Source: The Guardian By Libby Brooks, Scotland correspondent Sikh, Jewish and Christian representatives attend campaign launch following death of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah Ahmadi Muslims in Scotland have launched an […]
Source: Dawn The Indian government is considering a proposal aimed to simplify the procedures for granting Indian citizenship to minority Hindus from Pakistan, the Times of India reported on Sunday. The proposal also envisages allowing “minority communities of Pakistan staying in India on a Long Term Visa” to buy property, […]
Source: International Business Times By Tom Porter The head of Britain’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has urged the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to “take responsibility” and clamp down on hardliners, […]
Source: BBC By Jane Palmer Where armies of trees once stretched skywards, seemingly escaping from the thickets of ferns and shrubs that clawed at their roots, only scorched trunks remain. […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Monkeys rarely give birth during the day. The darkness of night gives them better protection from any predators that are lurking. As a result, monkey […]
Source: Time By Melissa Chan Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Sunday signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana, making the state the 24th in the country to authorize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. The “truly historic legislation,” the governor said, gives patients with serious medical conditions access to medical marijuana with a […]
Source: Huffington Post By Lee Moran Trends Editor, The Huffington Post British Airways pilots said their aircraft was hit by a drone while approaching London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday afternoon. Police […]
Source: CNN By Jeanne Sahadi So, you’ve probably just finished settling up your 2015 income tax bill with the IRS. (Or at least you should have, what with the due […]
Source: The Age By Michael Gordon Political editor, The Age Australia’s refugee intake would increase to 50,000 a year, including 10,000 via a new “skilled refugee” category, under a policy to […]
OTTAWA — The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for Canadians with a “serious and incurable illness,” which has brought them “enduring […]
Source: Ottawa Sun It was a sad day in Canadian history when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide in the February 2015 […]
Provided by: Baylor University Most Americans pray for healing; more than one-fourth have practiced ‘laying on of hands’ Nearly nine of 10 Americans have relied upon healing prayer at some […]
Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a University of California-Berkeley student and Iraqi refugee, says he was escorted out of Southwest flight after a passenger heard him speaking Arabic and reported him as a possible safety threat. http://gulfnews.com/news/americas/usa/california-student-says-airline-removed-him-for-speaking-in-arabic-1.1714951 LOS ANGELES: A University of California, Berkeley student who came to the US as an Iraqi […]
Soruce: Al Jazeerah Ex-serviceman who built communications infrastructure for US drone programme in Afghanistan speaks out against it. Norma Costello | 13 Apr 2016 07:39 GMT A US Air Force pilot […]
Apr 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Pope Francis’ brief meeting with US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Saturday at the Vatican may have been short in time but was long in symbolism and meaning. Sanders was at the Vatican to attend a conference at the Pontifical Academy of Social Justice, […]
Researcher Shiraz Maher wrote he does not ‘regard Ahmadis as Muslims’ Came days after man admitted killing Asad Shah for ‘disrespecting’ Islam Glasgow shopkeeper Mr Shah was part of the the Ahmadiyya community Maher has apologised for remarks which are being investigated by King’s College London By JULIAN ROBINSON FOR […]
Huff Post: by Taylor Pittman — According to a new study, men are more likely to be creepy than women Good news, ladies. A new study has confirmed what you’ve probably thought all along: some men can be pretty creepy. For a study titled “On the nature of creepiness,” Knox […]
If the semi-autonomous government goes bankrupt, the war against the caliphate could go belly-up. Iraqi Kurdistan’s fight against ISIS has for many Kurds been an existential battle central to their survival and that of their autonomous region in Iraq. However, with ISIS prevented from embarking upon Kurdistan’s major towns and […]
FINANCIAL TIMES: Inside Isis Inc: The journey of a barrel of oil Isis controls most of Syria’s oil fields and crude is the militant group’s biggest single source of revenue. Here we follow the progress of a barrel of oil from extraction to end user to see how the […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s […]