Source: The New York Times By Gail Collins Amid all the truly awful things state legislatures do, one of the rare bright spots has been the naming of official symbols. Who was ever made unhappy by the designation of a state rock? Tennessee, alas, is screwing up the record. The governor […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan (Tom Heneghan is a correspondent based in Paris) PARIS (RNS) Burkinis aren’t showing up at the beaches on either side of the English […]
Epigraph: One of the 114 chapters of the Quran is named divorce; it is number 65. Pope Francis Pushes Church to be More Open to the Divorced Source: Time By […]
Source: Daily News BY DAVID MASCI, BESHEER MOHAMED Mohamed is a senior researcher and Masci is a senior editor and senior researcher at Pew Research Center. The recent attacks in […]
Source: CNN By Jethro Mullen CNN’s Saeed Ahmed and Sugam Pokharel contributed to this report. (CNN)Islamic extremists in Bangladesh appear to be taking their war on secular writers and bloggers beyond the South Asian country’s borders. A hit list purporting to be from the militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team […]
Source: CNN by Matt Egan General Electric boss Jeff Immelt has fired back at Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders with an impassioned defense of his company. “GE has been in business […]
ibtimes.co.uk A pop star in Indonesia has died after being bitten by a cobra during a stage performance. Irma Bule, 29, was singing at a gig in a village in Karawang, West Java on 3 April when the incident occurred. The popular singer was known for her unique genre of […]
Academic and author Tariq Ramadan talks to MEE about terrorism, political Islam and what is going on in the Middle East and France Tariq Ramadan during at a conference earlier this year in Bordeaux,France (AFP) Hassina Mechaï Saturday 2 April 2016 Sometimes seen as an Islamic scholar, a theologian […]
#Islamophobia Murder of a Glasgow Ahmadi Muslim raises fears over sectarian incitement in UK Alex MacDonald Wednesday 6 April 2016 The murder of Asad Shah, a 32-year old Glasgow shopkeeper, in late March shocked Scotland and the local community who had long known him as a friendly face. But […]
Apr 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh There is no doubt that the eight-column headline in the sports page of The Washington Post last Sunday was remarkable and unprecedented: “Palestine Marathon sparks a growing push for movement over politics.” Never before have the American media, certainly not the country’s […]
Apr 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The New York Times is not only considered the leading newspaper in the United States, it is also something of a bellwether of intellectual and political trends in the country. So it was noteworthy that the newspaper’s Monday opinion page feature […]
Refuge cities: The sympathy of last autumn towards asylum-seeking minors in the Gothenburg suburb of Mölndal has been drowned out by anger and suspicion – but the city is working […]
One evening Mulla Nasruddin quarrelled with his wife and shouted at her so fiercely that she fled for refuge to a neighbouring house, where he followed her. As it happened a wedding feast was in progress, and the hosts and guests did all they could to calm him down, and […]
Epigraph: Believers, be the supporters of justice and testify to what you may have witnessed, for the sake of God, even against yourselves, parents, and relatives; whether it be against […]
Source: Financial Times By Sarah O’Connor Employment Correspondent Pity school careers advisers. If economists are to be believed, vast numbers of jobs will have evaporated by the time today’s pupils […]
Source: Dawn By SALTANAT ANSARI She is pursuing a major in International Relations and a minor in Latina/o Studies at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley. Lahore is my native city — it has always been the dearest sense of love I have felt. It was the beautiful gardens and my most […]
Social April 6, 2016 TEHRAN – The Golden Eagle Danube Express luxury train, carrying 74 tourists from the U.S., the Netherlands, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Australia, arrived in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz on Tuesday. The tourists paid visits to Azarbaijan Museum, Blue Mosque, and Grand Bazaar and […]
Source: Associated Press BY KATHY GANNON ISLAMABAD (AP) — Tackling extremism is a political minefield in Pakistan, where politicians openly consort with leaders of banned militant groups and sympathy exists […]
Source: The New York Times By DIAA HADID JERUSALEM — It was a typical day at the shrine around what many believe is the tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem’s Old […]
Source: BBC Former French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has been fined 30,000 euros (£24,000; $34,000) for calling the Nazi gas chambers a “detail” of World War Two. He was […]