‘Study, pray, vote,’ Pope tells Americans ahead of elections
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE Pope Francis on Sunday advised U.S. Catholics who feel they are torn between two imperfect candidates for president to study […]
Hillary Clinton Returns to Ohio in a Changed Race
Source: Time By Sam Frizell / White Plains, N.Y. @Sam_Frizell & Philip Elliott When Hillary Clinton’s blue-tinged 737 touches down in Ohio on Monday morning for the first time in 29 days, locals will greet a changed Democratic nominee in a much changed race. The last time she campaigned in the battleground state, […]
When custodians of law turn into an unruly mob (Only for Ahmadiyya)
Source: ET One such event was witnessed in the city a few days back. A group of lawyers, under the leadership of Lahore High Court Bar Association President Rana Zia Abdur Rehman and LHCBA Secretary Anas Ghazi, and enraged clerics from different seminaries barged in the office of Pakistan Electronic […]
India: IT’S TIME FOR OBITUARY OF TRIPLE TALAQ
God knows every single letter, and perhaps God will accept my excuse and forgive my stumbling in His bounty, generosity, munificence and excellence –there is no God but Him. — Ibn Rushd-12th century Andalusian philosopher By Dr. Moin Qazi, India The issue of triple talaq or instant divorce has […]
This Is the Domestic Violence Issue No One Is Talking About
Source: Time BY Gila Gamliel Gila Gamliel is Israel’s Minister for Social Equality It was British Prime Minister Theresa May who astutely said: “You can’t solve a problem as complex as […]
India Has Ratified the Paris Climate Change Agreement
Source: Time By Nikhil Kumar The Paris climate change agreement to curb rising global temperatures moved closer to coming into force on Sunday, after India, the world’s fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, formally signed on to the pact. India, which accounts for about 4.5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, became […]
The mammoth task of unearthing Petra
Source: BBC To preserve the ancient site of Petra for future generations, archaeologists and locals are re-excavating earlier archaeological “dumps” in search of lost treasures. Petra is located about three hours […]
UOT student released on bail from Bangladesh Jail
A University of Toronto student detained in Bangladesh for weeks in connection with a terrorist attack has been released on bail, his family confirmed. Tahmid Hasib Khan, 22, is healthy, safe and living under the supervision of his parents in the capital city of Dhaka, said his brother Talha Khan. […]
The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer
Source: BBC By Hannah Fry From the time we pick up a chunky crayon and start scribbling as children, it begins to become clear whether we’re right- or left-handed. But […]
The Racial Confidence Gap in Police Performance
Source: Pew Research Center Blacks, whites also have dramatically different views on causes of fatal encounters between blacks and police BY RICH MORIN AND RENEE STEPLER The deep racial tensions seen in many areas of American life 1 underlie how blacks and whites view police in their communities, as well […]
More than half of Unite’s female officers bullied or harassed, study finds
theguardian: by Rajeev Syal — Leaked internal study details claims of sexual harassment and reveals that quarter of officers said reports of bullying were handled badly Unite’s senior officials have been considering the findings of the report for four months. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA More than half the female officers in […]
Ahmadi Muslims’ leader arrives Monday in Toronto
Thestar.com Federal minister to greet sect’s Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad on Monday in Toronto at start of Canadian visit. The religious leader of around 100 million followers is coming to Canada on Monday, but don’t be surprised if you haven’t heard of him. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, world head […]
Bulgaria imposes burqa ban – and will cut benefits of women who defy it
Bulgaria has become the latest European country to ban women from wearing veils covering their faces in public. Under the controversial new legislation, women who breach the ban will have their benefits cut. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bulgaria-burka-ban-benefits-cut-burkini-niqab-a7340601.html The Bulgarian parliament approved the law, backed by the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition. The party’s co-leader […]
How America’s separation of church and state is fraying
Economist: “THE wall between state and church”, Justice Hugo Black wrote in Everson v Board of Education, a case from 1947, “must be kept high and impregnable”. Justice Black was […]
Israel imposes ‘general closure’ on Palestinian territory for Jewish holiday
OCT. 2, 2016 10: Palestinians walk through the Erez border crossing with Israel in the northern Gaza Strip as they cross into Gaza, on June 09, 2010. (Mahmud Hams-AFP-Getty Images) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities announced Saturday evening that a general closure would be imposed on all passage between the […]
Dutch photographer Oerlemans killed in Libya – employer
Reuters International OCT 2, 2016 – AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans has been shot dead by a sniper in Sirte, Libya, according to a report on Sunday on the website of the Belgian newspaper he had been working for. Knack said it had been informed of Oerlemans’ […]
Pope agrees to expedite sainthood process for murdered priest
Reuters International OCT 2, 2016 – Archbishop of Rouen Dominique Lebrun is seen next to a picture of Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, during a media conference at the Vatican, September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (reuters_tickers) PARIS (Reuters) […]
Complex US-Pakistan relations
MUHAMMAD WAQAS | Published — Monday 3 October 2016 Muhammad Waqas On the bilateral relations front, it is not just Pakistan’s simmering tensions with India that is making the headlines. Pakistan’s long and complicated relationship with the US is also back in the news. In a recent move, two […]
A slap Congress is beginning to regret
LINDA HEARD | Published — Monday 3 October 2016 Saudi Arabia’s response to legislation permitting the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Kingdom for compensation, which US President Barack Obama has characterized as setting a “dangerous precedent”, has been diplomatically low-key. “The erosion of sovereign immunity will have a […]
2016 Nobel Prize in medicine proves the theory of evolution once again
2016 Nobel Prize in medicine proves the theory of evolution once again; by showing shared genes between baker’s yeast & humans Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel prize in medicine for work […]