US election 2016: Obama warns against campaign anger
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has warned White House contenders to avoid raising tensions, a day after a rally by Donald Trump was called off amid clashes. Mr Obama […]
Clinton: The divisive rhetoric & encouragement of violence we’re hearing from Donald Trump isn’t just wrong—it’s dangerous
The divisive rhetoric and encouragement of violence we're hearing from Donald Trump isn't just wrong—it's dangerous.https://t.co/RMWoqHNU5u — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 12, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Column: Trump’s Chicago rally and freedom of speech
Source: Chicago Tribune Rose Hamid is a middle-aged Muslim who in January went to a Donald Trump rally in Rock Hill, S.C. Wearing a hijab and a T-shirt with the […]
No religion preaches war
Source: Arab News By HARUN YAHYA The writer has authored more than 300 books translated into 73 languages on politics, religion and science. The Crusades introduced a whole-new term to the world’s collective mind: “Wars of religion.” For centuries, every time a new war broke out, it was consistently suggested […]
Believers, Not Judges, Should Decide What Their Religion Teaches
Source: The Daily Signal Last week, over the dissent of Justice Samuel Alito, the U.S. Supreme Courtdeclined to hear a case involving a prison’s refusal to allow a Jewish man […]
IS RELIGION AN EXCUSE FOR BREAKING THE LAW?
Source: Newsweek Can religious believers give themselves a free pass to ignore laws that bind everyone else? Common sense and the Constitution say no. Yet religious institutions are now maintaining […]
Trump is getting out the Muslim vote
Source: RNS By Aysha Khan (RNS) Salim Jaffer moved to the U.S. when he was 14 years old. His family, along with the rest of the Indian community, had been expelled from […]
No joke: Why the business world is embracing comedy
Source: BBC Did you hear the one about the boss who was asked how many people work in his company? About half of them on a good day, he replied. […]
Here’s What NASA Needs If We’re Really Going to Mars
Source: Time There’s a big to-do list before a mission to the Red Planet will ever get launched There have been a lot of high-fives and popped corks in Houston […]
These Mock Martian Crops Show We Could Grow Food On Mars
Source: Huffington Post Establishing a sustainable colony on Mars would come with incredible challenges, none more pressing than figuring out how to keep inhabitants from starving. To the delight of […]
The North Face Just Destroyed Trump’s Simplistic Opinion On Jobs
Source: Huffington Post Donald Trump has a lame excuse for outsourcing the production of his clothing brand. The North Face, meanwhile, is proving that it’s possible to keep business local. […]
Refugee boy thought to be dead finds family 1 year later
Ten-year-old Mahdi reunites with his mother after his family believed he was dead for over a year. Photo: DPA. Published: 07 Mar 2016 16:13 GMT+01:00 A 10-year-old boy had an emotional reunion on Monday with his family, who thought he had drowned in their voyage from Turkey to Greece a […]
We reap what we sow
ABD AL-AZIZ BIN ABDALLAH Published — Friday 11 March 2016 Allah says: “Whatever of good befalls you, it is from Allah; and whatever of ill befalls you, it is from yourself.” (Qur’an, 4:79) This and other similar verses outline for us an attitude that we should adopt, and that will […]
More than One-Third of US Innovators Are Immigrants
Source: Voice Of America More than one-third of U.S. innovators are foreign born which suggests highly educated immigrants just might be one of America’s most valuable resources. Despite only making […]
UN Official: Blasphemy Laws Must Be Repealed
Source: Voice of America GENEVA—The special U.N. investigator on freedom of religion or belief is calling for the universal repeal of blasphemy laws, saying they restrict freedom of expression and […]
Racism in Trump’s Rallies and Universal Brotherhood in Islam
Epigraph: O ye people! Be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single first life form and created therefrom its mate, and from them over […]
Trump supporters, protesters clash after Chicago rally postponed
Chicago (CNN)Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday postponed a rally in Chicago amid fights between supporters and demonstrators, protests in the streets and concerns that the environment at the event was […]
When Your Friends Don’t Believe in God
Huff Post: by Kevin Wright – (Kevin Wright currently serves as the Minister of Education at The Riverside Church in the City of New York). A lot of my friends don’t believe in God. I don’t mean “acquaintances” or Facebook friends, but my actual — call you up on a […]
MISUNDERSTANDINGS ON LIBYA MAKE ISIS THE REAL WINNER
BY JACK MOORE , DR. AMIR KAMEL ON 3/11/16 In a recent interview with The Atlantic ’s Jeffrey Goldberg, U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged the failures in Libya and pinpointed […]
Pakistan: Wrong turns of the right wing
UMER ALI Full of contradictions The hanging of Mumtaz Qadri united all religio-political parties last week as together they protested against it. Blocking roads, closing down markets forcibly, thrashing journalists and attacking media houses for not covering their protests – all was done to send a message that come what […]