President Obama: Libya aftermath ‘worst mistake’ of presidency
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has said failing to prepare for the aftermath of the ousting of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi was the worst mistake of his presidency. […]
See How Americans’ Belief in God Has Changed Over 70 Years
Source: Time By David Johnson Fifty years after TIME posed the question Is God Dead? on the cover of the magazine, Americans’ belief in a supreme deity appears to be declining. The article, which focused on a group of Christian theologians grappling with the idea of a world without an active […]
Prince William and Kate Middleton Begin Tour of India
Source: Time By Rafiq Maqbool (MUMBAI, India) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid their respects at one of the sites of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks Sunday as they began a weeklong visit to India, their first royal tour in two years. Prince William and his wife, the former […]
Shopkeeper’s killing must be ‘wake up call’ to stand up to intolerance, Bradford peace conference hears
Source: The Telegraph A PEACE conference in Bradford heard today that the religious hate killing of a shopkeeper in Glasgow must be a wake up call for people to stand […]
Eventually a good news for Pak bride arrives – after 13 years
Source. TOI AMRITSAR: Finally, the arduous journey of 13 years of a Pakistani bride of making rounds to ‘babu’s offices’ seeking Indian citizenship came to a pleasant end after she received a much sought after communique from Department of Home Affairs and Justice directing Gurdaspur administration to issue her a […]
Hate leaflets calling for killing of Ahmadi Muslims distributed across London
Source: International Business Times By Tom Porter Leaflets calling for members of the Ahmadi Muslim community to be killed have allegedly been distributed in universities, mosques and shopping centres in London. Followers of the Muslim Ahmadi sect, which preaches a message of peace and tolerance, have long been subject to […]
How French Secularism Became Fundamentalist
Source: Foreign Policy By Robert Zaretsky, who is a professor of history at the University of Houston’s Honors College. A militant form of laïcité has taken hold in France, backed by […]
Finnish was the second language of Sweden for centuries. Now Arabic is overtaking it.
Washington Post: Officially, Sweden doesn’t keep a record of the languages its inhabitants speak. That fact was infuriating to Mikael Parkvall, a linguist at Stockholm University, so he decided to find out for himself. What is the most popular non-Swedish language in Sweden? After poring over various statistics and studies, Parkvall came to […]
King of Jordan issues initiative to restore Christ’s Tomb in Jerusalem
Apr 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has issued a Royal Benefaction (makruma) to provide for the restoration of Jesus’ Tomb in the Church of […]
Anne Frank House from a Palestinian perspective
Apr 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Aseel Ghaben Besides of the joy travel brings to one’s heart, each destination is also an eye-opener. When getting out of one’s environment, one starts wondering whether he/she would still have the same values, beliefs and norms. Moreover, one would also learn tolerance and acceptance. […]
A question is an answer
Why do you always answer a question with another Question, Mulla Nasrudin? Do I ?
‘Kill Ahmadis’ leaflets found in UK mosque
Source. BBC News. Leaflets calling for the killing of a sect of Muslims have been found in a south London mosque. Piles of the flyers, which say Ahmadis should face death if they refuse to convert to mainstream Islam, were displayed in Stockwell Green mosque. The leaflet was authored by […]
The very real pain of ‘imaginary’ illness
Source: BBC By David Robson How do you tell a patient that their paralysis, blindness, or seizures are “all in the mind”? As the doctor Suzanne O’Sullivan explains to BBC Future, our thoughts and feelings can move the body in mysterious ways that are just as frightening as any physical […]
Debating the Hijab
Source: The Clarion Project By Codi Robertson Westerners tend to regard wearing a hijab as a form of oppression, as French women’s rights minister says, but are things really as […]
Asad Shah killing should be condemned by all Muslims, say Ahmadi community
Source: The Guardian By Libby Brooks Glasgow’s Ahmadiyya community have called on all Muslim leaders and imams in Britain to publicly condemn Asad Shah’s killer, who defended the fatal stabbing […]
Secular activist who criticised Islamism killed in Dhaka
Source: The Guardian By Saad Hammadi in Dhaka, Aisha Ganiin London and agencies Nazimuddin Samad, whose family live in London, was hacked to death by at least four assailants after […]
Zika virus may cause broader range of brain disorders than previously believed
Source: The Guardian By Alan Yuhas The Zika virus may cause a wider range of brain disorders than previously thought, according to a small study released on Sunday. Scientists already suspect […]
Why some animals have venoms so lethal they cannot use them
Source: BBC By Josh Gabbatiss My reverie as I walk through Costa Rica’s beautiful Corcovado National Park is brought to a sudden halt when the guide’s arm slams into […]
Obama says Trump, Cruz doing Democrats a ‘favor’
Source: Reuters BY ROBERTA RAMPTON President Barack Obama on Friday told donors that Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz were doing Democrats a “favor” by exposing extreme views […]
Cameron Publishes Tax Details in Bid to Move on From Panama
Source: Bloomberg By Thomas Penny & Alex Morales U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron published details of the taxes he’s paid since 2009 as he sought to draw a line under the furor […]