ‘breeding’
Source: The Hill BY BRETT SAMUELS – 04/23/18 03:29 PM EDT White House press secretary Sarah Hucakbee Sanders on Monday attempted to explain the meaning of one of President Trump’s tweets last week in which […]
Twin Cities school bus driver taken off route after leading kids in prayer
Source: Star Tribune By Erin Adler Star Tribune APRIL 20, 2018 — 6:55PM Four years ago, George Nathaniel was fired from his job driving Burnsville kids to school, also for praying with […]
Trump’s travel ban faces U.S. Supreme Court showdown
Source: Reuters BY Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first big showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies is set for Wednesday when the justices hear a challenge to the lawfulness of his travel ban targeting people from several Muslim-majority countries. https://queso-cdn.prod.reuters.tv/new/index.html?autoplay=true&muted=true&countdown=true&preroll=true&proll=iuuqt%3A%2F%2Fqvcbet.h.epvcmfdmjdl.ofu%2Fhbnqbe%2Fbet%3Fta%3D3y3%26jv%3D%2F4735792%2Fwjefp.vt.sfvufst%2Fqpmjujdt%2Ftvqsfnfdpvsu%2Fbsujdmf%26djv_tat%3D300y250%2C1500y692%26dvtu_qbsbnt%3DwjefpJe%253E420798890%2526uzqf%253Ebsujdmf_qsfspmm%2526begsjfoemz%253Eusvf%26jnqm%3Dt%26hegq_sfr%3D1%26fow%3Dwq%26pvuqvu%3Dynm_wbtu3%26vowjfxfe_qptjujpo_tubsu%3D1%26dpssfmbups%3D5462657931726185%26vsm%3Diuuqt%3A%2F%2Fvt.sfvufst.dpn%26eftdsjqujpo_vsm%3Dxxx.sfvufst.dpn%2Fbsujdmf%2Fvt-vtb-dpvsu-jnnjhsbujpo%2Fusvnqt-usbwfm-cbo-gbdft-v-t-tvqsfnf-dpvsu-tipxepxo-jeVTLCO1IU0JS&poster=%2F%2Fs4.reutersmedia.net%2Fresources%2Fr%2F%3Fd%3D20180424%26t%3D2%26i%3DOV8CSO8GV%26r%3DOV8CSO8GV&mid=OV8CSO8GV&title=Trump%27s%20travel%20ban%20faces%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20showdown&suppress_ads=false&suppress_rtv=false&source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-court-immigration%2Ftrumps-travel-ban-faces-u-s-supreme-court-showdown-idUSKBN1HT0IR%3Futm_source%3DPew%2BResearch%2BCenter%26utm_campaign%3Db7685d3c0e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_23%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_term%3D0_3e953b9b70-b7685d3c0e-400098637&chartbeat_uid=52639&chartbeat_domain=preview.reuters.com®ion=US&draggable=true&hide_title=false&allow_collapse=true The case represents […]
No handshake, no citizenship, French court tells Algerian woman
Source: The New York Times By AURELIEN BREEDEN Photo Newly naturalized French citizens during a ceremony in Nice in 2014. CreditEric Gaillard/Reuters PARIS — An Algerian woman’s refusal to shake hands with male officials at a French naturalization ceremony is sufficient grounds for denying her citizenship, France’s top administrative court has ruled. […]
Aging Quebec church looks to salad for salvation
Source: The Star By ALLAN WOODSQuebec Bureau MONTREAL—For much of the past 166 years, the silver-spired church in St-Pacôme, Que., has been nourishing souls. But over the next few months, the church will be decommissioned and transformed for a new, secular mission: nourishing people’s stomachs. The past decade has been a […]
New South African church celebrates drinking alcohol
Source: Associated Press By ANDREW MELDRUM ORANGE FARM, South Africa (AP) — Dressed in a red robe and a gold-trimmed bishop’s miter, the clergyman pours whiskey into his cupped hand […]
‘A vigilante state’: Aceh’s citizens take sharia law into their own hands
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb in Kayee Lee People have started raiding, arresting and shaming anyone accused of violating the Indonesia region’s militant moral laws A young couple is doused in […]
India institutes death penalty for child rape in wake of 8-year-old’s brutal death
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen April 21 Email the author NEW DELHI — Offenders who rape girls under 12 may now be subject to the death penalty in India, according to an […]
ISIS Spokesman Calls for Attacks on Arab Nations
Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Photo Young men taking selfies atop the ruins of Nebi Yunus shrine in east Mosul, Iraq, after it was liberated from the Islamic […]
What Will Middle East Studies Do without Alwaleed bin Talal?
A.J. Caschetta The Jerusalem Post March 21, 2018 What will become of Alwaleed bin Talal’s influence on western academia in light of the crackdown against him and other Saudi royals […]
Toronto van tragedy bonds city in blood. But no one will say the word ‘terrorism’
Source: The Star How naive we have been, whistling by the graveyard as carnage was wrought in European and American cities, Rosie DiManno writes. A sneaker. A purse. A tiny […]
Audio: Be the Miracle for Someone Today
Suggested Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible True Fasting: A Message of Compassion and Love from […]
Home Office agencies at heart of Windrush scandal rife with discrimination and harassment, employees say
Exclusive: MPs demand independent review amid claims ‘deeply alarming’ findings cast doubts over organisations’ ability to handle immigration cases Benjamin Kentish Political Correspondent @BenKentish The government immigration agencies at the […]
Opposition to interfaith marriage in India puts many couples at risk
Source: Religion News Service By Bhavya Dore | April 20, 2018 Hadiya, right, converted to Islam to marry Shafin Jahan. Their marriage has been the center of a large court case and referred […]
Iran police’s assault on woman over headscarf stirs debate
Source: Associated Press By NASSER KARIMI and MOHAMMAD NASIRI TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A grainy video of female officers from Iran’s morality police assaulting a young woman whose headscarf only […]
Afghanistan: Kabul voter centre suicide attack kills 57
Source: BBC News A suicide bomb attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 57 people, officials say. The dead include 21 women and five children, killed when the blast hit the queue outside. A further 119 people were injured. The Islamic State […]