Minority matters an Op-Ed from Dawn
Source: Dawn.com By Reema Omer; who is a legal adviser for International Commission of Jurists “I AM the prime minister of all Pakistanis, whether they are Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, […]
Why Giving Thanks Is Good For Our Bodies And Spirits
“Gratitude is the recognition that we are not the center of the universe.” By Kimberly Winston for Religion News Service (RNS) Thursday is Thanksgiving, the annual food fest that sometimes devolves […]
Calgary Self-Defence Class Will Teach Muslim Women To Protect Themselves
The Huffington Post Alberta | By Sarah Rieger Email Posted: 11/25/2015 4:21 pm EST Updated: 11/25/2015 4:59 pm EST Zenab Awan demonstrates a move at the KJR Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in Calgary. | KJR Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy Calgary Facebook In response to recent acts of violence and Islamophobia […]
Book Review: The Relevance of the Islamic Identity in Canada
Source: The Star Muslims grapple with their place in Canada: Goar A new book provides a glimpse into life as a Muslim in Canada Former Star columnist Haroon Siddiqui contributes a […]
Intolerant India? Actor Aaamir Khan under fire
Bollywood’s Aamir Khan under fire for ‘Should we move out of India’ comment Bollywood star Aamir Khan said he is ‘alarmed’ by growing intolerance in India, comments which prompted protests, sedition charges and calls for him to apologize Share on Faceb VIEW 3 PHOTOS zoom CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STAR Order […]
To combat Islamophobia
Nov 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – GEORGE S. HISHMEH The carnage that took place a fortnight ago in Paris, admittedly by Daesh, has backfired, hurting Arabs and Muslims everywhere, especially in Africa, Europe and the United States. If nothing else, it has degraded Arabs and Muslims everywhere, igniting racism and […]
Jordan: ‘Mafraq, Ramtha population doubled since start of Syrian crisis’
By Khetam Malkawi – Nov 27,2015 -JORDAN TIMES The city of Ramtha, some 90km north of Amman, where the population has almost doubled from 80,000 four years ago to over 150,000 (Photo courtesy of Ramtha community Facebook page) AMMAN — Mafraq and Ramtha have seen their populations more […]
Why Admitting One Million Refugees Can Help Defeat ISIS
Source: Huffington Post By Stephen H. Dinan; Author, CEO of The Shift Network I believe the United States is in the midst of making a major and very damaging mistake in […]
Bombs may kill extremists, but they will not kill extremism
Source: Belfast Telegraph ‘Bomb and be done with it. Destroy the enemy, and all will be well.’ This seductive voice cannot go unchallenged. ISIL must be defeated, but it will […]
The best new way to learn a language
Source: BBC It wasn’t until Prashant Choudhary quit his desk job at a Delhi insurance firm to work as a driver that he began to speak English with some fluency. […]
Step out of Japan’s big cities and find its hidden wildlife
Source: BBC Beyond the glittering cities like Tokyo, there is another Japan: a world of secret waterfalls, rare birds and snow monkeys Here are 12 of the most beautiful images […]
Millennials are less religious than older Americans, but just as spiritual
Source: Pew Research Center By many measures, Millennials are much less likely than their elders to be religious. For instance, only about half of Millennials (adults who were born between 1981 and 1996) say they believe in God with absolute certainty, and only about four-in-ten Millennials say religion is very […]
‘Rambo’ appeal, not the mosque, lures Brussels youths to IS
Source: Reuters Khalid Ben Larbi lived a hedonistic lifestyle similar to other European youths and rarely went to the mosque in Molenbeek, the mainly Muslim Moroccan immigrant area where he […]
GOP fears Trump’s Muslim comments could hurt
Source: The Hill Donald Trump’s rhetoric since the Paris terrorist attacks appears to have helped him with GOP primary voters, according to most polls. But Republican insiders are concerned that […]
Bombs May Kill Extremists, but They Will Not Kill Extremism
Huff Post: How we respond to future attacks will shape our future for generations to come. Our shock at the recent terror attacks across Paris, the Middle East, and Mali has been predictably followed with calls for mindless retribution. ‘Bomb and be done with it. Destroy the enemy, and all […]
Religious liberties under strain for Muslims in France
Source: The Washington Post PARIS — The mournful sermon in the Mosque Tawhid at Friday prayers was about the attacks, because it is hard now to speak of anything else […]
Social scientists have a long history of predicting the demise of religion
Source: Social scientists have a long history of predicting the demise of religion. Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Sigmund Freud, and Karl Marx envisioned the decline of organized religion and the rise of the religiously unaffiliated. More recently the idea that the unaffiliated population will increase has been promoted using mathematical […]
The strange beasts that live in solid rock deep underground
Source: BBC Just how far down in the Earth’s crust can animals survive? In the dark, hot depths of several South African gold mines, there live some tiny worms that […]
This Is Why Muslims Hold Muhammad in Such High Regard
Huff Post: What the world owes to Islam and its Prophet The principles, values and freedoms of which we can be proud of today are found in a book compiled […]
Women facing fines of up to £6,500 for wearing burkas in Swiss region
independent.co.uk: Wearing a burka or niqab in public has been banned in the Swiss region of Ticino, with offenders facing a fine of up to £6,500. The region’s parliament approved the law on Monday, thereby banning full-face veils worn by women in many Muslim countries, in the wake of heightened terrorist alerts […]