By Damir Rafi http://amsa.org.uk/: Rabi’a Al-‘Adawiyya, born around 717 CE, was a prominent figure of early Islam. She was orphaned at an early age and then sold as a slave in […]
The Independent: An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found killing and destruction occur more frequently in the Christian texts than the Islamic. Investigating whether […]
Huff Post: One shouldn’t be too surprised over the endless pursuit of issues regarding Muslim women by our leaders. Considering how our society strongly stands for freedom of expression, justice and plurality, it’s ironic that the very thing which Muslim women use to express their identity and liberty – the […]
Alislam.org: THE vision of the universe that the Quran presents is poles apart from the one held by the philosophers and sages of all the past ages. At the time […]
Source: The Daily Beast A shady legal organization claims that NASA employees were censored when their worship group mentioned Jesus in a newsletter. Did NASA ban the word “Jesus” as […]
Source: Reuters A meeting between Pope Francis and Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Friday could not happen without a green light from President Vladimir Putin, diplomats and analysts say, and […]
Source: Motto A female astronomer and mathematician who played a vital role in the discovery of the planet Neptune—at a time when women’s participation in the sciences was discouraged—will become […]
Source: Time President Obama returned to where it all began to once again call for hope and change in politics. On Wednesday, he stood before the general assembly in his […]
Source: RNS (RNS) No, really. That’s the word from semi-official Vatican media, not the Onion, the totally absurd satirical newspaper. How did this get through the blanket coverage of all […]
Source: BBC Tech giant Google says it will hide content removed under the “right to be forgotten” from all versions of the search engine when viewed from countries where removal […]
Source: BBC Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he has submitted a proposal for a ceasefire in Syria, as world powers meet in Munich. Mr Lavrov gave no further details […]
Source: BBC Los Angeles, known as the homeless capital of the US, has passed a $1.87bn (£1.29bn) plan to help get an estimated 40,000 people off the streets. City authorities […]
Source: China Daily The US tourism bureau will be releasing a new documentary in China on America’s national parks with the hope that Chinese travelers will visit the natural attractions […]
Source: CNN CNN)Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has had no shortage of harsh, withering words for enemies involved in the bloody civil war in neighboring Syria. Now, he’s turning his verbal barrage on a key NATO ally: the United States. Erdogan ripped into Washington on Wednesday, claiming it’s responsible for […]
IMMIGRATION SATIRE Müslüm: Integration through comedy By swissinfo.ch http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:41947798 EMBED CODE FEB 10, 2016 – 11:00 Swiss-Turkish comedian Müslüm is using humour to raise awareness of the issues surrounding immigration in a new television series. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Swiss public television, SRF1, is airing new series this spring looking at the country’s […]
By Gaby Ochsenbein FEB 10, 2016 – 11:00 Opinions are divided over whether students should be allowed to pray in state schools (Keystone) The decision to make prayer rooms available for Muslims in two Swiss state schools is viewed by some as a pragmatic solution. Others believe prayer rooms have […]
ALI IBRAHIM Published — Thursday 11 February 2016 Fighters from Chechnya are on both sides of the conflict; on one side they guide Russian aircraft to their targets and on the other they fight Daesh extremists in Syria and Iraq to participate in their absurd war, which has damaged the […]
By AFP – Feb 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians check the rubble of their house after it was demolished by Israeli authorities on Wednesday in the West Bank village of Jeftlek, in the Jordan Valley near Jericho. Israel often demolishes buildings constructed without the required Israeli permits in Area […]
By Omar Obeidat – Feb 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour meets with journalists and chief editors of local dailies at the Prime Ministry on Wednesday (Petra photo) AMMAN – The government on Wednesday said that allowing Syrians to join the labour market would not “by any […]
Women welcome at a Saudi Arabia Starbucks shop after temporary ban By Henry Hanks, CNN: February 8, 2016 (CNN)To the Western world, it’s a surprising thing to see. Until very recently, one Starbucks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, had a sign with the phrase, “Please no entrance for ladies.” The sign […]