Islamic Astronomy from “Star Wars” to Star Tables
By: Glen M. Cooper The most obvious difference between modern and Islamic astronomy is that the latter is primarily mathematical and predictive, and the former has other observational goals, […]
Police admin worker can wear hijab with a uniform, says human rights council
November 20, 2017 Photo: Depositphotos.com Police badge and radio. The Dutch police are wrong to ban a Muslim women officer from wearing a headscarf in a job where her contact […]
Sri Lanka arrest 19 after Buddhist-Muslim violence; four injured
Reuters International This content was published on November 18, 2017 COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police arrested 19 people after a clash between “extremists” from the majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities in which four people were injured, a spokesman said on Saturday. Tension has been […]
Migration Series (Part 1) Defining the 25% foreign population in Switzerland
By Duc-Quang Nguyen November 19, 2017 For the first time, Switzerland has 2 million foreigners living in its midst. As of last year, these non-Swiss – often the subject […]
Perspective: World International Day Of Tolerance | Oladejo Haneef Olalekan
As we commemorate the International Day of Tolerance, we should bear in mind that everyone deserves our respect irrespective of the differences that we have. Times of Ahmad | […]
America has no idea how many innocent people it’s killing in the Middle East
Sixteen years after Bush Snr launched his so-called ‘war on terror’ an untold number of civilians have been killed by disease, illness and by the US and UK-led military campaign Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncombe An injured child in Iraq. body really knows how many civilians have been killed in […]
Stop trying to interfere with my right as a parent to dress my daughter in a hijab
Source: Letters to Independent Letter by Dr Siema Iqbal GP In between the crazy weekend cooking and endless school homework tasks, I have managed to carve a few minutes to […]
Is “Pluralism” the Next Big Agenda-Setting Term of Art in Global Affairs?
SOURCE: UN Dispatch By: Mark Leon Goldberg on November 17, 2017 (Ottawa, Canada) — Ottawa is a natural home to an outfit called the Global Center for Pluralism. As other […]
Muslim Women, Caught Between Islamophobes and ‘Our Men’
Source: NY Times By Mona Eltahawy LAGOS, Nigeria — The unending tide of accounts of sexual harassment and assault by powerful men that women are suddenly allowing themselves to share […]
Most women in UK who have Islamic wedding miss out on legal rights
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Six in 10 women in the UK who have had a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony are not in legally recognised marriages, depriving them of […]
Want to Live Longer? Every Movement Counts, Even Cleaning the House
Source: Time You don’t have to break a sweat to reap the health benefits of physical activity, according to new research in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. In a […]
7 Surprising Health Benefits of Gratitude
Source: Time By Jamie Ducharme Now is the season to think about what makes you most thankful, but research supports making it a year-round habit. Many studies have found there are […]
Scientists Predict 2018 Will Be a Bad Year for Earthquakes. Here’s Why
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger 12:47 PM EST There is no natural disaster sneakier than an earthquake. Hurricanes can be predicted and tracked weeks in advance, and even tornados, monsoons and […]
Uber and Volvo strike deal for 24,000 self-drive cars
Source: BBC News By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionVolvo hopes to sell tens of thousands of vehicles to Uber under the deal Uber has struck a […]
Women advised to sleep on side to help prevent stillbirth
Source: BBC News Women are being advised to sleep on their side in the last three months of pregnancy to help prevent stillbirth. A study of just over 1,000 women […]
Blue Planet 2: How plastic is slowly killing our sea creatures, fish and birds
Source: BBC News The people behind Blue Planet 2 say there was rarely a time when they were filming that they didn’t come across plastic in the sea. This week’s […]
How focusing on goals could actually stop you succeeding
Source: BBC News By Amanda Ruggeri 20 November 2017 To be successful or fulfilled, we all know you need to have specific goals. To achieve them, you should visualise, plan […]
Germany political crisis: What are the options?
Source: BBC News German Chancellor Angela Merkel has failed to set up an unprecedented coalition between her conservatives, the Greens and liberal Free Democrats (FDP). The idea was nicknamed “Jamaica” […]
Why Smart People Still Believe Conspiracy Theories
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger November 14, 2017 Millions of Americans believe in conspiracy theories — including plenty of people who you might expect would be smart enough to know better. […]
Video of Indian politician peeing in public goes viral
Source: ET An Indian ruling party politician has been left red-faced after a video of him urinating in public went viral on World Toilet Day, despite government efforts to stop people relieving themselves in the open. Ram Shinde, a minister for water conservation in the western state of Maharashtra, was filmed […]