Why Palestinians want to sue Britain RAMZY BAROUD | Published — Tuesday 1 November 2016 Ramzy Baroud Last July, the Palestinian Authority took the unexpected, although belated step of seeking Arab backing in suing Britain over the Balfour Declaration. That “declaration’ was the first-ever explicit commitment made by Britain, and […]
The middle section of this interview is about women rights, segregation and Hijab in Islam, starting at minute 11 of this video. Peter Mansbridge One on One with Hazrat Mirza […]
Source: Huffington Post By Mohamud Awil Mohamed; Student of History and the Islamic Sciences, passionate about social justice, mental health and the liberating power of storytelling. Existing at perhaps the […]
Islam and Psychology: A Collection of ArticlesSource: USA Today By Tyler J. VanderWeele and John Siniff Church attendance is correlated with longer life and a sense of meaning. If one […]
Source: RNS By Jacob Lupfer (RNS) On Monday (Oct. 31) in Sweden, Pope Francis will take part in an ecumenical service commemorating the beginning of the Protestant Reformation’s 500th year. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Peter Manseau was born for this job. The son of a priest and a nun, Manseau was meant to be a scholar making […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories on the religious beliefs of the presidential nominees. Read about the faith of Donald Trump here. (CNN)At a Catholic charity event this month, Hillary Clinton, a onetime Sunday school teacher, made a small […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer SOUDERTON, Pa. — She stepped into the pitch-dark room, illuminated only by eerie flames, as the sound of moans and shrieks rose over the ominous music. A hooded figure, dressed in black, leapt from the darkness to hiss in her ear. Shadeilyz Castro burst […]
The city police department’s new chaplain to its Muslim officers holds rather archaic and sexist views when it comes to the role of women. BY MEIRA SVIRSKY, Mon, October 31, 2016 http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/toronto-pd%E2%80%99s-muslim-chaplain-wives-must-be-available-sex Musleh Kahn (Screenshot) The Toronto police department has appointed a new chaplain to service its Muslim officers. […]
Source: BBC Iraqi special forces are now less than 1.5km from the eastern outskirts of Mosul and are preparing to enter the city held by Islamic State fighters. Hundreds of Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) troops entered Bazwaya, the last village before the city limits, after launching a dawn assault on Monday. […]
Source: BBC Angry residents of the Indian capital, Delhi, are sharing images of smog, one day after Diwali celebrations saw huge quantities of fireworks set off. Levels of pollutants in […]
Source: BBC Harry Reid accused FBI director James Comey of violating an act which bars officials from influencing an election. News of the FBI inquiry comes less than two weeks […]
Source: BBC By Michael Marshall How did life begin? There can hardly be a bigger question. For much of human history, almost everyone believed some version of “the gods did […]
Keynote address delivered by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper) on October 28, 2016 at York University – Ontario, Canada.
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Source: JAMAICA-GLEANER.COM Mirza Masroor Ahmad, world head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. The rhetoric on the United States (US) political platform has not escaped the world head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community Mirza Masroor Ahmad, and he’s having his say: The Republican nominee Donald Trump would not get his vote. […]
Source: CNN The study, co-sponsored by the United Nations and published Thursday in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, tested the safety and effectiveness of a contraceptive shot in 320 healthy men in monogamous relationships with female partners. Conducted at health centers around the world, enrollment began on a […]
Source: CNN It is across the ghostly silence and dense dust of the berms between ISIS’ Mosul and advancing Iraqi special forces that the final chapter of ISIS’ extinction in Iraq will play out.Yet at dusk on Saturday, the 2 kilometers between the US-trained Golden Division and the medieval world […]
Source. Times of Israel Technically the Gemara is addressing a stylistic challenge in the text. For every other act of creation in Genesis 1, the Torah tells us, “God said, ‘Let there be’ … And there was…” In the case of the creation of humankind alone, there is a preface, […]