Scotlands wee but wild road
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”: […]
The Science of Crying
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 […]
This Theory Explains Why the U.S. Economy Might Never Get Better
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 […]
CDC updates Zika recommendations for sex and pregnancy
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 […]
First Islamic bank opens in Russia
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 […]
IN PICTURES: Paris adds giant golden dome to skyline
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 […]
Persecution of Ahmadi-Muslims in Pakistan
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/
Asad Shah: Nicola Sturgeon joins 500 people at vigil as defiant locals declare ‘This is not who we are’
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.
Empowering And Thanking Those Who Stand Up to Islamophobia
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 […]
Bangladesh celebrates 45th Independence Day Today and We Applaud Her Secularism
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 […]
‘I found the message of Islam simple, yet powerful’
An Indian Muslim devotee offers prayers during Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, in this October 6, 2014 file photo. (AFP) ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 25 March 2016 Akifah Baxter, a former Christian based in the United States, once strolled through a bookstore in search for guidance […]
Saudi Arabia: Alarm: 70% rise in cyber harassment among youth
In this file photo, Saudi men talk and browse the Internet at a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 26 March 2016 MADINAH: Harassment on the Internet among the country’s young people aged 13 to 26 has risen by 70 percent, fueled by the spread […]
The swoon hypothesis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The swoon hypothesis is any of a number of ideas that aim to explain the resurrection of Jesus, proposing that Jesus did not die on the cross, but merely fell unconscious (“swooned”), and was later revived in the tomb in the same mortal body. This […]
The crux of the matter: The Filipinos crucified on Good Friday
The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection on rational understanding of Easter By Euan McKirdy, CNN (CNN) Some devout Catholics in the deeply religious Southeast Asian nation of the […]
Bangladeshis Protest Against Ending Islam as State Religion
Source: Voice Of America DHAKA, BANGLADESH—Thousands of Muslims rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to denounce a court petition seeking to remove Islam as the country’s official state religion. About […]
What’s next for the Muslims of Belgium?
Source: Tribune Tuesday’s attacks at the airport and a rail station in Brussels claimed 34 lives and left dozens injured. So far, six arrests have been confirmed as operation cleanup […]
Anti-Muslim spat: Myanmar’s leader Suu Kyi loses cool with BBC’s Mishal Husain
Source: Tribune Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi recently lost her cool during an interview with BBC’s Mishal Husain. After getting grilled by the BBC presenter, […]
The surprising origin of humanity’s most deadly disease
Source: BBC Malaria is one of several deadly diseases that has jumped the species barriers from animals into humans. It kills almost half a million people per year, and can […]
Why are people so incredibly gullible?
Source: BBC If you ever need proof of human gullibility, cast your mind back to the attack of the flesh-eating bananas. In January 2000, a series of chain emails began reporting that imported bananas were infecting people with “necrotizing fasciitis” – a rare disease in which the skin erupts into […]
Europe was once home to a wild ape unlike all others
Source: BBC About seven million years ago, human evolution was just getting started in east Africa. But thousands of kilometres to the north, another ape empire was in its death […]