theguardian: by Rachel Shabi — While David Cameron urges Muslim people to do more to fight extremism, volunteers such as Jahan Mahmood are working tirelessly to steer young people away from a destructive path – and doing it much more effectively than the government’s own highly distrusted counter-terrorism scheme Jahan […]
Source: Swiss Info As part of an international project called “Inside Out” by the French street artist JR, Geneva-based photographer Mark Henley shot 51 portraits of asylum seekers in their […]
” Unconstitutional ” MAR 18, 2016 – 17:10 The committee handed in the initiative against the Centre for Islam and Society in July 2015 (Keystone) People in canton Fribourg will not be voting on whether the university should have a Centre for Islam and Society. The cantonal parliament threw out the […]
DR. HASEEB AHMED Published — Friday 18 March 2016 The prevailing idea of a woman’s place in Islam is that women are deprived of freedom and equality. This is the result of either ignorance about Islam or the biased propaganda of anti-Islamic ideology and a prejudiced media. The fact is […]
SHEIKH SALMAN AL-OADAH Published — Friday 18 March 2016 ALLAH says: “He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He is the Knower of all things.” (Qur’an, 57:3) Addressing Allah in supplication, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “O Allah, Lord of the heavens, […]
ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED Published — Saturday 19 March 2016 I wish US President Barack Obama’s stormy interview with Jeffrey Goldberg for The Atlantic magazine took place five years ago. Perhaps back then its implications would have been different. This time his frankness has angered his friends and very little can be […]
By Dana Al Emam – Mar 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A video grab from a commercial by the Jordan Tourism Board promoting the ‘Mars-like’ landscape of Wadi Rum (Photo courtesy of JTB) AMMAN — In a bid to transform sightseeing into sight-doing, the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) seeks to […]
By Reuters – Mar 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Refugee children walk along railway tracks at a makeshift migrant camp in the northern Greek border post of Idomeni, on Thursday (AP photo) BRUSSELS — European Union leaders met on Thursday seeking agreement with Turkey to stop migrants reaching Greece […]
By JT – Mar 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A view of Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. Jordan is installing surveillance cameras in Al Haram Al Sharif to document […]
Source: Motto Let’s face it: We’ve all become hooked on instant gratification. If we don’t feel a sense of payoff right away, we just move on to the next thing—and that’s impacting everything from our love lives to our careers. But how did we get here? Clinical psychologist Suzana E. […]
Source: BBC There are a few things we literally cannot live without. Oxygen is one. Another is food and water. And then there is sleep:forcibly keep an animal awake for long enough and you will kill it. The same almost certainly applies to humans. This fact alone tells us that sleep […]
Source: BBC European Union negotiators and Turkey have agreed a draft deal over the migrant crisis, which must now be approved by the 28 EU leaders. Under the scheme, migrants […]
Source: CNN (CNN)The bizarre antics and bitter rhetoric of this year’s U.S. presidential election may have you wondering: What would Abraham Lincoln think? There’s little doubt that Lincoln was one […]
Source: CNN (CNN)As in other states with Republican-led legislatures, a so-called “religious freedom bill” has passed in Georgia. Those who oppose it say the measure permits unjust discrimination against gays […]
Source: The Washington Post Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) is mulling a sweeping abortion bill that among other provisions would bar the procedure in cases where it is sought because […]
Source: Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Daniel Arkell was leading a Bible study for a Christian group at Washburn University Law School in Kansas back in 2004 when the […]
Source: The Guardian A goldfish was being looked after by the warders when I visited the prison at Osny, just outside Paris, last month. It swam around a small bowl […]
Source: RNS (RNS) President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, would be the current court’s fourth Jewish justice if confirmed. For Jews, who represent about 2 percent of the […]
Source: Motto “Creativity is always a leap of faith,” author Julia Cameron said. “You’re faced with a blank page, a blank easel or an empty stage.” It’s all part of […]
Source: Redmond patch, in the state of Washington Guidance available on Good Friday for researching the claim that the crucifixion of Jesus was a near death experience. This Good Friday […]