THE WAGES OF TERROR
Source: Time BY JARED MALSIN/ISTANBUL | PHOTOGRAPHS BY EMIN OZMEN—MAGNUM FOR TIME Over the past few years, ISIS has repeatedly targeted tourist hot spots across Europe and the wider Mediterranean region. The slaughter […]
This Actress Changed Her Last Name to Get Roles in ‘Racist’ Hollywood
Source: Time BY Aurelie Corinthios / People Sep 01, 2017 Chloe Bennet is speaking out against discrimination in show business. The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star posted an Instagram praising actor Ed Skrein for stepping down from playing Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot after learning that in the original comic, the character is of mixed Asian […]
Obama team’s 2020 signals spark chatter among Dems
Source: MSN News BY Amie Parnes Democrats are expressing concern that advisers and aides to former President Obama have already begun signaling which candidate they might support for the White House […]
The beauty of being a misfit
Source: TED Talk To those who feel like they don’t belong: there is beauty in being a misfit. Author Lidia Yuknavitch shares her own wayward journey in an intimate recollection […]
World War 3: You’ll never find our missiles and we’ll ANNIHILATE you if you try – N.Korea
NORTH KOREA today fired another attack at the US and South Korea mocking any attempt to knock out the regime’s missiles as “nothing but a silly dream”. By Leigh Boobyer PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sat, Sep 2, 2017 Kim Jong-un continued the war of words with US President Donald Trump across international […]
White House holds national security meeting, pushes harsher sanctions after North Korea’s nuclear test
BY Jason Silverstein NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Sunday, September 3, 2017, 12:11 PM The White House on Sunday rushed to take national security and economic measures against North Korea after confirming that the rogue nation had pulled off its largest nuclear weapons test yet. President Trump called a […]
12 truths I learned from life and writing
Anne Lomott A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human […]
Ignorant People Made Me Want To Wear Hijab
Source: Huffington Post BY Kaya Gravitter, Contributor Kaya is an activist for change and speaking for the voiceless. The way a woman dresses can express what she wants you to see […]
Millions of Muslims across the globe celebrate Eid
NYTimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/world/eid-al-adha-muslims.html?module= Millions of Muslims across the globe — including in countries like India, Indonesia, Turkey, Russia and Pakistan — are celebrating Eid al-Adha, Islam’s most revered observance. Known as the Feast of Sacrifice or “big Eid,” it is one of the two major religious festivals of Islam. The other, Eid al-Fitr, occurs at the end […]
Ted Talk: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ she found herself identifying strongly with […]
Melaka woman converts to Islam, marries sweetheart diagnosed with stage four colon and liver cancer
https://acdn.adnxs.com/ib/static/usersync/v3/async_usersync.html Adrianna Law Abdullah and Alfian Rizal was pronounced husband and wife after their akad nikah (solemnisation of marriage) ceremony on Saturday August 26, 2017. Alfian suffers a stage four […]
Muslims at haj are worried about Trump’s policies towards them
Reuters International PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 Muslim pilgrims leave after casting stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mena, Saudi Arabia September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Mahmoud Mourad and Stephen Kalin MECCA/RIYADH (Reuters) – Even at Islam’s holiest sites and […]
How India’s leather tanners pay the price of Hindu nationalism
Sanjay Kumar | Published — Sunday 3 September 2017 More than 100,000 families are involved in the tannery industry, and 65 percent of them are directly affected by the ban on slaughterhouses and the decree on cattle trade. (AN photo) DELHI: With sadness in his eyes, a forlorn Hafiz-ur-Rahman surveys […]
Turkey to Bangladesh: Open your doors to Rohingya Muslims, we’ll cover all expenses
Source: The Daily Sabah Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has called on Bangladesh to open its doors to Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. Speaking at […]
Mosque in the Netherlands targeted by far-right attack
ANADOLU AGENCY VENLO, the Netherlands AA Photo An under-construction mosque in southeastern Netherlands was targeted by a group of far-right extremists, head of the mosque said Saturday. The far-right ‘Identitair Verzet’ movement hanged anti-Islam banners at the roof of Tevhid mosque which is under construction in Venlo city. Speaking to […]
TED Talk: Dare to Refuse the Origin Myths that Claim Who You Are
By Chetan Bhatt, who teaches and writes about the numerous dangers human rights face today from resurgent Far Right movements We all have origin stories and identity myths, our tribal […]
Pope Francis Says Therapy Helped Him ‘Clarify Some Things’ Earlier In Life
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Pope Francis recently disclosed that he once attended therapy for six months to help him “clarify some things” in his life. The pontiff […]
Strong religious beliefs are only one part of Muslim American identity
Source: Pew Research Center BY GENEIVE ABDO Nearly all Muslim Americans (97%) say they take pride in being a member of the Islamic faith. But their devotion to core religious beliefs […]
Human Enhancements
Source: Pew Research Center BY David Masci Human enhancement is at least as old as human civilization. People have been trying to enhance their physical and mental capabilities for thousands […]
Trump Declares ‘National Day of Prayer’ For Hurricane Harvey Victims
To Whom Are We To Pray? The God who caused Hurricane Harvey, or the God who did nothing to stop it? Trump declares “National Day of Prayer.” September 1, 2017 by Michael Stone, 6 Comments Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/trump-declares-national-day-prayer-hurricane-harvey-victims/#PBIrwoHSm5k4O6kD.99 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/trump-declares-national-day-prayer-hurricane-harvey-victims/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 President Trump has declared Sunday a “National Day of Prayer” in honor […]