Kathleen Elkins Mansa Musa, as depicted on a 1375 Catalan Atlas, one of the most important world maps of Medieval Europe.Wikimedia Commons African King Musa Keita I is thought to be the richest person of all time — “richer than anyone could describe,” reports Time. Literally. His fortune was incomprehensible, […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Donald Trump was ashamed — contrite even — as he spoke to Paula White hours after the video of him bragging about groping women was released. “I heard it in his voice,” said White, a Florida pastor who, outside of Trump’s family, […]
Source: Yahoo News By Amy Sullivan Senior editor Well, that was awkward. If you’ve ever squirmed through a mean-spirited, ill-advised wedding toast delivered by somebody’s inappropriate, drunk uncle, then you’ll have some sense of the feeling in the room at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Thursday night, where Donald Trump and […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Mark Z. Barabak No religious group has been more reliably Republican than members of the Mormon faith, who routinely vote in landslide numbers for […]
Source: BBC By Bryan Lufkin 19 October 2016 If you’re boarding a plane, chances are you’ll be bringing a phone aboard with you. But the technological sophistications of phones have […]
Source: Time BY Hillary Clinton Clinton is a former Secretary of State and the Democratic Party nominee for President. ‘America is indispensable—and exceptional—because of our values’ There’s always been something […]
Source: Washington Post EFRAT, West Bank — The gathering wasn’t exactly unprecedented. Jewish settlers and their Palestinian neighbors have met quietly before, many times. But not like this. This meeting, […]
Source: Time By Eric Barker Eric Barker writes Barking Up the Wrong Tree. Experts bet you encounter a psychopath more often than you think I know what some people are thinking: I’m never going to deal with psychopaths. This is just more sensational clickbait junk. Wrong. The experts are betting you […]
Source: The Guardian By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent British Muslims are planning to set up their own programme to stop people becoming terrorists in a direct challenge to the […]
Source: The Guardian Talaq, talaq, talaq: for more than a decade Arshiya feared the words like some dark incantation. When she caught her husband talking online to other women, he […]
Source: Associated Press By MATT VOLZ HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Dinosaurs have roared into Montana’s race for governor with a renowned paleontologist who consulted with Steven Spielberg on the “Jurassic Park” movies saying the Republican candidate would spend taxpayer money on private schools that teach creationism and mislead children about […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER LOS ANGELES—A Southern California man convicted of conspiring to provide support to the terrorist organization Islamic State was sentenced to 30 […]
Source: NBC News by IRIN CARMON Presidential candidates used to talk about the Supreme Court and abortion in code words like “litmus test” and “strict constructionist,” but at Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate, the candidates went all in with their answers. Hillary Clinton reiterated her support for Roe […]
Source: CNN A leading French presidential candidate says he will move his country’s border with Britain to the UK, amid concerns about the backlog of British-bound illegal migrants on French soil.Alain Juppé, a center-right former prime minister who is considered a frontrunner in next year’s elections, told journalists that he […]
Source: Asia Times: Terrorism — especially the threat posed by Pakistani militants to India — dominated the recently concluded BRICS summit at Goa. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Pakistan as the ‘mother-ship’ of terrorism in South Asia and advocated its diplomatic isolation by the international community. Although other BRICS […]
Source: Asia Times Islamic State fighters are putting up stiff resistance as Iraqi forces launched a third front in the offensive to take back Mosul. The group has unleashed suicide bombers and left a trail of booby traps, according to Al Jazeera and other media reports. Iraq said that on […]
Source: The Local The man’s son reported his death to police on October 15th, explaining that he had died several hours after the attack, police reported on Thursday.According to the son’s account, his 51-year-old father was relieving himself near the Johannes Church in Freiburg, in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg […]
Source: The Dawn Christian leaders across the US are congratulating the government for protecting the soul of Christianity by punishing the Muslim blasphemer, and are urging the State to do more to restrict the Muslims. Cursing the rise of Donald Trump? Well, this didn’t actually happen in America. Instead, it happened at […]
TIME magazine has published its annual list of most influential teens in the world, which considers accolades across numerous fields, global impact through social media and overall ability to drive news. This year the list has two Pakistanis on it — Sumail Hassan and Malala Yousafzai. Pakistani prodigy’s team wins […]
Source: http://patch.com/georgia/lawrenceville-ga/holy-quran-exhibition The Holy Qur’an Exhibition The Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, hosted a Holy Qur’an Exhibition on 15th of October at the Suwanee Library. By Attiya Ghani (Open Post) – October 19, 2016 4:25 pm ET “> The Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Georgia Chapter […]