theguardian: by Alia Waheed — Review of case of Mukhtar Mai, who was assaulted at behest of village council before high court acquitted attackers, could end 14-year struggle for justice Mukhtar Mai has become an international campaigner for women’s rights. She was gang-raped in 2002 Photograph: Felix Clay for the […]
He is suggesting what other’s have called: Pascal’s Wager, which is an argument in apologetic philosophy devised by the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–62).[1] It posits […]
Mysorean rockets From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Mysorean rockets were an Indian military weapon which were the first iron-cased rockets successfully deployed for military use. They subsequently brought about a revolution in warfare […]
Video: Courtesy of Hamid Rahman, Peace Village(Maple, ON, Canada) Muhammad Ali was offered a star with his name on “Hollywood Walk of Fame” but he refused and said: “I bear […]
Source. The Local The film itself he sees as a perfect analogy for this struggle. “The Life of Brian is against dogmatism. It is against unquestioning obedience to leadership”, traits he sees as characterizing the Catholic Church. “The Catholic Church is sexist, dogmatic and authoritarian.” “[But] Germany recognizes the Vatican […]
Source. The Local The attack comes a week ahead of the start of Euro 2016 in France, and hard on the heels of racially disparaging remarks about another German footballer, Jerome Boateng, from a member of the same Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In an interview published on Sunday in […]
Source.http://a-m-l.blogspot.hr/ Pakistan was created in the name of Islam because all Muslims in south Asia presumably felt like a nation. No one bothered to check if there were any footnotes to this feeling. But soon after they got Pakistan, Muslims started feeling odd living together. The first “exception” were the […]
Jun 04,2016 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has dampened down any hope that the French initiative of convening a meeting in Paris on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be in any way successful, even before the meeting started. Dore Gold, the head of Israel’s foreign ministry, went as far as to compare […]
Source.www.modernghana.com The campaign for effective partnership and participation in education delivery is in progress. Every individual, agency or organisation is being billed to join hands so as to give off the best of educational services to the Ghanaian child. Quality education service delivery is, in fact, a shared task and […]
It may not be a written text, more a collection of stories handed down by apostles, generation after generation, only later formed into a codex Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 3 June 2016 197 comments 420 So, Sir John Chilcot’s report is going to be “four times as long asWar and Peace”, is […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Ramadan — the Muslim holy month, which begins this year on June 6 — is a time of fasting, prayer and community. For some, it has also become a time to shop, when some wealthy families as much as triple […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan is meant to be a physical and spiritual challenge for Muslims, something that draws them closer to God. But depending on where they are in the world, some followers of the faith might have an […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor Muhammad Ali gave a powerful account of his lifelong search for God The Soul of a Butterfly, an autobiography the boxing legend wrote with his […]
Source: The Guardian BY Haroon Siddique and agency A Church of England vicar has been fined for a drunken brawl with police during which he swore at an officer and claimed to have diplomatic immunity through the Vatican. Gareth Jones punched, kicked, bit and spat at a police officer and paramedic who […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health editor, Chicago Cancer is entering a “new era” of personalised medicine with drugs targeted to the specific weaknesses in each patient’s tumour, say doctors. […]
Source: BBC By Priya Shetty Grady Nelson had his life spared by a brain scan. In January 2005, after he was released from a Florida prison, where he had served […]
Source: BBC Pope Francis has approved measures to sack bishops who mishandle child sexual abuse cases, a papal decree says. Bishops who are “negligent” in dealing with priests committing abuse […]
Pakistan Embassy DC, hosted a Peace Keepers Day and recognized some of its brave leaders. (Pictures by Dr. Kashif Chaudry ) PAKISTAN POST, while deeply admirable of Jibran Nasir’s stand against the Blasphemy Law of Pakistan, Pakistan Post disagrees with him that only social activities like he does is the […]
Source.Twitter.com.MKAPakistan. A 64 year old Ahmadi Hameed Ahmad embraced Shahadat. He was shot in the head outside his house in Attock, Punjab, Pakistan. Innahlillahe wa inna elahe rajeoon. Further details emerging
Source: USA Today In 2010, in celebration of Muhammad Ali’s 50 years on the world stage, President Barack Obama penned for USA TODAY Sports the following essay on what Ali […]