The twilight zone of the sleeping brain
Source: BBC By Matthew Tompkins 23 March 2017 In Moscow this past summer, a woman drifted-off to sleep after playing Pokemon Go on her smartphone. Later that night, she was […]
All-male White House health bill photo sparks anger
Source: BBC News There is a familiarity about this photo, and it could have been taken in many boardrooms around the world – men gathered around a table making plans […]
UK Muslim leaders condemn ‘cowardly’ London attac
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood and Helen Pidd British Muslim leaders have condemned the terrorist attack in Westminster, with many imams expected to express shock and horror at Friday prayers. […]
My calling is to help spiritually deficient West, says new bishop
Source: The Times BY Kaya Burgess, Religious Affairs Correspondent The Church of England’s first black bishop in more than 20 years has said that he came to Britain from Nigeria as a missionary […]
Pakistan seeks Facebook meeting, threatens action over blasphemy
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayeed | ISLAMABAD Pakistan will punish social media companies that fail to take action against online blasphemy, the interior minister said on Wednesday, adding that he […]
Some rabbis fear expanding women’s roles in the Israeli army could lead to sin
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | 23 hours ago JERUSALEM (RNS) As an Orthodox Jewish woman, Chen Ofir is exempt from Israel’s mandatory military service. But she decided […]
Indonesia police fire tear gas on Muslims protesting church
Source: Associated Press By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and ALI KOTARUMALOS BEKASI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse hard-line Muslims protesting against the construction of a […]
Scientists Can Reverse DNA Aging in Mice
Source: Time BY Alice Park Mar 23, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Researchers have found a way to protect a mouse’s DNA from the damage that comes with […]
Kufr fatwa issued against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for speaking at Holi festival
Source: Daily Pakistan By Hamza Rao | Published on March 21, 2017 ISLAMABAD – A religious scholar has issued a fatwa against Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif for ‘blaspheming’ against Islam […]
Who’s Pakistan’s Enemy Number One?
http://eacpe.org/articles-by-pervez-hoodbhoy/whos-enemy-number-one/ By Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Islamabad ASK people around you to identify the three greatest threats facing Pakistan. Ordinary people, chatterbox anchors, mullahs, generals and politicians will name everything from corruption, bad governance and religious terrorism, to Indian and American conspiracies, and general moral decay. But few, if any, waste […]
Trump issues Friday vote ultimatum
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has demanded a make-or-break vote in the House of Representatives on Friday on his troubled healthcare bill. The American Health Care Act is meant to replace parts of President Barack Obama’s signature “Obamacare” law. A vote on Thursday was delayed because of opposition from […]
Muslims are not ‘part of the problem’ — telling them they are is
Source:CNN I remember well the attacks London suffered on July 7, 2005. I remember the shock, the anger and the outrage. I remember the fear, the concern and the trepidation. And I also remember the courage, the persistence and the perseverance.I served as deputy convenor of the Her Majesty’s Government’s […]
London attack inquiry focuses on radicalization of perpetrator
London (CNN) Police investigating the deadly terrorist attack in central London are focusing closely on how the perpetrator became radicalized, as they battle to piece together his identity and connections. […]
U.N. launches probe of crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar
Reuters International MAR 24, 2017 – A Rohingya refugee girl peeks through a hole made in a plastic wall dividing the shelters at Balu Kali Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) GENEVA (Reuters) – The top United Nations human rights body agreed on Friday to […]
Israel — the price of appeasement
The withdrawal last week of a UN agency report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state will not change the stark findings and harsh conclusions reached by two distinguished researchers. The report, entitled “Israeli Practices Toward the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid,” was solicited by the UN’s Economic […]
Why India can’t defeat Pakistan or China in a war
By John Cheeran Published: March 23, 2017 Narendra Modi. PHOTO: REUTERS To provoke a somnolent establishment into action, your message has to be blunt. There cannot be a more blunt warning to India’s political leadership and defence establishment than what Pravin Sawhney and Ghazala Wahab have delivered in their admirable […]
‘Mosul parents sedate children, fearing discovery by Daesh’
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Mar 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi civilians flee the city of Mosul as Iraqi forces advance in their massive operation to retake Iraq’s second city from Daesh extremists on Wednesday (AFP photo) LONDON — Terrified Iraqi families fleeing fierce fighting in Mosul are drugging […]
The many Arab issues to be tackled
Mar 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The date for the Arab summit, to be held in Amman, is fast approaching, and many are hoping that the Palestinian problem will take centre stage in the deliberations of the Arab heads of state. It is no secret that Jordan is seeking to bring […]
Where homegrown terrorism is concerned, there’s something to be said for letting British jihadis go to Syria
Hundreds of Muslims now find themselves trapped in the UK, frustrated that they can’t travel to Islamist and rebel strongholds and perform what they regard as their religious duty. Britain’s zero-tolerance policy on Syria has filled our prisons with young jihadists already marginalised and isolated inside mainstream society Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik1 The […]
Canadian officials support Muslim prayers at school amid protests
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo Two Canadian provincial ministers on Thursday expressed support for Muslim students attending prayers after a district school board concluded that weekly Friday prayers do not interefer with education, amid opposition by some when a protester tore up a Quran. Following a meeting of Peel District […]