Donald Trump reverses position on torture, killing terrorists’ families Washington (CNN) Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that he would not order the U.S. military to violate international laws to […]
DR RAMZY BAROUD says that the present struggle against apartheid in Palestine is not merely similar to that of South Africa. Both struggles are extensions of the same movement, the same fight for freedom, and, in fact, against the same enemy. After concluding a talk in Durban, South Africa a […]
Source: Huffington Post By Huzaifah Salat Doctor,Internal Medicine enthusiast,Pakistani food lover. “What can Muslims do to overcome Islamophobia?” This question (also on my mind) was asked by a colleague during the grand concluding session of the Islamic awareness week of the Vanderbilt University’s Muslim Students Association event on Valentine’s day. Dr.Todd […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Azzah Sultan, 20, has personally witnessed rampant Islamophobia since moving to America from her native Malaysia in 2013. The young Muslim […]
Source: BBC Presidential contender Donald Trump has come under attack from his rivals at a Republican debate, after a day in which the party’s veteran politicians urged voters to desert him. The front-runner in the Republican race was on the defensive in Detroit as Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz piled […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carolyn Gregoire Senior Writer, The Huffington Post Whether you see meditation or prayer as the gateway to enlightenment or just a way to stay more focused […]
Source: New China MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Xinhua) — Two UN agencies have developed a new technology involving ionizing radiation as a weapon in the fight against mosquitoes carrying Zika […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Arab streets exploded with fury, from Tunis to Sanaa, pan-Arabism seemed, then, like a nominal notion. Neither did the so-called ‘Jasmine Revolution’ use slogans that affirmed its Arab identity, nor did angry Egyptian youth raise the banner proclaiming Arab unity atop the high buildings adjacent to […]
Source: Associated Press ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Two Catholic bishops who led a small Pennsylvania diocese helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by more than 50 […]
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) A series of essays in the semiofficial Vatican newspaper is urging the Catholic Church to allow women to preach from the pulpit at Mass, a […]
Source: Pew Research Center More than four decades after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, opponents and supporters of abortion rights are still battling over the issue in court. This year, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case challenging a Texas law that requires abortion clinics in the […]
Source: Pew Research Center While many large religious organizations in the United States allow women to be ordained – and to hold leadership positions within the organization – few women have actually served at the very top. We looked at nine major religious organizations in the U.S. that both ordain […]
Source: CNN New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said that evidence of the fraud perpetrated by Trump University is “pretty straightforward.” “It [was] a bait and switch scheme,” he said […]
Source: BBC Harvard Law School is to change its official seal, after a protest that it had links to slavery. The law school, part of the US university, has a […]
Source: Arab News Tolerance in Islam, is not a mere fairytale phrase, but Muslims live it in reality. Islam urges us to be tolerant and forgive others. This is indicated […]
Scientists held firm to their belief that they’d find gravitational waves from deep space. By Matt Emerson Source: Wall Street Journal From 1.3 billion light years away, the universe has […]
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New footage shows chimpanzees engaging in bizarre behaviour — which might be a form of sacred ritual that could show the beginnings of a kind of religious belief. Chimpanzees in […]
theguardian: by Van Badham — The gender pay gap hasn’t moved in a decade. Women are retiring with half the super of men and they still do more housework. Sisters, it’s time to kick ass ‘Early childhood educators have diplomas that are weighted the same as comparable qualifications for male-dominated […]
Washington (CNN) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday that Donald Trump is the most vulgar person to ever run for President of the United States. “Donald Trump has been perhaps […]