Turkey’s Erdogan Urges All Muslims to Protect Jerusalem
Source: NY Times ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Muslims to defend the Palestinian cause, striking a tough stance on Israel despite improved ties between the two […]
A 1,000 year old promise of peace
Source: BBC By Sara Toth Stub 28 November 2016 On a recent Sunday morning, Adeeb Jawad Joudeh Al Husseini was sitting on a bench just inside the sole public entrance […]
Homeopathic kids’ products recalled due to belladonna
Source: CNN By By Hailey Middlebrook, CNN (CNN)Raritan Pharmaceuticals has issued a recall of kids’ homeopathic ear relief liquid and teething tablets. The recalled products contain varying levels of belladonna extract, […]
You tell me that it’s evolution?
Source: The Economist Scientists have reached no consensus on the origins of language IN 1866, the founding statutes of the new Linguistic Society of Paris included this curious ban: “The […]
What We Know About the Ohio State University Attack
Source: Time By Julia Zorthian @jzorth Mahita Gajanan A man barreled his car into a crowd at Ohio State Universitybefore exiting the vehicle and stabbing people with a butcher knife in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday morning, authorities said. Details are still emerging, but here’s what we know so far: What […]
What You Need to Know About the Wisconsin Recount
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan The Wisconsin State Board of Elections has decided to move forward with a recount effort pushed by 2016 Green Party candidate Jill Stein. As deadlines loom in Pennsylvania and Michigan, Stein continued her push for battleground recounts on Monday. Hillary Clinton’s campaign came out in support […]
India sees General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s Ahmadiyya link cautiously!
Source: TOI While the officer is considered to be a thorough professional, the vicious attacks on General Bajwa by hardliners in Pakistan — who accuse his relatives of being from the Ahmadiyya community that they despise as heretics — are being watched closely by observers in New Delhi. The caution […]
Subterranean waterways offer clues to ancient way of life in Iran
Society November 28, 2016 Throughout the arid regions of Iran, mainly central parts of the country, agricultural and permanent settlements have been supported by the ancient qanat system of tapping alluvial aquifers at the heads of valleys and conducting the water along underground tunnels by gravity, often over many kilometers. […]
Reform and Conservative Jews try a new tactic in battle for Israeli religious pluralism
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) American Reform and Conservative Jews are so upset at the Israeli government’s refusal to honor its pledge to build a state-funded […]
Hate material now at ATMs too
By Zoya Anwer November 29, 2016 After a crackdown on terrorists was launched in Karachi in September 2013, it has been difficult to spot graffiti or posters instigating hatred against religious minorities or sects. While most organisations are clever about it, some still openly run a hate campaign against […]
HOUSE OF DEBT – by Atif Mian
BOOK REVIEW HOME CV PUBLICATIONS CLASSES PAK HOUSE OF DEBT Curriculum Vitae Atif Mian is Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School. He holds a bachelors degree in Mathematics with Computer Science […]
Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science
Hillel Ofek Contemporary Islam is not known for its engagement in the modern scientific project. But it is heir to a legendary “Golden Age” of Arabic science frequently invoked by commentators hoping to make Muslims and Westerners more respectful and understanding of each other. President Obama, for instance, in his […]
In major blow, Syria rebels lose all northeast Aleppo
Regime gains prompt exodus of thousands of desperate civilians By AFP – Nov 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian men carrying babies make their way through the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held Salihin neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on September 11 […]
Israeli soldiers enter Tulkarem ‘by mistake,’ escorted out by Palestinian forces
NOV. 28, 2016 (File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Four Israeli soldiers mistakenly entered Tulkarem on Monday and were escorted out of the city by Palestinian security forces, an Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an.According to the spokesperson, the soldiers entered the northern occupied West Bank city by car “by mistake” on Monday, […]
Secular Viewpoints Examined
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad Part III Secular Viewpoints Examined HE THEORY OF religious development presented by sociologists and their concept of how belief in God developed, is primarily based on their understanding of social psychology. Having observed the general tendency of man in his social behaviour, […]
Genetic Engineering
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad Genetic Engineering N THE FIELD OF GENETIC ENGINEERING, it has today become possible to change certain features of life. But in the age when the following verse was revealed, no one could imagine such a thing in his wildest fancy. Below is […]
Kuwaiti opposition win big in anti-austerity vote
Reuters International NOV 27, 2016 – A Kuwaiti woman casts her vote during parliamentary election in a polling station in Kuwait City, Kuwait, November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) By Sami Aboudi and Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) – Opposition candidates are estimated to have won around 20 seats out of […]
Growing out of US leadership
Nov 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Adair Turner Donald Trump’s election has been greeted around the world with justifiable bewilderment and fear. His victory — following a fact-free, vicious election campaign — has trashed the brand of American democracy. But while Trump is impulsive and occasionally vindictive — a potentially fatal […]
Muslim outcry over Hungarian town’s anti-Islam decree
AFP | Published — Tuesday 29 November 2016 In this Sept. 2, 2015 file photo a migrant family from Afghanistan walk along the border fence after crossing from Serbia, in Asotthalom, Hungary. (AP) BUDAPEST: One of Hungary’s main Muslim organizations decried Monday what it said were “xenophobic” steps taken […]
Moroccan state TV shows women how to hide domestic violence
State broadcaster Channel 2M demonstrates how to cover up bruises with makeup and ‘carry on with your daily life’ Women in Morocco have reacted in horror after a programme on state television demonstrated how they could use makeup to cover up evidence of domestic violence. The segment in the daily programme Sabahiyat, […]