Scroll In: Yoga is not a culturally homogenous, all-Hindu, Vedic tradition, as is often portrayed by revivalist demagogues and those who have set up a raucous campaign to reclaim its roots. It is, in fact, a liberal, eclectic tradition that absorbed freely from Buddhist, Jain, even Sufist ascetic practices. Roots […]
By Lutful Islam, 15 April, 2017 17 years after losing his home in a mob attack, Malik Saleem Lateef, an Ahmadi Muslim, was gunned down in broad daylight on 30 March. 1989 was a historic year for many reasons. The cold war culminated with Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and […]
Source: BBC Emirates will reduce flights to five US cities from next month, after new security rules targeted travellers from the Middle East. The Dubai-based airline said the change was […]
Source: BBC By Eric Barton 18 April 2017 When Ian Wright started working from his home in London last November, he thought he had the ideal setup. He could spend […]
Source: BBC Senior figures in India’s ruling party will be tried for criminal conspiracy over the destruction of a 16th Century mosque, the Supreme Court has ruled. The order is […]
Source: BBC Physicists have created a fluid with “negative mass”, which accelerates towards you when pushed. In the everyday world, when an object is pushed, it accelerates in the same […]
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley PARIS — For some, the French presidential election will alter the course of a troubled nation steeped in economic and social turmoil. For […]
Source: The Atlantic BY MOLLY WORTHEN Donald trump has never been known for displays of Christian humility. The first few minutes of his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast in February […]
Source: Hartford Courant BY Susan Dunne Contact Reporter When a wave of violence and police brutality against young African Americans occurred a few years ago, Tracy Keza was paying close attention. […]
Source: The Guardian BY Lois Beckett A Jewish woman in Montana who was the target of weeks of harassment by neo-Nazi internet trolls is suing the instigator of the “troll storm”, […]
Source: Religion News Service By Jana Riess A guest post by Mette Harrison A few months ago, I got into a surprising argument on Facebook about whether Mormons worship Jesus […]
Source: The Diplomat By Usman Ahmad With the sudden fury of a flash storm, images of an angry mob lynching a young man to death at the Abdul Wali Khan […]
MUMBAI: tribune.com.pk Sonu Nigam recently made headlines when he found himself in the middle of a controversy regarding his tweets about the Azaan. When the situation spiraled out of control and a Muslim cleric reportedly announced a reward of INR1 million for whoever shaves the singer’ head, Sonu responded on Twitter […]
Setting an example of communal harmony, the residents of Jogirampuri village in Bijnore district on Sunday resolved the dispute over the use of loudspeaker at a Shiv temple. Tension prevailed in the village after the police dismounted the loudspeaker from the temple on Ram Navmi after the Muslims objected to […]
President Carter, Am I a Christian? Source: The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof, New York Times’ columnist on human rights, women’s rights, health, global affairs Christians celebrate Easter on […]
I can understand his parents’ rage and their determination to fight for their child, because my nephew was brain-damaged and trapped in a coma last year from which he never recovered Janet Street-Porter Friday 7 April 2017 Charlie Gard’s parents want to take their son to the US for treatment […]
Paul Mason As Trump faces down North Korea, it’s alarming to think that most of the world’s nuclear warheads are now in the hands of men who are prepared to use them ‘This sudden mania for speaking of nuclear warfare, among men with untrammeled power, should be the No 1 […]
Apr 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Back in the Middle East for a few months, I find myself astounded by the absence of strong voices of Arab intellectuals. The region that has given rise to the likes of Michel Aflaq, George Habash, Rached Al Ghannouchi, Edward Said and numerous […]
Apr 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Nadeem ul Haque A longstanding debate in economics — and among social scientists more broadly — centres on how best to deliver international aid to developing countries. Should these countries’ governments rely on top-down wisdom from donor capitals? Or should they focus more on funding bottom-up […]
By declaring emergency laws, the President is proving to the world that private investment in his country cannot increase. Who wants to invest in a nation whose capital is ‘invested’ by Isis? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 10 April 2017 09:30 BST Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has introduced emergency laws following […]