September 7, 20167:48 PM ET, NPR.ORG CARRIE JOHNSON Twitter Lawyer Abid Qureshi could become the first Muslim federal judge. President Obama nominated Qureshi for an open seat on the federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Enlarge this image Abid Qureshi, a partner at the law firm Latham & Watkins, […]
Source: The New York Times By BEN HUBBARD BEIRUT, Lebanon — As Muslims from around the world head toward Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and Iran have […]
Source: The Washington Post By Jon Emont JAKARTA, Indonesia — In early August, when leaders of several dozen Muslim countries gathered in Jakarta for an annual economic conference, some of […]
Source: Reuters By Wa Lone and Simon Lewis | SITTWE, MYANMAR A team led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan began to address the plight of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims […]
Source: BBC Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group. The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after […]
Source: NPR BY TOM GJELTEN Fifteen years after the attacks of Sept. 11, Americans have grown aware not only of the danger of terrorism but also of the reality that their […]
Yamaha Equips New Baitul Ikram Mosque UK – Many House of Worship (HoW) audio installations are in existing buildings, adding sound reinforcement for the first time or replacing a life expired system. But occasionally the opportunity arises to design an audio system as an integral part of a new-build. RG […]
MUSLIMS FOR LIFE BLOOD DRIVE AT MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE COMMUNITY Muslims for Life Blood Drive at Massachusetts State House BY INDIA NEW ENGLAND NEWS Follow us BOSTON–The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Boston Chapter will hold its sixth annual blood drive to honor the 9/11 victims. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA chapters nationwide […]
Source: BBC Microsoft has announced that its first UK cloud computing data centres are up and running. The facilities are located in London, Durham and Cardiff. They should help the […]
Source: Motto By Lindsey Caldwell Feeling overwhelmed or confused on your current path or in your current career? You’re not alone. But we have the choice to live our lives […]
Source: Time BY ARYN BAKER|ABOARD THE MV AQUARIUS | PHOTOGRAPHS BY LYNSEY ADDARIO FOR TIME Like most mothers, Victoria was willing to sacrifice everything for her children. Even if it meant risking their lives. Just before dawn on August 20, 2016, the 42-year-old Nigerian widow grabbed the hands of […]
Source: BBC By Robert Thompson Science writer, BBC News, Swansea Scientists are perfecting new methods to spot a difficult-to-diagnose cancer. Teams from the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Swansea […]
Source: Huffington Post By Jennifer Bendery WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama made history on Tuesday by nominating the first Muslim person to the federal judiciary, Abid Qureshi. “I am pleased to […]
Source: The New York Times By Sheila Black When I was pregnant with my first child, my ob-gyn referred me to a genetic counselor “just in case.” I have a condition […]
Source: CNN by Aimee Rawlins It’s no surprise that inequality in the U.S. is on the rise. But what you might not know is that math is partly to blame. In a new book, “Weapons of Math Destruction,” Cathy O’Neil details all the ways that math is essentially being used […]
September 7, 2016 | by Rabwah Times The Muslims for Life event that began in 2011 will return to U.S. Capitol once again this year to honor victims of 9/11 attacks. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The 6th annual blood drive is being […]
http://morigin.voanews.eu/embed/player/Article/3496943.html CHANAB NAGAR, PAKISTAN — Her hands shook slightly — a sign of age — as she held her thin, long dupatta scarf in front of her face and turned slightly away. Years of covering her face in front of men had made her shy. In her 53 years of […]
Source: http://www.atfalusa.org/father/ “Raising children is the responsibility of mothers and fathers have nothing to do with it.” Yes, this is an absurd statement but then why many fathers act in this way – You, as a father are as equal of a role model as your wives. Names such as Dad, […]
Although facing defeat in Iraq, the group continues to implement gruesome killings and new rules for everything from soccer to divorce. A round-up. Tue, September 6, 2016, https://www.clarionproject.org/news/even-islamic-state-has-banned-burqa-security-reasons In an ironic twist of fate, the (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)Islamic State has banned the wearing of burqas (that they had made obligatory on every […]
Source: Dawn MANY of the far-right political parties in Europe that are riding a wave of misguided anti-refugee sentiment are inclined to view Australia as a role model. They look across the sea and fawn upon a nation whose navy turns back rickety vessels overflowing with desperate asylum-seekers. They see […]