Pew Research Center: 17 striking findings from 2017
Source: Pew Research Center Abigail Geiger is an associate digital producer and writer for Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center studies a wide array of topics both in the U.S. […]
Just 10 Minutes of Exercise Can Help Your Brain
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN December 22, 2017 TIME Health Just 10 minutes of physical activity can increase brainpower for a short time afterward, according to a new study published in Neuropsychologia. The […]
President Trump Says He Believes Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation Will ‘Be Fair’
By REUTERS Updated: December 28, 2017 11:50 PM ET | Originally published: December 29, 2017 President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believes he will be fairly treated in a […]
Egypt attack: Gunman targets Coptic Christians in church and shop
Source: BBC News Nine people have been killed in two attacks on Coptic Christians in Helwan district, south of Cairo, Egypt’s interior ministry has said. Six civilians and a policeman […]
Iran and Saudis’ Latest Power Struggle: Expanding Rights for Women
Source: The New York Times By ANNE BARNARD and THOMAS ERDBRINK Saudi cheerleaders at a breast cancer awareness campaign called Shoot for a Cause, which brought together 3,000 women for a basketball tournament […]
Thousands of Palestinians take part in anti-Trump protests
Source: Reuters GAZA (Reuters) – Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza and the occupied West Bank for the fourth Friday in a row in protests against U.S. […]
AP Exclusive: China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH KAYSERI, Turkey (AP) — Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up […]
Turkey detains 75 Islamic State suspects: police, media
Source: Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 75 suspected Islamic State members in two operations on Friday, state media and police said, after arresting about 120 such suspects across […]
Video: Hamza Yusuf & Tony Blair – Religious Tolerance
Suggested reading Demystifying ISIS for Trump and Others: Religion or Politics? A Collection of Articles Demystifying Prophethood, Theocracy, Democracy and Dictatorship Is There Coercion in Islam and Christianity? Is There Freedom of Thought […]
The Top Ten South Asia Stories of 2017
Blog Post by Alyssa Ayres December 29, 2017 Rohingya refugee women cry while crossing the Naf River with an improvised raft to reach to Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, November 12, 2017. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters As 2017 comes to an end, it’s time to assess which stories from South Asia had […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya Jammat Seeks Resuscitation of Moral Values
By Shakirah Adunola No fewer than 35, 000 Muslim faithful recently gathered at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria 65th Islamic Conference, Jalsa Salana, to chart path to resuscitating the […]
Continuing conflicts: Is there hope for diplomacy in 2018?
By Imogen Foulkes December 29, 2017 UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for another round of peace talks in Geneva, December 13, 2017. (Keystone) “One year ago I […]
Turkey slams Greek Cypriot over hydrocarbon-related activities
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo Turkey slammed the Greek Cypriot Administration Friday over its unilateral hydrocarbon-related activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying the Greeks disregard of Turkish Cypriot people’ […]
Germany’s biggest New Year’s Eve party sets up safe zone for women
REUTERS LONDON The area between Berlin’s June 17 street and Brandenburg gate is blocked in preparation for New Year Eve’s celebrations at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 29 December 2017. (EPA Photo) Organizers of Germany’s biggest New Year’s Eve party at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate are setting up a […]
Jordan’s Abdullah dismisses brothers from military command
By JPOST.COM STAFF December 29, 2017 21:11 Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) Jordan’s King Abdullah dismissed his three brothers from Jordanian military command Friday, according to Jordanian media […]
Government seeks change to order lifting Trump refugee ban
Source: Associated Press By MARTHA BELLISLE SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers with the Department of Justice have asked a federal judge to change his order that partially lifted a Trump administration […]
Trump Scorns Mainstream News, But Not The Christian Broadcasting Network
Source: NPR BY SARAH MCCAMMON Attacks on the press are a hallmark of President Trump’s style, and he has avoided much of the media, often preferring Twitter to sit-down interviews with journalists. But […]
Shunned by Pakistan’s Muslims, Ahmadis Find Refuge in a City of Their Own
Source: The New York Times By MEHREEN ZAHRA-MALIK Photo An Ahmadi graveyard in Rabwah, Pakistan. CreditMohsin Raza for The New York Times RABWAH, Pakistan — The guard inched open the metal gate […]
China’s crackdown on Uighurs spreads to even mild critics
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH BEIJING (AP) — Zhang Haitao was a rare voice in China, a member of the ethnic Han majority who for years had criticized the […]
U.N. says ‘massive’ rights abuses in southern Philippines could intensify under martial law
Source: Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) – A Muslim indigenous community in the southern Philippines has suffered widespread human right abuses that could intensify with President Rodrigo Duterte’s extension of martial law […]