DESK REPORThttps://images.dawn.com/news/1177369 The model spoke out against Trump’s Muslim travel ban in her latest interview In her latest interview, model Bella Hadid has opened up about her Muslim faith and why she feels so strongly about American President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban. Bella and her sister Gigi were […]
INDYSTYLE TWO NEIGHBORS: PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SEAMSTRESSES BROUGHT TOGETHER BY FASHION BRAND IN BID FOR PEACE Seamstresses and embroiders at Two Neighbours meet bi-annually / Two Neighbors The clothing brand […]
By Kathryn Reis Our current political climate is not the only instance when Muslim Americans have been framed as foreigners who did not fit into American culture, according to oral historian Zaheer Ali of Brooklyn Historical Society in a lecture Thursday. “Have Muslims become a shorthand way of referring […]
HDS author elucidates history, scholarship March 29, 2017 | Editor’s Pick Popular By Liz Mineo, Harvard Staff Writer Ousmane Kane, the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion […]
Reuters International APR 3, 2017 – www.swissinfo.ch Bayern Munich’s Philipp Lahm speaks during a news conference at the team’s hotel ahead of their Champions League group F soccer match against Olympiacos in Athens, Greece, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hanna (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – The anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) […]
A woman wears a burka while visiting Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany August 16, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has no plans to introduce an ‘Islam law’ codifying the rights and obligations of Muslims, a government spokesman said on Monday, dismissing an idea floated by allies of Chancellor […]
By Isobel Leybold-Johnson APR 4, 2017 A trainee teacher during her final internship at a primary school in Thun, canton Bern (Keystone) Are teachers in Swiss schools too Swiss? One university of teacher training thinks so. It plans to launch an innovative campaign to find trainee teachers from immigrant backgrounds […]
Apr 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Margaret A. Boden Artificial intelligence (AI) already plays a major role in human economies and societies, and it will play an even bigger role in the coming years. To ponder the future of AI is thus to acknowledge that the future is AI. This will […]
Apr 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby March 30, 1976, was a transformative moment in Palestinian history. On that day, Palestinian citizens of Israel organised and implemented a nation-wide strike to protest the Israeli government’s plans to confiscate thousands of hectares of Palestinian-owned land in the Galilee region. The […]
By AFP – Apr 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian people hold banner during a social media campaign ‘#SavePalPeople’ in Gaza City, Gaza, on Saturday (Anadolu Agency photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel is blocking rights activists’ access to and from the Gaza Strip, hampering their work in the Palestinian enclave […]
by Bridie Pearson-Jones in discover Picture: SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Feeling smug about your vegan lifestyle? This will give you pause for thought. Research from the University of Missouri has shown that plants can sense when they’re going to be eaten – and they don’t like it. https://player.vimeo.com/video/99635253 The study […]
avril 1, 2017 Abdou Semmar Les ahmadis continuent de subir l’inquisition dans l’indifférence générale. Plusieurs d’entre eux ont été condamnés ces derniers jours dans plusieurs régions du pays. C’est le cas […]
Source: Huffington Post By Areeb Siddiqui; Financial consultant, Physicist, Amateur Zoologist “Well as long as your imam doesn’t have a hook for a hand I won’t get worried!”. A strange thing to […]
April 3, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said his country will not give the Trump administration any pretext that can be used against it. “The establishment in its entirety has reached the conclusion that we shouldn’t give them (the Americans) any excuse,” Zarif said […]
Natasha Maguder and Tom Page, CNN Updated 0846 GMT (1646 HKT) April 3, 2017 Source: CNN It is officially the oldest university in the world Rare color images from 1899 offer glimpse into a lost North Africa So goes an old Moroccan proverb. For centuries, wise men have flocked to […]
This Hindu Sadhu is Acharya Pramod Krishnan Ji Suggested Reading How can Hindus think like a Muslim or a Jew, despite the mention of 330 million gods?
Source: Dawn HE arrived to the usual frenzy of curiosity, though some of it was unusual. Most powerful man in Pakistan — the very job description attracts it.But Bajwa was more. Victim of an ugly hit job while still candidate. Lampooned as Nawaz’s man when he got the nod. Architect […]
Source: Dawn Iran has expressed its reservations regarding the appointment of the former army chief, retired Gen Raheel Sharif, as head of the Saudi-led 39-nation Islamic military alliance, saying it is not ‘satisfied’ with the coalition. “We are concerned about this issue… that it may impact the unity of Islamic countries,” […]
Source: CNN Donald Trump’s biggest problem isn’t health care or the Freedom Caucus, not Russia or even his flailing White House bureaucracy. It’s something far more fundamental — and more dangerous. The President, quite simply, has no concept of an endgame, or even a long game. Certainly, it’s an idea […]
Dr. Asif Mahmood, a pulmonologist born in Pakistan, opposes President’s anti-immigration measures and move to repeal Obamacare Christopher Weber A Pakistani-born doctor has announced that he is joining the 2018 race for lieutenant […]