Family’s Tragedy Goes Beyond One Boy
By ANNE BARNARD DEC. 27, 2015 ISTANBUL — When Alan Kurdi’s tiny body washed up on a beach in Turkey, forcing the world to grasp the pain of […]
How much longer must women wait for true equality?
theguardian: by Kevin McKenna — Across government, business and financial institutions, incompetent men continue to thwart the progress of talented women How will we know when true gender equality is achieved in the British workplace? Perhaps there is an index running, even now, which measures gender equality with a range […]
Schools must teach children that Britain is a Christian country
Source: The Telegraph Schools must teach pupils that Britain is a Christian country and are entitled to prioritise the views of established religions over atheism, the Education Secretary has said. […]
Palestine Leadership to Hold Talks on Relations With Israel
© AP Photo/ Adel Hana POLITIC28.12.2015 The Palestinian authorities are set to meet in the coming days to discuss the state of its relations with Tel Aviv amid the recent escalation of the long-standing conflict, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chief Saeb Erekat said. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The PLO chief ruled out the […]
Corsica demos banned after two days of anti-Arab protests
By AFP – Dec 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Demonstrators, most of them angry against Muslim residents, march in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on Saturday (AP photo) AJACCIO, France — France banned demonstrations in part of the Corsican capital Ajaccio on Sunday following two days of anti-Arab […]
Azraq camp dwellers suffer, awaiting ‘more world attention’
By Suzanna Goussous – Dec 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo, Syrian refugees fill water from taps located outside the Azraq camp (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — Azraq camp for Syrian refugees is facing “harsh conditions” with an increasing number of daily voluntary returns to Syria, due […]
You won’t hear it, but news from Afghanistan is bad
Voices You won’t hear it, but news from Afghanistan is bad Isis men are now fighting in their thousands in the country we arrived to “liberate” 14 years ago, quite apart from tens of thousands of Taliban “pushing” in to their “heartland” around Sangin Robert Fisk @indyvoices Member of Afghan […]
China Expels French Journalist Over Article on Muslim Region
Source: Time Expecting the move, Ursula Gauthier, a longtime journalist for the French news magazine L’Obs, said late Friday night that she was prepared to leave China. Once she departs […]
Chinese Biotech Giant Rules Out Cloning Humans… For Now
Source: Time BEIJING — The head of a Chinese firm that is building the world’s biggest animal cloning factory has vowed not to use the technology on people — for […]
‘We Won’t Make Frankensteins,’ Cloning Giant Boyalife’s CEO Says
Source: NBC News By DAVID LOM and ERIC BACULINAO “WE REALLY DON’T WANT THE ENTIRE SOCIETY TO BECOME ONE BILLION EINSTEINS” BEIJING — The head of a Chinese firm that […]
A Brilliant Way To Teach Children Which Friends To Trust
Source: Huffington Post A true friendship is a bond built on trust, and when that trust is broken, the friendship often shatters. Brené Brown has spent decades researching trust and vulnerability, […]
A Muslim’s Christmas Message
Source: Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhry Physician, writer and human rights activist Christmas is one of the most important days in the Christian calendar. Granted it has largely been turned […]
If Islam Is Un-American, so Are Christianity and Judaism
Source: Huffington Post By Warren J. Blumenfeld Independent Writer “[I am] calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our representatives can figure out what’s […]
ISIS, Fear, and the Freedom of Speech
Source: Huffington Post By Geoffrey R. Stone Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago In recent weeks, two of the legal scholars I most admire — Cass Sunstein and Eric Posner — have independently called for possible limitations on the scope of First Amendment protection in […]
Why Theists Need Atheists; An Atheist’s Perspective
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison; Mormon in progress, former atheist, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife,’ Princeton PhD I spent about five years as an atheist. I […]
We are All Muslim by Michael Moore
Dear Donald Trump: You may remember (you do, after all, have a “perfect memory!”), that we met back in November of 1998 in the green room of a talk show […]
The Religious Right Is Right to Be Scared: Christianity Is Dying in America
Source: The Daily Beast By Jay Michaelson Why try to understand complicated things like demographics for the decline of your faith when you can blame gays and liberals for waging a […]
A Religious Forecast For 2050: Atheism Is Down, Islam Is Rising
Source: NPR By the end of the century, Muslims could outnumber Christians for the first time in history, according to a report released by the Pew Research Center. “Another way of […]
Flooding ‘worst in 50 years’, as 150,000 flee in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Source: BBC Vast areas in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil are being hit by the worst flooding in 50 years, forcing the evacuation of more than 150,000 people. Days of […]