Drone shows extent of Italy quake destruction
Source: BBC Drone footage from the Italian town of Pescara del Tronto has shown the extent of the damage caused by an earthquake on Wednesday. The 6.2-magnitude quake hit at […]
The greatest jumper on earth is probably not a flea
Source: BBC By Ella Davies 26 August 2016 At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Canada’s Derek Drouin took the gold in the high jump, with a leap of 2.38 m (7ft […]
Why our ancestors drilled holes in each other’s skulls
Source: BBC By Robin Wylie 29 August 2016 For a large part of human prehistory, people around the world practised trepanation: a crude surgical procedure that involves forming a hole […]
What happens to the body when you fast
Source: BBC In 1965, a 27-year-old man turned up to a Scottish hospital with a strange request. The man, who weighed 207kg (around 32 stone) was giving up food – […]
US, Turkey at an impasse over extraditing Muslim cleric
Source: Associated Press By JOSH LEDERMAN and ERIC TUCKER FILE – In this July, 2016 file photo, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the media. WASHINGTON (AP) — Turkey says the United States is legally bound by a treaty to immediately hand over Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim […]
Nonbelievers sue over Pennsylvania House’s opening prayers
Source: Associated Press By MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A group of people who don’t believe in God filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday seeking to change how prayers are handled before sessions of the state House of Representatives. The lawsuit in Harrisburg federal court said House officials have […]
Dutch far-right party says it will ban mosques, Koran
Source: Yahoo News The Hague (AFP) – The political party of Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, which is leading polls ahead of parliamentary elections next year, has vowed to close […]
Under the Dark Spell of Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr. Is Damaging Public Christian Witness
Source: National Review by PETER WEHNER August 25, 2016 4:00 AM With his partisan, reckless comments, the Evangelical celebrity dishonors his Christian faith. Why do some Evangelical Christians act in […]
France’s highest court suspends burkini ban in test case
Suspension concerns single ban in southern town but is likely to set precedent for other places that prohibited full-body swimwear A Muslim woman on a beach in Marseille earlier this month. Photograph: Reuters Staff and agencies Friday 26 August 2016 France’s highest administrative court has suspended a ban on […]
France’s highest court suspends burkini ban in test case
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis Suspension concerns single ban in southern town but is likely to set precedent for other places that prohibited full-body swimwear France’s highest administrative court […]
BBC Video: The Selfish Green: Saving our Planet
David Attenborough – Richard Dawkins – Richard Leakey – Jane Goodall Debate on how we should tackle the issue of saving our own planet. For education and awareness purposes only.
Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Fire-fighters’
By Scott Shane August 25, 2016, nytimes.com/2016/08/26/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-islam.html#sthash.nqvD9sVc.dpuf Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don’t agree on much, but Saudi Arabia may be an exception. She has deplored Saudi Arabia’s support for “radical schools and mosques around the world that have set too many young people on a path towards extremism.” He […]
Muslim Women in the Olympics; More than Hijab and Medals
Muslim Women in the Olympics; More than Hijab and Medals August 25, 2016Sara Ahmad Egypt Muslim women are not new to the Olympic Games as they have always participated and competed fiercely in the games, however, their presence this year is probably more obvious as more Muslim women athletes chose […]
Canada: Extremist Literature Common in Canadian Mosques
The study conducted by a Canadian former intelligence analyst and a journalist assessed texts in mosques and Islamic Schools in Canada. BY ELLIOT FRIEDLAND, Wed, August 24, 2016 Extremist literature is widely available in mosques and Islamic schools in Canada, according to a new study, reported by the National Post. The study […]
This Man Is Paying The Fines For Women Ticketed Under France’s Burkini Ban
Source: Huffington Post By Willa Frej, who is a reporter at The Huffington Post based in New York. Fluent in French and proficient in Spanish and Arabic, she focuses on […]
Searching for Jesus in India – with a camera
Scroll.in: There is an old belief that Jesus Christ survived the crucifixion and spent his last years in Kashmir. Those who subscribe to this theory cite as evidence the Rozabal shrine in Srinagar, which is purported to maintain the earthly remains of the Christian prophet, and a minor body of […]
Insight – Indonesia’s most-wanted awakens new generation of jihadis
Reuters International AUG 26, 2016 – www.swissinfo.ch Police remove the body of a suicide bomber from the scene of an attack in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia on July 5, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Maulana Surya/via REUTERS/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor SOLO, […]
Whether Isis jihadis or government soldiers, speak to fighters in Syria and you will discover infinite sadness
In a military prison in Damascus, a 34-year old Muslim who wanted to be an Islamist fighter breaks down in tears as he tells us how he lied to his wife. Another man tells me his life is so framed by war that his biggest fear is peace Robert Fisk […]
A suggestion for Tehran and Riyadh
Aug 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI My affection and respect for my good friend and colleague from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with whom I discussed current events in the Middle East over a leisurely Lebanese lunch last week. We had very different analyses of how tensions […]
How reading Shakespeare could help stop conflict in the Middle East
There is a lack of humanist studies in the universities of the Arab world, and an absence of the texts which flourished in the very golden age which Islamists so often proclaim Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 14 July 2016 Two good friends were telling me at dinner a few nights […]