Police have launched a probe into alleged links between two leading figures in two of Scotland’s most prominent mosques and a banned sectarian group responsible for terrorist attacks against minority communities in Pakistan.Hafiz Abdul Hamid and Sabir Ali have been linked to the proscribed group A BBC investigation has revealed […]
او دیس سے آنے والے بتا کس حال میں ھیں یارانِ وطن؟ کیا اب بھی یونہی پہلے کی طرح اٹھتا ھے دھواں، جلتے ھیں چمن؟ کیا اب بھی وہاں لوگوں کے دل ملا کے دیں سے ڈرتے ہیں اور خودکش حملوں میں وحشی حوروں کی خاطر مرتے ہیں؟ کیا اب […]
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks production editor and a national reporter for RNS WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama hosted his last Easter Prayer Breakfast with Christian leaders, pausing to reflect on […]
Source: Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has defied the laws of political physics from the moment he rode down that gold-toned elevator in his own Manhattan tower to announce […]
Source: BBC By Julie Bensman 30 March 2016 No matter what language you speak or where you come from, sharing a meal with friends is the best way to spend […]
Source: BBC US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has withdrawn a call for women who have abortions to be punished, only hours after suggesting it. He had proposed “some form of punishment” for women who have abortions if they were made illegal. But after strong criticism, Mr Trump repeated the Republican […]
Source: BBC By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Global sea levels could rise by more than double the current best estimate, according to a new analysis of climate change in Antarctica. […]
Source: BBC By Chris Baraniuk Technology reporter Microsoft has unveiled a new system of bots that can represent businesses and interact with users via Skype. Social bots are automated programs […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor In her book, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women, author Sarah Bessey writes about the stereotypes that the […]
Source: Independent UK I recognise the irony of the fact that the first university in the world was established by a Muslim woman, yet today many are denied an education. […]
Source: Humans of New York An Open Letter to Donald Trump: Mr. Trump, I try my hardest not to be political. I’ve refused to interview several of your fellow candidates. […]
Shamila Ghyas is a young Pakistani blogger and writer who is challenging Islamism in Pakistan through her writing and on social media. BY ELLIOT FRIEDLAND, Mon, March 28, 2016 Shamila Ghyas. (Photo: © Shamila Ghyas) Shamila Ghyas is an author, blogger and satirist from Pakistan. She writes for The Nation, Dawn and the Express […]
Source: Fusion By Alaa Basatneh If you saw someone on the street sitting next to a sign that read “Ask A Muslim,” what would you ask? Sebastian Robins has probably […]
Source: Patheos.com By Tahir Nasser The dust from the bombs had barely settled in Brussels when the first anti-Islamic articles started appearing in major news outlets. In particular, Christian pundit […]
Guardian: Paranoid parents have always known that children’s parks are potentially dangerous places. That rickety seesaw might fling your child skywards. That slide is always too steep. That swing will snap one day. That toy plane that vibrates after you insert a metal token and sings Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star […]
WASHINGTON–(Reuters) – Harsh rhetoric about Muslims by Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential election campaign is undermining national security efforts, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday. Asked about comments by Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Johnson told MSNBC in an interview that singling out a specific […]
Source: The Guardian By Kim Willsher The French minister for women’s rights has been accused of racism after comparing women who wear the burqa to “negroes” who supported slavery. Laurence Rossignol […]
Source: The Guardian By Ashifa Kassam Police in Canada have launched an investigation after a Catholic priest in southern Ontario claimed he had gambled away hundreds of thousands of dollars earmarked […]
Source: The Guardian By Mohammed Hanif, whose novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes was longlisted for the Booker prize, shortlisted for the Guardian first book award, Commonwealth literary prize and […]
Source: Dawn WISCONSIN: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday said that amongst all the presidential hopefuls only he can solve the problem of “radical Islamic terrorism”. During an interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, Trump termed Pakistan “a vital problem” for the United States (US) “because they have a […]