Ted Talk: To learn is to be free
Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls are rarely afforded: to play outside and attend school. In […]
War on terror is all faiths’ fight against ideology of hatred – King of Jordan
Source: Jordan Times – March 2, 2018 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday underlined that the global anti-terrorism war is not a fight between different religions or peoples […]
Huawei’s AI phone tested by driving car at dog
Source: BBC News Huawei has turned one of its phones into a dog-collision avoidance system for cars as part of an unusual publicity campaign. The Chinese firm invited BBC’s Rory […]
Why Vladimir Putin’s ‘Invincible’ Missile Claim Comes at a Bad Time
Source: Time By W.J. HENNIGAN Standing before a fiery video simulation of nuclear warheads raining down on the state of Florida, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Moscow ready to deliver a swift response […]
Trump Wants to Impose Steel Tariffs. It Didn’t Work for Bush
Source: Time By JUSTIN WORLAND Updated: March 1, 2018 10:19 PM ET President Trump told business executives gathered at the White House Thursday that he would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum next […]
AutoSaw: Robot carpenter makes custom furniture
Source: BBC News BY Dave Lee Researchers have repurposed existing robotic technology so it is able to create custom wooden furniture, a move they say will greatly improve safety. The […]
The ‘exorcism’ that turned into murder
Source: BBC News At dawn, Vilma Trujillo was led out of the Celestial Vision church – a dark wooden cabin where she had been held captive for almost a week […]
Egypt’s chief prosecutor wants close monitoring of the media
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s chief prosecutor told his staff Wednesday to closely monitor the media and move against any they consider to be “hurting […]
Three publications are suing the EU over fake news allegations
Source: Poynter The European Union’s efforts to fight against online misinformation have come up against legal action. Last week, three media sites in The Netherlands filed a lawsuit against an […]
Billy Graham Wouldn’t Have Supported Rosa Parks
Source: Huffington Post BY Anthea Butler Evangelical preacher Billy Graham was lain in honor Wednesday in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Graham is the first American religious leader to be […]
Far-right extremists preparing for ‘war against Islam’, report warns after terror plots exposed
Far-right extremists are preparing for what they believe is a “war against Islam”, a report has warned in the wake of police alerts over attempted attacks. Hope Not Hate’s annual report forecast further violence emanating from various factions following the Finsbury Park terror attack on Muslims and neo-Nazi murder of […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya begins Garri production
•Orders members to produce what they consume Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria (AMJN) has started the production and sale of its Garri (Cassava Flakes) in the country, under the brand name […]
BBC Video: The Big Questions: Secularism and UK Schools?
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What it means to be a black Saudi
ASEEL BASHRAHEEL | ARAB NEWS STAFF | Published — Thursday 1 March 2018 Black Saudi model Faisal Falattah was raised by a single mother from the age […]
iQiyi, the Netflix of China, is going public in the US
Source: CNN News By Sherisse Pham The Netflix of China is ready for Wall Street. Video streaming site iQiyi is getting ready for an IPO on the Nasdaq under the […]
Saudi Arabia’s African roots traced to annual Hajj pilgrimage and British colonization
RUBA OBAID | Published — Thursday 1 March 2018 In this file photo, African pilgrims are seen in Mina, in the holy city of Makkah. Through the centuries, many […]
Russia’s Putin unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons
Source: BBC News Russia has developed a new array of nuclear weapons that are invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the claims as he laid out his […]
Poland’s Jewish community had rebounded, but now there’s ‘a growing feeling of unease’
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley WARSAW — On any given Friday night, the only synagogue in this city to survive the Holocaust draws enough worshipers for a minyan, the obligatory […]
Rohingya refugees test Bangladeshi welcome as prices rise and repatriation stalls
Source: Reuters By Clare Baldwin, Andrew R.C. Marshall KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The first Rohingya refugees who arrived on Jorina Katun’s farmland in Bangladesh last year were worn out and traumatized after fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar. They wept and begged to stay, and Katun, moved by their plight, […]
Indonesian Christians Flogged in Rare Shariah Punishment for Non-Muslims
Source: Wall Street Journal By Ben Otto and Anita Rachman Updated Feb. 28, 2018 12:51 p.m. ET JAKARTA—Two Indonesian Christians were publicly whipped for gambling, a rare case of non-Muslims being punished […]