Richard Dawkins on Medicine, Placebo and Homeopathy
He talks about homeopathy very precisely in the first few minutes of this video. He makes a very profound point that whoever establishes the scientific validity of homeopathy, will not […]
Switzerland: Vote on fresh ideas to tackle immigration policy
CROWD INNOVATION Vote on fresh ideas to tackle immigration policy By Urs Geiser JUL 25, 2016 – 17:00 Workshops in Lausanne and six other Swiss cities generated ideas that help promote a fresh approach of the country’s immigration policy (foraus.crowdicity.com) How to break a perceived stalemate in Switzerland’s immigration policy? […]
200 women allowed by courts to travel alone (in Saudi Arabia)
ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 29 July 2016 JEDDAH: At least 200 Saudi women were permitted by courts to travel without guardians once or several times for the purpose of study, treatment or tourism. More than 350 Saudi women had applied for travel permission in cases where they have […]
Excessiveness leads to shirk
SHEIKH NASIRUDDIN AL-ALBANI | Published — Friday 29 July 2016 From that which has been established in the shariah (prescribed law) is that mankind was, in the beginning, a single nation upon true Tawheed; then shirk (directing any part or form of worship, or anything else that is solely the […]
US deeply concerned over settlement activity
REUTERS | Published — Friday 29 July 2016 BESIEGED NATION: A street vendor displays his goods in front of a painting in Gaza. (AFP) WASHINGTON: The US is deeply concerned about Israel’s reported plans to build an additional 323 units in settlements in East Jerusalem on top of previously announced […]
Hillary Clinton Lays Her Best Case for Human Rights & Women Rights and USA
Epigraph Allah changes not the condition of a people until they change their attitude and that which is in their hearts. (Al Quran 13:11/12) How Hillary Clinton defined her historic moment […]
Video: Reverend William Barber Makes a Dramatic Presentation for Justice at DNC
Reverend William Barber makes an emotional speech of hope and believing at the Democratic National Convention.
Hillary celebrates American and a Muslim hero Humayun Khan
In a speech in Minneapolis, Hillary recounts the act of valor that took Army Captain Humayun Khan’s life while he was serving in Iraq. For Hillary, Humayun Khan’s bravery not […]
Scientists find cancer in million-year-old fossil
Source: CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN)Cancer may not be so modern after all. Though we typically think of it as a new affliction attributed to bad habits, bad luck […]
Theresa May plans new immigration crackdown on student visas
Source: The Telegraph Tim Ross, senior political correspondent Theresa May’s new government is preparing the ground for a fresh crackdown on immigration amid concerns that universities have become an easy […]
German officials urge close look at gun laws in wake of shooting
Source: The Indian Express Senior German officials on Sunday called for further controls on the sale of guns after Friday’s deadly shooting in Munich that claimed the lives of nine […]
Read President Obama’s Full Speech To The DNC
Source: Huffington Post President Barack Obama offered a moving vision of optimism for the United States on Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention and made it clear why he believes […]
Merkel rules out migrant policy reversal after attacks
Source: BBC Recent attacks in Germany involving asylum-seekers would not change its willingness to take in refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. She said the attackers “wanted to undermine our […]
Young migrant injured after jumping from window
The girl was staying in a centre for asylum seekers in Zweisimmen. Photo: Vasile Cotovanu Young migrant injured after jumping from window Published: 28 Jul 2016 10:03 GMT+02:00 A 15-year-old girl due to be deported from Switzerland is in hospital after jumping from a window on Wednesday morning. The girl, […]
U.S. Public Wary of Biomedical Technologies to ‘Enhance’ Human Abilities
Source: PEW Research Center Americans are more worried than enthusiastic about using gene editing, brain chip implants and synthetic blood to change human capabilities BY CARY FUNK, BRIAN KENNEDY AND […]
India cow vigilantes held for beating up Muslim women over beef
Source: BBC Four cow protection vigilantes have been arrested for beating up two Muslim women accused of carrying beef in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The two women […]
Swiss solar plane ends round-the-world tour
Record-breaker By Susan Misicka Jul 26, 2016 – http://www.swissinfo.ch Despite a few clouds along the way, the adventure was a blue-sky triumph. (Keystone) Solar Impulse – the Swiss solar aircraft – has completed the first-ever round-the-world flight by a solar plane. The record-breaking flight covered more than 40,000km without a […]
German police raid mosque and apartments in crackdown on Salafists
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Caroline Copley; Editing by Tom Heneghan) German police have searched a mosque and eight apartments in Hildesheim that are believed to be a hotbed of a radical Salafist community, the interior minister of the northern state of Lower Saxony said on Thursday. Germany is on high […]
In a country wary of migrants, Pope tells Poles to welcome refugees
Reuters International Jul 28, 2016 – Pope Francis gestures as he addresses the faithful during World Youth Days at Blonia Park in Krakow, Poland July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (reuters_tickers) By Philip Pullella and Wojciech Zurawski KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged young people on Thursday to welcome […]
Arab summits remind us of our frivolous governance systems
Jul 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The sad spectacle of the truncated “summit” of Arab leaders in the Mauritanian capital Monday was even more embarrassing than usual for this recurring event. It highlights again the often-frivolous behaviour of Arab leaderships, and the massive challenges they are failing […]