Science Says This Is the Best Motivation to Exercise
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander People primed to be competitive went to 90% more classes than those who weren’t If you play well with others, then it might be time to […]
What really happened to mammoths and other iceage giants
Source: BBC By Niki Rust Scientists have known for a century that there was a global extinction of large animals at roughly the same time as humans expanded around the […]
Harvard Divinity School: The Medieval Islamic Hospital: Medicine, Religion, and Charity
Book written by Ahmed Ragab PhD, École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris MD, Cairo University Ahmed Ragab is the Richard T. Watson Assistant Professor of Science and Religion at […]
Why Christianity’s holiest shrine is guarded by two Muslim families
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor; who writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post. He previously was a senior editor at TIME The Church of the Holy Sepulchre […]
Israeli authorities demolish graves in East Jerusalem cemetery
NOV. 1, 2016 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Nature and Parks Authority forces demolished several graves inside a Palestinian cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, according to local sources. […]
Israel bans 5 year-old Palestinian boy from visiting father in prison
OCT. 30, 2016 (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities have banned 5-year-old Ibrahim from visiting his father, Palestinian Muhammad Ahmad Abd al-Fatah Abu Fanunah, in prison, Abu Fanunah’s wife said to Voice of Prisoners (Sawt al-Asra) radio on Sunday.Umm Mahmoud told the radio station that she has also been banned […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims find freedom from oppression in Canada
SHERRILL SUTHERLAND The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2016 For the past month, the leader of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has been visiting Canada and Canadian leaders […]
Ahmadiyya Caliph says new mosques will be open to people of all religions
Windsorstar.com: The spiritual leader of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslims says the new mosques in Saskatoon and Regina will be open to people of all religious groups. The Caliph, Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]
Ahmadiyya Caliph to meet with faithful, Syrian refugees in Saskatoon visit
THIA JAMES, SASKATOON STARPHOENIX Published on: November 1, 2016 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, The Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, speaks at the International Centre part of the Jalsa Salana Annual Convention in Toronto on Oct. 7, 2016. DAVE ABEL / DAVE ABEL/TORONTO SUN SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT The head of the world’s Ahmadiyya […]
Islamic exhibition to visit Gisborne (New Zealand)
Published: November 2, 2016 Movement advocating peace, tolerance, love and understanding will be here on Saturday. AN ISLAMIC religious movement advocating peace, tolerance, love and understanding will be coming to Gisborne to exhibit the Muslim holy scripture, the Quran. Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at describes itself as a revival movement within Islam […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim leader denounces extremism, promotes tolerance
Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad touring western Canada this month By Jason Warick, CBC News Posted: Nov 01, 2016 Play Media Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad denounces extremism 3:20 Muslim leaders are not doing enough to denounce extremism, says the head of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslims. “We need the message of […]
Court says remains of former Burundi king can stay in Geneva
FAMILY TUSSLES NOV 1, 2016 After a Hutu-led coup in October 1965, King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi withdrew to Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life and died in 1977 (Keystone) A Geneva court has ruled that the remains of the former king of Burundi, Mwambutsa IV, can stay […]
The $100bn gold mine and the West Papuans who say they are counting the cost
Grasberg mine in the Indonesian province has been a source of untold wealth for its owners, but local communities say it has brought poverty and oppression The delta of West Papua’s Aikwa river, on Kamoro tribe land. Papuans claim tailing sediment from the mine has suffocated the fish and shrimp […]
UK had no impact on US policy in Iraq, says top British ambassador
Sir Jeremy Greenstock says Britain was not consulted on key postwar decisions and was systematically excluded from meetings Sir Jeremy Greenstock’s book has now been released with Whitehall consent after he abandoned plans to publish it in 2005. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Tuesday 1 November 2016 […]
‘We were living a real tragedy in east Aleppo’: One family’s journey across the city amid the bloodshed
Family describes civilains being shot by militia as they seek to escape medical shortages, starvation, and the barrage of air strikes from overhead Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Kahled Kadoura, his wife Samira and 8-year old son Almuatazbilah in Aleppo shortly after they fled the east of the city Nelofer Pazira Khaled […]
Aleppo’s agony is far from over as Syrian general seeks further battles
As passages to western Aleppo are said to be being kept open for civilians to flee across the city, one general in the Syrian army talks of a decision to ‘enter battle’ against forces in eastern areas Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Syrians carry their belongings as they leave Aleppo’s southwestern frontline […]
Pope: Women will be banned from priesthood forever
Source: USA Today By John Bacon The Catholic Church’s ban on women priests will stand forever, Pope Francis said Tuesday. The pontiff made the declaration in response to a female reporter asking if he thought […]
Trump Presents Dilemma For Evangelical Women, Once Reliable GOP Voters
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMON White evangelicals are reliable Republican voters. They also have a long history of demanding that politicians exemplify character and morality in public life. So for many, […]
Judge Rejects Settlement Over Surveillance of Muslims by New York Police Department
Source: The New York Times A federal judge has rejected the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims, saying the proposed deal does […]
Exclusive: Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery for U.S. women
Source: Reuters By Jilian Mincer | NEW YORK American women are ending pregnancies with medication almost as often as with surgery, marking a turning point for abortion in the United States, data reviewed by Reuters shows. The watershed comes amid an overall decline in abortion, a choice that remains politically […]