Facing inevitable dead end
Mar 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah If what was published last Monday on the electronic Arabic daily, “Rai Al Youm,” about Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas […]
Hope among the ruins of Aleppo’s cultural heritage
Experts say a third of ancient Syrian city destroyed, but much can be restored Fri, Mar 17, 2017, Michael Jansen in Aleppo The ancient Aleppo Citadel was only lightly damaged. […]
Burger flipping robot begins first shift
Flippy, a burger-flipping robot, has begun work at a restaurant in Pasadena, Los Angeles. It is the first of dozens of locations for the system, which is destined to replace […]
Britain’s red carpet for the Saudi ruler is shameless
Guardian: They call diphtheria the “strangling disease”. Parents have to watch helplessly as it slowly clogs the throat and chokes the life out of their children. Thankfully, vaccination has wiped it out in most parts of the world. But not in Yemen. Not this past year. Hundreds of children have been […]
Alzheimer’s researchers win brain prize
Source: BBC News By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Image copyrightSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYImage captionAlzheimer’s disease brain (left) compared to normal (right) Four dementia scientists have shared this year’s 1m […]
Why ‘Happiness Is a Trap,’ According to This Bachelor Producer
Source: Time By JENNIFER CALFAS March 5, 2018 You’re not great, and you’re certainly not as great as you think you are. That’s according to Elan Gale, a producer on ABC’s The […]
Cardinal George Pell Appears in Court Over ‘Historical’ Sexual Abuse
Source: The New York Times By ADAM BAIDAWI and DAMIEN CAVE Photo Cardinal George Pell arrived at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday for a hearing. Cardinal Pell, the church’s No. 3 official, […]
Hindu woman elected to Pakistan’s senate in historic first
Source: Associated Press By ZARAR KHAN ISLAMABAD (AP) — A woman from Pakistan’s marginalized Hindu minority has been elected to the senate for the first time ever in an election […]
Sikh community demands answers about deadly shooting of gas station owner
Source: MISSISSIPPI NEWS NOW Posted by Symphonie Privett, Anchor/Reporter JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – Members of a Jackson Sikh Temple demand answers in the shooting death of 45-year-old Sukhjinder Singh. Singh […]
Greek protesters attack new religious instruction textbooks.
Source: Associated Press ATHENS (AP) — About 2,000 people have marched to the Greek parliament to protest new school books they claim endanger faith in Orthodox Christianity, Greece’s official religion. […]
A rabbi, an imam and a pastor walk onto a stage…
Source: The Economist By H.G. and ERASMUS AFTER nearly 17 years on the road, the Interfaith Amigos are a trio (an imam, a rabbi and a Christian pastor, to be […]
China Presses Its Internet Censorship Efforts Across the Globe
Source: The New York Times By PAUL MOZUR Photo China is using its status as home to the world’s largest population of internet users to help get what it wants outside […]
Switzerland votes overwhelmingly to keep its public broadcaster
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse Debate focused on media’s role in fostering national unity in a country that has four official languages Swiss federal councillor Doris Leuthard, the head of […]
World’s longest-jailed journalist freed after 19 years as Uzbekistan’s President ends confessions under torture
Source: Independent BY Jane Dalton Human-rights activists are celebrating after the world’s longest-imprisoned journalist was freed after 19 years in jail in Uzbekistan. Yusuf Ruzimuradov was tortured and underwent a bogus trial on […]
The Preacher’s Pulpit Needs to Be Cleansed from Profanity
The Preacher’s Pulpit Needs to Be Cleansed from Profanity منبرِ رسول دشنام طرازی سے پاک کرنا ہوگا باسل حجازی، نیوایج اسلام گزشتہ سال اکتوبر کے مہینے میں مصر کے دار الحکومت قاہرہ میں قتل کی ایک مخصوص واردات ہوئی جو نا ہی اپنی نوعیت کی پہلی واردات تھی […]
India: King Abdulla speaks at Islamic Conference
Source: New Age Islam A conference was held today (1st March 2018) at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on ‘Islamic Heritage: Promoting Understanding and Moderation’. The Prime Narendra Modi attended the […]
Muslims ‘are very misunderstood today’ — this Florida college will try to change that
Source: Miami Herald Florida International University is getting a spanking new center dedicated to all things Muslim. Philanthropists Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer, longtime supporters of Middle Eastern studies and other […]
‘Court can order govt to legislate against non-Muslims pretending to be Muslims in paperwork’
Source: Dawn By Muhammad Imran Senior lawyer and expert on law affairs Akram Shaikh on Friday told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that a constitutional court has the authority to […]
Election Act case: IHC summons travel records of 6,000 ‘Ahmadis’
By Rizwan Shehzad Published: February 28, 2018 PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit the travel history of people who changed their religious status from ‘Muslim’ to ‘Ahmadi’, as listed in an earlier report compiled by the National Database and Registration […]
At least 950 attacks on Muslims reported in Germany in 2017 – report
Reuters International This content was published on March 2, 2018 BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities registered at least 950 attacks on Muslims and Muslim institutions such as mosques in 2017, the Neue Osnabrueckner Zeitung reported in Saturday editions, citing data provided to lawmakers by the Interior Ministry. The ministry […]