Donald Trump’s Abortion Logic Is Totally 100% Right
Source: Time By Jill Filipovic A lawyer and writer The success of Donald Trump stems from one major factor: the perception that he tells it like it is because he’s beholden […]
Scottish mosque leaders probed over Pakistani terror links
Police have launched a probe into alleged links between two leading figures in two of Scotland’s most prominent mosques and a banned sectarian group responsible for terrorist attacks against minority communities in Pakistan.Hafiz Abdul Hamid and Sabir Ali have been linked to the proscribed group A BBC investigation has revealed […]
Urdu poem lamenting on the state of Watan-e-aziz Pakistan
او دیس سے آنے والے بتا کس حال میں ھیں یارانِ وطن؟ کیا اب بھی یونہی پہلے کی طرح اٹھتا ھے دھواں، جلتے ھیں چمن؟ کیا اب بھی وہاں لوگوں کے دل ملا کے دیں سے ڈرتے ہیں اور خودکش حملوں میں وحشی حوروں کی خاطر مرتے ہیں؟ کیا اب […]
Obama at last prayer breakfast: ‘We heal hatred with love’
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks production editor and a national reporter for RNS WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama hosted his last Easter Prayer Breakfast with Christian leaders, pausing to reflect on […]
Trump’s Tragic Flaw May Finally Send Him Down In Flames
Source: Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has defied the laws of political physics from the moment he rode down that gold-toned elevator in his own Manhattan tower to announce […]
A meal that spans two continents
Source: BBC By Julie Bensman 30 March 2016 No matter what language you speak or where you come from, sharing a meal with friends is the best way to spend […]
Trump abortion row: Republican front-runner changes stance
Source: BBC US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has withdrawn a call for women who have abortions to be punished, only hours after suggesting it. He had proposed “some form of punishment” for women who have abortions if they were made illegal. But after strong criticism, Mr Trump repeated the Republican […]
‘Drastic’ Antarctic melt could double global sea-level rise
Source: BBC By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Global sea levels could rise by more than double the current best estimate, according to a new analysis of climate change in Antarctica. […]
Build 2016: Microsoft proposes helper bot boom
Source: BBC By Chris Baraniuk Technology reporter Microsoft has unveiled a new system of bots that can represent businesses and interact with users via Skype. Social bots are automated programs […]
15 Christian Women Get Real About The Role Of Women In The Church
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor In her book, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women, author Sarah Bessey writes about the stereotypes that the […]
Anti-terror police launch probe into Glasgow Central Mosque leader’s Pakistani terror link
Source. Evening Times. In documents uncovered by the BBC, the organisation’s own publication suggests that both Ali and Hafiz Abdul Hamid, a leader at Edinburgh’s Polwarth Mosque, had connections with SSP after it was banned. More.
An open letter to Muslim men from an angry Muslim woman
Source: Independent UK I recognise the irony of the fact that the first university in the world was established by a Muslim woman, yet today many are denied an education. […]
The Most Popular Letter to Donald Trump in Facebook: Refuting His Islamophobia
Source: Humans of New York An Open Letter to Donald Trump: Mr. Trump, I try my hardest not to be political. I’ve refused to interview several of your fellow candidates. […]
Shmila Ghyas interview: blogger, writer and activist from Pakistan
Shamila Ghyas is a young Pakistani blogger and writer who is challenging Islamism in Pakistan through her writing and on social media. BY ELLIOT FRIEDLAND, Mon, March 28, 2016 Shamila Ghyas. (Photo: © Shamila Ghyas) Shamila Ghyas is an author, blogger and satirist from Pakistan. She writes for The Nation, Dawn and the Express […]
He didn’t understand white privilege until he married a Muslim woman
Source: Fusion By Alaa Basatneh If you saw someone on the street sitting next to a sign that read “Ask A Muslim,” what would you ask? Sebastian Robins has probably […]
French minister compares veiled women to ‘negroes who supported slavery’
Source. Tribune French families minister Laurence Rossignol (pictured) sparked outrage on social media with her comment comparing women who wear the veil to “negroes who supported slavery” PHOTO: AFP PARIS: A French government minister on Wednesday compared women who wear the veil to “negroes who supported slavery” amid a backlash against […]
Why the Quran Protects Against Radicalization: A Rebuttal to USA Today’s Nabeel Qureshi
Source: Patheos.com By Tahir Nasser The dust from the bombs had barely settled in Brussels when the first anti-Islamic articles started appearing in major news outlets. In particular, Christian pundit […]
Can Pakistan win its war against the Taliban?
Guardian: Paranoid parents have always known that children’s parks are potentially dangerous places. That rickety seesaw might fling your child skywards. That slide is always too steep. That swing will snap one day. That toy plane that vibrates after you insert a metal token and sings Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star […]
Anti-Muslim campaign rhetoric endangers US, says secretary of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON–(Reuters) – Harsh rhetoric about Muslims by Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential election campaign is undermining national security efforts, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday. Asked about comments by Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Johnson told MSNBC in an interview that singling out a specific […]
French women’s rights minister accused of racism over term ‘negro’
Source: The Guardian By Kim Willsher The French minister for women’s rights has been accused of racism after comparing women who wear the burqa to “negroes” who supported slavery. Laurence Rossignol […]