Telegraph UK: Parents should be prohibited from withdrawing their children from religious education classes, so the headteachers union has just resolved. Sounds reasonable? Not to me it doesn’t, because every child has a right to be peculiar. “The Bible and Shakespeare, which are to be found, we’re told, on every […]
NY Times: They are banned in France, mandated in Saudi Arabia and a fashion statement in Indonesia. Veils for Muslim women come in all sizes, shapes and colors — and with […]
Source: ET The impediments that Pakistan is facing in the procurement of a meagreeight F-16 fighter aircraft are a sad reflection of the current state of Pakistan-US relations. For Pakistan, in the 1980s, the F-16 symbolised its strong alliance with the US and the West. It fed the Pakistan military’s […]
Epigraph Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Now this is simply amazing This is the coolest bracelet going and will be very marketable soon. Are you ready for this? And it’s waterproof too. Look what they have developed in Israel. Forget everything you think technology can do. This goes beyond that!! This will be available next year. […]
Source: BBC By Chris Baraniuk It was September 2011 and physicist Antonio Ereditato had just shocked the world. The announcement he had made promised to overturn our understanding of the […]
Source: BBC By Pierangelo Pirak 3 May 2016 Over the course of several million years, apes gradually transformed into humans. This video shows you the key changes along the way. […]
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — When the leader of Germany’s Jews spoke out against the flow of Muslim migrants to Europe, a rabbinical student denounced his […]
The conflict with the Taliban looks unlikely to end any time soon. Afghans are losing hope their situation will improve. 03 May 2016 00:47 GMT The 2001 US invasion dramatically changed the way Afghans live in a way they could not have imagined [EPA] ABOUT THE AUTHOR Qais Azimy Qais Azimy […]
Source: NPR By TOM GJELTEN The global refugee crisis, political strife and economic dislocation all contributed to a worldwide deterioration of religious freedom in 2015 and an increase in “societal intolerance,” according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. “At best, in most of the countries we cover, religious […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — As a high school student, James Spearman excelled in math and science, and for a hobby at home, […]
Source: Crux By Nirmala Carvalho Crux Contributor MUMBAI – Police in India on Monday arrested 14 people for the kidnapping and beating of a Catholic bishop on April 25, including […]
Source: The Washington Post By Susan Sommercamp My first boss right out of college was terrific — ambitious, warm and open to friendly lunches outside the office. Then one day in December, the topic turned to her plans for Christmas. She asked where I would be celebrating the holiday, and […]
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A special war crimes court in Bangladesh sentenced four men to death Tuesday for killing, torture, arson and looting during the nation’s independence […]
Source: BBC Stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime, Italy’s highest court of appeal has ruled. Judges overturned a theft conviction against Roman Ostriakov […]
Source: Huffington Post By Casey Williams Editorial Fellow, The Huffington Post Remote-controlled ships could hit the high seas within a decade. While they might end up putting sailors out of a […]
Source: Time By Greg Milner Greg Milner is the author of Pinpoint. Reliance on GPS erodes our ability to build our own cognitive maps “Your GPS is WRONG,” the sign proclaims. […]
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander A study on the diet found many benefits Cutting calories is nobody’s idea of a fun time. But the perks of fasting go far beyond a leaner body, finds a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. People who ate a lot less for two years found they […]
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger There shouldn’t be a reason in the world for you to care about the star known as Trappist-1. Located a comparatively close 40 light years from […]
Source: BBC By Adam Hadhazy 2 May 2016 It’s a common urban legend: a mother lifts up a car to save her screaming child pinned underneath. And every now and […]