US 2016 election debate: Your guide to ‘the mother of all job interviews’
Source: BBC This is it – the final stretch of the US presidential race. After a campaign that started back in the innocent days of 2015, we’re now just six […]
Riace: The Italian village abandoned by locals, adopted by migrants
Source: BBC The hilltop medieval village of Riace on Italy’s south coast was almost a ghost town 15 years ago. Houses were derelict and the local school was near to closing. The village was in danger of becoming extinct as residents disappeared to northern Italy, and abroad, for jobs during […]
Muslim Women Behind The Lens
Source: Thecitizen.in : It’s a powerful film, ‘Tiryaaq’, which literally means an antidote. It’s a narrative that is meant to reach out to regular people and the patriarchal powers of polity, clergy and family with the intention of not just unravelling the insidious functioning of caste patriarchy and religious fundamentalism […]
Asma Jahangir: The street fighter
Source: Herald Immediately after the horrific Quetta terror attack on August 8, 2016, Dr Danish, a television anchorperson, tweeted pictures of Asma Jahangir with a caption in Urdu which translates as: “When lawyers were being killed in Quetta, the so-called leader of the lawyers was enjoying herself in the northern […]
Saudi Women Ask King to Bring an End to Male Guardianship
WSJ: Saudis sent telegrams to the king on Sunday pressing the monarchy to end male guardianship rules for women, the culmination of an unprecedented months long effort to abolish the system. By Sunday evening, activists estimated hundreds of people had sent a copy of the same message to the royal […]
Muslim teen is on a quest to create a hijab-themed emoji – here’s her story
Posted Sep 21, 2016 A Muslim teen has issued a passionate appeal to the organization that oversees the creation of emojis, proposing a number of symbols that represent her faith, including a man wearing a keffiyeh (headscarf) and a woman wearing a hijab. By Billy Hallowell, Deseret News A […]
The Australian mosque
Mosques are part of our suburban landscape and have a crucial role to play in overcoming fears about Islam. The Conversation By Sam Bowker, Charles Sturt University PHOTO: A ‘humble outback structure’: a former Afghan cameleer’s mosque in Bourke NSW.(Flickr: Iain Davidson) I presented a slide of an Afghan cameleer’s […]
Iraq oil fires could jeopardize mission to retake Mosul from Islamic State forces
An Iraqi government soldier celebrates in front an Islamic State group flag covered in graffiti in the town of Sharqat, around 80 km (50 miles) south of Mosul, Iraq, on Friday. | AFP-JIJI WORLD Iraq oil fires could jeopardize mission to retake Mosul from Islamic State forces AP SEP 24, […]
Christians, Jews in Turkey Growing More Fearful of Islamic Extremism
Christians, Jews in Turkey Growing More Fearful of Islamic Extremism By Uzay Bulut and Kasim Cindemir Posted 2016-09-25 (VOA) — Threatened by Islamic extremism, Christian and Jewish groups in Turkey are growing more fearful amid increasing terror attacks and the government’s state of emergency following a failed coup attempt, representatives […]
Common Misconceptions about Muslims & Islam
By Nabeela Ali Bureau Chief Nawa-I-Jang Newcastle upon Tyne In today’s Europe, it is being widely misunderstood that all Muslims are silent supporters of ISIS and their religion teaches them violence and terrorism in the shape of Jihad. They believe Muslims are lying that Islam is a peaceful religion, as […]
India: Jama’at-e- Ahmadiyya Shimoga, Karnataka Partnered with McGann Blood Bank & hosted its 4th successful “Blood Donation Drive”
Report by Mir Azam Zikriya Press Incharge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Shimoga, karnataka Press Department: Jama’at-e- Ahmadiyya Shimoga Partnered With District Health Department, McGann Hospital Blood Bank Shimoga and hosted its 4th successful “Blood Donation Drive” at District Institute Of Education & Training Auditorium, Shimoga to mark World Peace Day. The […]
‘The birthplace of Islam in Britain’: Kensington’s Victorian mosque reopens
Source: BBC By Chris Long and Jerry Chester The first mosque founded in England, which has stood as a derelict shell for many years, has been refurbished and reopened to […]
Nine very compelling reasons to come to Germany to study
A lecture hall at Leipzig University. Photo: DPA Published: 09 Sep 2016 Sick of the expense of studying in the UK, the USA or Canada? Germany offers an affordable and highly esteemed alternative, argues Melissa Lawrence. Nine life-saving tips for foreign students in Germany (03 Aug 16) German unis offer […]
Turkey wants to join U.S.-led operation against Islamic State in Raqqa – Erdogan
Reuters International SEP 25, 2016 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S. September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (reuters_tickers) ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey wants to join the United States in a military operation to push Islamic State […]
Sad legacy
Sep 24,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL US President Barack Obama delivered his farewell speech before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, having reached close to the end of his last term in the White House. Obama seemed to blame everybody for the growing malaise in world and regional affairs except himself, as […]
Quartet warns that Israeli settlements eroding two-state solution
By Reuters – Sep 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian Malek Al Qadi, 20, who recently ended a 69-day hunger strike to protest his administrative detention by Israel, flashes victory signs after his release from an Israeli prison as he arrived for treatment in a hospital in the city of […]
Indian PM Modi says Pakistan ‘a safe haven for terrorists’
The Toronto Star. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will work to isolate Pakistan internationally. People of Pakistan should ask their rulers, India exports software, and Pakistan exports terrorists. By ASHOK SHARMAAssociated Press Sat., Sept. 24, 2016 NEW DELHI—India’s prime minister said Saturday that he would work to isolate Pakistan internationally, […]
Europe needs deals to send migrants home: Merkel
Source: The Local “We want to stop illegal immigration while living up to our humanitarian responsibilities,” Merkel said after talks in Vienna with counterparts along the Balkan migrant route.”It is necessary to get agreements with third countries, especially in Africa but also Pakistan and Afghanistan… so that it becomes clear […]
Meditations on The Philosopher King, Plato, and if Utopia is possible.
Source: bigthink.com Many great thinkers have devoted their time to trying to understand the ideal society; laying out a system of government, values, and behavior, practiced in their utopia. Few, if any, of these thinkers ever had a chance to directly enact their ideas. While the ideas of great thinkers are […]
Religious People Are Less Smart but Atheists Are Psychopaths
Source: Big Think By Paul Rainer Science and religion are fighting it out in your brain, not just in a metaphorical sense, but in a real, physical altercation. That’s […]