Al Qaeda-Backed Terrorist Group Has a New Target: Plastic Bags
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi Over the years, the Shabab, a terrorist group in East Africa that has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, have banned music, cinemas, […]
Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
Source: Associated Press By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed eight men convicted over the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and the shrine of […]
Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara executed for Tokyo sarin attack
Source: CNN By James Griffiths and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN Tokyo (CNN)Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, have been […]
Italian Catholic priests go to war with Salvini over immigration
Source: The Guardian BY Angela Giuffridaand Lorenzo Tondo Gianfranco Formenton, a priest in Umbria, has long preached against racism. Gianfranco Formenton, a priest in Italy’s central Umbria region who has long preached […]
Clash Between Duterte and Catholic Church in Philippines Intensifies
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Jake Maxwell Watts July 9, 2018 8:52 a.m. ET A public feud between President Rodrigo Duterte and the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines […]
Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists
Source: Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying […]
Jalsa Salana Muslim convention focuses on nine principles of peace
Source: The Star By PETER EDWARDS Staff Reporter The first time there was a Jalsa Salana Muslim convention in Toronto, it was possible to fit all the attendees into a single photograph. […]
How to Have the Most Fun in Your Free Time, According to Science
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME The calendar is an indispensable tool in our over-committed and over-stimulated culture, and one no longer reserved solely for work commitments and appointments. Many busy people, […]
Why Vertigo is so horrifying today
Source: BBC News By Nicholas Barber 9 July 2018 Vertigo gets better with age. Alfred Hitchcock’s mind-bending mystery wasn’t a critical or commercial hit when it was released 60 years […]
Can you train people to be less biased?
Source: BBC News This story is from The Inquiry on BBC World Service. It was presented by Helen Grady and produced by Josephine Casserly and Dearbhail Starr. To listen to more episodes of The Inquiry, please click here. Adapted by Sarah Keating. In April two black men went into a Starbucks in Philadelphia. They were early for a business meeting, so they sat down to wait. Two minutes […]
A stall ‘selling peace’ wins hearts at international book fair in Shimla
The mission displayed over 200 books endorsing world peace, in English, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi at the fair. punjab Updated: Jun 29, 2018 Gaurav Bisht Hindustan Times, Shimla Books on […]
Jinnah’s Pakistan is finally dead
Op-Ed Taliban Khan has now reignited the issue of Khatm-e-Nabuwat. This is a door that should have been kept closed Yasser Latif Hamdani @theRealYLH July 9, 2018 Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam was a […]
Tunisia: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon in Tunis On Two-Day Official Visit
Tunis/Tunisia — UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon expected Thursday in Tunis for a two-day official visit. During his visit, the […]
Cave rescue: ‘Four more boys rescued’ by divers
Cave divers in northern Thailand have rescued four more boys from a vast flooded cave system, a source within the operation has told the BBC. This suggests that, in total, […]
The danger of mainstreaming militants in Pakistan
By Vinay Kaura Pakistan’s hybrid system of government oscillates between patrimonalism, semi authoritarianism and quasi-democracy. The military is Pakistan’s most powerful institution which uses both populism and democratic cover to legitimate its dominance, while the civilians are left with little option but to depend on the military to stay in […]
The tragic truth about cousin marriages: They can cause a litany of genetic illnesses and they’re a key factor in the deaths of two children a week in Britain, so why is it taboo to talk about them, asks SUE REID
Source: Daily Mail, UK The World Health Organisation insists that attempts to stop consanguineous marriage are ‘undesirable and inappropriate’ The stance of local councils in Britain, including multi-cultural Oldham in […]
Coverage of American Muslims is Bigoted and Inaccurate. This Group is Using Hard Facts to Fix it
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Studies have shown that 80 percent of news coverage about Muslims is overwhelmingly negative. An organization looking to use data to combat the overwhelming […]
Double trouble; Xhaka tackles Swiss football official over dual national controversy
This content was published on July 8, 2018 Granit Xhaka says he is disappointed and angry about comments by Swiss football federation general secretary Alex Miescher suggesting players should drop […]
The economic benefits of women driving in Saudi Arabia
Talat Zaki Hafiz July 08, 2018 After a prolonged debate over allowing women to drive cars in Saudi Arabia, finally the matter was put to rest on June 24 following […]
EU immigration crisis goes to extra time
Maha Akeel July 08, 2018 In a dramatic attack in the last minute of the match between Belgium and Japan at the World Cup, Nacer Chadli scored the winning goal […]