Syria conflict: First aid for Darayya since 2012
Source: BBC The besieged Damascus suburb of Darayya has received its first aid convoy since November 2012, according to the Red Cross. UN aid officials had said the town was […]
Daily Inspiration: True Islam Advocates Separation of Mosque and State
By InterFaith Works of Central New York on June 01, 2016 This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. Follow this theme and author posted Sunday through Saturday. Dr. Muhammad Zafar IqbalInterFaith Works of Central New York True Islam teaches complete separation of mosque and state. […]
Veiling is a choice, not a sign of oppression: Woman Muslim scholar
SINGAPORE Professor Sahar Amer talks about the “ridiculous” link often made between Muslim women’s dress and terrorism, in the season premiere of interview programme Conversation With. By Lua Jiamin Posted 01 Jun 2016 13:20 Updated 01 Jun 2016 17:52 PHOTOS Sahar Amer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Arabic […]
France Wants To Build More Than 600 Miles of Solar Roads
Source: Niume The French Minister of Ecology and Energy, Ségolène Royal, has announced that the country plans to cover 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) of roads with solar panels, according to the Global Construction Review. A single kilometre segment of the surface, called Wattway, can generate enough power for a town of […]
Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
Source: The New York Times By ALAIN de BOTTON IT’S one of the things we are most afraid might happen to us. We go to great lengths to avoid it. […]
UK Muslim Women Have Nowhere to Turn
BY CODI ROBERTSON, Wed, June 1, 2016 clarionproject.com Questions regarding belonging and citizenship are currentlyforefront in the minds of UK Muslim women after recent critical focus from Prime Minister David Cameron and former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips. To help both ensure a successful integration and fight extremism, Citizens […]
Why the election of London’s first Muslim mayor is a message of hope
DOMINIQUE MOISI The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jun. 01, 2016 Dominique Moisi is a professor at L’Institut d’études politiques de Paris and visiting professor at King’s College, London. ————————————– “I feel so proud of my city,” my interlocutor said, referring to the election of Sadiq Khan as London’s first […]
Fear of Islamism in Vienna
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Multi-Trillion Dollar Bridge to Nowhere in the Greater Middle East
By contributors | Jun. 1, 2016 | By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – We have it on highest authority: the recent killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour by a U.S. drone strike in Pakistanmarks “an important milestone.” So the president of the United […]
AZERBAIJAN: State tells Muslims when to pray
By Felix Corley, Forum 18 “If we pray according to the calendar we believe is correct, they’ll arrest us,” one Muslim tells Forum 18 about the Shia-oriented unified calendar the state imposes on all Muslims. Azerbaijan’s Georgian Orthodox – after nearly a year – should soon have a resident priest […]
Migrant crisis: ‘Document forgers’ held in Greece and Czech Republic
Source: BBC Police in Greece and the Czech Republic have arrested more than 20 people suspected of forging travel documents for migrants trying to enter Europe. European police agency Europol […]
India hospital transfusions infect thousands with HIV
Source: BBC At least 2,234 Indians have contracted the deadly HIV virus while receiving blood transfusions in hospitals in the past 17 months alone. The information was revealed by the […]
Judge ‘manipulated’ 9/11 attacks case, court document alleges
Source: The Guardian The judge prevented Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s defense team from learning he had permitted the Obama administration to destroy the evidence, according to a scathing court document. Photograph: […]
Some 13,000 migrants saved, over 700 dead in a week: media
Source: New China ROME, May 30 (Xinhua) — Around 13,000 migrants have been rescued and more than 700 are feared to have died at sea in the southern Mediterranean over […]
Angelina Jolie slams Trump for anti-Muslim comments
Source: CNN By Angela Dewan, for CNN London (CNN)Angelina Jolie lashed out at U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday for his controversial remarks against Muslims, comments that have prompted waves of anger in Islamic communities When asked for her thoughts about Trump’s attitude toward Muslims, Jolie closed her eyes […]
Brain structure that tracks negative events backfires in depression
Source: Science Daily Date:May 31, 2016 Source:University College London Summary:A region of the brain that responds to bad experiences has the opposite reaction to expectations of aversive events in people […]
The Incredible Beauty Of Cattle Deemed Sacred Around The World
Source: Huffington Post By Priscilla Frank Arts Writer, The Huffington Post “Our mother, when she dies, means expenses of burial or cremation,” Mahatma Gandhi taught. “Mother cow is as useful dead […]
Why St. Thomas Becket’s elbow still matters in the 21st century
Source: RNS By Naomi Howell, University of Exeter A small piece of bone thought to belong to St. Thomas Becket is, after centuries of exile in Hungary, returning to Canterbury […]
Eric Holder: Edward Snowden Performed a ‘Public Service’
Source: Time By Daniel Arkin/NBC News But Snowden still must be punished for leaking documents, the former Attorney General said Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says fugitive leaker Edward Snowden […]
Number Of Afghans Uprooted By Violence Doubles In Just 3 Years, Amnesty Reports
Source: Huffington Post By Magdalena Mis Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of Afghans internally displaced by conflict has “dramatically” doubled to 1.2 million in just three years, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, warning that a lack of basic services was putting people on the brink […]