USA: Ahmed Zewail, Nobel prize-winning chemist – 1946-2016
Source: The Telegraph Ahmed Zewail, who has died aged 70, became the first Egyptian – and the first Arab – to win a Nobel Prize for science when he won […]
Politicization of Haj ‘won’t be tolerated’
Source: Arab News JEDDAH: The Kingdom has reiterated that attempts to politicize Haj will not be tolerated and that demonstrations will be prevented to ensure peace during the pilgrimage. Col. Othman Al-Muhraj, director for public security, said that carrying out processions from any of the Haj sites is strictly prohibited. […]
‘Islam for Dummies’: ISIS recruits have poor grasp of faith
Source: TOI The AP analyzed the IS entry form documents of around 4,030 foreign recruits who crossed into Syria when the group was rapidly expanding and seizing territory in Iraq and Syria in 2013 and 2014. At that time, the CIA estimated the extremist group had between 20,000 and 31,500 […]
CNN anchor breaks down while reporting on story of injured Syrian boy
Source: TOI The boy is Omran Daqneesh+ . He was being taken to hospital in an ambulance, after being pulled out from under the rubble of a building after terror airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, last week. The terror strikes occurred in the rebel-held area of the Qaterji neighbourhood which has […]
Traffic chaos at 38,000 gather for Ahmadiyya Jalsa event
Source:www.farnhamherald.com He felt the traffic chaos was caused “by everyone trying to get to the site in time for the raising of the flag at the start of the convention”, and although Ahmadiyya Muslims stewards were at the gates there were none further up the road to help keep the […]
WikiLeaks ‘Saudi Cables’ reveal secret push to stop Ahmadiyya in Indonesia
Source:kerrycollison.blogspot.hr The second cable is from the former Saudi King “Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud” and is in reply to the first cable by the Crown Prince “Naif bin Abdil Aziz”.In the cable the King recommends that the Crown Prince take following actions concerning the Ahmadiyya in Indonesia. More:
Mike Pence, guardian of Jewish freedom
Source: Times of Israel TA — With the presidential race heating up, a number of progressive Jewish commentators have portrayed the Republicans’ vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, as a conservative extremist opposed to Jewish beliefs and values. As officers of the only statewide, grassroots Jewish and Israel advocacy […]
Pentagon Drops Claim Against Navy SEAL That He Spilled Bin Laden Secrets
Source: The Daily Beast Four years after a former Navy SEAL was threatened with prison for writing about the Osama bin Laden raid, the Pentagon has dropped its claim thatMatt Bissonnette revealed secrets harmful to national security. Bissonnette, who wrote No Easy Day under the pen name “Mark Owen,” will […]
French beach burkini ban sparks disdain across the sea
Source: ET Volunteer surf life saver Mecca Laalaa runs along a beach. PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON: The ban on the Islamic burkini swimsuit on some French beaches has triggered disdain in English-speaking countries, where outlawing religion-oriented clothing is seen as hampering integration. Newspaper commentators have condemned the ban as an absurdity, and […]
Civil society
Source: Dawn When in 1951 Justice William O. Douglas of the US supreme court pronounced this test of free citizens, he was defining the concept of civil society. It comprises citizens who are not dependant on the favours of the state or its administrators. It is the state and the […]
Scholar Points To One Thing Nearly All Major Religions Have In Common
Source: Huffington Post and Youtube “Almost every major religion in the world has a sentence, a commandment that is a version of, ‘Do unto others as you would have done […]
Angela Merkel says burqa incompatible with integration — And we agree
Angela Merkel says burqa incompatible with integration in society for Muslim women German leader stops short of calling for a ban on full Muslim face veil but says a balance […]
Britain is full of inspirational Muslim women. They’re more crucial than ever
Source: The Guardian Type “Muslim women” into Google Images and the most common photographs show a woman wearing a niqab staring out into the distance or straight into the camera. […]
Parkinson’s could potentially be detected by an eye test
Source: BBC Researchers may have discovered a method of detecting changes in the eye which could identify Parkinson’s disease before its symptoms develop. Scientists at University College London (UCL) say […]
NYC Muslims grapple with surveillance after imam’s killing
Source: Associated Press By JAKE PEARSON and EZRA KAPLAN NEW YORK (AP) — At an emotional funeral service for a New York City imam and his assistant who were gunned […]
Family of Man Charged in Killing of Queens Imam Insists He Is Innocent
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS and EMILY PALMER They arrived early, an hour before the judge started hearing cases on Thursday, taking up much of a long […]
Westbrook police offer reassurance after anonymous threats against Muslims
Source: Portland Press Herald BY DENNIS HOEY STAFF WRITER Several members of Westbrook’s Muslim community were so terrified by threatening notes left at an apartment complex Wednesday morning that they […]
German conservatives call for partial ban on face veil
Source: Reuters By Caroline Copley and Michelle Martin | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have agreed that women should be banned from wearing the face veil in schools and universities and while driving, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Friday. The move follows an influx last year of […]
Usain Bolt Wins Gold in 200M Despite Missing World Record
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro No chest-pumping before the finish of this race. Usain Bolt was clear of the field, by a good body length, down the stretch of […]
The World Is Failing the Injured Children of Aleppo
Source: BBC By Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell is a Conservative member of parliament and a former International Development Secretary of the U.K. The Syrian city will stand forever as a symbol of international shame and failure Members of the United Nations Security Council should go to bed tonight with the picture […]