Laughter is the Best Cure for Trump
In youtube search daily show, Colbert, Seth Meyers and SNL to continue to laugh all the way to November 8th, the day of election in USA.
A herpetologist in the making
By Prof. Muhammad Sharif Khan Since 1963, when I started working in field of herpetology, I enjoyed support of my family. None except me, were lovers of frogs and lizards, especially my late wife Rashida Tasnim (Professor of Persian language), with neat and clean habits, tolerated the smell of formalin, […]
AfD caught in Nazi scandal as members’ activities revealed
Source: The Local AfD candidate Kay Nerstheimer was elected on Sunday to Berlin’s state parliament, but quickly came under pressure over controversial posts he made on Facebook as well as his background as a former member of the far-right German Defence League. After labelling Syrian refugees “disgusting worms” last year, […]
US cops killed 100 times more than German police in 2015
Source: The Local According to the Washington Post’s database of fatal police shootings, 990 people were killed in 2015. In Germany, ten people were killed by police last year, according to a report on Thursday by publishing groupFunke Mediengruppe, citing figures from the German Police University. That means that while […]
A 10-month Umrah season proposed
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 17 September 2016 The expansion of the holy mosques takes into account the expected surge in Muslim population worldwide by 2030. (AN photo by Ahmed Hashad) RIYADH: A government proposal to extend the Umrah season from the current eight months to 10 is […]
Iranian Leader warns against insulting Sunni figures
September 20, 2016 TEHRAN – Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday underscored the importance of unity across the Islamic world, calling on the Shiite Muslims to avoid making vituperative comments about the Sunni figures. The Supreme Leader made the remarks as he received thousands of people from all walks […]
Iran-Islam scriptural heritage studies center opens in St. Petersburg
September 21, 2016 TEHRAN – The Center for Scriptural Heritage Studies of Iran and Islam was inaugurated in the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday. The ceremony, which took place in the Green Hall of the institute, was attended by the […]
Ghana: Call to remove Gandhi statue over ‘racist views’
Source: Aljazeera BY Teo Kermeliotis A group of Ghanaian academics, students and artists is calling for the removal of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from a university campus, saying that the […]
Poll: Most US voters ‘disgusted’ with presidential race
Source: Aljazeera Feelings of frustration, disgust and fear are mounting among US voters, a poll has found, as many Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump supporters say their presidential choice is […]
Iran opposes appointment of ‘Qadiani’ Asma Jahangir as UN Rapporteur on Human Rights
September 21, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | Iran has slammed the decision by United Nations to appoint Asma Jahangir as special rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and called her out as a ‘Qadiani’, a derogatory term used for members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Sect. Pakistani Lawyer and Human […]
Muslim immigration poll result due to poor leadership, says Tanya Plibersek
Source: The Guardian By Paul Karp A poll showing almost half of Australians surveyed want to ban Muslim immigration shows Australian leaders have not done enough to foster cohesion, the Labor […]
Senior Catholic figure John Usher admits conflicting accounts about paedophile priest
Source: The Guardian A senior Catholic church figure has admitted giving conflicting accounts of what he meant in a diary entry he made about paedophile priest John Farrell and child […]
History: Irish slaves in USA? Yes or no?
Let’s Squash the Myth That the Irish Were Ever American Slaves Madeleine Davies Éirinn go Brách and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to my fellow children of the Emerald Isle! From oppression by the British to oppression in the United States to oppression on cereal boxes, we have endured a lot […]
How others warp you memories
Source: BBC By David Robson 20 September 2016 When we think of our memories, it’s natural to imagine a kind of personal library, a bit like Sherlock Holmes’s memory palace, […]
Aisha: Scholar and Wife of the Prophet of Islam
Source: Huffington Post Yasmina Blackburn Writer, Activist, Mom She was called the “most truthful daughter of the most truthful one.” She was most devout. Most beautiful. And she was wed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, in the latter part of his lifetime. The story of […]
Flying over the Mediterranean in rescue missions
HUMANITARIAN PILOTS INITIATIVE http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:42461012 SEP 21, 2016 – 17:00 A private group of Swiss pilots has founded an NGO to search for migrants’ boats in distress in the Mediterranean. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The volunteers from the Humanitarian Pilots Initiative claim its easier to spot small boats from the air than it is from […]
DNA hints at earlier human exodus from Africa
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website Hints of an early exodus of modern humans from Africa may have been detected in living humans. People outside Africa […]
Video: Meet the British-Ghanaian architect behind a new African American museum
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by […]
Are we really facing an unprecedented migrant crisis?
MIGRATION SERIES (PART 3) By Duc-Quang Nguyen SEP 22, 2016 – Phrases like “refugee crisis” and “migrant waves” have routinely made the headlines in recent years. But is the prevailing feeling that Europe is facing an unparalleled level of mass migration backed by hard numbers? Here is a much quoted […]
The World Bank’s recipe for irrelevance
Sep 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Devesh Kapur World Bank President Jim Yong Kim’s nomination for a second term is inexorably moving forward with a lack of transparency that has become all too typical. Many observers are once again gnashing their teeth at the United States’ continued monopoly over the top […]