India journalist arrested over Muslim yoga ban report
Source: BBC A journalist in India is facing charges over a report he wrote saying Muslims were banned from being yoga teachers under government policy. Pushp Sharma’s report appeared in […]
Even in Liberal Communities, Transgender Bathroom Laws Worry Parents
Source: Time By Belinda Luscombe Belinda Luscombe is an editor-at-large of TIME A Manhattan rec center struggles to make its locker rooms work for everyone Girls from a swim team in […]
Will genetically modified insects help stop disease?
Historically, malaria and dengue control strategies have incorporated insect population control using insecticides, but in recent years, researchers have turned to genetic engineering. By developing mosquitoes that don’t carry such pathogens, researchers hope to stop disease spread. Culling insects Researchers creating genetically modified (GM) insects generally have one of two […]
New Way of Attacking HIV Virus Boosts AIDS Vaccine Efforts
Source: Time By Alice Park Researchers have found a new HIV weakness that could lead to a more effective vaccine The key to bringing down HIV is to find its weak […]
7 Ways To Train Your Brain To Be Happy
Source: Huffington Post Neil Pasricha is Director of The Institute for Global Happiness, a New York Times bestselling author, and a “Top 10” Most Inspiring TED Speaker. The Quiet Leadership InstituteQuiet […]
71% of Israeli Jews Deny West Bank Is ‘Occupied’
Source: Forward By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM ( JTA ) — Some 71.5 percent of Jewish Israelis say they do not view Israel’s control of the West Bank as “occupation,” a monthly survey found. The same percentage of Arab respondents to the survey called it an occupation, according to the May Peace […]
Five Great Places of Islamic History in the U.S.
By Furqan Shaikh In the current climate of political rhetoric against Islam and Muslims, it can be hard to remember that the United States has always been a country […]
China is building a Muslim theme park
Source: Quartz China is building a Muslim theme park to promote its state-sanctioned version of Islam Since 1958, Yinchuan, a city 600 miles west of Beijing, has been the capital […]
Chinese nursery schools ban religion after little girl recites Quran
Source: Independent A Chinese province with a large Muslim population has banned religion in nursery schools after a video of a little girl reciting the Quran was posted online. The […]
An Islamic Historian’s Response to Donald Trump’s Proposed Muslim Immigration Ban
……U.S should allow Muslim immigration—but primarily, and perhaps solely, from Islamic sects and not Sunnis by Timothy R. Furnish Donald Trump’s call to temporarily ban Muslim immigration to the US, […]
Top commander’s killing deals severe blow to Hezbollah
AGENCIES | Published — Saturday 14 May 2016 This undated handout image released on Friday, May 13, 2016, by Hezbollah Media Department, shows slain top military commander Mustafa Badreddine smiling during a meeting. (AP) BEIRUT: Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed, the Lebanese group said on Friday, […]
Repentance is cure to guilt
Mariam Anwer | Published — Friday 13 May 2016 ALLAH Almighty has made human beings weak; they need to be guided and are prone to making mistakes and committing sins. Some do so out of ignorance of the laws set by Allah while; yet there are some, who even though […]
Mataf bridge removed
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 14 May 2016 EASE OF PRAYER: The mataf around the Kaaba is now completely free of the temporary bridge, providing more space for worshippers to perform tawaf (circumambulate around the House of God) and say their prayers. (SPA) MAKKAH: The temporary mataf has […]
Baba Hardev Singh died in a road accident in Montreal
Source: Montreal Gazette India’s prime minister offered his condolences after spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh, 62, died when the car he was travelling in on Thursday overturned on Highway 30 in Beauharnois, just […]
Raaheela Ahmed Wins Primary for Maryland Board of Education
Source: India West Indian American Muslim Raaheela Ahmed has advanced to the general election for the Prince George’s County, Maryland, Board of Education 5th district seat. The 2015 graduate of […]
Conference on True Perspectives on Islamic Caliphate
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community By Nasir Khan President, Buffalo Chapter Buffalo New York Dear Friend, Peace be with you. I hope that you are well. The Buffalo Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will hold its next conference on Sunday June 5, 2016 from 2:00 – 5:00 pm at the […]
EU mission ‘failing’ to disrupt people-smuggling from Libya
Source: BBC he EU naval mission to tackle people smuggling in the central Mediterranean is failing to achieve its aims, a British parliamentary committee says. In a report, the House […]
Pakistan Doesn’t Owe You a Free Mansion
Source: The New York Times By MOHAMMED HANIF Mohammed Hanif is the author of the novels “A Case of Exploding Mangoes” and “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti,” and the librettist for the opera “Bhutto.” KARACHI, Pakistan — I once knew a building contractor who worked for the government of Pakistan. […]
Religion Declining, Secularism Surging
Source: Huffington Post By Phil Zuckerman Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. An ongoing spate of recent studies – looking at various countries around the world – all show the same thing: religion is in decline. From Scandinavia to South America, and from Vancouver to Seoul, […]
Netherlands sees sharp increase in people choosing euthanasia due to ‘mental health problems’
Source: Telegraph By Senay Boztas, amsterdam The Netherlands has seen a sharp increase in the number of people choosing to end their own lives due to mental health problems such as trauma […]