Nepali Times: At a time when ‘secularism’ has become something of a bad word in India, and the Hindu-right establishment in New Delhi is said to take a dim view of of neighbouring Nepal declaring itself ‘secular’ in its new constitution, a leading Indian thinker says the misunderstanding stems from […]
NY Times OP Ed: ISTANBUL — We Muslims like to believe that ours is “a religion of peace,” but today Islam looks more like a religion of conflict and bloodshed. From the civil wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen to internal tensions in Lebanon and Bahrain, to the dangerous rivalry […]
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Seeking to rebut what he views as perilous election-year bombast about Muslims, President Barack Obama heads Wednesday to a mosque in […]
A five-year-old Afghan boy, Murtaza Ahmadi, who became an internet star after a picture of him wearing a makeshift plastic Lionel Messi jersey went viral had his dream come true as he was seen wearing the Argentine football superstar’s Barcelona jersey. A visibly excited Murtaza Ahmadi was seen playing with […]
Source: BBC More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to […]
Source: BBC Zahi Khouri was nine when his Palestinian Christian family left their home in Jaffa. It was 1948; modern Israel was being born, and his parents, listening to the […]
Source: BBC A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US. A patient infected in Dallas, Texas, is […]
Source: The Daily Beast A boy cuts off his own right hand because it offended God. Pedophilia is holy. To question is to risk execution. Welcome to a nation in […]
Source: Huffington Post Almost a month ago, the French Club at the University of Chicago invited Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui to discuss “the context surrounding Charlie Hebdo, the […]
Source: Time Hidden transmitters can relay signals to areas controlled by ISIS and the Syrian government In his Berlin office, Philipp Hochleichter, points to a map of Syria showing the […]
Source: Time “I couldn’t hold myself together. I couldn’t look at his face,” says the photographer who witnessed the latest harrowing scene of drowned children MORE Alan Kurdi’s Story: Behind […]
Dr Abdus Salam and all the wrong choices Pakistan made By Nayyar Afaq Published: January 29, 2016 http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/31969/dr-abdus-salam-and-all-the-wrong-choices-pakistan-made/ 65 CommentsPrintEmail Today is the 90th birthday of Dr Abdus Salam. The best way to wish him is to let freedom of religion and intellectual thought prevail in the country. PHOTO: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT What […]
Source: Time The Zika outbreak almost certainly began in the Brazilian city of Recife, where doctors figured out what was happening to pregnant women It’s a Sunday in the Brazilian […]
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“If women had the right to wear as little clothes as they desired without people finding it offensive, then I had every right to cover my body as much as […]
Source: Huffington Post By Aseal Tineh, who is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. A lot of the suspicion […]
Source: BBC Indigenous tribes, timber firms and environmental groups in western Canada have welcomed a deal to protect one of the world’s largest remaining tracts of temperate rainforest. The Great […]
Source: CNN (CNN)A rally was held Monday evening at the State University of New York in Albany after three black female students were attacked by a group of white men and women during a confrontation on a bus over the weekend, officials said. The students, who attend the upstate […]
Source: Independent Just about everyone you know tells low-stakes lies, but some people even go so far as to lie about important matters that could forever change their relationships, end […]
Source: The Telegraph The Prime Minister has reignited public debate over the integration of British Muslims by raising the contentious issues of gender segregation, face veils, and fluency in English […]