While lives are lost every day, it is destruction of cities and monuments that drives home the vicious nature of conflict throughout history Robert Fisk @indyvoices The al-Nuri mosque was blown up by Isis last week AP Over the years, I’ve almost lost count of the priceless treasures of art […]
‘Spiritual abuse’: Christian thinktank warns of sharp rise in UK exorcisms Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who is the Guardian’s religion correspondent. She was previously Jerusalem correspondent, foreign editor and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Whitney Buchanan, who is an American analyst and commentator on MENA affairs. She is also the founder of Middle East Collective. Whitney is currently based between […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who is the Guardian’s religion correspondent. She was previously Jerusalem correspondent, foreign editor and home editor Report by Theos says vast majority of exorcisms […]
How can we inspire our creativity? Rachel Carson, Abdus Salam, Einstein and others—exploring some unique ways of making connections! Two experts say: “….successful innovation depends less on how smart you are than how connected you are….” ———-Mark Thomas and Stephen Shennan, University College London A new book (about 11000 words) […]
Source: BBC News Narendra Modi has arrived in Tel Aviv, becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel. Mr Modi, who recently said India and the Jewish state share a “deep […]
Source: BBC News Russia and China have urged North Korea to “freeze” its missile and nuclear programmes after it claimed to have successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. Both […]
Source: Time For our third annual roundup of the most influential people on the Internet, TIME sized up contenders by looking at their global impact on social media and their overall ability to […]
Source: Time BY Aryn Baker/ Athens Jul 03, 2017 After fifteen months as a refugee in Greece, Nour Altallaa has come to recognize many of her fellow Syrians as they attempt to […]
Source: Independent By May Bulman A man who ripped a niqab from a woman’s face while shouting “You f***ing stupid Muslim” has been jailed over the attack. Peter Scotter, 56, targeted the 21-year-old woman, who describes herself as a practicising Muslim, outside a shopping centre in Sunderland on 3 July last […]
Source: BBC News North Korea says it has successfully tested its first “intercontinental ballistic missile” (ICBM). A state television announcement said the missile, which landed in the Sea of Japan […]
Source: BBC News Italy has summoned Austria’s ambassador after the government in Vienna announced it was ready to deploy border troops to block any migrant influx. Austrian Defence Minister Hans […]
Source: BBC News By Laura Bicker Image copyrightMALCOLM J WILSON / HUMANS OF CENTRAL APPALACHIAImage captionDr Breeding works 16 hours a day The Central Appalachian mountain ranges in Kentucky are […]
Source: BBC News The BBC is to spend an extra £34m on children’s content over the next three years. The investment comes as plans were announced to reinvent the corporation […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Media Library According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, the Ahmadiyya movement is the fastest growing sect within Islam as of the early 21st century. The country with the largest Ahmadiyya population is Pakistan, with an estimated 4 million Ahmadi Muslims. Excluding small nations, the country with the largest […]
Source: 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]