Written by Abdul Alim: Before it gets out of hand, let us inject a sense of sobriety in what is seen to be a “turning around” of Pakistan. Optimistic elements desperate for signs of hope, have cast the hosting of Oscar winning Shirmin Chinoy in Prime Minister’s house, the passing […]
Source: Salon By THOM HARTMANN, ALTERNET Sure, the war on education helps Republican lawmakers destroy unions and slash government spending, but it’s our history of progressive change that makes Conservatives hate […]
(RNS) Some right-wing Islamist leaders in Pakistan are denouncing a newly passed law criminalizing violence against women in Punjab province, saying it contradicts the Quran and will increase divorce rates. “This law is in conflict with the Holy Quran, the life of [Muhammad], Constitution of Pakistan and values of our country,” Maulana […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Canada is going to hold its 1st Annual Peace Symposium on March 6, 2016 at Tahir Hall Community Center (10610 Jane St, Maple, ONL6A 3A2) […]
Source: BBC On a Scottish hillside, a former mining site has been transformed into a landscape of the multiverse – exploring both its galaxies and mysteries about how it all […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection to tackle Islamophobia After last year’s terror […]
Source: Time Cops are taking postings of gun emojis as legitimate threats Emojis are quickly becoming the language of the Internet, but with that power comes a raft of new […]
Source: Time “Women’s history is women’s right” Many things have come to womankind surprisingly recently: The right to vote. The right to own property. And, perhaps less surprisingly, the existence […]
INDONESIA: Eighteen people were publicly caned Tuesday for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh province, including a young unmarried couple who were caught spending time alone together. A hooded man meted out lashings with a rattan cane on a stage next to the mosque in Banda Aceh, the capital of the […]
Source: BBC The most alluring things in life are often those that are off-limits. And as travellers, this means that we’re fascinated by places that we’re not allowed to visit. […]
Islam in Australia is a minority religious affiliation. According to the 2011 census, 476,291 people, or 2.2% of the total Australian population, were Muslims.[1] This made Islam the fourth largest […]
Source: BBC Well, that’s it then. The Republican Party has come unglued. It’s been a long time in the making, but the day of reckoning is finally here. For decades […]
Source: Huffington Post By Falak Zaffer Ghatala Writer, Community Leader, and Do-gooder. Wars, killing, genocide in the name of religion have never really been in our control, i.e. you and me, everyday individuals, who live our life in simple ways believing in love and respect for all, but what about things […]
Source: Huffington Post By Asmaa AbuMezied Researcher, Economic Development and Social Change Fellow As a Muslim woman, I had my share of questions regarding my religion, my culture and my so […]
Source: BBC March 1 may be the meteorological first day of spring, but it’s also Saint David’s Day – the national day of Wales – which has been celebrated since […]
Source: BBC Last summer, I saw the multiverse open up. It happened in the wilds of the Scottish Borders near Crawick, 50 miles (80km) south of Glasgow. It was June, […]
Source: BBC The funeral is taking place in Pakistan of the former bodyguard executed for killing Punjab’s governor over his opposition to blasphemy laws. Security was tight as about 50,000 […]
Source: History.com President Grant signs the bill creating the nation’s first national park at Yellowstone. Native Americans had lived and hunted in the region that would become Yellowstone for hundreds […]
Source: Huffington Post Two winners at Sunday night’s Academy Awards used their time on stage to warn audiences about the dangers of climate change — and it turns out that science […]
Epigraph: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. (Exodus 22:18) Source: History.com In Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, an Indian slave […]