What we would actually do to stop a ‘doomsday’ asteroid
Source: BBC By Jesse Emspak Lumps of rock flying through space could cause catastrophic damage to our planet. What could we do if we found one on a collision course? […]
Video Debate: Birmingham AMSA – Should Humanism Replace Religion?
Religion has always been at the forefront of discussions of ethics, spirituality and the meaning of life. However the rise of Humanism, a completely secular ideology, has highlighted the possibility […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: My Very Muslim Christmas
Source: Time By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar TIME columnist Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is also a celebrated author, filmmaker and education ambassador whose life and […]
U.S. and Mexico Considering Joint Bid to Host 2026 World Cup
Source: Time By Katie Reilly The United States and Mexico are in talks about a possible joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino has already voiced support for the idea. “Mr. Infantino was very enthusiastic about my idea for a joint bid and wants me […]
Smithsonian Offers Sneak Peek of Museum of African-American History
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan On the lowest level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open this September, there is a series of inscriptions on a […]
Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims Report Shows Denial of Religious Freedom, Human Rights in Pakistan.
Source: Christian Today By Jeffrey Imm Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports the universal human rights of freedom of religion for all. But for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, such […]
The Beautiful Reasons Why These Women Love Wearing A Hijab
Source: Huffington Post By Yasmin Nouh;Blog Editor, The Huffington Post The New York Times recently published a “guide“ to Muslim headscarves. The article intended to illuminate an Islamic concept that […]
Refugee Wrangling: Merkel’s Deal with Turkey in Danger of Collapse
REUTERS Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan The conflict between Europe and Ankara over visa freedoms for Turkish citizens is escalating and Chancellor Merkel’s refugee deal is in danger of collapse. Neither side is willing to back down. By SPIEGEL Staff On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was standing on […]
Reception Held To Mark Inauguration Of Mahmood Mosque In Malmo, Sweden
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivers keynote address. On 14 May 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at a special reception held to mark the inauguration of the Mahmood Mosque (Mosque of the Praiseworthy) […]
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman: The human struggle of good and evil
The Story of God With Morgan Freeman | S01 E05 | Why Does Evil Exist? Source: ET Oscar winner Morgan Freeman is embarking on a religious exploration into the […]
Iran and Saudi Arabia: The art of Islamic tolerance
The escalating rivalries and animosities between Iran and Saudi Arabia have nothing to do with the Sunni-Shia divide. Visitors relax on the grounds of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar [Getty] by Hamid Dabashi @HamidDabashi Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature […]
When Muslims ruled the civilised world
Beyond the paradox of celebrating a bygone Islamic civilization at the height of Islamophobia in the United States. Scene from the manuscript of the poem, the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, paintings by Khuwayyi. c 1250AD Konya, Turkey [Getty] by Hamid Dabashi @HamidDabashi Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor […]
Israel shuns French initiative after UNESCO vote
By AFP – May 15,2016 – An Israeli soldier asks a protester with a Palestinian flag to go further during confrontations following a rally to commemorate the ‘Nakbeh’ or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic in reference to the creation of Israel in 1948 on Palestinian land on Sunday in the […]
How the life of Hezbollah’s Mustafa Badreddine tells the political history of the Middle East
After Badreddine’s killing, we may never know if the 2005 death of Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri marked the start of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to destroy Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian regime Robert Fisk @indyvoices For almost five years, UN investigators wanted to find Mustafa Badreddine. And now, at last, […]
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
Source: Wall Street Journal By Amy Chua, who is a professor at Yale Law School and author of “Day of Empire” and “World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds […]
Man Pleads Guilty After Pulling Woman’s Hijab Off on Plane
Source: Yahoo News A man pleaded guilty to religious obstruction on Friday after pulling off a woman’s hijabon an airplane last year. Gill Parker Payne, 37, was on a Southwest […]
Heed the Call of the Wild at This Ethereal Wolf Sanctuary
Credits: National Geographic Author Becky Harlan Tucked into a lush swath of woods in Washington’s South Puget Sound—where light filters through mossy trees and ravens circle overhead—sitsWolf Haven International. The […]
A Dreamy, Photographic Pilgrimage Along the Ganges River
Credits: National Geographic Author Becky Harlan Photographer Caleb Cain Marcus began his 1,500-mile pilgrimage along the the Ganges River amid the snow-capped peaks of Gangotri, India, a Hindu pilgrim town […]
This Park in Peru Is Nature ‘in Its Full Glory’—With Hunters
Source: National Geographic By Emma Marris Photographs by Charlie Hamilton James Manú National Park is a biological wonder, protected—for now—by isolation and the indigenous people deep in its rain forest. Elias Machipango Shuverireni picks […]
US SECRET SERVICE UNCOVERS: THE WEST WANTED AN ISLAMIC TERROR STATE
BY DR. JUERGEN TODENHOEFER Dear friends, according to the US secret service, DIA, the Obama administration has known as early as August 2012 that Al Qaeda /AQI, IS, ISIS) and other extremists were heading the Syrian rebellion. As a result, the “possibility that a Salafist principality in Eastern Syria“ would […]