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By Rafiq A. Tschannen on November 9, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

After WhatsApp threat, Indonesia steps up Internet obscenity purge

 Reuters International This content was published on November 7, 2017  FILE PHOTO: A man poses with a smartphone in front of displayed Whatsapp logo in this illustration September 14, 2017. […]

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Switzerland: Up to the courts: Is begging a human right?

  By Julia Crawford in Lausanne November 8, 2017 11:00 AMNov 8, 2017 –  Beggars are a common site on the streets of Lausanne.(Keystone) A move to ban begging in […]

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Just why did Trump tweet about the Saudi Aramco IPO?

Frank Kane | Published — Wednesday 8 November 2017 Where does the initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco stand after the dramatic weekend intervention by President Trump in support of attempts by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to stage the record-breaking IPO? Even by his own standards, it […]

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Syrian army starts assault on last Daesh stronghold

By Reuters – Nov 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A member of the Syrian civil defence, known as the white helmets, reacts at the site of an air raid on the rebel-held besieged town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus, on Wednesday (AFP photo) BEIRUT/BAGHDAD […]

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‘Dire need’ for innovative solutions to tackle world hunger — experts

Deployment of science ‘vital’ for development of holistic strategy to address challenges By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A panel of experts during a plenary session titled ‘Science and Food Security: How to Feed the World Sustainably and Equitably’ at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre […]

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Shifting sands: What is changing in Saudi Arabia?

William Maclean (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ordered a crackdown on corruption, the latest in a wave of frenetic changes in the kingdom over the […]

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You can’t fool all the people all the time, Supreme Court tells Nawaz

 BY Staff Report Detailed verdict Says Nawaz Sharif was given fair chance to defend allegations but he failed; however, accountability court can examine ‘undisputable’ evidence afresh Says Maryam Nawaz is […]

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Top Indonesia court overturns discriminatory religious law

By niniek karmini, associated press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Nov 7, 2017 Indonesia’s top court has overturned a law that denied recognition and legal rights to followers of indigenous faiths in a surprise advance for religious freedom in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. The Constitutional Court, in a unanimous ruling […]

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As a young British Muslim, this is why I’ll be wearing my poppy with pride

The Prophet taught that loyalty towards one’s country of residence is an essential part of one’s faith. What better way to demonstrate this loyalty than to help those who have […]

By Zia H Shah on November 9, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

Ted Talk: What separates us from chimpanzees? | Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall · Primatologist; environmentalist Jane Goodall, dubbed by her biographer “the woman who redefined man,” has changed our perceptions of primates, people, and the connection between the two. Over the past […]

By Zia H Shah on November 8, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

This is An Apple: The First Principle in the Search of ‘the Truth!’

CNN Ad – This Is An Apple This half a minute ad should serve as the First Principle in the search of ‘the Truth,’ be it scientific, personal, social, political, […]

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More than a third of adults in Switzerland have immigrant roots

The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 25 October 2017 The UN in Geneva, a city where 64 percent have a migration background. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Nearly 37 percent of adults living in […]

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One-in-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in Interfaith Homes

Source: Pew research center Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study. This includes about one-in-ten who say they […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on November 8, 2017 • ( 8 Comments )

The Migrant Crisis Upended Europe

by Giulio Meotti November 6, 2017 https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11282/migrant-crisis-europe   “The migrant crisis is the 9/11 of the European Union… That day in 2001, everything changed in the US. In a minute, […]

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What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer

The Interpreter By MAX FISHER and JOSH KELLER NOV. 7, 2017 The New York Times |Source: Adam Lankford, The University of Alabama (shooters); Small Arms Survey (guns). Note: Includes countries […]

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The Fight for Survival Behind Saudi Arabia’s Purge

  Nov. 6 2017 By Joshua Keating Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends the G20 opening ceremony at the Hangzhou International Expo Center on Sept. 4, 2016, in […]

By Zia H Shah on November 8, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Waymo is first to put fully self-driving cars on US roads without a safety driver

Source: The Verge By Andrew J. Hawkins, @andyjayhawk Nov 7, 2017, 11:00am EST Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reached an important milestone recently: since mid-October, […]

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The evils of Capitalism and Communism

The biggest evil of Capitalism is that the wealth of the nation is amassed in the hands of a limited few and the rest of the nation becomes a prey to want and poverty. It was on account of this iniquity that Communism gained its roots. lt is based on […]

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Iran vying for leadership of Shi’ites in Iraq

 Reuters International This content was published on November 7, 2017 2:52 PMNov 7, 2017 – 14:52 Shi’ite worshippers place copies of the Koran on their heads during Ramadan at the […]

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The Jewish Role in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia’s Early Soviet Regime

Assessing the Grim Legacy of Soviet Communism by Mark Weber In the night of July 16-17, 1918, a squad of Bolshevik secret police murdered Russia’s last emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, […]

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