How We’re Endangering our Kids’ Imaginations
Source: Time By Melissa Bernstein Melissa Bernstein is a co-founder of Melissa & Doug and is leading a movement to Take Back Childhood I refuse to sit back and watch this […]
The one thing everyone knows about swordfish is wrong
Source: BBC By Colin Barras 26 October 2016 Reputation: Swordfish, sailfish, tuna and other large marine fish are capable of breathtaking top speeds, zipping through the water at 68mph (110km/h). […]
Stunning images that will change the way you see the world
Source: BBC See a tulip farm that looks like a Mondrian painting – and more striking photos of the planet’s landscapes taken via satellites in space. Port of Antwerp, Belgium […]
Spain urged not to allow refuelling of Russian warships
Source: BBC Spain is coming under pressure from Nato allies not to allow the refuelling of Russian warships bound for Syria. The Spanish government is now reviewing the permit for […]
Trump: Clinton’s foreign policy plan would start WW3
Source: BBC Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his rival Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy plan in Syria would trigger World War Three. He also said the US should focus […]
Russia: Introduction to two books by Dr Ludmilla Vassilyeva
This article by renowned poet, writer, author in Germany Haider Qureshi introduced two of Russian Urdu scholar Dr Ludmilla Vassilyeva two books. One of the books on famous Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and the other one is EARLY PERIOD OF URDU GHAZAL.
5 Pillars UK: Dangers of Extremist Muslim Media
Source:RT The Ahmadis have been long the subject of extreme animosity and defamation by other sects of Islam within Britain and for years have dealt with physical as well as a verbal abuse from Muslims who consider them heretics. The Ahmadis migrated to Britain to escape the persecution in countries […]
Aer Lingus removes man ‘abusing’ Muslim passengers from flight
Crew praised for handling of situation Pól Ó ConghaileTwitter EMAIL PUBLISHED24/10/2016 | 17:12 1 Aer Lingus stock photo. Pic: Deposit Aer Lingus cabin crew removed a man from a flight due to his alleged verbal abuse of Muslim passengers, it has emerged. The incident took place on flight EI0330 from […]
Afghan girl made famous by National Geographic photo arrested on corruption charges
If convicted, Sharbat Gula, photographed as a 12-year-old refugee in 1984, faces a possible 14-year jail sentence Adam Lushe US photographer Steve McCurry took his iconic photograph of the ‘Afghan Girl’ named Sharbat Gula, in 1985 The Afghan girl whose piercing eyes made her famous when her photo appeared on […]
The first theory of evolution is 600 years older than Darwin
Source: The Vintage News Nasīr al-Dīn Tūsī Nasīr al-Dīn Tūsī was a Persian polymath and prolific writer: An architect, astronomer, biologist, chemist, mathematician, philosopher, physician, physicist, scientist, theologian and Marja Taqleed. He was […]
Calais ‘Jungle’: Fires rage across migrant camp
Source: BBC Fires are raging across parts of the “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais, three days into a French operation to demolish it. It was unclear who set the dozens […]
Women now drink nearly as much alcohol as men, study finds
Source: CNN By Karla Pequenino, for CNN (CNN)Women are now drinking nearly as much alcohol as men, according to a new study. The report, published in the medical journal BMJ […]
Trump, who said 37 false things on Monday, calls fact checkers ‘scum’
The Republican presidential candidate has spent much of the campaign bashing the media. On Tuesday, during a frequently dishonest speech at an airport in Sanford, Fla., he singled out a specific group of journalists as “crooked as hell. thestar.com 2016/10/25 WASHINGTON—Donald Trump falsely accused his opponent of debate cheating and […]
MY MUSLIM FATHER’S FAITH IN AMERICA
Source: The New Yorker By Mohammed Naseehu Ali When I was growing up, in the early nineteen-eighties, most of my fellow-Ghanaians viewed America as an evil empire that was bent […]
I pray every day. It’s changed my life.
Source: The Week By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry This election might have you praying for a swift death, or indeed the destruction of all life on Earth. I get that. I really, really […]
California man charged with threatening to kill Muslims
Source: ET She said Feigin is suspected of having called the center on September 19 and leaving a hate-filled message. He called again the following day, when he spoke to an employee and threatened to kill Muslims, Preciado said. A search of his home in Agoura Hills, a city northwest of […]
Saudi groom divorces wife two hours after wedding for using Snapchat
Source: ET A groom in Saudi Arabia filed for divorce a mere two hours after the wedding ceremony because the bride broke an agreement not to share pictures of the ceremony on Snapchat.Upon finding out that pictures of the wedding had been shared on the social media platform, the groom […]
Prophet Muhammad and the Founding Fathers were kindred Spirits: Dr. Craig Considine
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about the Prophet Muhammad Epigraph: And We have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) […]
Muslim Council of Britain to set up alternative counter-terror scheme
Mosque-centred strategy to start next year in challenge to Home Office’s unpopular Prevent programme The Makkah Masjid Mosque in Leeds. Under the new programme mosques will be the key point of contact for the counter-radicalisation scheme. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Wednesday […]
Vatican Bans Scattering of Ashes From Cremation
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and GAIA PIANIGIANIOCT. 25, 2016 An urn containing the cremated remains of a Roman Catholic priest during a funeral Mass in Mexico last month. The church allows cremation as long as it is done in accordance with Christian doctrine.CreditAlan Ortega/Reuters VATICAN CITY — Ashes to ashes is […]