How we unravelled Maya secrets from the air
Source: BBC By Chris Baraniuk 26 May 2016 Some of the most magnificent Maya murals ever found – dating to 100BC – were discovered deep in the jungle of San […]
Man loses wife as stake in IPL gambling
Source:TOI Police said after having lost his all money at the share markets, the man put up his wife as a stake in IPL betting and lost her too.”The wife said the husband would beat her up every now and then and once he even urged her to bring Rs […]
Beijing’s call to prevent practice of Islam in China?
Source: TOI At the conference, senior Communist Party officials strongly backed Jinping’s statement. They made it clear that Halal products will remain banned in China as these “promote religious segregation”. More:
How to feed a happy, healthy gut
Source: Washington Post By Carrie Dennett If you ever feel like it’s you against the world, consider how your gut microbiota feels. Your genes and your environment interact constantly, and […]
Trump has taught me to fear my fellow Americans
Source: Washington Post By Richard Cohen Opinion writer What word comes to mind when you see the name Donald Trump? For some people, it might be “anger,” since he provokes […]
The transactional nature of religion
Source: ET Next year will mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, when one man’s protest changed Christianity in Europe. I was reminded of that by two stories published recently in India on the same day. On May 25, in Andhra Pradesh, it was reported that theincome of temples […]
The invention that stops girls missing school every month
Source: BBC In Malawi a packet of sanitary towels can cost a whole day’s pay, and girls often miss school because the cotton strips they use instead are inadequate. Charlotte […]
Egyptian president vows to punish Muslim men who paraded 70 year old Christian woman naked
Source: National Post CAIRO — Egypt’s president vowed on Monday to bring to justice members of a Muslim mob who stripped an elderly Christian woman naked and paraded her on the streets of a southern village. The May 20 attack in the village of Karma in Minya province followed a […]
Taiwan’s Asus unveils ‘budget’ household robot
Source: BBC Taiwan’s Asus has unveiled what it says is the first “affordable” household robot. Voice-activated Zenbo will cost $599 (£409) and Asus says it will be able to control […]
Jamat E Ahmadiyya Niger has won the case of a mosque
Source:irabwah.com Niger; Jamat E Ahmadiyya Niger has won the case of a mosque situated in Boupe which was disputed for last ten years. According to the details the case of the disputed mosque was in the court for last ten years and Jamat E Ahmadiyya had been facing the proceedings […]
The zoo that wants to release wild elephants in Denmark
Source: BBC By Josh Gabbatiss 31 May 2016 Rewilding is here to stay. The term broadly refers to restoring areas of wilderness to their former glory, but it is the […]
Germany: 3 Pakistani men arrested in sex assaults
Pakistani men arrested in Germany as 18 women report sex assaults – The Express Tribune http://tribune.com.pk/wp-content/themes/express/js/DD_belatedPNG.js DD_belatedPNG.fix(‘img, #developer-link a’); German police have arrested three Pakistani suspects as 18 women have reported becoming victims of sexual assaults at a music festival, authorities said Tuesday. PHOTO: AFP BERLIN: German police have arrested […]
London show reflects global boom in Islamic fashion
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Within minutes of the end of Sanzaa’s catwalk show, there was a swarm of women flicking through rails of clothing and flashing their […]
Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World by Timothy Garton Ash – review
Source: The Guardian By Nick Cohen Freedom is worthless if it is not lived. However important rights are in a constitutional democracy, they will wither unless you use them. From John Milton’s […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community says true teachings of Quran being ignored in Muslim World
Source: Alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad makes comments in Gothenburg as his tour of Scandinavia continues On 20 May 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the […]
Turkey’s Erdogan warns Muslims against birth control
Source: BBC Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Muslims to reject contraception and have more children. In a speech broadcast live on TV, he said “no Muslim family” […]
What’s in a name: Is ‘Isis’ too toxic for businesses to use?
Source: BBC Originally the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess, in Oxford “Isis” is merely the name for the River Thames within the city’s boundaries. And the name’s been very […]
14 Quotes That Can Help You Worry Less About Money
Source: Money By Ethan Wolff-Mann Words won’t pay the bills, but they can put things in perspective. We worry about money all the time. It occupies our minds when we’re […]
Amsterdam to pay local Jews $11m for Holocaust survivor taxes
Source: The Times of Israel The city of Amsterdam will give its Jewish community $11 million as compensation for taxes imposed on Holocaust survivors who returned home to the Dutch […]
Cell Phone-Cancer Link Seen in Rat Study
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin An important new study has linked cell phone radiation to cancers in the brain and heart. The new research was conducted on rats by the U.S. National Toxicology Program, which exposed rats to radiofrequency radiation that comes from cell phones for about nine hours a day […]