AI media: A reality coming
Dec 20,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – KHALID DALAL Are many local and Arab media outlets about to drown in a tsunami of artificial intelligence (AI)? The short answer is: Yes, and […]
Palestinians in Iraq fearful after loss of Saddam-era privileges
By Reuters – Dec 20,2018 -JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — A year after the Iraqi parliament voted to strip Palestinians of the equal-rights status they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein, Palestinians living […]
These are the psychological reasons why people are religious
Is it true that we have an evolutionary ‘god-shaped hole’? By Nick Perham, for the Independent Voices The quick and easy answer to why people are religious is that God […]
A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER When the 116th Congress convenes next month, women will make up nearly a quarter of its voting membership – the highest percentage in U.S. […]
Point of No Return
Source: Reuters Having fled waves of violence, more than 900,000 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority now languish in refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh. A Reuters investigation has found the […]
The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S.
Source: The New York Times By Hussein Rashid, Negin Farsad and Joshua Seftel Muslims have been here since the time of the earliest explorers and have left their mark on everything from the White […]
MIT invents method to shrink objects to nanoscale using basic lab equipment
Source: CNN By Lauren Kent (CNN)Some say bigger is better, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will tell you that when it comes to tech, smaller things are […]
Poacher Who Illegally Killed Hundreds of Deer Ordered to Repeatedly Watch Bambi
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS (SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) — A Missouri poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the movie “Bambi” as part of his sentence for illegally killing hundreds of deer. […]
Sedative addiction and anxiety on the rise among children, reports show
Source: CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN)An apparent rise in anxiety among British children has prompted concern from mental health experts, as two reports reveal an alarming surge in medication […]
Native artisans fight to survive in ‘the town of the Nativities’
Source: Religion News Service By Irving Cabrera Torres AMOZOC, Mexico (RNS) — It’s known as the town of the Nativities, or los nacimientos. For more than a century, Amozoc, in central […]
Pakistani Christians face an uneasy Christmas in the wake of Asia Bibi’s release
Source: Religion News Service BY Naila Inayat LAHORE, Pakistan (RNS) – For the first time in nine years, Asia Bibi will be with her husband on Christmas. But many of […]
Sacred and political: world’s largest religious festival to kick off in India
Source: Reuters By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Spirituality, politics and tourism: welcome to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of humanity, that begins next month in India. […]
Pope Francis tells clerics who abuse minors to hand themselves in
Source: CNN By Delia Gallagher Rome (CNN)Pope Francis has told those who abuse minors to hand themselves in to civil justice authorities and “prepare for divine justice,” in his strongest […]
Indonesian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighurs
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Several hundred protesters chanted “God is Great” and “Get out, communist!” outside China’s embassy in the Indonesian capital on Friday, demanding an end […]
Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam
Source: Vox By Jennifer Williams Muslims don’t believe Jesus was the son of God, but they do revere him as a holy prophet. Christmas, as everyone knows, commemorates the birth of […]
Alabama police department blames crimes on rejection of God
Source: Associated Press OPP, Ala. (AP) — A rural Alabama police department that used social media to scold community members for rejecting God came under fire from a group that […]
They now can wear slacks on their missions, and NOT just to dodge mosquitoes
Source: Salt Lake Tribune By Taylor Stevens Latter-day Saint leaders are finally cutting the faith’s female missionaries some slack. Make that slacks. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced […]
Gently stroking babies ‘provides pain relief’
Source: BBC News Gently stroking a baby reduces activity in their brain associated with painful experiences, a study has found. The study, by University of Oxford and Liverpool John Moores […]
Ahmadiyya and Humanity First donates food packages to families in the Municipality of Prishtina, Kosovo
Source: Jinah-Ud-Din Saif Picutures: JUS On 19 and 20 December, the humanitarian aid action from the Ahmadiyya and international foundation “Humanity First” continued in the municipality of Pristina. With the motto Love for all and hatred for none and “Humanity First, serving mankind” both organisations distributed these food supplies to […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta holds Jalsa Salana 2018 – A Report
Source: https://ahmadiyyamalta.org/2018/12/10/second-jalsa-salana-malta-2018/ Message from Her Excellency, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, the President of Malta, for the ‘Interfaith Session’ held at the Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana Malta 2018) on Sunday, 2 December. The theme of this year’s Interfaith Session was ‘Love for All, Hatred for None’. Second Jalsa Salana Malta 2018 by Laiq Ahmed […]