No, Trump, Islam Doesn’t Hate America
Source: The Daily Beast By Dean Obeidallah (born December 17, 1969), he is an American comedian of Palestinian-Italian descent. The Donald told CNN that Islam hates America. Like the Muslims […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on US official visit
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama and Canada’s new liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have lavished praise on each other amid talks at the White House. Mr Trudeau is in […]
Drunk PIA Pilot Irfan Faiz Jailed In Britain
A Pakistani pilot has been jailed for nine months in Britain for being drunk before he was due to fly a plane with 156 people on board. Irfan Faiz, 55, was found to have three times the legal amount of alcohol in his blood, prosecutors told Leeds Crown Court. http://news.sky.com/story/1172391/drunk-pia-pilot-irfan-faiz-jailed-in-britain […]
How Clinton Shadowboxed Trump at the Democratic Debate
Source: Time Hillary Clinton may have been facing Bernie Sanders at Wednesday’s debate, but in reality she was shadowboxing Donald Trump. The Republican frontrunner, who was the only GOP candidate […]
America’s Divisions and Scalia’s Christian Visions
Source: Religion and Politics As efforts are made to assess the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month, pundits have avoided discussing the one decision that stands as […]
This Is Our Islam: To Be Young, Devout And Muslim In America Today
Source: NPR For Muslim-Americans, there was a world before Sept. 11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and one after. Now, their community faces the dual threats of extremism […]
What would a Hindu justice mean for the Supreme Court?
Source: The Washington Post President Obama has narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominees to about six names, our colleagues on The Post politics staff report. One jurist in […]
Are Humans Significant?
A Scientist Answers: I’m Dr Sami Mikhail and I’m what you’d call a dirt-person or a gravel monkey – the technical term is geologist. I’m presently a Lecturer in Earth […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on US state visit
BBC Canada’s new liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Washington for the first state visit by a Canadian leader in nearly 20 years. He has been welcomed by President […]
Catholic Georgetown University’s Elects First-Ever Muslim Student as President
For the first time ever, a Muslim student has been elected by the Georgetown University student body to serve as the Jesuit school’s student association president. As reported by The […]
Liberal immigration plan to welcome 300,000, with increased focus on family reunification
On March 8, 2016, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) John McCallum tabled the 2015 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration. It states that in 2016 Canada will […]
Canadian Human Rights Groups Call for NS Reform
Canadian human rights groups call for national security reform (Ottawa – March 10, 2016) In two separate letters sent yesterday to federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, a coalition of Canadian human rights organizations including the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), laid out recommendations with respect to national security reform in […]
ECB expected to launch new economic stimulus
Source: BBC The European Central Bank is expected to announce further measures to stimulate the eurozone economy when its governing council meets on Thursday. Inflation has continued to fall, putting […]
We May Have To Get Used To The Idea Of President Trump
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The STEM gender gap is not where you think
University of California: by Jim Logan — For Maria Charles, the numbers were plain, but they didn’t add up. Her research into gender segregation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields revealed an odd fact: affluent countries had considerably fewer women in STEM careers than poor ones did. Since […]
Holy Quran made of Stone Paper attracts attention at Paperworld Middle East 2016
UAE GDN Online Desk The Parax Paper stall featuring samples of the first copies of the Holy Quran printed on stone paper, was the centre of attraction on the second day of Paperworld Middle East at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The revolutionary and environmentally-friendly stone […]
From the Banlieues to the Bataclan: A Trip on Samy Amimour’s Bus Route
By Alexander Smoltczyk and Maurice Weiss Maurice Weiss/ DER SPIEGEL Iman Hassen Chalghoumi at the last station on Paris’ 148 bus line: When he preaches, he has to wear a bullet-proof vest. Day after day, Paris attacker Samy Amimour drove a bus through the city’s notorious banlieues before murdering scores […]
In Geneva, human rights mixes with national rivalries
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL By Frédéric Burnand, Geneva MAR 9, 2016 – 17:00 According to Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, the death penalty is not an effective answer to terrorism (Keystone) The newest incarnation of the United Nations’ top human rights body is marking its ten year anniversary, and while the […]
Syria opposition sees fewer truce breaches, UN prepares talks
By Reuters – Mar 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A student attends a class inside the Freedom School, in the town of Al Tamanah, in the southern countryside of Idlib, Syria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) BEIRUT/GENEVA — The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday there had been fewer breaches of […]
King (of Jordan) urges full implementation of human rights plan
By JT – Mar 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah receives a copy of a plan to enhance the human rights situation in Jordan, delivered by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday expressed keenness […]