China puts finishing touches to world’s biggest radio telescope
Source: The Guardian China has hoisted the final piece into position on what will be the world’s largest radio telescope, which it will use to explore space and help in […]
Brexit: Osborne pledges to cut corporation tax
Source: BBC George Osborne has pledged to slash corporation tax to encourage businesses to still invest in the UK following the EU referendum vote. In an interview with the Financial […]
Tory leadership: Theresa May says voters want more than ‘Brexit PM’
Source: BBC Theresa May has rejected rivals’ claims that the next Tory leader must have supported a Leave vote in the EU referendum – saying people want more than “a Brexit prime minister”. The home secretary promised to bring the Remain and Leave sides together and “govern for the whole […]
Tony Blair: UK should keep Brexit options open
Source: BBC Former prime minister Tony Blair has said “we should keep our options open” on the UK leaving the European Union. He told the BBC the 48% who had […]
UAE warns against wearing national dress abroad
Source: BBC United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals are being urged not to wear national dress outside the region, days after an Emirati man was detained in the US. Ahmed al-Menhali, […]
Iraq violence: IS bombing kills 125 Ramadan shoppers in Baghdad
Source: BBC At least 125 people have been killed and about 150 injured in an explosion claimed by the so-called Islamic State group in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. A car […]
3 Muslims On How Converting To Islam Changed Their Ideas About God
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor To change religions is to wrestle with your past beliefs and think deeply about who God is and what you want your […]
Ramadan: A Source for Conflict Resolution?
Source: Huffington Post Farhad Ahmad British Ahmadi Muslim Imam The summer has dawned upon the UK, in all its rain-filled glory, and is expected to be the hottest since records began. Some of us have extra reason to welcome the summer this year; it heralds the month of Ramadan when […]
Terrorism was Never Justified by the Prophet Mohammad
Source: Review of Religions KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY AT THE 13TH NATIONAL PEACE SYMPOSIUM ON 19th MARCH, 2016, AT THE BAITUL FUTUH MOSQUE, UK. Hazrat Mirza […]
The expats whose pay fell 10% overnight
Source: BBC By Alina Dizik When American expat Katie Sidell pays her student loan bill this month, she’ll likely be parting with a bigger cut of her take-home pay. The […]
The huge Chinese warehouse run by robots
Source: BBC From Click A warehouse picker who never gets tired? The online retailer JD.com has just the thing. The company has opened a huge facility in Shanghai where items […]
Bangladesh siege: Twenty killed at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka
Source: BBC Twenty people, most of them foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a cafe in Bangladesh claimed by so-called Islamic State. Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: What ‘Game of Thrones’ Says About Our Election Nightmares
Source: Time BY Kareem Abdul Jabbar Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Writings on the Wall. The […]
Arrival of Syrian Refugees in U.S. Surges in June
Source: Time By David Johnson Almost 5,200 have arrived so far The number of Syrian refugees who have arrived in the U.S. nearly doubled in June as the Obama administration aims to make good on its pledge to resettle at least 10,000 by the end of the fiscal year. In all, […]
When will the White House tell us the whole truth about drone killings?
Source: The Guardian By Naureen Shah The Situation Room, a commander-in-chief with rapidly graying hair, a cluster of grim-faced men and women debating the ethics and the legality of a […]
Global politics is basically anarchic – we’re ruled by the law of the jungle
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Wainer Andrew Wainer is director of policy research at Save the Children According to the realist school of political science, the global political system is […]
India: Muslim women fight to overturn triple talaq
Source: Aljazeera An online petition against triple talaq has been signed by 50,000 Muslim men and women across the country. By Shriya Ramakrishnan Twenty five-year-old Salma’s* life crumbled one morning […]
Video: Millions attend Ramadan prayers in Makkah
Source: Al Arabia Nearly three million worshipers, including foreign umrah pilgrims and local visitors, performed isha (evening prayers) and taraweeh (special Ramadan prayers) prayers in the Grand Mosque in Makkah […]
Canada Day at Baitul Islam mosque in Vaughan
On July 1, 2016, hundreds of people gathered for celebrations at Baitul Islam mosque in Vaughan. This year, the celebrations were extra special for the Muslim community because they coincided with the […]
Researchers Uncover Ancient Shrine That May Hold Buddha’s Skull Bone
Huffington Post: Archaeologists have discovered what may be a skull bone from the revered Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. The bone was hidden inside a model of a stupa, or a Buddhist shrine used for meditation. The research team found the 1,000-year-old model within a stone chest in a crypt beneath a […]