Farewell to Eugene Cernan, the Last Man to Walk on the Moon
Source: Time Jeffrey Kluger Gene Cernan never knew about the plan NASA approved to cut him loose in space — or at least he didn’t know about it at the […]
5 Ways America Changed During Obama’s Presidency
Source: Time BY Ryan Teague Beckwith@ryanbeckwith Chris Wilson@chriswilsondc The country that Donald Trump will assume leadership of on Jan. 20, 2017 looks vastly different from the one that President Obama […]
Get rid of the burqa existing stock within 48 hours
Source: Dawn Last week, officials from Morocco’s interior ministry took to the markets. There they visited some merchants and handed them a letter. “We notice that you sell the burqa,” the letter noted, before asking the merchants to get rid of the existing stock within 48 hours and to not […]
Court rejects Muslim teacher’s discrimination case over headscarf
Source: The Local Despite a major 2015 Constitutional Court ruling striking down absolute headscarf bans in schools, a lower court has rejected a case brought by a woman who was not allowed to teach due to wearing the garment. An Osnabrück court on Wednesday dismissed a complaint filed by a […]
Ways to Establish World Peace by the Worldwide Leader of Ahmadiyya Muslims
Source: Review of Religions ADDRESS BY WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY AT THE CALGARY PEACE SYMPOSIUM IN CANADA On 11th November 2016, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya […]
Moscow helps heal factions among the Palestinians
Palestine: Fatah and Hamas to form unity government Source: Al Jazeerah Agreement reached after three days of talks in Moscow paving the way for the formation of a new National […]
Anti-Ahok sentiment helps ex-president’s son take the lead: Survey
Margareth S. AritonangThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, January 17, 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (gesturing) speaks during a visit to The Jakarta Post on Dec. 28, 2016. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari) The former president’s son, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, and his running mate Sylviana Murni would have won the Jakarta […]
Indonesia widens arms for refugees
Tama Salim, Haeril Halim and Hans Nicholas JongThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Wed, January 18, 2017 Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi (left, seated) talks to Rohingya Muslims at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, beside Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Foreign Ministry/File) The government has […]
Screwed?: 4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve
By Juan Cole | Jan. 18, 2017 | By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) Within months of taking office, President Donald Trump is likely to face one or more major international crises, possibly entailing a risk of nuclear escalation. Not since the end of the Cold War has a […]
Indonesia’s police deny they are afraid to tackle hardline Islamic leader
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies16 Jan 2017 Tens of thousands take part in a prayer at Jakarta’s National Monument during the December 2 rally against Jakarta’s governor Ahok. Photo: Dewi Nurcahyani Jakarta: About 5000 members of the Islam Defenders’ Front (FPI) turned up outside Indonesian police headquarters on Monday morning, […]
Gambian President Jammeh declares state of emergency
Reuters International JAN 17, 2017 FILE PHOTO – Gambia’s President Al Hadji Yahya Jammeh attends the plenary session of the Africa-South America Summit on Margarita Island September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after refusing […]
Initiative targets Swiss nursing shortage
GROWING DEMAND JAN 17, 2017 – Switzerland has some 10,000 fewer nurses than it needs. Supporters of a new initiative hope to encourage more young people to enter the field by improving working conditions and training opportunities. At a press conference in Bern on Tuesday, the Swiss Association of […]
Obama shortens sentence of Manning, who gave secrets to WikiLeaks
Reuters International JAN 18, 2017 – Chelsea Manning is pictured in this 2010 photograph obtained on August 14, 2013.Courtesy U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. military intelligence […]
‘They have destroyed me’: Mother grieves as slain Palestinian teen laid to rest
JAN. 17, 2017 Fatima al-Umour, the mother of slain 17-year old Qusay, rests her head on a family member’s shoulder moments after saying her final goodbyes to her son. (MaanImages/Yumna Patel) By: Yumna Patel BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The early morning traffic began to ease as the funeral procession departed from […]
Palestinian embassy to be opened in Vatican city for the first time
Source: Ma’an News Agency BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The inauguration of the first Palestinian embassy in Vatican City will take place on Saturday, and will be attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud […]
Israel ‘gearing towards the extreme right’
Jan 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The Middle East Paris peace conference aimed at solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, convened in Paris this week, has been condemned by Israel as a hostile move orchestrated by the Palestinians and the French. Although this is entirely untrue, it is customary for […]
Le Pen follows Trump’s lead on social media bombardment
By AFP – Jan 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on September 3, 2016 shows French far-right party Front National (FN) president and member of the European Parliament, Marine Le Pen gesturing as she delivers a speech during a FN political rally in Brachay, northeastern France (AFP […]
Panama pleas: PM Nawaz seeks immunity as SC adjourns hearing
Pakistan by Haider Ali Sindhu | Published on January 17, 2017 🔗 ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan adjourned hearing a slew of petitions seeking a probe into Panama papers till Wednesday. Counsel for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Makhdoom Ali Khan argued before the apex court to justify the ownership […]
Book Review: Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Source: Amazon Book by by Michael Eric Dyson “Elegantly written, Tears We Cannot Stop is powerful in several areas: moving personal recollections; profound cultural analysis; and guidance for moral redemption. A […]
Muslim Students Gain Group Prayer Rights in Canadian Schools
In addition, the students won the right to deliver their own sermons without screening even after some sermons were previously found to be problematic. Sun, January 15, 2017 Print Email Students at Toronto’s Valley Park Middle School pray in the cafeteria every Friday during class hours — boys in front, […]