AUGUST 8, 2014 BY ATIF MIAN AND AMIR SUFI Economists of all stripes are baffled by continued economic weakness in the United States. The easiest way to see the weakness is to compare where we are in terms of GDP today relative to historical trend growth, something we did in […]
PODCAST Language connects Swiss migrants to home By Jo Fahy JAN 1, 2017 – “My heart is in Switzerland, but I’m at home in America.” Choosing to set up a new life in a different country is a big step, but what effect does that have on the culture […]
Police chief defended detention of 650 North African men saying ‘their characteristics were such that potential crimes could indeed be expected’ Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer Cologne’s police chief has denied accusations of racial profiling after the force tweeted they had detained hundreds of North African men to prevent a repeat […]
UN Security Council unanimously backs Syria peace plan By AFP – Dec 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians gather around a Christmas tree in Aleppo’s government controlled Aziziyah neighbourhood on Saturday (AFP photo by George Ourfalian) UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved a resolution […]
Source: Aljazeera Pope Francis has urged an end to the fighting in Syria as he gave his Christmas address at the Vatican, saying “far too much blood has been spilled” […]
Source: Time (BURLINGTON, Vt.) — Malware code linked to Russian hackers and found on a Vermont electric utility’s computer is further evidence of “predatory” steps taken by that country against […]
Source: Aljazeera Bruno Delgadillo, a young boy in the US state of Florida, suffered as many as 300 epileptic seizures per day but according to his mother a daily intake […]
Source: Huffington Post Microsoft’s 2016 holiday advertisement celebrates the accomplishments of ordinary people who worked hard to make 2016 a better year for everyone. The global tech company worked with […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY PAUL HITLIN During President Obama’s first full day in office on Jan. 21, 2009, he issued a statement committing his administration to pursue “an unprecedented […]
Source: Religion News Service By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR/YANGON (Reuters) An aid flotilla carrying food and emergency supplies for Rohingya Muslims will sail from Malaysia for Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State […]
Source: Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (Variety.com via Reuters) Just days after A&E pulled their Klu Klux Klan docuseries, the Church of Scientology is lashing out at the network for […]
Source: RNS BERLIN (Reuters) Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year’s address to the nation, and vowed to introduce […]
Source: The Guardian BY Sam Jones in Madrid The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has fuelled an 80-fold increase in the number of British Sephardic Jews seeking Portuguese […]
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The Catholic church should accept married men for ordination in an effort to prevent the extinction of priests in Ireland, a prominent clergyman […]
Source: MSN 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect President Abraham Lincoln signs the final Emancipation Proclamation, which ends slavery in the rebelling states. Check out additional 11 things that happened […]
Happy New Year! Let’s make this our year, Canada! pic.twitter.com/ihzkDiERZW — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 31, 2016 Justin Pierre James Trudeau PC MP (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian […]
Through diplomacy @POTUS:Shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program ✓Opened a new chapter with the people of Cuba ✓https://t.co/UldBhTwM1T — The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 31, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Sermon Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. After reciting THANA, TAWUZ and Surah Fatiha Hazoor-e-Anwar(aba) Said: According to the Gregorian Calender, the New Year will insha’Allah start after two days. Worldly people pass these days in worldly pleasures, thus ending the previous year […]
Source: Independent By Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 Man said he launched campaign after finding some ‘female relatives were facing injustice at the hands of their families’ A Saudi man has been jailed […]
MOHA ENNAJI Moha Ennaji is President of the South North Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Migration Studies in Morocco and Professor of Cultural Studies at Fez University. His most recent books include New Horizons of Muslim Diaspora in North America and Europe and Muslim Moroccan Migrants in Europe. FEZ […]