Boko Haram kidnaps 22 girls and women in north-east Nigeria
Source: The Guardian Attackers loyal to faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf Chibok school girls who escaped from Boko Haram in 2014. The […]
More Trouble at Fox News: Ailes Faces New Sexual Claims and O’Reilly Loses Two Advertisers. NYTimes
The sexual harassment scandal that engulfed Fox News last year and led to the ouster of its chairman, Roger Ailes, continued to batter the network on Monday, as a new lawsuit described unwanted sexual advances by Mr. Ailes and two major advertisers pulled their spots from the show of its top-rated host, […]
Muslims protest with street prayer in Paris suburb
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Hemmed in and closely watched by police, hundreds of Muslims unrolled rugs and prayed outdoors Friday in the busy streets of a Paris suburb […]
Houston immigrant doctors given 24 hours to leave the U.S., then a reprieve
Source: Houston Chronicle By Lomi Kriel On Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Pankaj Satija and his wife, both immigrants from India living and working legally in Houston, were abruptly told by immigration […]
Who is Fazlur Rahman Khan? Here’s why Google is celebrating his 88th birthday with a doodle
Source: Indian Express By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: April 3, 2017 1:03 pm Fazlur Rahman Khan is recognised for his pioneering work in skyscraper design. April 3 […]
Stop the “Liberation Wars” in the Middle East!
Dear friends, 2 years after our visit to the “is” we were back in Mosul. Taking great risks my son Freddy was making a video. Exclusive Images, which you have never seen. They show how absurd the “Liberation Wars on terror” are. Who wants to defeat terrorism must not be […]
Mexico newspaper stops printing after reporter shot dead
Source: BBC A regional newspaper in Mexico says the violence against journalists and the lack of punishment for those responsible is forcing it to stop printing. In an editorial, Norte […]
Scientists mobilise against ‘fear of facts’ in age of Trump
Source: BBC Climate change, pollution, medicine – scientists are learning even if you ignore politics, politics won’t ignore you. Now many men and women in the sciences are mobilising to […]
Syria: suspected chemical attack kills dozens in Idlib province
Doctors say victims from attack on Khan Sheikhun were bleeding from the nose and mouth, had constricted irises and suffered from convulsions WARNING: Some readers may find the images in […]
Bella Hadid says she is proud to be Muslim
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 […]
TWO NEIGHBORS: PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SEAMSTRESSES BROUGHT TOGETHER BY FASHION BRAND IN BID FOR PEACE
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 […]
Historian Examines Islam in African American Communities in Brooklyn
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 […]
A deeper sense of Muslim Africa
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 […]
Germany’s anti-immigrant AfD scolds Bayern star Lahm for tackling politics
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) […]
Germany dismisses ‘Islam law’ as integration debate resurfaces
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 […]
Switzerland: CULTURAL DIVERSITY: Wanted: Teachers of all origins
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 […]
Mapping the future of AI
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 […]
What ‘Land Day’ means
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 […]
Israel blocking rights workers’ access to Gaza — HRW
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 […]
Plants know if you are eating them
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 […]