Quebec man in Joker mask who threatened to kill Arabs arrested
The Toronto Star: A Montreal man will spend the next few days in jail after being charged in connection with a YouTube video in which someone wearing a Joker mask […]
Anti-Muslim hate crimes have no place in Canada: Editorial
After the Paris attacks some Canadian Muslims are being scapegoated for crimes that have nothing to do with this country, and for which they owe no apology. A young Toronto […]
Aga Khan at Harvard: Islam and the Cosmopolitan Ethic in a Fragmented World
The Huffington Post: Today if we were asked: “What is your understanding of Islam,” many of us may look at Friday’s attacks in Paris, for which the self-declared Islamic State […]
Einstein: The Light-Beam Rider
Source: New York Times By WALTER ISAACSON; who is the C.E.O. of the Aspen Institute, is the author of “The Innovators” and biographies of Einstein, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Henry […]
UK’s coal plants to be phased out within 10 years
Source: BBC The UK’s remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025 with their use restricted by 2023, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has proposed. Ms Rudd wants more gas-fired […]
The last word in green transport
Source: BBC We are hopeful, here, about green transportation breakthroughs, setting our cynicism aside for any planet-pleasing press release. But — perhaps because we are suffering from a particularly nasty […]
Watch this video to understand the biggest idea in physics
Source: BBC Over the course of November 1915, the German physicist Albert Einstein gave a series of lectures in which he presented his theory of general relativity to the world […]
The missing element of mercy
Source: 5 Pillars By Lauren Booth Journalist Lauren Booth questions whether the West can really hold the moral high ground in the aftermath of the deadly Paris terrorist attacks. “The […]
Obama: GOP’s Anti-Syrian Refugee Attitude ‘Needs To Stop’
Source: Huffington Post MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama is accusing Republicans who oppose allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S. of being scared of widows and orphans. He says […]
Rohingya and the Burmese generals
Nov 17,2015 – RAMZI BAROUD – JORDAN TIMES Writing in the New York Times in the article titled “Myanmar generals set the state for their own exit”, Thomas Fuller expressed his and the media’s failure to recognise the total fraud that is Burmese democracy. “The official results are still […]
France’s unresolved Algerian war sheds light on the Paris attack
Voices France’s unresolved Algerian war sheds light on the Paris attack The French-Algerian identity of one of the attackers demonstrates how France’s savage 1956-62 war in Algeria continues to infect today’s atrocities. Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 16 November 2015 60 comments 2K People weep as they gather to observe a […]
Here’s why the college graduation rate is so low
Source: Yahoo News One of the nuances often lost in the discussion of student loan debt is the plight of students who borrow for college and don’t graduate, leaving them […]
Francois Hollande’s ‘war’ with Isis won’t stand in the way of France’s arms deals with Saudi Arabia
Despite the President’s huffing and puffing about war the spiritual mentors of the militants will be left untouched Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices The country which lent its Sunni-Wahhabi […]
Imam, Rabbi And Pastor Join Hands In Powerful Display Of Unity
Source: Huffington Post The November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris has left the world reeling. Once again, religion is at the crux of a tragedy that has threatened to tear the […]
After the Paris attacks, here’s how to think about the relationship between ISIS and Islam
Source: The Washington Post The horrific terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night have sparked yet another debate about the Islamic State and Islam. The question boils down to this:Does Islamic […]
Does religion give rise to violence — or the other way around? (COMMENTARY)
Source: Religion News Service By James Bernard Murphy A professor of government at Dartmouth College and has just completed a book manuscript titled “A Genealogy of Violence: Rene Girard in Dialogue.” […]
King calls for united, holistic action to counter terrorism
By Jordan Times – Nov 17,2015 – Last updated at Nov 17,2015 His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga in Pristina on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday started a European working tour in Kosovo, where he met […]
Dial D for Don: Ex-Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar reveals his conversations with Dawood Ibrahim
New Delhi, Nov 18: In a sensational revelation in his upcoming book to be launched, ‘Dial D for Don’, former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has mentioned his conversations with India’s most wanted underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim, who has been allegedly hiding in Pakistan. According to media reports, Kumar has […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat participated successfully in 38 International Book Fair Interliber 2015 Zagreb Croatia
By Zubair Khan It was a spacious stall of 30 sqm hired by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat for book fair scheduled from 10 to 15 of November 2015. On all four corners were beautiful neon signs indicating the organisation. In addition to 80 different titles comprising books and pamphlets the 18 placards […]
Anti-Muslim hate crime to be treated as seriously as anti-Semitism – David Cameron
Source: RT.com; Originally collected by Dr. Amtul Qadoos Farhat for the Muslim Times, dated October, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron will tell police forces in England and Wales to record […]