Ottoman Music Therapy
By: Nil Sari Music has been used as a mean of therapy through the centuries to counter all kinds of disorders by various peoples. Physicians and musicians in the […]
Gulf states key to world that is now Asia First, says author Parag Khanna
Jennifer Bell January 10, 2019 In “The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict and Culture in the 21st Century,” Parag Khanna discusses the changing power dynamic that is resulting from […]
Malaysia state’s new sultan tipped to be country’s next king
January 12, 2019 Sultan Muhammad V suddenly abdicated after just two years on the throne The monarch’s role is largely ceremonial, since administrative power is vested in the prime […]
Refugees – ‘Real risk’ of refugees freezing to death in Syria after rains destroy shelters
As temperatures fall, aid workers warn of danger to at least 11,000 people across Idlib, with storms also battering camps in Lebanon Rebecca Ratcliffe Sat 12 Jan 2019 At […]
Refugees in the Channel are risking everything because of western intervention in the Middle East
Though the US and its allies are unlikely to win victories against Iran or Bashar al-Assad, by keeping a permanent crisis simmering they ensure many civilians risk everything to flee […]
Saudi teenager Rahaf offers a blueprint for others – but there will be frustration at the back of the asylum queue
Will the powerful use of social media by one savvy woman change our attitude to asylum seekers fleeing abusive families or regimes? Janet Street-Porter The Independent Voices Months on from […]
Chinese businessman arrested in Poland for spying
Source: BBC News Poland’s security services say a Chinese businessman and a Polish man, both employed in telecoms, have been arrested for spying. The Chinese national, Wang Weijing, works for […]
The lifesaving food 90% aren’t eating enough of
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News If I offered you a superfood that would make you live longer, would you be interested? Naturally it […]
Senator Faruqi: Daily Mail article misrepresented her view on Halal
Source: Australian Muslim Times Posted by Mohamed Ainullah In a statement sent to AMUST, Senator Mehreen Faruqui has condemned a Daily Mail article by Stephen Johnson published on Wednesday 9 January as fake news implying that she opposed the halal slaughter of animals. She said that the article was false […]
Medical aid in dying is the ultimate religious freedom
Source: Star Tribune Under current law, people who have made every life decision based on their personal values and faith suddenly become, due to a terminal illness, a victim of […]
Moscow’s Little-Noticed Islamic-Outreach Effort
Source: The Atlantic By Hassan Hassan Russia’s growing presence in the Middle East is generally discussed in military and economic terms. Moscow’s 2015 intervention in Syria to prop up the […]
Opus Dei paid $977,000 to settle sexual misconduct claim against prominent Catholic priest
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein January 7 The global Catholic community Opus Dei in 2005 paid $977,000 to settle a sexual misconduct suit against the Rev. C. John McCloskey, […]
China says pace of Xinjiang ‘education’ will slow, but defends camps
Source: Reuters BY Ben Blanchard Beijing has faced an outcry from activists, scholars, foreign governments and U.N. rights experts over what they call mass detentions and strict surveillance of the […]
Millions of People Wrongly Believe They Have Food Allergies
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME January 8, 2019 These days, it can seem like just about everybody has a food allergy. But according to a new study, about 11% of American adults actually […]
The Shutdown Isn’t Really About the Wall. It’s About Trump’s Future
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT and TESSA BERENSON At several points in his brief political career, Donald Trump has tried, as he calls it, to be presidential. He’s tamped down his freewheeling speaking style to […]
‘Buddha boy’ under investigation in Nepal over missing devotees
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu A Nepali spiritual leader believed by his followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha is under investigation over the disappearance of several devotees, […]
Russian church head: Smartphones could precede Antichrist
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the Russian Orthodox Church says the data-gathering capacity of devices such as smartphones risks bringing humanity closer to the arrival of […]
Saudi Arabia’s enduring male guardianship system
Source: BBC News Saudi Arabia drew international plaudits last year when it lifted a longstanding ban on women driving. However, restrictions on women remain – most notably, the “male guardianship […]
Christian workers in Somalia worship in secret, fear al-Shabab
Source: Religion News Service BY Tonny Onyulo MOGADISHU, Somalia (RNS) — In a small single-room house in the Banaadir district of Somalia, dozens of Christians worship in secret out of fear […]
‘You saved Rahaf’s life’: online outcry kept ‘terrified’ Saudi woman safe, says friend
Source: The Guardian BY Jamie Fullerton in Kuala Lumpur and Helen Davidson Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the Saudi Arabian woman who fled her family and is now under UN protection in Thailand, has been […]