Mar 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAVID SCHEFFER On March 24, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced Radovan Karadzic — the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1990s war in the Balkans — to 40 years in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity and […]
Mar 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Iraq could be facing a human and environmental disaster of great proportions if the Mosul Dam, on the Tigris River, is not attended to, and fast, US experts say. The deteriorating dam, which needs daily maintenance work, according to one of the engineers […]
TOKYO—Japan on Saturday opened its first bullet-train service to the northern island of Hokkaido, part of an extension of high-speed rail to more corners of the country frequented by tourists. The trains will travel through the Seikan Tunnel, one of the world’s longest, and connect Tokyo with some ski areas in Hokkaido […]
cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/terrorism-rcmp-1.3508257 Kevin Omar Mohamed is alleged to have encouraged terrorist activity through social media, his lawyer says A man has been detained in a “preventive” arrest on fears of terrorism following an RCMP national security investigation in Toronto that police say is unrelated to the attacks in Brussels. Kevin Omar […]
Washington Post editorial 2016/03/26 AFTER TUESDAY’S terrorist attacks in Belgium , it took no time for Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) and Donald Trump to compete over who could be tougher on Muslims. Aside from the usual rhetoric about locking down the borders and halting refugees, Mr. Cruz called for […]
Toronto: The acquittal of former radio star Jian Ghomeshi has prompted fresh calls for a sweeping overhaul of the way Canada deals with allegations of sexual violence. Protesters stand outside of the courthouse after an Ontario judge found former Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi not guilty on four sexual assault charges and […]
Source: The Guardian The second case to thrust the supreme court into a showdown over religious beliefs, contraception and Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law unfolded on Wednesday, in a tense […]
Source: The Guardian One of Ireland’s leading theologians has accused the leader of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule of using Catholicism in an unchristian way to attract people to the cause. As Ireland prepares for the 100th anniversary of the uprising this Easter Sunday, the Jesuit intellectual Father […]
Source: BBC A trial has begun in London of an immunotherapy treatment aimed at halting the progression of type 1 diabetes. Twenty-four volunteers are being recruited for the study in […]
Source: BBC You put your card in the cash machine but nothing comes out. The bank’s IT systems have crashed again. But you need money fast, so what do you […]
Source: BBC A 516-mile route that passes through spooky ruins, fairytale glens, toothy castles, rugged fairways and shingle-sand beaches. Not to mention distilleries. Locals call it the “wee mad road”: […]
Source: Time Science is close to solving the mystery of why humans shed tears (and why some don’t) Michael Trimble, a behavioral neurologist with the unusual distinction of being one […]
Source: Time Why hasn’t America’s economy recovered more robustly? Economists have an unsettling answer In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, conventional wisdom among economists, business leaders, and policy […]
Source: CNN (CNN)Women with confirmed cases of the Zika virus or who have had symptoms of the virus should wait at least eight weeks after the start of their symptoms before trying to get pregnant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Men with confirmed cases of the […]
Published time: 24 Mar, 2016 Get short URL The Qolsarif Mosque at the Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve in Tatarstan. © Maksim Bogodvid / Sputnik Russia’s first Islamic banking centre, operating under the principles of Southeast Asia and Middle East partnership funding, opened in Kazan on Thursday. At a time when Western […]
All Photos: François Guillot/AFP IN PICTURES: Paris adds giant golden dome to skyline Published: 24 Mar 2016 12:12 GMT+01:00 As if it wasn’t beautiful enough already, Paris has just added […]
For just a ‘normal’ month in the life of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Pakistan please have a look at: https://www.persecutionofahmadis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/News-Report-February-2016.pdf or look at the full website : https://www.persecutionofahmadis.org/monthly-reports/
Source. Daily Record AROUND 500 people gathered at the vigil in honour of Asad Shah, 40, who died after a disturbance in his shop last night. Read more very emotional details.
Source: Huffington Post By Salam Al Marayati; President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council On March 9, The Huffington Post posted an article by Soorah Hassan on the growing Islamophobia […]
Source: Times of India DHAKA: Bangladesh will celebrate its 45th Independence Day on Saturday, March 26th, the day it emerged as a sovereign nation, breaking the shackles of suppression of […]