Could air pollution cause brain damage?
Source: BBC Tiny particles of pollution – inside samples of brain tissue – could be contributing to diseases such as Alzheimer’s, according to new research. The study, led by scientists […]
China warns Hong Kong democracy activists after election
Source: BBC China has warned that anyone advocating Hong Kong’s independence could be punished, state media say. The stern message came after young pro-democracy activists won seats on Hong Kong’s […]
Germany: Jalsa Salana Germany 2016 concludes with faith-inspiring address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Jalsa Salana Germany 2016 concludes with faith-inspiring address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ● TUESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2016 More than 38,000 people attend three-day convention in Karlsruhe The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad concluded the 41st Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the […]
India: UP Hindu girl teaching Glorious Quran to Muslim kids
18-year-old Hindu girl Pooja Kushwaha has been teaching the Holy Quran to Muslim children in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to the Times of India, she revealed how she learned to read Arabic and begin teaching the Holy Quran, despite being a Hindu. “Many years ago, there was another woman […]
We pay for terrorism at the gas pumps
Peter Hartcher , The Sydney Morning Herald Saudi Arabia uses the proceeds of its oil exports to pay for, among other things, the missionary spread of the Islamic fundamentalist doctrine of Wahhabism. This has spread like a cancer to scores of countries. It has poisoned traditional local interpretations of […]
Jalsa Salana Germany 2016 Concludes with Faith-inspiring Address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
More than 38,000 people attend three-day convention in Karlsruhe. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad concluded the 41st Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany on 4 September 2016 with an inspirational and faith […]
Meet Generation M: the young, affluent Muslims changing the world
Source: The Guardian Book Reviewed by Harriet Sherwood The book written by Shelina Janmohamed Burkinis, misery memoirs and people on camels: the caricatures of Islam don’t leave much room for […]
Muslims should reconsider letting Saudis manage Hajj, holy sites: Khamenei
Source: ET Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an angry rebuke to “blasphemous” regional rival Saudi Arabia on Monday, calling on the Muslim world to question its management of Islam’s holiest sites.“Because of Saudi rulers’ oppressive behaviour towards God’s guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management […]
Time for introspection in the Muslim world
Source: ET It is now time for Muslims to indulge in some deep introspection. On a reflective note, what one finds is that militant outfits have, through force and violence, snatched the mantle of interpreting the verses of the Holy Quran out of context to justify and legitimise their horrendous […]
Children of equal gods
Source: Dawn Black Skin, White Masks is characterised by its eclectic but sharply focused reading and quotations, its neologisms and Creole inflections, and its anger. It details the collective mental illness imposed by racism. Fanon lambasts European psychoanalysis’s obsession with the Oedipus complex. He observes that for non-white subjects, trauma […]
Twin suicide blasts by Taliban in Kabul kill 24, wound 91
Source: Dawn KABUL: At least 24 people were killed and 91 wounded on Monday in a double suicide bombing in central Kabul during late afternoon rush hour, the latest assault on the Afghan capital. The carnage near the defence ministry came as the Taliban ramp up their nationwide summer offensive […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community speaks of risks of refugee crisis and rise of the Far-Right in Europe
loveforallhatredfornone.org: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses non-Ahmadi guests and members of Lajna Imaillah on day 2 of Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 3 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of more than 1,000 […]
India: Islamic Scholars Must Join Ideological War
سلطان شاہین، بانی و ایڈیٹر، نیو ایج اسلام علماء اسلام کا اسلام پسند نظریہ سازوں کے خلاف نظریاتی جنگ میں شامل ہوناضروری 10 جولائی 2016 اس سال عید کے مبارک موقع پر خوشیوں کا نہیں بلکہ کشت و خون کا بازار گرم رہا۔ پوری دنیا میں اس سال رمضان المبارک کے مقدس […]
Great British Bake Off reflects the country’s cultural mix — and the racists hate it
There is an uneasiness among many people at the speed and extent to which British society is changing. By Harcharan Chandhoke September 5, 2016 13:53 BST, IBTimes.co.uk How very sad that a turbaned Sikh man, born and bred in Britain, should suffer racial abuse for having the temerity to appear on […]
Syria conflict: IS claims wave of bombings that kills dozens
Source: BBC At least 40 people have been killed in bombings in mainly government-held areas of Syria, state media report. Four attacks took place within an hour in Tartous, Homs […]
Why paper cuts hurt so much
Source: BBC By Jason G Goldman 5 September 2016 Paper seems completely harmless, but anybody who has refilled a photocopier or thumbed too quickly through a book knows that this […]
Is our Universe just a simulation?
Source: BBC By Philip Ball 5 September 2016 Are you real? What about me? These used to be questions that only philosophers worried about. Scientists just got on with figuring […]
German boy, nine, saves young brother in Korbach pool
Source: BBC A nine-year-old German boy has been hailed a hero for resuscitating his two-year-old brother after he fell into a garden swimming pool. The brothers were being looked after […]
Hong Kong election: Youth protest leaders win LegCo seats
Source: BBC A new generation of pro-democracy activists has won seats on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo). The young leaders want greater autonomy and changes to the way Hong Kong […]
Do Science and Religion Conflict? Yes – And It Matters
Source: Huffington Post By Connor Wood Scholar, writer, blogger, musician Is there a conflict between religion and science? Some say yes. Others say no. Regardless of their answer, nearly everyone thinks that the relationship between faith and science has to do with competing knowledge and truth claims, where science says one […]