Source: New Age Islam By Arshad Alam, who is a social and political commentator and a columnist 20 April 2017 Mashal, a 23-year-old journalism student was lynched by a ferocious blood thirsty mob for alleged blasphemy. A university as a space is supposed to nurture critical ideas: ideas which have […]
Listen To Sonu Nigam, Please, By C. M. Naim for New Age Islam 20 April 2017 My heart beats to the same rhythm as Sonu Nigam’s. His cri de cœur is also mine. Yes, please, do take seriously this matter of calling the faithful to prayers through loudspeakers, particularly in […]
Source: The Guardian By Catherine Pepinster All across the continent, compassion has run dry as the right ignores the Gospel lessons It is chocolate time for French children this morning, thanks […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who was leading the five-judge bench on the Panamagate, declared on Thursday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif “is not honest with the Supreme Court and nation”. Justice Khosa, while authoring the 192-page judgment, disqualified the prime minister, but his views belong to the […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise Spring 2017 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In a recent interview President Trump said about his son in law, […]
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Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan / Health.com Everyone knows that salty foods make you thirsty. But according to new research, when people increase their sodium intake long-term, they actually drink less […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThere is no drug that slows the pace of dementia Scientists hope they have found […]
Source: BBC A former minister has won the race for Jakarta governor after a divisive campaign that has tested Indonesia’s multi-faith society. As BBC Indonesian’s Rebecca Henschke in Jakarta reports, […]
Source: BBC Australia will make it more difficult to gain citizenship in a major overhaul of its migration process. Aspiring citizens will undergo tougher tests on their English language skills […]
Source: BBC The US secretary of state has accused Iran of “alarming ongoing provocations” aimed at destabilising the Middle East and undermining America’s interests. “An unchecked Iran has the potential […]
Source: BBC A teenager who shaved his head for a cancer charity has been removed from classes. Taylor Jones, 15, was told that his “extreme hairstyle” was inappropriate when he […]
Source: BBC BY Dave Lee North America technology reporter Facebook says it is working on technology to allow us to control computers directly with our brains. It is developing “silent speech” […]
Source: Medium By Alex Hacillo The US continues to flag as the world’s last superpower, and critics fret that China is poised to take over the reins. Should its perceived […]
Source: RNS By Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s drive for near absolute power — which last weekend’s controversial referendum advanced — may have been aided by a […]
Source: Reuters By Lamine Chikhi | ALGIERS Two Islamist opposition parties in Algeria have posted faceless portraits of female candidates for May’s legislative election, upsetting state authorities which have ordered […]
Source: Reuters By Roberta Rampton | JAKARTA U.S. Vice President Mike Pence toured Southeast Asia’s largest mosque on Thursday during a visit to Indonesia, calling the Muslim-majority nation’s tradition of […]
Source: Associated Press By MARK SCOLFORO BERNVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ruled there was insufficient evidence to charge the leader of a church that rejects modern medicine, […]
Source: NPR By TOM GJELTEN Like any good fifth-grade teacher, Mike Matthews wants to make his social studies unit on the American West as exciting as possible. So he’s planning […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY DAVID MCCLENDON If demography is destiny, then Christianity’s future lies in Africa. By 2060, a plurality of Christians – more than four-in-ten – will call […]