In New York, attacks on women with headscarves raise alarms
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Barbara Demick One woman is a decorated officer of the New York Police Department, commended two years ago for running into a burning building to […]
Ohio lawmakers pass ‘heartbeat’ abortion legislation
Source: Reuters By Kim Palmer | CLEVELAND Ohio lawmakers approved a bill that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks after conception, clearing […]
‘Leah Remini: Scientology’ accuses church of harassment
Source: USA Today BY Erin Jensen, USA TODAY This week, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath took us to Clearwater, Fla., where a former Scientologist claimed to be on the receiving end […]
Historic Bridgeport Church to Become Mosque
Source: The Wall Street Journal By JOSEPH DE AVILA BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—One of the oldest Christian congregations in this community said it would sell its historic church to a regional Islamic […]
Person of the Year Runner-up: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Source: Time A failed coup left the Turkish president even more powerful BY JARED MALSIN When a rogue faction of Turkey’s military moved to seize control of the country on […]
The people who dive with whales that could eat them alive
Source: BBC By David Cox 7 December 2016 A decade ago, Fabrice Schnöller was an engineer working on systems for tracking sharks. Then, in 2007, he went on a sailing […]
How Obama changed America
Source: CNN By Fareed Zakaria, Host Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” This article is adapted from the conclusion to “The Legacy of Barack Obama,” which airs […]
Obama’s candid reflections on race
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Fareed Zakaria examines the triumphs and struggles during President Barack Obama’s time in the White House. Watch “The Legacy of Barack […]
Both Feeling Threatened, American Muslims and Jews Join Hands
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Jolted into action by a wave of hate crimesthat followed the election victory of Donald J. Trump, American […]
Obama’s Final National Security Address
President Obama delivers his final national security address as commander-in-chief at Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base.
Toronto Neurosurgeon Dr. Mohammed Shamji charged with murder of his doctor wife
thestar.com Dr. Mohammed Shamji was charged with assaulting his wife, Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji, after a 2005 domestic dispute, a police source told the Star Tuesday. (ELANA FRIC-SHAMJI / FACEBOOK) By WENDY GILLIS News reporter Tues., Dec. 6, 2016 The Toronto neurosurgeon accused of first degree murder in the death of his doctor wife was charged with uttering […]
Trump named Time Person of the Year
Source: CNN “I don’t think that we have ever seen one person, operating in such an unconventional way, have an impact on the events of the year,” said Time editor […]
Pakistan passenger plane crashes in north of country
Police official says Pakistan International Airlines flight PK661, which had about 47 people on board, has crashed en route to Islamabad from Chitral A file photo of a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane arriving at the Benazir International airport in Islamabad. Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters Reuters in Islamabad Wednesday 7 December […]
PIA flight PK-661 crashes enroute to Islamabad
Source: Dawn There are more than 40 passengers on board the plane. Chitral airport sources confirm singer-cum-evangelist Junaid Jamshed, his family, and Deputy Commissioner Umar Waraich were on board the flight and are feared to be among the casualties. More:
Attorney General Gives Reasons for Not Detaining Ahok on Blasphemy Charges
Jakarta. Attorney General HM Prasetyo has justified his decision not to detain Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama on blasphemy charges, saying it was in the public interest no to do so ahead […]
The Jinn
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad The Jinn REPARE NOW to undertake a journey upon the wings of scientific vision into the ancient past to explore the nature and identity of the jinn. The Quranic concept of jinn has been briefly discussed before in Life in the Perspective […]
Israel cancels permits for elderly Gazans traveling to Al-Aqsa for Friday prayers
DEC. 6, 2016 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Israeli authorities Tuesday cancelled weekly permits allowing elderly Gazans to travel to occupied East Jerusalem on Fridays to attend prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. An official at the Palestinian liaison office told Ma’an that Israeli authorities decided to cancel the weekly visits of Palestinians […]
Syrian troops enter Aleppo’s Old City, poised for war’s biggest victory
Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – The sun rises while smoke is pictured near Aleppo’s historic citadel, as seen from a government-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (reuters_tickers) By John Davison and Stephanie Nebehay BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria’s army and allies pushed into rebel-held parts […]
Trump lays out non-interventionist U.S. military policy
Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a USA Thank You Tour event at Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S., December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (reuters_tickers) By Steve Holland FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump laid out a U.S. military policy on Tuesday […]