Source: Los Angeles Times In China, it’s not easy to become a “living Buddha.” First come the years of meditation and discipline. Then comes the bureaucracy. “The highest level of […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Communist Party officials in China’s far western Xinjiang region say religious extremism is waning, but the government plans to step up border controls with […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Dean Obeidallah Think Muslims would have it hard under Trump? Latinos? Try being both. Yep, they do exist. And they’re pretty nervous. Think your life […]
By Harriet Alexander, New York 5:52PM GMT 06 Mar 2016 Memoir: Love, Loss and What We Ate Sir Salman Rushdie needed consoling every year he did not win the Nobel Prize for literature, and their marriage was marred by jealousy and insecurity, according to an explosive autobiography by his former wife Padma […]
By Ann O’Neill, CNN Salt Lake City (CNN) These are dark days for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the reclusive polygamous sect led by imprisoned prophet […]
Source: BBC Panama’s Isla Coiba bears all the hallmarks of a perfect desert island: gin-clear water, powdery white sand, a fringe of palm trees against a backdrop of dense, unexplored […]
Source: BBC Just south of Sardinia’s world-famous Costa Smeralda, the lonely island of Tavolara rises wildly from the cerulean sea like a jagged mountain. There are no roads or hotels, […]
Epigraph: And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Source: BBC Talking about the “at” sign is much more interesting if you’re not speaking English. The Wikipedia entry for @ lists names for it in over 50 other languages, […]
Source: BBC We’ve all done it. Run upstairs to get your keys, but forget that it is them you’re looking for once you get to the bedroom. Open the fridge […]
Source: The New York Times Mark Mattson, a neuroscientist at theNational Institute on Aging in Maryland, has not had breakfast in 35 years. Most days he practices a form of […]
By Julia Baum JBaum@community-newspapers.com POSTED: 02/17/2016 Members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Silicon Valley last week held an exhibition on the Holy Quran and other Islamic readings in an effort to unite and educate others. Dozens of neighbors turned up at the three-hour event on Feb. 12 at the Pearl […]
Epigraph: “As often as we approach the Quran, it always proves repulsive anew; gradually, however, it attracts, it astonishes, and, in the end forces admiration.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Source: […]
LOCAL DEMOCRACY MAR 2, 2016 – Lieli and Oberwil are part of a village outside Zurich. It has attracted many affluent residents but the local council is not keen on accommodating asylum seekers (Ester Unterfinger/swissinfo.ch) The town hall assembly of Oberwil-Lieli last November might go down in the history of […]
RAMZY BAROUD Published — WWW.ARABNEWS.COM Last update 8 March 2016 Regardless of the outcome of the American presidential primaries, or even the result of the general elections next November, a frightening phenomenon is underway. The US has decidedly moved to the right, in fact the ultra-right; class differences are […]
By Reuters – Mar 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Tunisian special forces take position during clashes with militants in the southern town of Ben Guerdan, near the Libyan border, on Monday (AFP photo) TUNIS — Dozens of militants stormed through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan near the Libyan […]
Mar 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR) has started discussing the scope of socio-economic rights that migrants could be entitled to in hosting countries. It also determined that “migrants”, as distinguished from “migrant workers”, is the correct term to […]
By JT – Mar 07,2016 -JORDAN TIMES HRH Prince Hassan attends the 5th Extraordinary Islamic Summit on Palestine and Jerusalem in Jakarta, on Monday (Petra photo) AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, HRH Prince Hassan attended the 5th Extraordinary Islamic Summit on Palestine and Jerusalem, which […]
Dawn: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has once again decided to dampen the celebration of empowerment in the country — this time by claiming that the Punjab government’s Women Protection Act is against the lawand that some clauses are not in compliance with the Shariah. The council has also […]
By Takis Würger WWW.SPIEGEL.DE Fabian Weiß/ DER SPIEGEL A young man from northern Iraq crossed the Mediterranean Sea in the hope of a better life in Germany. Frustrated by his experiences in the refugee camps, he flew back to his native country after only three months. […]