Source: Indian Express The army and Rangers personnel have been deployed in the Dulmiyal village and other parts of the district to control the law and order situation. By: PTI | Lahore | Published:December 16, 2016 About 3,000 people have been booked by police in connection with the attack on […]
1. Muslim educational attainment Among the world’s major religious groups, Muslims have made some of the greatest gains in educational achievement in recent decades. The share of Muslim adults (ages 25 and older) with at least some formal schooling has risen by 25 percentage points in the past three generations, […]
Large gaps in education levels persist, but all faiths are making gains – particularly among women Jews are more highly educated than any other major religious group around the world, while Muslims and Hindus tend to have the fewest years of formal schooling, according to a Pew Research Center global […]
By Holly Yan, CNN December 9, 2015 Fierce backlash over Trump’s plan to ban Muslims 02:11 Story highlights American Muslims have alerted law enforcement to more terror suspects than U.S. intelligence has Muslims are the most racially diverse religious group in the country This report includes facts and figures from […]
The Ahmadiyya leaders also expressed their opposition to instantaneous triple talaq and extended support to Uniform Civil Code for the country. By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2016 Thousands of Ahmadiyyas including those from Pakistan are expected to arrive at Qadian for the spiritual ‘Salana Jalsa’. (Express […]
Parliament passes immigration law it hopes will offer enhanced access to single market while giving residents priority over jobs, drawing parallels to Brexit arguments The SVP, the largest party in the Swiss parliament, accused the other parties of caving in to Brussels. Photograph: Anthony Anex/EPA Jon Henley European affairs correspondent […]
NABEEL ANWAR DHAKKU — CHAKWAL: Section 144 of the Pakistan Penal Code was imposed in Chakwal by the District Coordination Officer (DCO), Mehmood Javed Bhatti, in order to maintain the law and order situation after religious leaders announced they will observe Friday as a “day of protest”. The district administration […]
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters It was inevitable that the “interventionists” would use the tragic slaughter in Aleppo to retrospectively justify David Cameron’s attempt to win a parliamentary vote to bomb Syria in 2013. The article by Kate Maltby (If you say ‘something must be done’ about […]
There was a period in 2011 and 2012 when there were genuinely independent opposition activists operating inside Syria, but as the jihadis took over these brave people were forced to flee abroad, fell silent or were dead Patrick Cockburn @indyworld It has just become more dangerous to be a foreign […]
Source: The Independent By Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Government programme targets threats to ‘ideological security’ in schools Saudi Arabia is launching a programme to “inoculate” children against Westernisation, atheism, liberalism and secularism. They were listed as threats to “ideological security”, ahead of the danger from extremist groups including Isis and al-Qaeda and […]
Source: The Guardian Volunteers for One Roof set up beds at the homeless shelter in Leicester. Photograph: handout BY Harriet SherwoodReligion correspondent A night shelter for rough sleepers in Leicester will […]
Source: The Guardian Sharia courts are a symptom rather than the cause of the problems many Muslim women face (Sharia courts have no place in UK family law, theguardian.com, 14 […]
Source: The Guardian BY Ryan Felton in Detroit The US Department of Justice is suing the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan, alleging it violated federal law in 2015 when it denied […]
Source: RNS By Tahir Nasser (RNS) From East to West, this last week has seen some of the most extraordinary examples of unvarnished hypocrisy I have ever witnessed. In the […]
Source: Time BY Jeffrey Collins and Meg Kinnard / AP CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Confederate flag is gone from South Carolina’s Statehouse. The bullet holes have been patched in Emanuel […]
Source: Time BY Phil Stewart / Reuters (WASHINGTON) — A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China […]
Source: Time By Bradley Klapper and Josh Lederman WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America’s election process, […]
Source: BBC The UK manufacturer of Nurofen has been hit with an increased fine of A$6m (£3.6m; $4.4m) for misleading customers in Australia. Australia’s Federal Court ruled last year that […]
Source: BBC Her husband repeatedly used messages of hope in his presidential campaigns and during his time in office. But US First Lady Michelle Obama has struck a much less […]
Source: BBC The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed to the BBC that he shot dead three men while mayor of Davao. He said: “I killed about three […]