KOTA KINABALU, Aug 8 — The Sabah state fatwa council has today banned 16 “deviant teachings”, which not only included hardliners Hizbut Tahrir and the minority Shiites and Ahmadis, but also “liberalism” and “pluralism”. Assistant minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Datuk Mohd Ariffin Arif said the 16 teachings were […]
Aug 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The visit of His Majesty King Abdullah to Ramallah, the temporary seat of the Palestinian Authority, two days ago, is by no means an ordinary step. Coming at this critical moment, the visit sends a very important message of support to all […]
By ILO News – Aug 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) has begun issuing the Arab region’s first non-employer and non-position-specific work permits for Syrian refugees since the Syrian crisis erupted in 2011. The temporary permits are issued for a minimal […]
Source: Associated Press By BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon church leader was removed from his post and kicked out of the religion Tuesday for the first […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey August 9 at 11:28 AM President Trump, left, greets pastor Robert Jeffress on July 1 during the Celebrate Freedom Rally at the John F. […]
Source: Independent Trump still hasn’t said anything about the bombing, which tore through part of the mosque on Saturday while people were arriving for prayers. Posted on August 9, 2017, at […]
Source: BBC News Iran President Hassan Rouhani has appointed three women as vice-presidents and one as a civil rights assistant following criticism of his all-male cabinet. Iran’s 12 vice-presidents run […]
Source: Reuters By Malini Menon NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and China will have to resolve their prolonged military standoff in a remote Himalayan region through talks, the Dalai Lama […]
Source: BBC News By Sherie Ryder BBC News Image copyrightREUTERS Image captionThe niqab is worn by many women in Saudi Arabia Some may not be surprised to see a strict […]
Source: Time BY Emily Dixon Aug 09, 2017 IDEAS Dixon is a post-graduate Fellow in Narrative Nonfiction at the Columbia Journalism School. The biggest lie about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is that it’s funny, […]
Source: Time BY Adam Grant / LinkedIn Aug 08, 2017 Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, Wharton’s top-rated professor and a New York Times bestselling author who shares insights every month in GRANTED. […]
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan Women with gum disease are 14% more likely to develop cancer than those with healthy teeth and gums, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & […]
Source: Malaymail Online KOTA KINABALU, Aug 8 — The Sabah state fatwa council has today banned 16 “deviant teachings”, which not only included hardliners Hizbut Tahrir and the minority Shiites […]
Source: The New York Times By ANTONIO DAMASIO CreditAnthony Gerace WHY BUDDHISM IS TRUE The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment By Robert Wright 336 pp. Simon & Schuster. $27. […]
Source: NPR BY TERRY GROSS Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so. Wright points out that […]
By AFP – Aug 08,2017 – Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s last traditional lute makers, tunes an oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing, at his workshop in Tekkiyeh Sulamaniyeh, in the capital Damascus, on July 9 (AFP photo) DAMASCUS — Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s […]
One Syrian told me, ‘These Kurdish groups are liars. We gave them weapons to fight the terrorists – now we no longer give them weapons to protect themselves. We did not give them weapons so that they could make states. Now they are fully supplied by the Americans’ Robert Fisk […]
Suggested Reading Encyclopedia Britannica: Just How Old Is Homo sapiens? The Single Quranic Verse that Can Convince You about Evolution Meeting the Quranic Adam with Charles Darwin TheQuran.Love: Surah Baqara (The Cow): Section […]
Aug 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – There is something immoral in WaRamzy Baroudshington DC, and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The fight to defeat BDS […]
Even in this early stage of the Second World War, ethnic minority British citizens did show enormous courage – one of the bravest ARP men during the Blitz was black, although we have yet to see a film about him Robert Fisk @indyvoices In my mother’s family scrapbook, there is […]