More than 30,000 Muslims pledge support for Britain after spate of terror attacks
Source: Express – Home of the Daily and Sunday Express By JAYMI MCCANN MORE than 30,000 members of a Muslim sect will pledge allegiance to Britain today in a bid […]
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Pakistan: Sharif’s Ouster Is Bad News
Whatever one thinks of Pakistan’s former prime minister, the circumstances of his ouster are troubling. By Mihir Sharma, 67, 28 July 2017, 06:46 GMT-4 https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-28/nawaz-sharif-s-ouster-in-pakistan-isn-t-good-news-for-anyone ong>In Pakistan’s 70 years of existence, not one prime minister has served a full five-year term. They’ve been fired by governor-generals and army chiefs and […]
Muslim Workers Claim They Were Forced To Choose Between Keeping Religion or Job
Source: Huffington Post The men asked to switch their meal time so that they could participate in a Ramadan tradition. By Carol Kuruvilla Sixteen Muslim workers are planning to sue […]
Don’t Ignore All Forms Of Extremism
Source: Huffington Post By Salam Al-Marayati, Contributor President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council Co–authored by Sammy Rangel, Executive Director of Life After Hate Yesterday, the House Subcommittee on National Security […]
Americans Are Opting For Cremation Over Burial At The Highest Rate Ever
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg The rate at which Americans are choosing to be cremated rather than buried after their death has been rising for many years. In 2016, that rate […]
Judge Blocks Arkansas From Enforcing 4 Abortion Restrictions
Source: Time BY Andrew DeMillo / AP Jul 29, 2017 (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on […]
The Batman Killer – a prescription for murder?
Source: BBC News He slumps wild-eyed across the desk from detectives, with a mess of badly dyed red hair, his clothes hanging off him. James Holmes looks every inch the […]
Electric trucks and vans cut pollution faster than cars
Source: BBC News By Chris Baraniuk Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightSEAImage captionKings Transport in Melbourne now has an all-electric fleet The clock may be ticking for petrol and diesel-powered […]
Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism
Source: BBC News By Kate Raworth 28 July 2017 ‘Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ quipped Mark Twain. It’s a maxim that would certainly serve you well […]
Pakistan PM: Brother of ousted Sharif lined up to take over
Source: BBC News The brother of ousted Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif has been lined up to take over as prime minister. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) anointed Shahbaz Sharif […]
The automation-resistant skills we should nurture
Source: BBC News By Livia Gershon 26 July 2017 Disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data are changing the world of work. Retail jobs are disappearing in the US while […]
Australia police ‘foil terror plot to bring down plane’
Source: BBC News Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. He was speaking after four people were […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Elder Association launch a Charity Walk for Peace
Ahamdiyya Muslim group is launching a walk for peace in a bid to build bridges and mend divisions across the community. Source: http://www.surreyandhantsnews.com/ | By Surrey and Hants News in Events Ahmadiyya Muslims are calling on people to walk shoulder to shoulder with them at a Charity Walk for Peace to be held […]
UK: How three-day Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community prove Islam is a Religion of Peace
Source: http://www.dbknews.com/2017/07/28/islam-peace-ahmdiyya-conventiona/ By Zafir Ahmed is a sophomore public health major. He can be reached at zafirahmedmalik@gmail.com London has always been a traveler’s fascination, but for me the real thrill lay some 50 miles southwest of the capital, in a small community known as ‘Hadeeqatul Mahdi’ (previously called Oakland Farm). Though from […]
Are science and faith finally learning to coexist?
Source: THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC By Joanna Allhands Can science and faith coexist? Not if you ask most people. Roughly six in 10 Americans said science and religion often conflict, according to a 2015 […]
Chinese police detain ‘female Jesus cult’ members
Source: BBC News Police in China have detained 18 suspected members of a banned religious cult, state news agency Xinhua said. The group is notorious for some of its members […]
China and India File Rival Claims Over Tibetan Medicine
Source: The New York Times By MIKE IVES HONG KONG — China and India have jockeyed for centuries over the Himalayas. The Chinese military invaded Tibet in 1950. India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama, […]
Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Women Return in ‘Severe Shock’
Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI SHARIYA CAMP, Iraq — The 16-year-old lies on her side on a mattress on the floor, unable to hold up her head. Her […]
Top Saudi appeals court upholds death sentences of 14 Shi’ites: paper
Source: Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s top court has upheld the death sentences of 14 men convicted of armed attacks, all of them from the Sunni-ruled kingdom’s Shi’ite Muslim […]