How people react to parents’ rejection of daughter’s Muslim fiancé
How would you feel if your non-Muslim daughter or son introduced you to her or his Muslim fiancé? In light of the heated debates about Muslim people and refugees, the […]
‘I was there’: Eyewitnesses recall how 2015 changed their lives
By Stephen Fottrell BBC News 23 December 2015 From the sectionWorld Image copyrightAP, AFP, Getty From the devastating gun attacks in Paris and Tunisia to the crippling earthquake in Nepal and the unprecedented migrant crisis in Europe, 2015 was a year in which human stories and experiences came to the fore. […]
Birmingham’s ancient Koran history revealed
By Sean CoughlanEducation correspondent Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionThe ancient Koran in Birmingham is giving up some its secrets Knowledge economy Vocational education’s global gap US universities gripped by identity crisis UK student numbers surge in Netherlands Online schools ‘worse than […]
Blasphemy and punishment: SC has ‘limited powers’ to interpret Islamic laws
Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has observed that it has limited jurisdiction when it comes to interpreting the injunctions of Islam on the issue of blasphemy and its punishment. A […]
Interior ministry considering honorary citizenship for ‘ideological Pakistani’ Donald Trump
Source: Khabaristan Times Islamabad: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has revealed that the ministry is considering giving honorary Pakistani citizenship to the early favourite for Republican nominee in […]
How the World Works – by Noam Chomsky
By Noam Chomsky, Arthur Naiman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Barsamian (Contributor) According to The New York Times, Noam Chomsky is “arguably the most important intellectual alive.” But he isn’t easy to read . . . or at least he wasn’t until these books came along. Made up of intensively edited […]
King urges Jordanians to embrace values of tolerance, compassion
By JT – Dec 22,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah addresses the nation in a televised speech on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday congratulated the nation on the occasions of Prophet Mohammad’s birthday and Christmas, calling on both […]
The reaction to Hina Rabbani Khar’s comments against anti-Ahmadiyya laws highlight the religious double standards in Pakistan
Source: The Nation By Usman Ahmad is a British freelance writer and photographer based in Pakistan. His portfolio can be seen on his website http://www.usman-ahmad.com. Follow him on Twitter If Pakistanis want equality […]
Greek parliament votes to recognize independent Palestinian state
Source: RT.com The Greek parliament has unanimously voted to recognize Palestine as an independent state. It comes amid an official visit to Greece by the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The […]
Premier meets with Saskatoon’s Ahmadiyya Muslims
Source: Global News Premier Brad Wall gathered with members of Saskatoon’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community Monday in a meeting that covered several topics. The premier requested the gathering during the nationwide […]
A brief history of Islam in America
So much of the recent debate in the US over Syrian refugees and Islamophobia has tended to assume that Muslim Americans are mostly migrants and that Islam is a new […]
Meet the Muslim woman awarded US Professor of the Year 2015
Source: The Daily Siasat I never knew chemistry could be a source of happiness, excitement and create positively critical citizens until I heard it from Collin College Professor Dr. Amina […]
EU gets 1 million migrants in 2015, smugglers seen making $1 billion
Reuters International swissinfo.ch DEC 22, 2015 – By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 1 million refugees and migrants came to the European Union this year, while almost 3,700 died or went missing in perilous journeys which reaped huge profit for smugglers, the International Organization for Migration said […]
U.N. blames Saudi-led coalition for most attacks on Yemeni civilians
Reuters International DEC 22, 2015 – SWISSINFO.CH By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that a Saudi-led coalition’s military campaign in Yemen appeared to be responsible for a “disproportionate amount” of attacks on civilian areas. Speaking […]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘forces one million out of school’Bo
Source: BBC An Islamist insurgency has kept about one million children out of school in Nigeria and three neighbouring states, the UN children’s agency has said. More than 2,000 schools […]
Iraqi forces ‘advance into Islamic State-held Ramadi’
Source: BBC Iraqi government forces are advancing into the centre of the city of Ramadi, which is controlled by jihadist group Islamic State (IS), officials say. Security sources told the […]
Video: Solving the world’s drought problem
Could ‘resurrection plants’ be the future of food? Source: BBC When she was a child, Jill Farrant, a molecular physiologist based at the University of Cape Town, came across an […]
A guy with $170,000 in student loans who can’t find a job in the legal profession is suing his law school and working full time for Uber
Source: Yahoo News Clark Moffatt, 35, says he dreamed of a career in criminal justice when he graduated from San Diego’s Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2006. But since […]
Over a million migrants and refugees have reached Europe this year, says IOM
Source: The Guardian More than a million people have now reached Europe through irregular means in 2015, the International Organisation for Migration has announced, in what constitutes the continent’s biggest […]
Is the Internet killing religion?
Source: CNN (CNN) We can blame the Internet for plenty: the proliferation of porn, our obsession with cat videos, the alleged rise of teen trends like – brace yourself – […]