President Barack Obama Mocking Republicans: Laughter is the Best Medicine
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Viewpoint: The supermarkets’ guilty secret about unsold food
Source: BBC Supermarkets are discarding hundreds of tons of food every year. What can be done to stop it, asks Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. At the Unity Youth Centre in Toxteth, Liverpool, […]
Here’s What Happens When You Put More Women in Government
Source: Time Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made headlines Wednesday when he announced that half of his Cabinet ministers are female, a decision he justified with the simple explanation that “it’s 2015.” The move won him international praise and more than a few swoons. Canada isn’t the first country to […]
Candidates use the Bible to justify their views. We must respond with reason Gayatri Devi
Source: The Guardian he interpretation – or misinterpretation, or simplification – of our most entrenched foundation myths – the Bible – are important indicators of what we privilege and value […]
Uber in Egypt to teach drivers how not to sexually harass women
Source: The Guardian Uber is teaming up with an Egyptian anti-sexual harassment initiative to train its drivers in how to “recognise, prevent and take positive action” against inappropriate behaviour, the […]
New Crop of Immigrants in Parliament Is Seen as Reflection of Canada
Source: The New York Times OTTAWA — He was a teenage refugee, fleeing civil war in Somalia, when he came to Canada 22 years ago. Now, after completing high school […]
Of Niqabs, Neo-Cons and the New Prime Minister
Of Niqabs, Neo-Cons and the New Prime Minister | Canadian Elections and the Muslim Vote By Waleed Ahmed Canada’s new Prime Minister is hijab-friendly. Too friendly, as some evidence seems […]
Aboriginals, Muslims, Sikhs & 50% women: Canada’s new cabinet is awesome
Chew on these facts about the recently concluded Canadian general election: 1) 10 Muslim MPs were elected, the most in the history of the Canadian parliament. 2) 10 aboriginal Canadian […]
Islamic Faith Healing in Indonesia
Source: The New York Times Antonio Zambardino considers himself to be neither religious nor superstitious, but when he stumbled across an exorcism while photographing in a remote area of Indonesia […]
Respecting religious freedom has become more complex, Tim Wilson says
Source: The Guardian The Coalition-appointed human rights commissioner, Tim Wilson, says the challenge of respecting religious freedom is becoming more complex, but that preserving religious freedom in a pluralistic multi-faith […]
Anonymous posts Ku Klux Klan alleged sympathisers list
Source: BBC The hackers’ collective Anonymous has shared details of hundreds of alleged sympathisers of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on the internet. Anonymous said the data was […]
Canada now has the world’s most Sikh cabinet
Washington Post This week, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, unveiled the most diverse cabinet in the country’s history. The majority Liberal government’s cabinet is now gender equal — 15 of […]
The Guardian view on Ahmed Chalabi: mission incredible
The Guardian view on Ahmed Chalabi: mission incredible Editorial Could one man’s shameless inventions really have triggered the invasion of Iraq? Ahmed Chalabi – ‘an adventurer of astonishing energy and chutzpah’ – in 1998. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Shutterstock Thursday 5 November 2015 Comments 62 The death of Ahmed Chalabi is […]
India: Intolerance in India: My mother is a Hindu and father is a Muslim, says Salman Khan
Intolerance in India: My mother is a Hindu and father is a Muslim, says Salman Khan – Oneindiahttp://partner.googleadservices.com/gpt/pubads_impl_75.js/common/js/jquery.bxslider.min.js/common/adaptive/js/article-scripts.js?v=9// http://www.google.com/jsapi?autoload=%7B%22modules%22%3A%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22search%22%2C%22version%22%3A%221.0%22%2C%22callback%22%3A%22__gcse.scb%22%2C%22style%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fcse%2Fstyle%2Flook%2Fv2%2Fdefault.css%22%2C%22language%22%3A%22en%22%7D%5D%7Dhttp://www.google.com/uds/api/search/1.0/432dd570d1a386253361f581254f9ca1/default+en.I.jshttp://c14.zedo.com/utils/framework/v6/hif.js?110611http://c14.zedo.com/utils/zplayer/wrapper/v3.2/wrapper.min.js?110611http://c14.zedo.com/utils/inArticle/cssselector/v10/frdcssselector.js?110611http://c14.zedo.com/utils/inArticle/networkIds.js?110611http://c14.zedo.com/utils/inArticle/buttonsLinks.js?110611http://c14.zedo.com/utils/inArticle/eventsNetworkIds.json?110611http://c14.zedo.com/utils/inArticle/zplayer/v15/frd_zedoPlayer.js?110611http://xp1.zedo.com/asw/cr.js?cns=zedofhsblockad&jvs=zfhs_blockad&z=0.8759497337650866http://c14.zedo.com/utils/Network_Ids.jsonhttp://c14.zedo.com/utils/zplayer/wrapper/v3.2/zzobj.min.jshttp://c14.zedo.com/utils/zplayer/wrapper/v3.2/OVVAsset.min.jshttp://d6.zedo.com/utils/Receiver.js?110611 Salman added he was not “aware” of Shah Rukh’s remarks on intolerance and hence could not answer the question. When pressed for his reaction, his film’s co-star Sonam Kapoor interjected and […]
Book Review: Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report
Source: Princeton Press By Saba Mahmood, who is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the […]
Book Review: What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic
Source: Princeton University Press Author: Shahab Ahmed (1966-2015) was postdoctoral associate in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Read a chapter online What is Islam? How do […]
On this day in 1962, the UN adopted a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid. Say no to racism in US
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
TERRORISM: Task force wants travel ban for Swiss jihadis
TERRORISM Task force wants travel ban for Swiss jihadis NOV 2, 2015 – 11:53 A photo from a militant website showing Islamic State fighters in Syria (Keystone) The Swiss intelligence services are monitoring 70 Swiss alleged to have travelled to conflict zones to join jihadi groups. Given the scale of […]
Video: MINI HOMES: Ikea units brought in for asylum seekers
For the video please click here OCT 30, 2015 – 16:00 Canton Aargau is short of asylum shelters. The authorities now want to set up mobile Ikea units as temporary homes for 300 people. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The units are small, but easy to install. They offer space for at least four […]
637. Commandment – Take not, therefore, friends from among them (hypocrites) and treatment with hypocrites
Commandment – Take not, therefore, friends from among them (hypocrites) and treatment with hypocrites [4:89] What has happened to you that you are divided into two parties regarding the hypocrites? And Allah has overthrown them because of what they earned. Desire ye to guide him whom Allah has caused to […]