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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kristine Guerra November 28 at 9:09 AM A letter calling Muslims “children of Satan” was sent to multiple California mosques, according to the Council on […]
Source: NJ.com By Dave Hutchinson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com BERNARDS — The lawsuit filed last week alleging that Bernards Township violated federal law by rejecting plans for a mosque […]
Friday prayers held during class hours at the Valley Park Middle School, Toronto. Boys pray in front, girls pray behind them separated by a barrier and menstruating girls are obliged to sit at the very back to observe the service but not participate Student Islamists are mounting a coordinated campaign […]
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (RNS) In the Sioux creation narrative, water was one of the first beings the Creator made, and it became a […]
Source: BBC A white man accused of killing nine black people at a South Carolina church will be allowed to represent himself at trial, a federal judge has said. US […]
Source: NPR Ginella Massa is the first person to wear a hijab, the traditional head covering worn by Muslim women, and anchor a major nightly newscast in Canada. She did […]
Source: NPR A Scottish archbishop designed the app. It helps you find the closest spot to go to confession and Mass. The head of the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communication called the app “imaginative.” DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I’m David Greene. If you are Catholic and have sinned, well, there’s […]
Source: The Atlantic By LEIGH ERIC SCHMIDT For over a decade, Fox News has made it a talking point that Christmas is under siege from liberals. Bill O’Reilly has promoted the […]
Source: Longreads Why did the forced removal of African Americans seem so plausible in Forsyth County, Georgia in 1912? Was it because it had all happened before? Detail from a map of Cherokee territory over time. The green line designates their territory at the point of their forced removal. Red […]
Source: The Atlantic By ANDREW MCGILL By now, you’ve heard about the great American divide that ushered Donald Trump into office. It’s probably been pitched as a matter of money and wealth— prosperous city dwellers against the rural poor, or the white working class versus everyone else. But that’s the wrong […]
Source: Quanta Magazine By Carl Zimmer Kevin Laland looked out across the meeting room at a couple hundred people gathered for a conference on the future of evolutionary biology. A colleague sidled up next to him and asked how he thought things were going. “I think it’s going quite well,” […]