This Is What Happens To Your Brain On No Sleep
Source: Time By Alice Park Bedtime is one of the most important parts of the day for the brain. The latest studies show that when we slumber, the brain performs important […]
Indian police receive life sentences for 1991 Sikh killings
Source: BBC Forty-seven police officers have been sentenced to life in prison by a special court in India for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in 1991 and then lying in an […]
Spain To Teach Koran In Schools ‘To Counter Islamic Extremism’
Source: Britbrat, London By Liam Deacon Spanish schools plan to “tackle extremism” by segregating Muslim students and teaching them more about the Koran and Islam, according to new government guidelines. Critics […]
A Muslim woman among 10 finalists of Manitoba’s Future 40
CBC Manitoba revealed another ten Future 40 finalists today, including a video game developer, a former United Nations delegate, an Indigenous artist and seven others. CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 highlights […]
History made as first (Ahmadi)Muslim elected to Saskatchewan Legislature
Source: CBC History was made in Monday night’s provincial election, according to Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. For the first time, a candidate who is Muslim has been elected to the […]
Should Pakistan be a Secular State?
Source: Pakistantoday.com.pk By Ayesha Khalid; who is pursuing an Mphil in Public Policy and Governance from FCC. She is a graduate of Kinnaird College, with a degree in Economics. Whether […]
The Myth of the Islamic State
FP: ISIS’ declaration of an Islamic State begs a fundamental question: When and how did that concept become a part of the political vocabulary of Muslim societies? After all, the idea hasn’t been around forever, and its popularity has waxed and waned over time. In fact, its emergence and popularity […]
Muslims have been migrating to the US for centuries
Muslims have been coming to the US for centuries, but you wouldn’t know it by the intense debates that continue to surround the movement of Muslims across international borders. Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump have called for the US to effectively ban Syrian refugees from entering […]
Panama Papers: Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, KP Singh, Iqbal Mirchi, Adani elder brother, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s son defends offshore companies
From film stars Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to corporates including DLF owner K P Singh and nine members of his family, and the promoters of Apollo Tyres and Indiabulls to Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/panama-papers-list-amitabh-bachchan-kp-singh-aishwarya-rai-iqbal-mirchi-adani-brother/ More than 11 million documents from the secret files of Mossack […]
UK: Private Islamic school printing anti-Semitic libels
A Muslim private school in the UK distributed leaflets condemning British society and reproducing anti-Semitic libels, according to an exclusive expose by Sky News. Mufti Zubair Dudha, the founder and head of the Islamic Tarbiyah Academy in Dewsbury in northen England, produced the leaflets. One quotes the famous anti-Semitic forgery ‘The Protocols […]
This study helps explain cognitive processes involved in religious conviction
What if? What if you hadn’t taken a class with the stranger who became your partner? Or gotten that career-altering job? Or met the mentor who shepherded you through […]
Restrictions on Women’s Religious Attire
Source: Pew Forum More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s choices […]
Outrage as Muslim pupils exempt from shaking female teachers’ hands in Swiss district
Source: Yahoo News GENEVA (AFP) – Male Muslim students at a school in northern Switzerland will no longer have to shake hands with their female teachers, following a ruling that […]
A Muslim teacher is visiting a D.C. school to share Arabic and his culture
Source: The Washington Post By Perry Stein Hallie Martinez stood in front of a large easel reading foreign letters that, a few months ago, would have looked like just a […]
Tennessee lawmakers vote for Bible as state’s official book; but have they read it?
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Tennessee lawmakers vote for Bible as state’s official book Source: Associated Press By ERIK SCHELZIG NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — […]
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to ‘One Person, One Vote’
Source: Time By Mark Sherman / AP (WASHINGTON) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in deciding how to draw electoral districts. […]
7 Ways to Boost Your Mental Strength When You Need it the Most
Source: Motto By Amy Morin When faced with tough circumstances, you may think that you’re unprepared to deal with life’s inevitable challenges. But you don’t have to wave the white flag just yet. Throughout my 14 years as a psychotherapist and while researching my book, 13 Things Mentally Strong People […]
The Panama Papers Could Lead to Capitalism’s Great Crisis
Source: Time By Rana Foroohar It’s hard to know where to start in tallying up the explosive revelations in the Panama Papers, an analysis of leaked documentsfrom global law firm Mossack Fonseca revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Yes, we’ve known for a while now that the shadow […]
Strangely in Sync: Scientists Solve 350-Year-Old Pendulum Clock Mystery
Source: Yahoo News By Charles Q. Choi The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall can influence each other and synchronize over time may hold even more […]
India cuts interest rates to five-year low
Source: BBC India’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the first time this year. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced its repo rate to 6.5% from […]