Meet the woman saving the worlds’ threatened penguins
Source: BBC By Jeremy Coles 25 April 2017 Most of us would confess to having a soft spot for these charismatic birds. Penguins permeate our daily lives, featuring on items […]
Why Cinnamon Is Insanely Good for You
BY Amanda MacMillan Scientists have long suspected that cinnamon can help prevent blood-sugar spikes and protect against insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes. But how, exactly, has remained a mystery—and […]
Fewer Americans Think President Trump Keeps His Promises, Poll Shows
Source: Time BY Ryan Teague Beckwith As President Trump approaches his 100th day in office, Americans are losing faith in his ability to keep his promises, though his supporters remain firmly […]
King Mswati III of Swaziland wants to ban divorce across African nation
Source: Independent The king of Swaziland is attempting to ban divorce and has instructed religious leaders to inform citizens of the decree, according to reports. King Mswati III issued the […]
Ted Talk: The history of our world in 18 minutes
Speaker: David Christian Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is […]
A PLACE BETWEEN TWO PLACES: The Quranic Barzakh
The Quranic Barzakh By George Archer Previous product Next product Picture of A Place Between Two Places For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the […]
In Pakistan, a student’s lynching for alleged blasphemy was a new low — but no surprise
Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan and Pamela Constable April 24 at 6:01 AM ZAIDA, Pakistan — Even in his ancestral village here in northwestern Pakistan, where 23-year-old […]
In the rush to blame radical Islamists for terror incidents, we are inadvertently handing them more power
Source: Independent By Sunny Hundal @sunny_hundal Isis needs European leaders to overreact and polarise people. They want to inspire terror, they want us to cower in their influence and power You […]
‘WITH SYRIA IN PIECES, IT’S TIME TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL’S ANNEXATION OF THE GOLAN’
Source: Jerusalem Post BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 20, 2017 Deputy minister for diplomacy Michael Oren stresses that Israel sought peace before the 1967 Six Day War. IDF tanks are seen […]
‘Others’ in Europe and their influence on elections
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Muslim populations in Europe have become one of the most important variables in elections in the European Union in some time. Right-wing and extreme-right politicians have developed three main attitudes toward them: “Muslims should go,” “if they stay, they shouldn’t act like Muslims” and “no more Muslims should […]
EMPTY PEWS: One in four shuns religion in Switzerland
By Susan Misicka MAR 31, 2011 – A quarter of Swiss don’t attend church at all(Keystone) The role of organised religion in Switzerland is an increasingly small one, according […]
SAFETY CONCERNS: Building owner blocks Islamist conference
APR 24, 2017 – Members of the Islamic community in Switzerland demonstrate “against terrorism and Islamophobia”(Keystone) The owner of Zurich’s World Trade Center will not allow the Islamic Central […]
From aspiring stylist to extremist widow: one woman’s Syria story
By AFP – Apr 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Twenty-three-year old Islam Maytat from Morocco poses for a photo with her children Maria (left) and Abdullah in the Kurdish-majority city […]
Terrorism for financial gain is a real threat – but it’s also nothing we haven’t seen before
Relying on the stock market to react rationally to a terrorist attacks is hardly a sound investment strategy. Borussia Dortmund shares actually rose the day after the attack Tom Smith 7 […]
Marine Le Pen may have progressed this far, but it is a Macron presidency that will present a new start for France
Yet what exactly that change will look like remains to be seen Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Macron mobilised support with his En Marche! movement AFP Not, perhaps, the best of results for France and Europe, but by no means the worst either. The far-right National Front candidate, Marine Le Pen, appears […]
The Nature of Reality: A Dialogue Between a Buddhist Scholar and a Theoretical Physicist
Suggested Reading and Viewing Nova Documentary on Mystery of Mathematics 2016 Nobel in Physics Shows Again: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the […]
The Rancorous Politics of Meat in India
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Sadanand Dhume Updated April 23, 2017 5:21 p.m. ET Is it acceptable for vigilantes to beat a man to death for transporting cattle? In […]
America is abandoning independent Christians in China
Source: Religion News Service By Chloë Starr | April 21, 2017 (RNS) When Xi Jinping and Donald Trump had their first face-to-face meeting earlier this month in Mar-a-Lago, the plight of […]
Outspoken Maldives Blogger Who Challenged Radical Islamists Is Killed
Source: The New York Times By HASSAN MOOSA and KAI SCHULTZAPRIL 23, 2017 Photo Yameen Rasheed in Malé, the capital of the Maldives, in February. CreditAdam Dean for The New […]
Trump condemns anti-Semitism on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day
Source: Reuters By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said anti-Semitism should be defeated and called the Holocaust the “darkest chapter of human history” in a video […]