How Your Morning Coffee Might Slow Down Aging
Source: Time By Alice Park To the age-old question “Is coffee bad for you?”, researchers are in more agreement than ever that the answer is a resounding “no.” A new […]
China Has More To Lose Than the U.S. Under a Trump Administration
Source: Fortune By Minxin Pei As Donald Trump is sworn into office this week, among many of the possible disruptive initiatives his administration may launch is a trade war with China. […]
Can your voice reveal whether you have an illness?
Source: BBC By Adi Gaskell Technology of Business reporter Our voices are amazing things. We can use them to sing, shout and whisper sweet nothings. We can use them to […]
The foolproof way to never forgetting a name
Source: BBC By Renuka Rayasam 17 January 2017 In the early 1990s Mark Channon was working at a London bar, when a friend taught him a technique to remember names. […]
We hold these Truths to be Self-Evident Also: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Inscriptions
Source: National Park Service Rotunda “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” -Excerpted from a letter to […]
Melinda Gates: We Can Honor MLK Jr Through Service
Source: Motto By Melinda Gates We remember Martin Luther King, Jr., of course, for his extraordinary leadership during the Civil Rights Movement, his insistence that nonviolence could be stronger than […]
WORLD WAR THREE, BY MISTAKE
newyorker.com: On June 3, 1980, at about two-thirty in the morning, computers at the National Military Command Center, beneath the Pentagon, at the headquarters of the North American Air Defense Command (norad), deep within Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, and at Site R, the Pentagon’s alternate command post center hidden inside Raven Rock […]
THE ERASURE OF ISLAM FROM THE POETRY OF RUMI
newyorker.com: Couple of years ago, when Coldplay’s Chris Martin was going through a divorce from the actress Gwyneth Paltrow and feeling down, a friend gave him a book to lift his spirits. It was a collection of poetry by Jalaluddin Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet, translated by Coleman Barks. “It […]
A walk in the footsteps of Guru Nanak, before he was born
Scroll.In: So about six years after their wedding, the couple was blessed with a beautiful daughter. When it came to naming the child, it was suggested by Tripta’s mother that since the child was born in her maternal house, Nanaka in Punjabi, she should be called Nanaki. Thus, Tripta’s and […]
Rumi and Emerson: A Bridge Between the West and the Muslim World
craigconsidinetcd.com: The writings of Jalalud’din Rumi, the 13th century Sufi Muslim philosopher from modern-day Afghanistan, and the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th century Christian transcendentalist from Boston, Massachusetts, are filled with lessons that enrich every human soul. Rumi’s and Emerson’s similar thoughts on religious tolerance, love, and care […]
What is Davos? 5 things to know about the World Economic Forum
Donna Leinwand Leger , USA TODAY Jan. 16, 2017 If you’re one of the lucky elites heading to Davos, Switzerland, for this year’s World Economic Forum, here’s what you need to know. About 11,000 people live in Davos year-round. Newslook (Photo: Laurent Gillieron, European Pressphoto Agency) DAVOS, Switzerland — The […]
Murder in the Name of Allah (book)
Murder in the Name of Allah by Mirza Tahir Ahmad Read the book online in HTML format ordownload in PDF. Buy the book from the AlIslam Online Store. Table of Contents Editor’s Foreword Notes on This Translation Introduction 1. Religion Drips with Blood 2. The Preaching of Islam: Two […]
Muslim job-seekers ARE disadvantaged, Government admits
KATE PROCTOR Friday 13 January 2017 The Government has admitted Muslims are held back in the jobs market Shutterstock Muslims are held back in the jobs market, the Government admits — saying universities and job centres could play a big role in tackling inequality. Britain’s 2.7 million Muslims were found […]
9 key issues affecting girls and women around the world
Global Citizen: by Hans Glick — Flickr: sandeepachetan I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t always “get” the women in my life quite like I do my male friends and relatives—just ask my girlfriend, who is probably convinced I was raised by a pack of wolves considering how oblivious I […]
Why Did White Americans Choose Trump? Toni Morrison Explains
Source: Atlanta Black Star By Brianna Cox In her essay, “Mourning for Whiteness,” which was published in The New Yorker, Morrison’s central thesis is simple: Trump won because privileged white people, white men especially, feel threatened by a “rapidly” diversifying United States of America. Pulitzer prize-winning and prolific author Toni […]
How can I cope better with stress?
theguardian: by Luisa Dillner — Some people can bounce back from life’s pressures, but others do not seem to have the capacity. Can anything help them to strengthen their emotional armour? How people cope with disappointment used to be considered a genetic trait, but techniques can be learned. Photograph: […]
Katy Perry PSA For American Muslims Asks ‘Is History Repeating Itself?’
Huff Post: by Karol Kuruwala — The video has a surprising (and haunting) twist. DONT NORMALIZE HATE / YOUTUBE Katy Perry executive produced a video telling the story of Haru Kuromiya, who was incarcerated by the American government during World War I Confronted with an increase in hate crimes and Islamophobic rhetoric, […]
‘Eden Again’, a project to promote the restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshlands
By Farnaz Heidari January 16, 2017 Lands covered temporarily or permanently by water (except for lakes, reservoirs, and streams) and located away from coastal areas are called inland wetlands. They include marshes, prairie potholes (depressions carved out by glaciers), swamps (dominated by trees and shrubs), mud flats, flood-plains, bogs (rain-fed, […]
View from Iran: Well-disposed to Riyadh, Iran willing to prevent its fall
January 16, 2017 TEHRAN – Despite Riyadh’s mounting skepticism about Tehran over the past years, a top Iranian security official has said Iran is well-disposed to the Arab, Islamic country, and is trying even to prevent efforts to overthrow the House of Saud. “Despite some perceptions, the Islamic Republic […]
View from Turkey: Presidential system becoming a reality
İLNUR ÇEVIK@ilnurcevik Turkish lawmakers casting their votes during a session debating the reform of the Constitution at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. The following years will be a period of renovation and repair of the state system in Turkey, which will also help President Erdoğan achieve the targets he has […]