China Bans ‘Muhammad’ and ‘Jihad’ as Baby Names in Heavily Muslim Region
Source: The New York Times By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ Walking past a mosque in Kashgar, a city in China’s western region of Xinjiang. More than 10 million Uighurs, a mostly […]
Meet the woman saving the worlds’ threatened penguins
Source: BBC By Jeremy Coles 25 April 2017 Most of us would confess to having a soft spot for these charismatic birds. Penguins permeate our daily lives, featuring on items […]
Why Cinnamon Is Insanely Good for You
BY Amanda MacMillan Scientists have long suspected that cinnamon can help prevent blood-sugar spikes and protect against insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes. But how, exactly, has remained a mystery—and […]
Fewer Americans Think President Trump Keeps His Promises, Poll Shows
Source: Time BY Ryan Teague Beckwith As President Trump approaches his 100th day in office, Americans are losing faith in his ability to keep his promises, though his supporters remain firmly […]
Could a student’s death change Pakistan’s blasphemy laws?
Source: BBC By Secunder Kermani BBC News, Mardan Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe mob killing has shocked many in Pakistan The brutal mob killing of a university student who was accused of […]
UK: Halala Marriages and sexual exploitation of Muslim women?
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/48843/of-halala-marriages-and-sexual-exploitation-of-muslim-women/ According to a BBC undercover investigation, some Muslim women in South Asian diasporic communities in England are facing exploitation, blackmail and sexual abuse via various online accounts. These accounts provide services for divorced women to fulfil the requirement of a so-called Halala marriage, in order to remarry their former spouse after they have been divorced through the […]
King Mswati III of Swaziland wants to ban divorce across African nation
Source: Independent The king of Swaziland is attempting to ban divorce and has instructed religious leaders to inform citizens of the decree, according to reports. King Mswati III issued the […]
Ted Talk: The history of our world in 18 minutes
Speaker: David Christian Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is […]
USA:The 19 strangest things Donald Trump said in his surreal 100-days interview
Thestar.com 2017/04/24 Trump’s Associated Press interview is replete with lies, exaggerations, rambles and strange non-sequiturs. By DANIEL DALEWashington Bureau Mon., April 24, 2017 WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump did an Oval Office interview with Associated Press reporter Julie Pace to discuss his first 100 days in office. He made some news, offering […]
NO Joke: S. Arabia elected to UN women’s rights commission
The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch condemned the U.N.’s election of Saudi Arabia, “the world’s most misogynistic regime,” to a 2018-2022 term on its Commission on the Status of Women, the U.N. agency “exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.” “Electing Saudi Arabia to protect […]
A PLACE BETWEEN TWO PLACES: The Quranic Barzakh
The Quranic Barzakh By George Archer Previous product Next product Picture of A Place Between Two Places For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the […]
In Pakistan, a student’s lynching for alleged blasphemy was a new low — but no surprise
Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan and Pamela Constable April 24 at 6:01 AM ZAIDA, Pakistan — Even in his ancestral village here in northwestern Pakistan, where 23-year-old […]
In the rush to blame radical Islamists for terror incidents, we are inadvertently handing them more power
Source: Independent By Sunny Hundal @sunny_hundal Isis needs European leaders to overreact and polarise people. They want to inspire terror, they want us to cower in their influence and power You […]
‘WITH SYRIA IN PIECES, IT’S TIME TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL’S ANNEXATION OF THE GOLAN’
Source: Jerusalem Post BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 20, 2017 Deputy minister for diplomacy Michael Oren stresses that Israel sought peace before the 1967 Six Day War. IDF tanks are seen […]
‘Others’ in Europe and their influence on elections
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Muslim populations in Europe have become one of the most important variables in elections in the European Union in some time. Right-wing and extreme-right politicians have developed three main attitudes toward them: “Muslims should go,” “if they stay, they shouldn’t act like Muslims” and “no more Muslims should […]
EMPTY PEWS: One in four shuns religion in Switzerland
By Susan Misicka MAR 31, 2011 – A quarter of Swiss don’t attend church at all(Keystone) The role of organised religion in Switzerland is an increasingly small one, according […]
SAFETY CONCERNS: Building owner blocks Islamist conference
APR 24, 2017 – Members of the Islamic community in Switzerland demonstrate “against terrorism and Islamophobia”(Keystone) The owner of Zurich’s World Trade Center will not allow the Islamic Central […]
From aspiring stylist to extremist widow: one woman’s Syria story
By AFP – Apr 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Twenty-three-year old Islam Maytat from Morocco poses for a photo with her children Maria (left) and Abdullah in the Kurdish-majority city […]
Terrorism for financial gain is a real threat – but it’s also nothing we haven’t seen before
Relying on the stock market to react rationally to a terrorist attacks is hardly a sound investment strategy. Borussia Dortmund shares actually rose the day after the attack Tom Smith 7 […]
Marine Le Pen may have progressed this far, but it is a Macron presidency that will present a new start for France
Yet what exactly that change will look like remains to be seen Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Macron mobilised support with his En Marche! movement AFP Not, perhaps, the best of results for France and Europe, but by no means the worst either. The far-right National Front candidate, Marine Le Pen, appears […]