If I’m Your Token Muslim Friend…
Source: Huffington Post By Amani Mohsen My name is Amani, I’m 33 years old, and I just learned how to ride a bicycle this year. Best selfish moment ever. If I’m […]
Iraqi PM vows defeat of IS after Ramadi recapture
Source: BBC Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has said so-called Islamic State (IS) will be ousted from the country, after government forces recaptured Ramadi. In a televised address, Mr Abadi vowed […]
Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad
Source: Scientific American By David Stipp A Boston science writer who has focused on gerontology since the late 1990s. His book on the subject,The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of […]
A Nation Divided by Fear: Studies Reveal How and Why We Target Muslims, Immigrants
Huff Post: by David Briggs — Fifty-six percent of Americans believe houses or rooms can be haunted. One in five believes Bigfoot is a real creature; about the same percentage are afraid of zombies. Yet at least until the walking dead put up their own candidate in the New Hampshire […]
Ideology vs context
Dec 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari A newly released opinion poll conducted by the Doha-based Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies offers an insight into the way Arabs in 12 countries view Daesh and President Bashar Assad’s role in radicalising some Syrians. The polls focused on various issues […]
Israel plans over 55,000 new West Bank settler units — NGO
By AFP – Dec 28,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian female protester covers her face as she walks past burning tyres during confrontations with Israeli forces near the Ofer Israeli military prison, located near the West Bank town of Betunia, on Friday following a march by young Palestinians (AFP photo) […]
Refugee crisis: Inside the Dunkirk camp where 2,500 refugees live in conditions ‘far worse’ than the Calais Jungle
At the Grande-Synthe camp, children are forced to play in the mud as a sanitation crisis looms Adam Lusher Wednesday 23 December 2015 286 comments Mohammad Faiq, four, plays outside his family’s tent at the Grande-Synthe camp, near Dunkirk, yesterday Justin Sutcliffe In front of a tent pitched beside a […]
Syria’s war is complicated – but the refugee crisis is not
Voices Syria’s war is complicated – but the refugee crisis is not How is it that Lebanon and Jordan – smaller, less-wealthy nations – are able to take in more refugees than the whole of Europe put together? Rachel Shabi @rachshabi The child of Kurdish migrants stands outside a tent […]
Clinton Most Admired Woman for 2015
Clinton Most Admired Woman for Record 20th Time Source: Gallup By Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans again name Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama the woman and man […]
China Telecom chairman Chang Xiaobing under investigation
Source: BBC The chairman of one of China’s largest state-owned mobile operators, China Telecom, is being investigated by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog. Chang Xiaobing is “suspected of serious violation of […]
Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from Islamic State
Source: BBC The Iraqi city of Ramadi has been “liberated” from so-called Islamic State, the Iraqi military has declared. Spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Rasul said forces had achieved an “epic” […]
Cause of mosque fire in SW Houston declared ‘incendiary’
Source: Chron Authorities have upgraded the investigation of a Christmas Day fire at a southwest Houston mosque to “incendiary” and cited multiple points of origin in the two-alarm blaze as […]
ATF: Houston mosque fire ‘appears suspicious’
Source: CNN A Friday fire at a Houston mosque had “multiple points of origin” and “appears suspicious,” according to a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokeswoman. The Islamic […]
Arson at Central Valley mosque investigated as possible hate crime
Source: LA times An arson attack that took place over the weekend at a Central Valley mosque is being investigated as a possible hate crime, a law enforcement official said Sunday. Debris from what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail was found outside the Tracy Islamic Center on Saturday morning, said […]
Fresno police investigate beating of Sikh man as hate crime
Source: The Fresno Bee A Sikh man was attacked Saturday morning west of Highway 99 in what Fresno police are investigating as a hate crime – the latest such attack […]
Iran’s Rouhani says it’s up to Muslims to correct Islam’s image
Source: Reuters Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Muslims must improve the image of their religion, which has been tarnished by the violence of hardline groups such as […]
A letter to a young Muslim on the future of Western Islam
Source: Quartz By Haroon Moghul Senior Correspondent, Religion Dispatches We have failed you. While jihadist movements continue to expand their reach, anti-Muslim bigotry is becoming more and more mainstream. Both narratives […]
Stop asking me to condemn terrorists just because I’m Muslim
Source: The Washington Post By By Rana Elmir The deputy director of the ACLU of Michigan and lectures on issues related to Islamophobia, free speech and the intersection of race, faith […]
500 stunning photographs of this beautiful planet
500 amazing photographs of this beautiful planet Enjoy God’s wonderous world; absolutely stunning; See additional pictures
Sports: ESPN’s dilemma in mobile age: fans can watch clips all day
When Holly Holm delivered her vicious knockout against UFC champion Ronda Rousey last month, the highlight seemed perfect for ESPN‘s “SportsCenter.” http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-espn-3e28a692-a411-11e5-8318-bd8caed8c588-20151216-story.html Yet by the time the sports network’s flagship news program showed images of the fight, many had already seen the clip on Reddit and commented on Twitter. That’s the dilemma for ESPN and “SportsCenter,” the […]