US leaving TPP: A great news day for China
Source: BBC The Chinese government will rejoice to hear Donald Trump promise that the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in the White House. For […]
Who are we to label ISIL members non-Muslims?
Source: Aljazeera By Christa Blackmon A media analyst and digital anthropologist. “ISIS is not Islam!” declared many Muslims on social media after the attack on the mosque holding the final resting place of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina during the holy month of Ramadan. Popular social justice figure and New York […]
Silence Muslims, then ask them to stand against ISIL
Source: Aljazeera by Tallha Abdulrazaq Tallha Abdulrazaq is a researcher at the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute. Last week, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was quoted as saying that religious leaders should “stand up and take responsibility for the actions of those who do things in the name […]
The US homeless camps offering a lesson in democracy
Source: Aljazeera by Patrick Strickland FAST FACTS: HOMELESSNESS IN PORTLAND There are at least 4.000 homeless people sleeping on the streets of Portland on any given night But the true number could be much higher as the city only records the homeless on one night of the year Between 2014 and […]
Donald Trump Outlines Policy Plans for First 100 Days in Office
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Donald Trump released a video on Monday to detail his policy plans for his first 100 days in office, including withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. In the short message released online, Trump rehashed some of his campaign promises. Among the plans he addressed, Trump […]
Turkish Government Fires 15,000 People as Coup Investigation Continues
Source: Time (ANKARA, Turkey)— Turkey’s government on Tuesday dismissed a further 15,000 people from the military, police and the civil service as part of an ongoing investigation into the failed military coup in July. The government also shut down some 500 associations, 19 health establishments and nine media outlets within […]
Education Secretary Pushes to End Corporal Punishment of Students
Source: Time (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Education Secretary John B. King Jr. is urging governors and school leaders in states that allow student paddling to end a practice he said would be considered “criminal assault or battery” against an adult. King released a letter Tuesday asking leaders to replace corporal punishment […]
How Mayors Across the U.S. Are Defying Donald Trump on Immigration
Source: Time BY Josh Sanburn The day after Donald Trump was elected president, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray visited a local school. Many of the students, he says, were Latino, undocumented and upset about the new president-elect, who vowed during the campaign to deport millions of people just like them. In the […]
Trump team won’t pursue charges against Hillary Clinton
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump will not pursue a further investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, to help her “heal”, his spokeswoman has said. A Trump spokeswoman said he would back down from his pledge to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the former Secretary of State. Mr Trump […]
Turkey withdraws child rape bill after street protests
Source: BBC Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has withdrawn a bill that pardons men convicted of sex with underage girls if they have married them. The bill, part of a […]
Trump says US to quit TPP on first day in office
Source: BBC President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House. He made the announcement in a video messageoutlining what he intends to do first when he takes office in January. The TPP trade deal was signed by […]
Mike Pence’s Hateful Laws Almost Kept Me From My Dying Wife
Source: Time By Amy Sandler Amy Sandler was a plaintiff in Baskin v. Bogan, which challenged Indiana’s denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples while Vice President-elect Mike Pence was governor ‘I want everyone to know the type of man he is’ As a resident of Indiana for five years, I […]
Bill Gates funds development of odour-free toilets for India
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has funded the development of an odour-blocking perfume that smells like poop as part of an ambitious effort to develop stink-free toilets. Updated: Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 13:39 [IST] Subscribe to Oneindia News Washington, Nov 22: Sick of smelly toilets, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has funded […]
One of the Seven Catholic Sacraments: Confession
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the evangelical Protestant movement, see Confessing Movement. In Roman Catholic settings, the traditional style of confessional allows the priest, seated in the center, to […]
Pope Francis Extends Priests’ Ability to Forgive Abortion
NY times: VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church will allow priests throughout the world to grant absolution for abortion, the Vatican said on Monday, making permanent a policy that […]
Nuclear Holocaust
by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad MONG THE QURANIC PROPHECIES relating to events and inventions of our age, there are some which are of outstanding importance and great global significance. One such prophecy relates to the impending danger of a nuclear holocaust. This prophecy was made at a time when man […]
The Future of Life on Earth
by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad OES MAN represent the final stage of development or will there be another creation after man? Is there any possibility of a new species evolving from Homo sapiens with improved or added senses, that is able to perceive new dimensions with the capacity to develop […]
Abdus Salam’s death anniversary passes of without mention
Source: ET Though the federal government set up the Dr Abdus Salam Chair at GCU in 1999, the staffers have been awaiting permanent appointments since. They are usually hired on one- or two-year contracts. Dr G Murtaza was nominated as the Salam Professor for the chair in2000. Apart from the […]
MUSLIM SICILY PART 1: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAM IN ITALY
Regarding the topic of Islam on the European continent, the focus is usually exclusively on the period of Muslim Spain, al-Andalus, that lasted from 711 to 1492 (with a Muslim minority population that remained until 1609) and the Ottoman Empire, which crossed from Anatolia into Southeastern Europe in the early […]
British mother whose son died for Islamic State aims to convert suffering to support
Reuters International NOV 22, 2016 By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Nicola Benyahia’s teenage son slipped away one day to join the Islamic State in Syria, the frantic mother anguished over his disappearance for months while keeping it secret from her friends and most of […]