Why Your Friendships Make You Happier, According to Science
Source: Time Be strategic and intentional about your friendships When my wife and I moved to New York City in 2001, recently graduated from college and newly wed, we were […]
China is buying up American companies fast, and it’s freaking people out
Source: Business Insider Here’s a story you’ll be hearing about a lot this year. Chinese companies have beenbuying up foreign businesses — including American ones — at a record rate, […]
Salman Rushdie: Iranian state media renew fatwa on Satanic Verses author with $600,000 bounty
Source: Independent Forty state-run Iranian media outlets have jointly offered a new $600,000 bounty for the death of British Indian author Salman Rushdie, according to the state-run Fars News Agency. Fars […]
Pope Calls On Christians To Abolish Death Penalty
Source: NPR “The commandment, ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ has absolute value, and concerns both the innocent and the guilty,” Pope Francis said Sunday, urging that the death penalty be abolished. […]
Jeb Bush Bows Out of Campaign, Humbled and Outmaneuvered
Source: The New York Times COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jeb Bush dropped out of the presidential race on Saturday, ending a quest for the White House that started with a war chest of $100 million, a famous name and a promise of political civility but concluded with a humbling recognition: In […]
Snowden: Would return to US with guarantee of fair trial
Source: Daily Mail MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Speaking via Skype from Russia, Edward Snowden told an audience of supporters in New Hampshire on Saturday that he is willing to be […]
China to build ventilation ‘corridors’ in Beijing to help tackle air pollution
Source: The Guardian Authorities in Beijing are reportedly developing a network of ventilation “corridors” to help tackle the city’s notorious air pollution. Construction in the zones, which will be created […]
FBI told San Bernardino County staff to tamper with gunman’s Apple account
Source: The Guardian The San Bernardino County government on Friday night said the FBI told its staffto tamper with the Apple account of Syed Farook, who with his wife, Tashfeen […]
Syria conflict: Homs and Damascus blasts kill more than 100
Source: BBC Bomb blasts in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus have left more than 100 people dead, monitors and state media say. In Homs, at least 57 people, […]
‘The Arab scene is now a disgrace’
Feb 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The king of Morocco decided not to host the forthcoming Arab summit that was due to be convened in his country. His foreign minister explained that the events in the Arab world require a more serious agenda and tangible results to match […]
Switzerland: WORKPLACE INTEGRATION: Apprenticeships for refugees get a reboot
By Veronica DeVore swissinfo.ch FEB 19, 2016 – 11:00 Two participants in a food service apprenticeship for refugees show off their creations. Launched in 2006 on a national level, the programme now continues to be run by canton Lucerne. (Hotel & Gastro Formation) After first testing the waters […]
Saudi Arabia spends £56 billion a year on its insane military — here’s what that kind of money buys
Business Insider Ben Moshinsky SAUDI ARABIA MILITARY PARADE When British Aerospace Engineering, better known as BAE Systems, announced a bumper set of annual results this week, much of that success was down to the lavish spending of the Saudi Arabian air force. The Gulf state took delivery of £800 million […]
Syrian civil war: On the road to Aleppo – where people have abandoned all in the shadow of Isis
You will learn a lot about Syria’s tragedy driving between Damascus and the ancient city – and you must drive fast Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices A government soldier relaxes after the recapture of Salma from IS AFP/Getty You can drive these days from Damascus to Aleppo but the road is […]
31-year-old arrested after death of imam in Rochdale released
Suspect ‘completely eliminated’ from inquiry as Jalalia Jamé mosque website recommends its patrons ‘wait for the facts to be established by the police’ Jay Uddin was found with serious head injuries on Thursday night and died in hospital soon afterwards. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Nadia Khomami @nadiakhomami Saturday 20 February 2016 […]
No, it isn’t all one Thing: The Variety of Religious Experience in Islam
http://www.juancole.com: By Aaron W. Hughes | (The Conversation) | – – The rise of Islamic State has led to much speculation about the group’s origins: how do we account for forces and events that paved the way for the emergence of the jihadist group? In the fourth article of our […]
The Purpose of the Advent of the Promised Messiah (as) in his own words
Founder of THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas We present extracts from the writings of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdias, on strengthening of […]
More than an ornament: Iran’s ‘female statesmen’ and elections
theguardian: by Farnoosh Amirshahi is a former parliamentary reporter for Iran’s Shargh newspaper. Rules impeding the progress of female politicians in the Islamic republic remain firmly in place and the battle to change them advances slowly Revolutionary slogans and a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini are reflected in the glasses of a […]
Here’s why Islam is practiced so differently from country to country
Source: Business Insider No religion is unified. How Catholicism, for example, is practiced in rural Italy differs from the way this is done, say, in New York city. Language, culture, […]
Denmark Criminalizes Hate Speech against the Muslim Minority?
The Muslim Times has changed the heading of the news in favor of the Muslim minority in Denmark. For our collection of articles on free speech, please click here. Article […]
Islamic Awakening
Source: America Magazine There is a culture war in the West over Islam. It has flared up again following last year’s attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, the daily predations […]