Source: RNS By Aysha Khan Aysha Khan is the social media editor for RNS. She also reports on Muslim issues from Washington, D.C (RNS) When Donald Trump disparaged the parents of fallen soldier Army Capt. Humayun Khan, he didn’t just pick a fight with the Khans. He now faces the ire […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Controlling human nerve cells with electricity could treat a range of diseases including arthritis, asthma and diabetes, a new company says. Galvani Bioelectronics hopes to […]
Source: BBC By Husna Haq Majestic mountains and sparkling seas always attract travellers – but sometimes nature has a bigger trick up her sleeve. To track down some of the […]
It’s hard to know exactly when the Republican Party assumed the mantle of the “stupid party.” NYTimes 2016/08/01 Stupidity is not an accusation that could be hurled against such prominent early Republicans as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes. But by the 1950s, it had become […]
Source: BBC The United States has carried out air strikes on positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Libya, following a request by the UN-backed government there, the Pentagon says. […]
Source: BBC Senator John McCain and other Republican leaders have condemned Donald Trump’s remarks about the family of a fallen US Muslim soldier. Mr McCain said Mr Trump did not have an “unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us”. Mr Trump has come under fire for […]
Source: The Guardian A new foundation will be created to help finance mosques in France in an effort to prevent the funding of places of worship by radical overseas benefactors, […]
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has said it was wrong to identify Islam with violence and that social injustice and idolatry of money were among the prime causes of terrorism. […]
Jul 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – HANS-PETER LENZ On August 1, citizens in Switzerland and abroad celebrate the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291. Some 725 years ago, representatives of the three Swiss original Cantons secretly met on an isolated mountain meadow to swear to each other mutual support […]
Source. Jakarta Globe Jakarta. The country’s second-biggest Muslim group, Muhammadiyah, has called for greater religious and racial tolerance in North Sumatra following the burning down and destruction on Saturday of several Buddhist houses of worship by enraged mobs in the city of Tanjung Balai. No casualties were reported in what […]
Source: Jakarta Glob Medan. Police have charged twelve people with robbery and vandalism after several Buddhist temples and monasteries were ransacked by mobs in the city of Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra, last weekend. “We’ve charged eight suspects with robbery and four with vandalism,” North Sumatra Police spokeswoman Sr. Comr. Rina […]
Source: Asia Times. BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian military helicopter was shot down in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Monday killing all five people on board, in the biggest officially acknowledged loss of life for Russian forces since they started operations in Syria. Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian […]
Source. The daily Beast You don’t hear national security leaders speak of ISIS like an enemy to be beaten. They talk about the terror group like a chronic illness in the global body politic. ASPEN, Colorado — Officially, the Obama administration is still committed to defeating ISIS. But at the […]
Source. Dawn Muslims in India form the largest religious minority in the country. According to the 2011 Census, they comprise 14.4 per cent of India’s total population — roughly 174 million people. To use the word ‘minority’ for them, therefore, is misleading: they are the third-largest Muslim population anywhere in […]
Source: Dawn TWO young Pakistani men have caught Europe’s eye in recent weeks. The first is 35-year-old Mohamad Usman, who has been charged by French authorities for conspiring with the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Paris in November. He was meant to participate in that carnage but was […]
Source: Dawn Police data in the United Kingdom shows a sharp increase in hate crimes in Britain’s most ‘Eurosceptic’ areas following the Brexit vote earlier this year,The Independent reported. In areas where voters opted to ‘Leave’ the European Union, data shows consistent doubling and tripling of hate crime which surpasses […]
Source: Rabwah Times. An interesting video at this LINK
Source. NBC News. ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said he doesn’t like singling out violence carried out by Muslims because people of all religions are guilty of deadly crimes. He told reporters the situation was like “a mixed fruit salad” and that there were “violent people in all […]
Source: “Look at this whole Muslim community that attended Mass,” she said. “I find this very heartwarming; I am confident. I say to myself that this assassination won’t be lost, that it will maybe relaunch us better than politics can do; maybe we will react in a better way.” Many of […]
what is Kafala system? employee cannot quit his/her job without employers consent By: Vicky Nanjappa Updated: Monday, August 1, 2016, 13:02 [IST New Delhi, Aug 1: Watching your fellow countrymen stand in queue for food is never a good sight. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said that the number […]