Source: Time (COLORADO SPRINGS) — The man who killed three people in an attack on a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic halted court proceedings Wednesday by demanding that he be allowed to fire his public defender and represent himself. Robert Dear, 57, announced at a status hearing that he no […]
Source: Huffington Post If you were to ask people what experiences makes them happy, you’d get a variety of answers that typically center around things that make them feel pleasure. […]
Source: Huffington Post Amid a spike in anti-Muslim assaults, vandalism and death threats around the country since the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino and growing sentiment against the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Melody Moezzi Author, Attorney, Activist, UN Global Expert As someone who writes about the news, I can’t exactly ignore it. Still, lately, I have been tempted. So […]
Source: Tribune LUCKNOW: Indian police Wednesday formally charged 15 suspects over the mob murder of a Muslim man suspected of eating beef in late September, a case that sparked an outcry […]
DEC. 23, 2015 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution demanding Palestinian sovereignty over natural resources under Israeli occupation.The draft solution, “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian […]
DEC. 18, 2015 maannews.com Clashes in Bethlehem, October 2015. (MaanImages/Frederik Kaare-Andersen,File) NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday shot and injured at least 78 Palestinians, two critically, when clashes broke out across the occupied Palestinian territory for the second day in a row.Medical sources told Ma’an that a Palestinian […]
Source: Huffington Post Who doesn’t know that thrumming, repetitive thinking that plays on an endless loop in our brains? It can start with anything — a grouchy look from someone […]
Source: CNN Washington (CNN)U.S. plans for nuclear war in 1959 included the “systematic destruction” of major urban centers like East Berlin, Moscow and Beijing — with the populations of those […]
A British imam whose business visa was revoked without explanation as he tried to board a flight to America has accused the US State Department of enacting the policies of Donald Trump “before he has received a single vote”. Ajmal Masroor, 44, is the second British Muslim over the past week to […]
Huff Post: by Severin Carroll — Just over half of practising solicitors are women, but they are still under-represented in senior roles Senior judges at the Court of Session in […]
Reuters International DEC 24, 2015 – swissinfo.ch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A record number of French Jews moved to Israel this year, an immigration official said on Thursday, citing anti-Semitic violence […]
Dec 24,2015 -JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) puts out a monthly report about the life condition in the occupied Palestinian territories. In its latest report, OCHA stated that a record number of Palestinians from Gaza seek Israeli exit permits for […]
Dec 24,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Robert Skidelsky Donald Trump’s call to bar Muslims from the United States provoked the following exchange with two young friends of mine: “If the choice was between Muslim immigration and preserving liberal moral values,” I asked, “which would you choose?” They both denied the question’s […]
By JT – Dec 23,2015 – JORDANIAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to Christian leaders during a meeting on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday underscored the unity and solidarity of the Jordanian people, noting that Jordanians, Muslims and Christians, […]
Source: Haaretz.com By Uri Misgav A longtime friend told me this week about a call he made to the principal of his young son’s elementary school. He asked how it […]
By Annie Besant (1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933), who was a prominent British socialist, theosophist, women’s rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule. […]
Patheos.con: By Ayesha Noor I went shopping on a hot June afternoon. I wore a cool beige outer garment over my Jeans and top and complimented it with a blue […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kim Bellware; Reporter, The Huffington Post Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants had a simple message for Muslim-Americans: “You do not stand alone.” The Massachusetts Supreme Court […]
Source: The Guardian Police are treating the dumping of two pigs’ heads outside an Islamic school in Lancashire as a hate crime. It is believed the heads were left at […]