Source: The Local Economy Minister and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel was swift to condemn it, saying: “A factory worker, a shop assistant, a nurse, a care-giver would find this idea nuts. So do I.” The offending idea is a passage in this month’s Bundesbank report, which noted that “the currently satisfactory […]
Source: The Local Germany will introduce its first civil defence strategy since the end of the Cold War, calling on the population to stockpile enough food and water for several days, according to a report Sunday. The plan, which makes civilian backing of troops a priority while boosting the resilience […]
Source: Motto By Megan Lasher If you Google, or just whisper softly to yourself, “Is sexism dead?” chances are, a man while appear to tell you that yes, in fact, […]
Source: Aljazeera By Mohsin Ali More than 65,000 have vanished in Syria since 2011, according to The Syrian Network for Human Rights. They are victims of Forced (or Enforced) Disappearance – when a person is abducted, arrested or detained by the state or agents acting for the state, who then deny […]
Source: Aljazeera Politicians and law enforcement agencies have been slow to support Muslims facing growing threat of violence. Vincent Simon, left, and Mujeeb Kazi say a recent threat against their […]
Source: Aljazeera Decision follows prime minister’s recent vow to expedite execution of convicts sentenced to death in terrorism cases. The victims’ remains were buried in mass graves [Stringer/Reuters] Iraq has […]
Source: Vanguard By Haroon Balogun Amir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria, Dr Mashhud Fashola has described the hundred years of the Jamaat’s existence in Nigeria as a manifestation of Allah’s […]
Source: BBC A suicide bombing which killed 51 people in the Turkish city of Gaziantep was carried out by a 12 to 14-year-old, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Mr Erdogan […]
Source: Time BY Robert Redford Robert Redford is an actor, director and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council Bear Ears, a hallowed region for Native Americans, should be a national […]
Source: Rabwah Times https://player.vimeo.com/video/179397746 The controversy over the Burkini Ban that has gripped France for the past few months now appears to be spilling over to Germany. The ‘Burkini” a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women was originally banned by the French town of Cannes during the annual film festival. […]
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro Neymar delivered Brazil soccer gold—and a measure of revenge over Germany He was Brazil’s face for theseOlympics, carrying a nation’s expectations on his feet. […]
Source: The Guardian By William Hutton, who has written a weekly column for more than 15 years: six years at the Guardian and nine years at the Observer. He is principal […]
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post REUTERSTexas death row inmate Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed August 24, 2016 for a murder he did not commit. A group of nearly 50 evangelical leaders are urging the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor […]
Source: Huffington Post Sarene Alsharif, MPH Nutritionist, mom and loving wife trying to make a positive impact in this world. My life is normal. I like to believe I am an awesome sexy supermom but my kids and husband know I am just like every other mom, doing her best […]
Source: Huffington Post A New York City man appeared in court on Tuesday and denied charges he shot and killed a Muslim cleric and his assistant on a street in […]
Source: Huffington Post Jenna Amatulli Trends Editor, The Huffington Post A reporter talking to a student about anti-Muslim rhetoric was interrupted by a passerby making Islamophobic comments. For a BBC segment on Islamophobia on social media, reporter Catrin Nye was discussing with student Ruqaiya Haris, 23, the almost 7,000 anti-Islamic tweets that […]
Source: The Guardian Sheikha Radia (second right) and her fellow experts man the phone line Photograph: Delores Johnson By Hamida Ghafour Sheikha Naeema lifts her glass to take a sip […]
Source: BBC A former US Navy Seal who wrote a bestseller about his role in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden is to pay nearly $7m (£5m) to the […]
Source: BBC It’s finally happened. The much-heralded “world’s highest and longest” glass-bottomed bridge has opened to visitors in central China. It connects two mountain cliffs in what are known as […]
Source: BBC Turkey says it will take a more active role in efforts to end the war in Syria and accepts President Bashar al-Assad as an interim but not long-term […]