Twitter’s role in modern warfare
Source: BBC Virtual warfare is being waged on social networks with the majority of users unaware that nations and militant groups alike are targeting their hearts and minds. Modern conflicts […]
The 4 Golden Rules of Networking
Source: Motto “How did you get that opportunity?” My answer: One amazing person. “How did you get that job?” My answer: One amazing person? “How did you get to write […]
Anti-Donald Trump Protester Punched and Kicked at Rally in Arizona
Source: Time Another Donald Trump rally was plagued by violence Saturday when a protester was punched in the face and kicked while being escorted out the Republican front-runner’s event in Arizona. Video of the disorder, which erupted at the mogul’s rally in Tucson, shows a man shouting and holding an […]
After Islamophobia comes the criminalisation of Arabic
Al Jazeera Yasir Suleiman © Provided by Al Jazeera Who will rescue Western societies from their Islamophobes? Discussing conflict, the Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) told us decades ago that when language comes to the fore as an issue in society, we should conclude that there are non-linguistic […]
Islamic world had extraordinary effect on medieval philosophers: Charles Taliaferro
Islamic world had extraordinary effect on medieval philosophers: Charles Taliaferro Tehran Times Social Desk TEHRAN —“Muslim world had made such extraordinary headway in mathematics, algebra, medicine, and the sciences in general, it was inevitable that its philosophical contribution needed to be taken seriously by medieval philosophers,” Charles Taliaferro tells the […]
EU says Israeli land seizure threatens peace process
By Reuters – Mar 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES The Dome of the Rock is seen surrounded by houses in Jerusalem’s Old City (foreground) with the Mount of Olives in the background on Thursday (AFP photo) BRUSSELS — A seizure of land by Israel in the West Bank raises […]
Complicating an already complex process
Mar 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The March 17 decision of Kurds in the north of Syria to vote in favour of autonomy for their areas can only complicate the already complex process intended to end the five-year-old civil war in the country and then, hopefully, usher in a […]
Migrant crisis: Turkish monitors on Greek islands for EU deal
Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionJames Reynolds watched the first group of migrants arriving on Lesbos as the new rules came into force Turkish observers have arrived on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios to oversee an EU deal on sending […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan Praying for the safe release of Japanese Journalist Yasuda Jumpei
News courtesy: Anees Ahmad Nadeem, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Japan A video surfaced on 17 March, appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading […]
India: Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya organizes a Tree plantation drive
Source of news: Mohammad Kashif Khalid, Zaeem Halqa Daru-s-Salaam Qadian Today Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya halqa Daru-s-Salaam Qadian organised a successful event of tree plantation drive in Daru-s-Salaam colony qadian. Khuddam took […]
Being Muslim Is Not a Political Statement
Source: Huffington Post By Sabrina Sultana; Student, Bard College It is becoming increasingly common in anti-Muslim rhetoric to claim Islam as a political ideology, instead of a Muslim faith. The increase in suspicion and fear towards Muslims fuels this idea as people begin to immediately associate Islam with violence. As […]
A Christian scholar examines Prophet Muhammad’s pluralism and his Covenants at length
Religious Pluralism and Civic Rights in a “Muslim Nation”: An Analysis of Prophet Muhammad’s Covenants with Christians Source: MDPI – Open Access Publishing By Craig Considine; Department of Sociology, Rice University, Houston, […]
Are Religious Parents Brainwashing Their Children?
Source: Review of Religions By Umar Nasser, who is a final year medical student at Imperial College, London. He is currently serving as Chair of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association UK, and is the co-founder of Endofatheism.com, an initiative seeking to provide coherent answers to the questions posed by atheism in the […]
Malala Yousafzai Just Delivered the Elegant Donald Trump Rebuttal You’ve Been Waiting For
Esquire.com Leave it to Nobel Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai to tell it like it is. In an interview with United Kingdom’s Channel 4, Yousafzai warned hateful politicians about the danger of their anti-Muslim messages: “The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create,” she said. A good point—and […]
Best Lectures on Meditation: Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
By Professor Mark W. Muesse, Ph.D. Learn how to better live in harmony with the realities of the world and to feel more deeply connected to the whole of life […]
Darwin’s Best Quote on Religion and Science
“To conclude, therefore, let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well-studied in the book of God’s word, or in the book of God’s works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men […]
What is India’s caste system?
Source: BBC India has in recent weeks seen some of its most concerted protests because of caste. At least 18 people were killed and hundreds injured in violent protests by […]
Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam ‘to sue French prosecutor’
Source: BBC Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam’s lawyer says he plans to take legal action against a French prosecutor for breach of confidentiality. The Paris prosecutor told reporters that Abdeslam […]
Islamic world had extraordinary effect on medieval philosophers: Charles Taliaferro
Source: Tehran Time TEHRAN —“Muslim world had made such extraordinary headway in mathematics, algebra, medicine, and the sciences in general, it was inevitable that its philosophical contribution needed to be taken seriously by medieval philosophers,” Charles Taliaferro tells the Tehran Times. Taliaferro, who teaches philosophy at St. Olaf College, says, […]
Anonymous may have just released Donald Trump’s personal info
Source: TNW News Earlier this week we brought you news that Anonymous was planning to launch “total war” on Donald Trump. Today, the hacktivist’s fired the opening salvo. The group followed through on earlier threats by posting extensive personal information about Trump — including a social security number, home address, birth certificate and […]