RADICALISATION Minister vaunts Swiss model to halt extremism By Simon Bradley, Geneva APR 8, 2016 – 14:22 Burkhalter and Ban see eye to eye on the issue of how to prevent violent extremism (Keystone) Switzerland’s federal structure and urban planning can help prevent the creation of ghettos and thus close […]
Source: CBS News BEIRUT— The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released most of the 300 cement workers it abducted near Damascus after questioning them to find out who were Muslims and killing four who were members of the minority Druze sect, a Syrian opposition monitoring group […]
Source: BBC By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Two light-haired, deadly serious anchors sit behind a news desk, delivering the latest on the race for the US presidential nominations in Finnish, with […]
Source: BBC The US has warned its citizens of “credible threats” to tourist areas in Turkey, particularly in Istanbul and the southern resort city of Antalya. Both the Islamic State […]
Source: BBC Wearing the hijab is a legal requirement for women in Iran. But a controversial Facebook campaign is calling on female tourists visiting the country to post pictures […]
Source: BBC By David Robson Soon after Suzanne O’Sullivan had left medical school in Dublin, she met a patient named Yvonne, whose mysterious illness appeared to bear little relation to […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Scientists have made a significant leap towards mass producing platelets – the part of the blood that forms clots. The […]
By Simon Bradley, Geneva APR 8, 2016 – Young activists set up tents outside the UN in Geneva last month to highlight the cost-of-living problems (@UNPAIDisUNSEEN) The plight of unpaid interns hit the headlines last year amid uproar over a United Nations intern living in a tent in Geneva. Seven […]
Politics April 9, 2016 TEHRAN – Professor Farhang Jahanpour, a former senior research fellow at Harvard University, says, “One school of thought that may come close to explaining most of the dominant forms of politics in the Middle East is Machiavellianism.” “While Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’ was supposed to be a […]
Source. The Guardian Tributes left at a memorial for Asad Shah, who was killed in what police are treating as a ‘religiously prejudiced’ attack. Photograph: John Linton/PA Libby Brooks Some of Samia Sultan’s neighbours don’t greet her any more, and sometimes it’s hard for her to understand why. Sultan, a […]
As the British royal couple arrive in India on Sunday, they’ll attend a grand ball where cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood actors, including Shah Rukh Khan are among the guests invited. Share on Facebook VIEW 2 PHOTOS zoom TOBY MELVILLE / AP Britain’s Prince William, right and Kate, the […]
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The bridge, which will be named after King Salman, aims to boost trade between the two countries A route of the proposed King Salman Bridge linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt, […]
Nasruddin had a buffalo whose horns were very wide apart. He had often thought that if he could mount between them, it would be just like sitting on a throne. One day the animal sat down near him and he simply had to sit between the horns. He could not […]
Source: Washington Post By Max Bearak Last month, after being offended by a tweet, Tanweer Ahmed traveled 200 miles in an Uber car from Bradford, in England, to Glasgow, in Scotland. The seemingly innocuous, […]
Source: Time By Julie Pace & Emily Swanson / AP (WASHINGTON) — For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the […]
Source: Time BY Lily Rothman DON HAMILTON REMEMBERS THE DAY WELL. THIS WAS BACK IN 1966. HE WAS 12 WHEN A CLASSMATE ASKED HIM THE QUESTION: “DOES YOUR FATHER THINK […]
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT- Early last month Fiji Government made an official launch of FIJI AIRWAYS non-stop direct flight from SFO International Airport. Travelers can book their flights by visiting the FIJI AIRWAYS website. Our press team was there to capture the highlights of the event. Fiji was recently ravaged […]
Source: Huffingtonpost.com The media owes all of us the truth and nothing else. In other words they have a journalistic duty to portray the facts as they are. But sadly they have become disingenuous in carrying out their duty when it comes to viewing the truth about Islam. According to […]