Know Your Universe and Your Creator: Peering into Space
Source of Talks: NPR’s TED Radio Hour Brian Greene: How Did A Mistake Unlock One Of Space’s Mysteries? Phil Plait: How Can We Defend Earth From Asteroids? Jill Tarter: Are […]
Qatar news LIVE: Latest updates on crisis – Doha rejects Gulf demands as deadline looms
QATAR has just hours left to give in to a list demands from Gulf Arab states or face further sanctions and isolation from its neighbours. Here is the latest news and live updates. By ALICE FOSTER PUBLISHED: 13:50, Tue, Jul 4, 2017 | UPDATED: 13:59, Tue, Jul 4, 2017 4 […]
The tabloids published my teenage tweets and implied I’m a fanatical Muslim – so let me set the record straight
When I wrote these tweets, I was 16 years old and still working out who I was. They were happy to publish them, but failed to mention all the positive […]
Syrians living under Isis accepted the jurisdiction of Islamist courts – does that make them collaborators?
Exclusive: Documents recovered from a ‘Sharia’ court in the town of Deir Hafar show even minor disputes were brought before religious judges Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent Almost exactly four years ago, a Syrian called Abu al-Zein, from the village of Katbiya in Aleppo province, appeared before the ‘General Court of the Revolutionary […]
Children as young as nine branded terrorists in wake of attacks, NSPCC said
Harriet Whitehead Reporter Around 300 people attended Witton Park, Blackburn to run/walk 3 miles in memory of the Manchester attack. PICTURE: Shafiq Khan. 0 comments CHILDREN as young as nine have been branded terrorists following recent attacks, according to research by Childline. The charity has been holding hundreds of counselling sessions […]
Canadian baby first without gender designation on health card
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > WORLD SHARE TWEET Canadian baby ‘first without gender designation’ on health card By News Desk Published: July 4, 2017 4SHARES SHARE TWEET EMAIL Eight-month-old’s parent fighting for ‘non-gender’ birth certificate and legal documents to be issued. PHOTO: AFP A Canadian parent, who identifies as a “non-binary trans person” and prefers to […]
Islam, America and July 4th
Epigraph: “Indeed, Islam rests on the foundation of Tauheed, the oneness of God, oneness of universe and oneness of mankind with liberty and justice. If Quran, the holy book of […]
Ted Talk: How Quantum Biology Might Explain Life’s Biggest Questions | Jim Al-Khalili |
How does a robin know to fly south? The answer might be weirder than you think: Quantum physics may be involved. Jim Al-Khalili rounds up the extremely new, extremely […]
Spotlight on a globally-persecuted Muslim community as Modi lands in Israel
Business Standard: The Ahmadiyya community, which is being persecuted in Islamic nations across the world from Pakistan to Indonesia and from Africa to West Asia, traces its origins to India. Though scattered across India, the Ahmadiyyas are concentrated in Qadian in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab where the community’s founder was born. […]
Gunmen attack mosque in France, injuring eight
By Ray Downs | Updated July 3, 2017 French olice officers react after a shooting in which two police officer were killed along with their attacker and another police officer was injured in a terror attack on the Champs Elysees in Paris April 20. On July 2, gunmen reportedly opened […]
Let’s call a spade a spade
In his August 11, 1947 speech while laying down the fundaments of Pakistan’s ideological moorings, our founding father Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah clearly warned us of some of the most lethal evils, if not nipped in the bud, would cause us irretrievable damage — sooner than later. How true when […]
Terror attacks receive five times more media coverage if perpetrator is Muslim, study finds
Source: Independent Muslims carried out just 12.4 per cent of attacks in the US but received 41.4 per cent of news coverage By Ben Kentish @BenKentish 268 comments Terror attacks […]
Amid tension over immigration and police shootings, 4th of July brings mixed feelings for minorities
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Protesters holds signs as they demand that a white former police officer be tried a third time in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo) As many in the United States celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, some minorities have […]
Bosnia to bid farewell to 70 more identified victims of Srebrenica genocide
ANADOLU AGENCY BELGRADE AP Photo As many as 70 more identified victims of the Srebrenica genocide will be buried on July 11 to mark the 22nd anniversary of Europe’s worst […]
85,000 people apply for just 30 banking jobs in Italy
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL People line up at a cash machine of a Veneto Banca branch in Milan, Italy, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo) Italians are facing one of the most intense scramble in a decade to get a job this summer, as evident by the record number of people […]
The real other in Europe isn’t Erdoğan, it’s Islam
FAHRETTIN ALTUN (a view from Turkey) People take part in ‘The Not With Us’ rally against the increasing Islamophobic and extremist attacks across the European continent, Cologne, Germany, June 17. Upon seeing that Turkey was at peace with Islam and intent on repairing the state’s relationship with […]
Defiant Kashmiri militant denounces U.S. terrorist designation
Reuters International JUL 1, 2017 – 12:51 Syed Salahuddin (L), Supreme Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, is showered with flower petals as he arrives to speak at a news conference in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan July 1, 2017. REUTERS/M. Saif-ul-Islam (reuters_tickers) By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Kashmiri militant commander […]
MIGRANT CHALLENGES: Switzerland prepares for a wave of migration
By Luigi Jorio JUL 3, 2017 – 10:39 In the first six months of this year, 85,000 refugees from North Africa arrived in Italy.(Keystone) Switzerland is strengthening the police […]
Tougher fighting, more suicide attacks as Daesh hits back in Mosul
Bodies of 50 people shot by Daesh had been recovered from street in Al Zinjili By AFP – Jul 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi civilians flee the Old City […]
Qatar responds to demands after deadline extended
By AFP – Jul 03,2017 – KUWAIT CITY — Qatar on Monday responded to a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and its allies after they agreed to give […]