Calais ‘Jungle’: Fires rage across migrant camp
Source: BBC Fires are raging across parts of the “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais, three days into a French operation to demolish it. It was unclear who set the dozens […]
Women now drink nearly as much alcohol as men, study finds
Source: CNN By Karla Pequenino, for CNN (CNN)Women are now drinking nearly as much alcohol as men, according to a new study. The report, published in the medical journal BMJ […]
Trump, who said 37 false things on Monday, calls fact checkers ‘scum’
The Republican presidential candidate has spent much of the campaign bashing the media. On Tuesday, during a frequently dishonest speech at an airport in Sanford, Fla., he singled out a specific group of journalists as “crooked as hell. thestar.com 2016/10/25 WASHINGTON—Donald Trump falsely accused his opponent of debate cheating and […]
MY MUSLIM FATHER’S FAITH IN AMERICA
Source: The New Yorker By Mohammed Naseehu Ali When I was growing up, in the early nineteen-eighties, most of my fellow-Ghanaians viewed America as an evil empire that was bent […]
I pray every day. It’s changed my life.
Source: The Week By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry This election might have you praying for a swift death, or indeed the destruction of all life on Earth. I get that. I really, really […]
Prophet Muhammad and the Founding Fathers were kindred Spirits: Dr. Craig Considine
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about the Prophet Muhammad Epigraph: And We have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) […]
Solar Power Capacity Tops Coal for the First Time Ever
Source: Time By Geoffrey Smith China alone installed two wind turbines per hour and 500,000 solar panels a day last year. Solar power now accounts for more installed capacity than any […]
There’s an Easier Way to Screen for Colon Cancer
Source: Time By Alice Park Colonoscopy may be getting all the attention as the preferred way to screen for colon cancer, but a tried-and-true method that doesn’t require a hospital visit […]
Nearly Half of American Voters Are Stressing About the 2016 Election: Poll
Source: Time By Katie Reilly Two weeks away from Election Day, nearly half of American voters are experiencing election-related stress, according to a new poll. The ABC News poll found that 46% of likely voters said the 2016 election is stressful. Half of those voters said it had caused them “serious […]
Another Airline is Creating Child-Free Zones on Planes
Source: Time Budget air carrier IndiGo recently announced kid-free Quiet Zones on its flights, adding to an ever-growing list of airlines creating adults-only spaces. It’s a controversial move. Some customers and airlines say the policy gives people traveling for business a better chance to get work done or grab a nap. Others think the policy is […]
59 Police Trainees Killed in Attack in Southwestern Pakistan, Authorities Say
Source: Time By Abdul Sattar (QUETTA, Pakistan) — Militants wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police academy in the southwestern city of Quetta overnight, killing at least 59 people, mostly police […]
The Fascinating Reason Why Liars Keep On Lying
Source: Time By Alice Park Once a liar, always a liar, the old saying goes. Turns out there’s some scientific truth to that: researchers have tracked down how the brain makes lying easier as the untruths build up, providing some biological evidence for why small lies often balloon into ever larger […]
Ottawa police stopping Middle Eastern, black drivers at ‘disproportionate’ rate: report
York University researchers reviewed data from 81,902 traffic stops involving Ottawa residents CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2016 1:00 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 24, 2016 6:28 PM ET Middle Eastern and black drivers — particularly young men — were far more likely to be stopped by Ottawa police than other drivers, […]
USA: The Art of the Qur’an – landmark exhibit shows holy book as text and work of art
First major exhibit on the Qur’an in the US, at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery in Washington, displays manuscripts over a period of almost a millennium The Qur’an commissioned by Mongol ruler Uljaytu in Baghdad in the early 1300s and brought back to Istanbul by Suleiman the Magnificent. Photograph: Neil Greentree […]
From the US army to al-Shabaab: the man who wanted to live under sharia law
Source: The Guardian By Ed Pilkington in Atlanta, Georgia Craig Baxam was lost. He thought he was in a town in northern Kenya called Marareme, though really he didn’t have a […]
Muslims protest in front of Colosseum over mosque closures
Source: Associated Press ROME (AP) — Hundreds of Muslims have gathered near Rome’s Colosseum to pray and protest the closures of mosques and other places of worship. An imam led […]
Clinton’s Careful Courtship of Muslim Voters
Source: The Atlantic By DAVID A. GRAHAM ALEXANDRIA, Va.—This Democratic headquarters one warm October night could have been practically anywhere in the country. Volunteers crammed into a dingy, decrepit office suite, […]
Mississippi: Call for investigation over ‘noose put on black student’
Source: BBC A rights group in the US state of Mississippi has demanded a federal hate crime investigation after the family of a black high school student said white students […]
60 killed in twin suicide attacks as terrorists storm police training college in Quetta
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Jordan to host next Arab summit
By JT – Oct 24,2016 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday issued directives to host the Arab League’s 28th session after Yemen apologised for not being able to host the summit. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh informed Arab League Secretary General Ahmed […]