http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/donald-trump-and-the-failure-of-the-us-media-a-1082401.html#ref=nl-international An Essay By Holger Stark Forbes writer Clare O’Connor? “Dummy.” AP reporter Jill Colvin? “One of the truly bad reporters.” CNN Journalist Sara Murray? “Absolutely terrible.” Arianna Huffington? “Liberal clown.” Fox moderator Megyn Kelly? “A bimbo” with “blood coming out of her wherever.” It would be hard to top the insults […]
24 FEB 2016 POSTED BY SHEHLA AHMAD, AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY TACKLING THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MUSLIM PLACES OF WORSHIP. President Obama recently made his first official visit to an American mosque. […]
Kabrina Krebel Chang MARCH 15, 2016 Since 2007, the number of complaints for religious discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has risen significantly. It’s not hard to see why: An increase in immigrants of diverse faiths, greater workforce diversity, and the globalization of business all play […]
Source: RT Female Muslims from the North of England plan to launch a mosque in Bradford open to all, but the first to be led entirely by women, it has […]
The historic covenants the Prophet Muhammad made with Christians could lead to greater tolerance and understanding today, according to a new research paper. Craig Considine, a sociology lecturer from Rice […]
The argument that to believe in God and to believe in science is irreconcilable is one that believers of every faith are used to (and tired of) hearing. None more […]
Source: Los Angeles Times For almost a year, the University of California has been struggling to address complaints that campus protests against Israel have crossed the line into harassment of […]
Source: Pittsburg Post Gazette Actions by attorney general’s office represent one of the broadest-ever drives to hold Roman Catholic church accountable for clergy abuses of minors. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — One […]
Source: Time Republican voters handed down a split decision Tuesday that suggests the race for the party’s nomination will go all the way to Cleveland, raising the prospect of a […]
Source: Time It’s a step aimed at preventing prescription drug abuse and addiction The federal government published the first national standards for prescription painkillers on Tuesday in an attempt to combat the country’s prescription drug abuse crisis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the nonbinding rules to address […]
Source: BBC You might think you would notice an eight-legged animal the size of a dinner plate, but in fact many of the world’s biggest spiders are easily overlooked. In […]
Source: BBC When William Erasmus Darwin was born in December 1839, his father Charles began to meticulously record observations of his firstborn in a notebook. Now housed at Cambridge University […]
Source: BBC Art and mathematics. For many, this would appear to be synonymous with chalk and cheese. One is the domain of emotional expression, passion and aesthetics. The other, a […]
Source: BBC Every year, Professor Dora Koop leaves her home in Montreal to teach a 10-day business school programme in India. Among her favourite pastimes there is observing something uniquely […]
Source: RNS (RNS) This election season, Muslims face a slate of Republican candidates who demand curbs on immigration and compete over how tough they’d be on Islamic terrorism, if elected. […]
WHERE LIFE IS GOOD Switzerland loses top spot in happiness report By Simona Verrazzo MAR 16, 2016 – 11:08 Sunset along the shores of Lake Zug: the Swiss remain among the happiest in the world, at least according to the 2016 World Happiness Report. (Keystone) Switzerland’s status as the world’s […]
EXPLAINER By Simon Bradley, Geneva MAR 14, 2016 – 11:26 A child injured in an unidentified bombing at Douma, north-east of Damascus, Syria on 10 March 2016 (Keystone) United Nations-brokered talks aimed at ending Syria’s five-year civil war are getting underway in Geneva on Monday. Here is a short guide […]
Three Royal Brunei Airlines pilots have made history by being the company’s first all-female flight crew, making their first journey to Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed to drive.The […]
Source: BBC China has outstripped the US and Europe in graduate numbers and the gap is growing wider Global education Tuition fees: Is England more expensive than US? Top 10 […]
MAHIR ALI WWW.ARABNEWS.COM Published — Wednesday 16 March 2016 IT is wise of Angela Merkel not to have panicked in the wake of setbacks for her Christian Democrats (CDU) in Sunday’s three regional elections. The German chancellor acknowledged the blow, but discounted the likelihood of abrupt changes to […]