DNA surgery on embryos removes disease
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher; Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Precise “chemical surgery” has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world […]
US air force academy chief delivers stirring speech telling racists to ‘get out’
Source: The Guardian By Jamiles Lartey in New York Friday 29 September 2017 16.58 BSTLast modified on Friday 29 September 2017 17.25 BST The superintendent of the US air force academy in Colorado Springs addressed a direct […]
Five ways science can improve your focus
Source: BBC News By Caroline Williams 25 September 2017 The internet is bursting with advice on how to concentrate amid a sea of distractions. But many of them are either […]
India is working itself into a frenzy about interfaith marriages
Source: The Economist THE older woman’s slaps come quick and hard, followed by a shrill, “Have you no shame?” The younger woman sits still, eyes downcast, holding a hesitant hand […]
The Muted GOP Response to Roy Moore’s Anti-Muslim Prejudice
Source: The Atlantic The would-be Alabama Senator cements a Republican Party transition to acceptance of open intolerance of Muslims that is a long time coming. Tami Chappell / Reuters […]
A proposal for Islam
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Aykol I am writing this column from an airplane, on my way from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to my new home, Wellesley, Mass. I’m […]
Sanders: White House disagrees with Roy Moore’s comments on homosexuality, Muslims
Source: Politico By LOUIS NELSON Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that the White House does not agree with comments by Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, that […]
Last flight departs as Iraq imposes ban for Kurdish independence vote
Reuters International This content was published on September 29, 2017 The Erbil International Airport is seen empty of passengers in Erbil, Iraq September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (reuters_tickers) By Maher […]
Pakistan ministry seeks ban on new party backed by prominent Islamist
Reuters International This content was published on September 28, 2017 FILE PHOTO – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the banned Islamic charity Jamat-ud-Dawa, looks over the crowed as they […]
Opinion: Independent Kurdistan Looks Like a Zimbabwe in the Making
The image of Kurdistan as a democratic, progressive, prosperous state is illusory. The Kurds should get their house in order before they get their state David Rosenberg Sep 28, […]
Time for Kurdistani Political Parties to Get Their House in Order
By DAVID ROMANO 23/12/2016 – Your humble columnist just spent the last four months living in Kurdistan. Although this was not, of course, my first stay in the region, […]
The words that can make us calmer
Source: BBC News By Fiona Macdonald 27 September 2017 In the introduction to his new book The Poetry Pharmacy, William Sieghart quotes the British playwright Alan Bennett. “The best moments in […]
Michelle Obama scolds female Trump voters
Source: BBC News Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has lashed out at female voters who backed President Donald Trump. “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their […]
Italy woman marries herself in ‘fairytale without prince’
Source: BBC News An Italian woman has married herself in a ceremony complete with white dress, three-layer wedding cake, bridesmaids and 70 guests. “I firmly believe that each of us […]
A cleric arrived, the music stopped, a melee ensued: Why hard-liners stopped a Pakistani wedding
Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan and Pamela Constable September 26 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — For nearly a decade, nobody dared play live music at weddings or parties in much of the northwest region […]
Pope Francis’s actions not heretical, just human
Source: CNN By Jill Filipovic Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and Nairobi, Kenya, and the author of the book “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.” […]
A conversation is unfolding about women’s voices in Christianity
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY KATHERINE BURGESS The Rev. Tish Harrison Warren struck a nerve in April when she wrote a blog post titled “Who’s In Charge of the Christian Blogosphere?” for evangelical […]
Judge puts deportations of Indonesians on hold
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL CASEY A federal judge on Tuesday put on hold the deportation of several dozen Indonesians in New England who had lost their bid to remain […]
Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square
Source: Associated Press By BETH J. HARPAZ NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, […]
Why ‘Why Buddhism Is True’ Is True
Source: NPR BY ADAM FRANK Here is one thing author Robert Wright and I agree on when it comes to Buddhist meditation: It’s really, really boring. At least, it’s boring in the beginning. […]