Christian murdered in latest Bangladesh attack
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Dhaka A Christian was knifed to death after Sunday prayers near a church in northwestBangladesh in an attack claimed by Islamic State. Police said […]
96-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest university graduate
Source: Gulf News Tokyo: A 96-year-old Japanese man has entered the Guinness World Records after becoming the oldest person in the world to receive a university degree, officials said on Sunday. Shigemi Hirata, who lives in Takamatsu, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Design from Kyoto University […]
Donald Trump Suggests Muslim Judge Might Also Be Unfair
Source: ABC News By CANDACE SMITH Donald Trump, already facing bi-partisan backlash for his comments suggesting a judge of Mexican descent is unfit to preside over a lawsuit filed against Trump University because of “bias,” has gone further, suggesting that a Muslim judge would also not be able to treat […]
Islamic State Kills Dozens of Its Own in Hunt for Spies
Source: ABC News In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone […]
New York’s Muslims struggle to bury their dead
Source: Aljazeera By Mir Ubaid New York, US – Ahmet Kargi, 40, rolls up his sleeves, revealing a tattoo on his right arm – a white crescent and star inside a […]
Israelis mark annexation of East Jerusalem
Source: Aljazeera Israeli police deployed in large numbers in Jerusalem to secure an annual march marking Israel’s 1967 invasion and subsequent occupation of the Palestinian-dominated eastern half of the city, which […]
Muslims increasingly racially profiled on US planes in 2016
Source: Tribune A Muslim group has urged the United States Department of Transportation to take action to address the profiling of Muslims, people of colour, and persons perceived to be […]
BBC: Muhammad Ali – in his own words
Source: BBC … The politics “Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.” “Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn’t choose it, […]
Calabasas fire forces thousands from homes
Source: CNN (CNN)Hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze in Los Angeles County that has forced at least 5,000 people to evacuate their homes, authorities said. Since the inferno started Saturday afternoon it has already torched 516 acres, Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief John Tripp said. As of Sunday […]
How cancer was created by evolution
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Will we ever win the “war on cancer”? The latest figures show just how distant a prospect victory is right now. In the US, the […]
Michelle Obama: I Wake Up Each Day In A House Built By Slaves
Source: Huffington Post The American Dream is alive and well, and according to Michelle Obama, her life is proof. In a commencement speech delivered at City College in New York […]
Muhammad Ali at Nur Moschee in Frankfurt
Muhammad Ali offering ‘salat’ at Nur Mosque Frankfurt, on his left is Imam Fazal Elahi Anwari.
Hope of belated justice for Pakistani woman gang-raped as a punishment
theguardian: by Alia Waheed — Review of case of Mukhtar Mai, who was assaulted at behest of village council before high court acquitted attackers, could end 14-year struggle for justice Mukhtar Mai has become an international campaigner for women’s rights. She was gang-raped in 2002 Photograph: Felix Clay for the […]
Video: Muhammad Ali on Purpose of Life
He is suggesting what other’s have called: Pascal’s Wager, which is an argument in apologetic philosophy devised by the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–62).[1] It posits […]
The Pioneer of Rocket Technology – Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Shahab – Tipu Sultan of India
Mysorean rockets From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Mysorean rockets were an Indian military weapon which were the first iron-cased rockets successfully deployed for military use. They subsequently brought about a revolution in warfare […]
Video: Why Muhammad Ali’s Name is on the Wall and not the Floor of Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Video: Courtesy of Hamid Rahman, Peace Village(Maple, ON, Canada) Muhammad Ali was offered a star with his name on “Hollywood Walk of Fame” but he refused and said: “I bear […]
Just another ploy …
Jun 04,2016 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has dampened down any hope that the French initiative of convening a meeting in Paris on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be in any way successful, even before the meeting started. Dore Gold, the head of Israel’s foreign ministry, went as far as to compare […]
After the Chilcot report, we’ll hear the New Testament – the gospel according to Saint Tony
It may not be a written text, more a collection of stories handed down by apostles, generation after generation, only later formed into a codex Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 3 June 2016 197 comments 420 So, Sir John Chilcot’s report is going to be “four times as long asWar and Peace”, is […]
Fashion Brand Debuts Ramadan Collection Tailored To Muslim Women
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Ramadan — the Muslim holy month, which begins this year on June 6 — is a time of fasting, prayer and community. For some, it has also become a time to shop, when some wealthy families as much as triple […]
Here’s Why Some Muslims Have A Longer Fast Than Others During Ramadan
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan is meant to be a physical and spiritual challenge for Muslims, something that draws them closer to God. But depending on where they are in the world, some followers of the faith might have an […]