The Japanese art of (not) sleeping
Source: BBC By Brigitte Steger / Images by Adrian Storey The Japanese don’t sleep. This is what everyone – the Japanese above all – say. It’s not true, of course. But as a […]
Pakistan bans TV contraceptive adverts
Source: BBC Pakistani authorities have banned all broadcast advertisements for contraceptives. The regulator, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), said there had been public complaints that they prompted curiosity in […]
Can Libertarian Gary Johnson Be a Factor in 2016?
Source: Time By Alex Altman Donald Trump is almost certain to be the most unpopular presidential nominee of a major party in modern times. Hillary Clinton is running a close second. […]
4 Hidden Dangers In Your Summer Cookout
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin And “fire” isn’t one of them. With Memorial Day around the corner, there’s no doubt many Americans will be heating up the grill and hosting a […]
Two Washington state church fires being investigated as arson: sheriff
Source: Reuters BY BRENDAN O’BRIEN Authorities in southwest Washington were investigating on Thursday fires at two churches they believe were deliberately lit over the past two days and put places of worship in the area on high alert, police said. The suspicious fires occurred at the First Congregational United Church […]
The World Reaps What the Saudis Sow
NYTimes The World Reaps What the Saudis Sow – The New York Times <!– <!– require.map[‘*’][‘foundation/main’] = ‘foundation/legacy_main’; https://a1.nyt.com/assets/article/20160520-174331/js/foundation/lib/framework.js By THE EDITORIAL BOARDMAY 27, 2016 Saudi Arabia has frustrated American policy makers for years. Ostensibly a critical ally, sheltered from its enemies by American arms and aid, the kingdom has spent […]
Is The Morality of Islam Suitable for the Modern World, or Antithetical to It?
Source: Huffington Post By Kabir Helminski; Sufi author, activist, translator of Rumi & Yunus Emre, @KabirHelminski Let us rephrase the question: can a morality suitable for the modern world be […]
Why you should attend an international job fair
Why you should attend an international job fair The Local · 25 May 2016, 14:59 Published: 25 May 2016 14:59 GMT+02:00 If you want to work internationally, why would you waste your time at a domestic job fair? Bilingual People tells The Local about their international (and even virtual) recruitment […]
Israeli rights group accuses military of whitewashing soldiers’ abuses
By Reuters – May 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of Maram Abu Ismail, 23, and her brother Ibrahim Taha, 16, who were shot dead by Israeli forces last month at the Qalandiya checkpoint after attempting to carry out a stabbing attack, during their funeral in the […]
Disadvantaged youths drawn to Daesh’s rhetoric of power, revenge — analysts
By Laila Azzeh – May 26,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Experts participate in a session titled ‘The Secret of Attraction: ISIS Propaganda and Recruitment’ in Amman earlier this week (Photo courtesy of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) AMMAN — Faced with mounting economic hardships, young people are attracted to Daesh’s rhetoric and methods of […]
Indonesia: More celebrities, rock stars turn to Islam
.The Jakarta Post Jakarta | Fri, May 27 2016 | 08:58 am Teuku Wisnu(./kapanlagi.com) Topics Celebrities Muslim Paper-Edition 14 Share this article share on facebook share on twitter share on google plus share on Linkedin share on whatsapp comment share on email share […]
Nowhere in Indonesia safe for Ahmadiyah as persecutors expand into Central Java
23 May 2016 By Haeril Halim, Margareth S. Aritonang & Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) JAKARTA/KENDAL, Indonesia (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The attack on minority group Ahmadiyah has spread into Central Java as the authorities have failed to punish properly the attackers. For decades, some 100 followers […]
Muhammadiyah youth condemn attack on Ahmadi mosque
Muhammadiyah youth condemn attack on Ahmadi mosque thejakartapost.comThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, May 24 2016 | Books lie in tatters in a corner of Al Kautsar, an Ahmadi mosque in Purworejo village, Kendal, Central Java, following an attack early Monday.(Courtesy of Ahmadiyah congregation/.) The youth organization of […]
Meet The White House’s New Muslim American Community Liaison
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post With Islamophobia rampant in communities across the U.S., Muslim Americans now have a chief ally at the White House. Zaki Barzinji, former Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.), recently assumed the new role as liaison to the Muslim […]
DNA ‘tape recorder’ to trace cell history
Source: BBC By Roland Pease BBC Radio Science Unit Researchers have invented a DNA “tape recorder” that can trace the family history of every cell in an organism. The technique […]
Zika crisis: Rio Olympics ‘should be moved or postponed’
Source: BBC More than 100 leading scientists say the Rio Olympics should be moved or postponed over the Zika outbreak. The group says new findings about the virus make it […]
‘Lightly beating’ wife permissible, says CII’s proposed women protection bill
Source: Dawn By RAZA KHAN ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is deliberating on its proposed ‘model’ women’s protection bill, which allows a husband to ‘lightly’ beat his wife ‘if […]
Obama exploring how to prosecute Islamic State for genocide
Source: Politico By NAHAL TOOSI The Obama administration, having declared two months ago that the Islamic State is committing genocide, is now grappling with how to actually prosecute the terrorist […]
5 facts about how Americans view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Source: Pew Research Center BY SAMANTHA SMITH AND CARROLL DOHERTY5 COMMENTS Far more Americans continue to sympathize more with Israel (54%) than with the Palestinians (19%) in the Middle East dispute, according to our recent foreign policy survey. And half of Americans (50%) think a way can be found for […]
Israeli Jews, Arabs have different perspectives on discrimination in their society
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA Israel has been a Jewish-majority country since its founding in 1948, and its treatment of religious and ethnic minorities – including some groups within the Jewish community – has persisted as a hotly debated topic throughout the nation’s history. That debate continues today. For […]