How bacteria invented gene editing
Source: BBC This week the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority okayed a proposal to modify human embryos through gene editing. The research, which will be carried out at the […]
Julian Assange is being ‘arbitrarily held’, UN panel to say
Source: BBC A UN panel will conclude Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being “arbitrarily detained” in the UK, the Swedish foreign ministry has said. Mr Assange, 44, claimed asylum in London’s Ecuadorean embassy in 2012. He wants to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape claim, which he denies. The […]
Headteacher mocked on Twitter for claiming evolution is not a fact
Source: The Guardian A primary school headteacher has been mocked on Twitter after claiming that evolution was “a theory” and there was “more evidence that the Bible is true”. Christina […]
Press Versus Liars: Doing Good Journalism in These Trying Times
An Editorial By Klaus Brinkbäumer spiegel.de DPA In addition to protesting against Muslims, Germany’s Pegida movement has also sought to discredit the media. We are living in times of growing tension and near societal hysteria in Germany in the wake of the massive influx of refugees. […]
New Western Wall Prayer Space Highlights Wider Divide Among Jews
Source: The New York Times JERUSALEM — It seemed a solution worthy of Solomon: create a permanent egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall alongside the gender-segregated area that has […]
German UN Envoy on Islamic State’s Rise: ‘We Simply Can’t Give Up on Libya’
Interview Conducted By Juliane von Mittelstaedt AFP Heavy black smoke rises from an oil facility in Libya’s Ras Lanouf region following an attack by the Islamic State last month. With the situation rapidly deteriorating in Libya, the UN’s special representative to the country, Martin Kobler of Germany, is pushing for […]
Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh’s death sentence quashed by Saudi court
Source: The Guardian A Saudi court has overturned the death sentence of a Palestinian poet accused of renouncing Islam, imposing an eight-year prison term and 800 lashes instead. He must […]
uslim Conference Calls for Protection of Religious Minorities
Source: The New York Times MARRAKESH, Morocco — At a recent conference held by Muslim scholars to confront violence in the Islamic world, a representative of the Yazidi religious minority […]
American Muslim Women Explain Why They Do — Or Don’t — Cover
Source : NPR Editor’s note: A previous version of this piece was published prematurely and contained a number of errors and mischaracterizations of Tom Gjelten’s original reporting. We have corrected […]
Italy to send 130 military personnel to Iraq to recover wounded
Reuters International FEB 4, 2016 – 15:54 ROME (Reuters) – Italy will send a team specialised in treating war wounded to Iraq as it prepares to send troops to guard Mosul dam maintenance workers, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said on Thursday. In the wake of the deadly Islamic State attacks […]
Syrian donor conference: more than $10bn raised, says Cameron – live updates
Cameron: London donor conference raises more than $10bn PM pledges to double aid to refugees Turkish PM: Assad guilty of ethnic cleansing Plan to get 700,000 Syrian children back to school Peace talks in Geneva suspended amid Russia airstrikes Read the latest summary David Cameron doubles financial aid for Syrian […]
Syrian army sees Aleppo encircled soon; rebels hope for more weapons
Reuters International FEB 4, 2016 – 14:04 By Tom Perry, Lisa Barrington and Tulay Karadeniz BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – A Syrian army source said the city of Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces as rebels pounded by Russian air strikes expressed hope that the failure of Geneva peace talks […]
Australia: Fourteen Year-Old Australian Muslim Girl Dreams to Be the First Hijabi Ballet Dancer
Photo: Kurlow wants to be the first professional ballerina to dance in a hijab. Fourteen Year-Old Australian Muslim Girl Dreams to Be the First Hijabi Ballet Dancer A young Muslim ballerina wants other girls like her to know they can make a change — no matter their beliefs or the […]
Women In India Are Now Legally Allowed To Be Head Of Their Households
Source: Huffington Post India is slowly giving women the recognition they deserve. The Delhi high court ruled that the eldest female member of a family can now act as the […]
Google Looks to Divert Extremists With Anti-Radicalization Ads
Source: Time A pilot initiative is aimed at stopping people coming under the influence of extremist groups online Google is experimenting with a program that would direct British users searching for words linked to religious extremism to content designed to counter radicalization, a company executive has said. Anthony House, Google’s […]
Does Nigeria Have What It Takes to Defeat Boko Haram?
Source: Time The Islamist terror group massacres dozens in the northeast as the country is frozen by corruption and economic malaise Organized assaults from multiple directions. Check. An arsenal of […]
Dear Trump Supporters: Hear Me Out Before You Vote. Yours, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Source: NDTV By Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, is a former cultural ambassador for the United States and the author of several bestselling books. His latest novel is “Mycroft […]
Hardtalk – What is Islamism? – Maajid Nawaz, Quilliam
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Hundreds protest against Islamophobic movement
ANTI-PEGIDA DEMO By swissinfo.ch and agencies FEB 3, 2016 – 21:36 Police and anti-fascist demonstrators outside Basel’s cantonal parliament (Keystone) Some 350 people gathered without permission in front of Basel cantonal parliament on Wednesday to protest against Germany’s anti-Islam PEGIDA movement. A sizeable and heavily armed police presence monitored the […]
Friendship redefined by Saudi with a golden heart
ARAB NEWS Published — Thursday 4 February 2016 AL-JOUF: Want to know the real meaning of friendship? Meet Salman bin Musleh Al-Sharari, a Saudi, who didn’t hesitate to sell his prized possession to send home his injured Turkish friend Mohammad Ali Arsalan. Al-Sharari became friends with Arsalan during his visits […]