‘Pen’ identifies cancer in 10 seconds
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS A handheld device can identify cancerous tissue in 10 seconds, according to scientists […]
Mexico’s strongest quake in century strikes off southern coast
Source: BBC News An earthquake described by Mexico’s president as the country’s strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least 33 people. The quake, which […]
Hurricane Irma will be ‘devastating’ to US – Fema head
Source: BBC News Media caption: Florida governor’s Irma warning: ‘Do not put your family at risk.’ Hurricane Irma will “devastate” either Florida or neighbouring states, the head of the US federal […]
Trump judicial nominee denies she’d put her faith above the law
Source: The Hill BY LYDIA WHEELER President Trump’s nominee to the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals fought back Wednesday against a liberal group’s claims that she would put her religious beliefs above the […]
Washington National Cathedral to remove stained glass windows honoring Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein September 6 Craftsmen at Washington National Cathedral work Wednesday to replace symbols of the Confederacy from a stained-glass window. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post) Leaders […]
Bannon breaks with Trump on DACA: Conservatives ‘are not happy with this’
Source: Politico By LOUIS NELSON 09/07/2017 08:18 AM EDT Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said he doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA program and […]
Women Inherit Less Under Islam. One Country’s Changing the Rules
Source: Bloomberg By Jihen Laghmari, Caroline Alexander and Tarek El-Tablawy Halima Ben Diafi says her brothers spent their summer enjoying Tunisia’s Mediterranean coast while she was stuck in the capital, […]
Islamic scholars union says Muslims obliged to help Rohingya
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Rohingya refugees walk through water after crossing border by boat through the Naf River in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 7, 2017. (REUTERS Photo) An influential group of Islamic scholars Thursday said Muslims were obliged to help Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state within their abilities […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslims invite ‘racist’ to dinner at mosque after he stuck a pig’s head on their gate
Islamophobic hate crime has risen sharply in the UK during the last five years. In addition to the general upward trend there has been spikes in the aftermath of […]
View from Turkey: Arakan army. Are you kidding?
Arakan army. Are you k idding? HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal A Rohingya refugee woman with her child walks on a muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Sept. 7. The drama of the Arakan Muslims didn’t start now. Nor has what they call the Arakan insurgency happened in […]
Aid workers fear fallout from Israel visa suspension
By AFP – Sep 07,2017 -JORDAN TIMES United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a news conference at UN-run school in the northern Gaza Strip on August 30 (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has suspended granting work visas for new foreign charity workers arriving in the country, humanitarians […]
The myth of the native speaker
Sep 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Mahmoud N. Zidan A few months ago, while walking inside a building, I could not help but notice an advertisement on a bulletin board. The advertisement promotes a course that targets learners of English as a foreign language in Jordan. It reads, “Our teachers […]
Indonesia: Religion Column to Remain Blank on E-ID Cards for Ahmadiyah Residents
“There are only six religions, namely Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism, that is to be written in the religion column on the ID field. Times of Ahmad | News Watch | AU Desk Source/Credit: Radar Cirebon By Staff Report | September 7, 2017 KUNINGAN – The Director General […]
Conversions From Islam in Europe and Beyond
By FAISAL DEVJI AUG. 15, 2017 OXFORD, England — The conversion of Muslims to liberalism, secularism or atheism has become something of a meme in the West, with arguments raging among scholars, in the press and on social media about the possibility of Islam’s undergoing a “reformation” or becoming “modern,” […]
‘Manmade catastrophe’: Yemen conflict has killed 1,100 children, says UN
The UN human rights office urges international investigation as new figures reveal an escalation in hostilities, with children as young as 10 recruited to fight Boys stand in front of an artillery shell partially buried in the ground following an airstrike in Sana’a. Photograph: Mohamed Al-Sayaghi/Reuters Global development is […]
Chicago mayor declares city ‘Trump-free zone’ after US President declares he will scrap DACA immigration programme
‘This is your home and you have nothing to worry about,’ says Rahm Emmanuel Harriet Agerholm @HarrietAgerholm a day ago https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIndependentUS%2F&width=450&layout=button&action=like&size=large&show_faces=false&share=false&height=35&appId=235586169789578 Click to follow The Independent US Pause 0:00 / 0:00 Share Fullscreen Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel tells ‘dreamers’ they are welcome in his city VIEW HERE: http:/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chicago-mayor-trump-free-zone-rahm-emanuel-daca-dreamers-programme-us-president-sanctuary-city-a7931646.html/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chicago-mayor-trump-free-zone-rahm-emanuel-daca-dreamers-programme-us-president-sanctuary-city-a7931646.html
Strong religious beliefs are only one part of Muslim American identity
Source: Pew Research Center BY GENEIVE ABDO Muslim women attend a prayer service celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Ramadan month of prayer and fasting, on June 25 in Stamford, […]
More Americans now say they’re spiritual but not religious
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA AND CLAIRE GECEWICZ Some people may see the term “spiritual but not religious” as indecisive and devoid of substance. Others embrace it as an accurate way to describe […]
After 500 Years, Reformation-Era Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency
Source; Pew Research Center As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new Pew Research Center surveys show that in both Western Europe and the United States, the theological differences that split Western Christianity in the 1500s have diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians […]