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Arranged marriages happier, claims former High Court family judge
Channel 4 reality show ‘Married At First Sight’ sees couples matched-up by experts, get hitched on their very first meeting CREDIT: CHANNEL 4 John Bingham, social affairs editor 18 NOVEMBER 2016 • Arranged marriage could be happier than marrying for love because it removes the pressure to find the “perfect” […]
Austrian vote a ‘good omen for Europe’: German minister
Source: The Local “If the first results are confirmed this will be a good omen against populism in Europe,” Steinmeier, who is to become Germany’s next president, told a news […]
Italy PM resigns after referendum defeat
Source: BBC In a late-night news conference, he said he took responsibility for the outcome, and said the No camp must now make clear proposals.With most ballots counted, the No vote leads with 60% against 40% for Yes. The turnout was nearly 70%, in a vote that was seen as a […]
Justice in an Unjust World
November 2016 The Review of Religions http://www.reviewofreligions.org/12764/justice-in-an-unjust-world/ Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) On 28th October 2016, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifah (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, delivered a historic lecture at York University in Toronto in front of an […]
Nicola Sturgeon visits Ahmadiyya Mosque in Glasgow
4 December 2016 From the sectionGlasgow & West Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has visited the mosque which was attended by murdered Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah. During her visit to the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Glasgow, she stressed the need to promote peace, tolerance and understanding. She also met members of the Ahmadiyya […]
U.S. Army Denies Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline Construction
Mahita Gajanan @mahitagajanan Helen H. Richardson—Denver Post/Getty ImagesNorth Dakota national guardsmen stand guard on Turtle Island watching activists and native americans at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota on Dec. 3, 2016. Construction of the pipeline will be halted […]
Hardline Islamists push agenda as blasphemy case ignites Indonesia
Source: Reuters International By Kanupriya Kapoor and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – When Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama had some of the capital’s sprawling slums levelled this spring, Muslim […]
The Messiah and the Mahdi One and the Same Person
From the Traditions of the Holy Prophet it is evident that the Promised Messiah was to be a follower of the Holy Prophet. One Tradition tells us that ‘the Mahdi is no other than the Messiah’ [Ibn-e-Maja] Another Tradition says: ‘How would it be with you when the son of […]
The ‘Blind Watchmaker’ Who Is Also Deaf and Dumb
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad The ‘Blind Watchmaker’ Who Is Also Deaf and Dumb N KEEPING with the promise made in our introductory remarks we now turn to the book entitled The Blind Watchmaker 1 by Richard Dawkins—now Professor Dawkins. At first it was rather discomforting to […]
Palestinian brothers from East Jerusalem forced to demolish their own homes
DEC. 3, 2016 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian brothers in the neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem were forced to demolish their own homes on Saturday in compliance with an Israeli court order.One of the owners, Said al-Abbasi, told Ma’an that he and his brother Nasser had built their […]
The false economic promise of global governance
Dec 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Dani Rodrik Global governance is the mantra of our era’s elite. The surge in cross-border flows of goods, services, capital and information produced by technological innovation and market liberalisation has made the world’s countries too interconnected, their argument goes, for any country to be […]
Bart Ehrman 2016 – Debate Did the Historical Jesus Claim to be Divine?
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Muslim Celebs Explain Why A Religion Of 1.7 Billion Can’t Be Reduced To Stereotypes
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post What does it mean to be Muslim? There are more than a billion answers. Common media representations and political […]
Local view: America must cling to its founding principles of freedom and equality
Source: Duluth News Tribune By M. Imran Hayee After a surprise election win, President-elect Donald J. Trump acknowledged the need to “bind the wounds of division” and pledged to be “the president for all Americans” in his short victory speech. This was a refreshing detour from his earlier campaign rhetoric […]
Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year for 2016?
Source: Time For every year since 1927, TIME has selected the most influential person of the year. From presidentstoprotesters, astronauts to activists, each selection reflects the person—or idea—who has most influenced the news and our world in the past year, for good or ill. In 2016, the news and our world […]
The New Food Fights: U.S. Public Divides Over Food Science
Source: Pew Research Center BY CARY FUNK AND BRIAN KENNEDY Food has become a flashpoint in American culture and politics. In the past generation, Americans have witnessed the introduction of […]
One year after San Bernardino attack, city aims to prevent Muslim hate crimes
Source: The Guardian Almost a year after her father was killed in the San Bernardino terror attack last December, Kate Bowman etched the word “love” in yellow chalk on the […]
These Are The Fierce Activists Leading The Women’s March On Washington
Source: Huffington Post BY Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Associate Editor, The Huffington Post The Women’s March On Washington is happening come hell or high water, march leaders say, and it’s largely thanks to […]