Safer way to do gene editing
Source: BBC Scientists say they have fine tuned a gene editing method to make it safer and more accurate – vital if it is to be used in humans to […]
Five million customers affected by Vtech database hack
Source: BBC Electronic toy and educational material seller Vtech has confirmed that about five million customers were affected in the data theft reported on Friday. They are from all over […]
The GOP Ignores the Bigger Terror Threat—From the Right
thedailybeast.com: They slam Obama because he won’t say ‘radical Islam.’ But why won’t the Republicans acknowledge radical white terrorists? “I want surveillance of certain mosques,” bellowed Donald Trump to his followers at a campaign rally in Birmingham, Alabama, over the weekend. Ted Cruz recently declared that it would be “lunacy” […]
Inciting violence: Worker behind Jhelum incident wanted raise
Source. ET LAHORE: The complainant in the FIR, registered against the factory’s security in-charge for allegedly torching some pages of the Holy Quran at the Pakistan Chip Board Factory in Jhelum on November 20, says he had not witnessed the torching incident but had filed the complaint on the statement of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Yanis Varoufakis – Only solution is to starve IS of cash
middleeasteye.net: He offered rare praise for his former nemesis Angela Merkel for her decision to allow hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria’s war to come to Germany, but said that “Europe has lost its capacity to respond rationally to common problems” over the refugee crisis. Merkel had done more than […]
Pakistan hangs four over Peshawar school attack
Source: BBC Pakistan has hanged four men linked to last December’s massacre at an army school which killed more than 150 people, mostly children. The men were sentenced to death […]
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to give away 99% of shares
Source: BBC Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan say they will give away 99% of their shares in the company to good causes as they announce the birth […]
USA: Community Engagement & Tabligh Outreach on Thanksgiving Day – MEDITATION FOR WORLD PEACE with leaders of diverse Faiths
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Ever Merciful “You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in […]
Muslims Must Stand Against The Persecution Of Ahmadis
Huff Post: Recently, a bloodthirsty mob torched an Ahmadi owned factory in the Pakistani city of Jhelum. In contrast to Canada, where communities galvanize against hate, there were no rallies in defence of Ahmadi neighbours, and social media was ablaze with their “heresies” instead of condemnation of persecution. However, outside […]
Global Support for Principle of Free Expression, but Opposition to Some Forms of Speech
Source: Pew Research Center Americans Especially Likely to Embrace Individual Liberties BY RICHARD WIKE AND KATIE SIMMONS Although many observers have documented a global decline in democratic rights in recent […]
100 Women Live:As it happened
Source: BBC Live Reporting By Pippa Stephens, Elaine Okyere, Harry Low, Josephine McDermott, Sarah Buckley, Neil Arun, Lesley Sixsmith and Jasmine Coleman All times stated are UK Thank you and […]
Pope Francis: ‘Christians And Muslims Are Brothers And Sisters’
The pope took his message of peace to the Central African Republic, where thousands have died in clashes that have split the country along religious lines. Source: huffingtonpost.com Pope Francis ventured into one of the world’s most dangerous neighborhoods on Monday to implore Christians and Muslims to end a spiral of […]
AGREEMENT: Muslims Must Stand Against The Persecution Of Ahmadis | Junaid Jahangir
Source: huffingtonpost.ca The undersigned Muslim leaders and organizations, which include many who affirm religiously plural, gender equal and LGBT affirming safe spaces, call upon a coalition of Muslim groups to not only collectively condemn the Jhelum tragedy, but also make a concerted action to end the decades-long persecution of Ahmadis. Dr. […]
Is it Time to for Pakistan to Revisit the ‘Ahmadi Question’?
Source: huffingtonpost.com Neatly nestled amidst the immaculately kept ‘Bahishti Maqbara’ cemetery in Rabwah, is the final resting place of Professor Abdus Salam, Pakistan’s first Nobel Laureate and the first Muslim to receive the prize. The headstone marking his burial spot is a discreet slab of white marble, distinguishable from those around […]
Combating Islamophobia, the reason to keep Woodrow Wilson at Princeton | Letters
Source: nj.com The Paris terrorist attacks have fueled rising Islamophobia in America. Presidential candidates have called for a national database of Muslims and surveillance of mosques. The House of Representatives has passed the bill to temporarily halt the Syrian and Iraqi refugee program. As a member of Ahmadiyya Muslim community, I […]
Call for a debate on Islam
Islamic State as godless terrorists who defame and blaspheme Islam Source: theaustralian.com.au I welcome the call for a debate on Islam. It would be a privilege for me to contribute to such a debate and help in removing misconceptions. Those who kill themselves or others can never attract the pleasure of […]
Town Hall: Expert panel talks about the war on terror, how to defeat ISIS
Source: kutv.com WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — An expert panel of guests joined for a town hall discussion with Sinclair to talk about the complications, and possible solutions to defeating ISIS. While opinions varied, experts weighed-in on the issues surrounding the war against extremists, and what it will take to stop […]
How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word common between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
662. Commandment – when death comes to any one of you, if he leave much wealth …
662. Commandment – when death comes to any one of you, if he leave much wealth, that he make a will to parents and near relatives to act with fairness; it is an obligation on those who fear God [2:181] It is prescribed for you, when death comes to any one of you, if he […]
One of the world’s favorite fruits is being driven to extinction
Source: Business Insider When it comes to the world’s favorite fruit, history is repeating itself, with the most popular banana at serious risk from the Panama disease – a fungicide-resistant […]