Are You More Than Your Genes? All Together With Dr. Robert Klitzman
Title: Huffington Post What if you could know the future of your health — what diseases you might get and how you might die? Would you want to know even […]
7 facts about atheists
Source: Pew Research Center Estimating the number of atheists in the U.S. is complicated. Some adults who describe themselves as atheists also say they believe in God or a universal spirit. At the same time, some people who identify with a religion (e.g., say they are Protestant, Catholic or Jewish) […]
PKK creates rift between Swiss Kurds and Turks
Freedom struggle or terror? PKK creates rift between Swiss Kurds and Turks by Peter Siegenthaler, swissinfo.ch Nov 3, 2015 – 11:00 Several people were injured in clashes between Kurdish and Turkish demonstrators in Bern in September (Keystone) With around 120,000 residents of Turkish origin – about half of them Kurds – Switzerland has been […]
638. Commandment – Hast thou not seen those who were forbidden to hold secret counsels and again return to what they were forbidden
Commandment – Hast thou not seen those who were forbiddento holdsecret counsels and again return to what they were forbidden, and confer secretly for sin and transgression and disobedience to the Messenger? [58:9] Hast thou not seen those who were forbidden to hold secret counsels and again return to what they were forbidden, […]
Jordan is closest to Palestinian cause – PM
Jordan is closest to Palestinian cause — PM By JT – Nov 05,2015 – Last updated at Nov 05,2015 JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour meets with Knesset member Ahmad Tibi on Thursday (Petra photo) AMMAN — Jordan is the closest to the Palestinian cause, Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour reiterated […]
NY Times: India, France and Secularism
Source: New York Times By Sylvie Kauffmann The Indian organizers of two concerts by Ghulam Ali, a veteran Pakistani singer, did not want to take chances. They had received local […]
UN expects Europe’s refugee flow to top 1 million in 2015
By Reuters – Nov 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants wait to travel by dinghy to the Greek island of Chios, from the Turkish coast near Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, on Wednesday […]
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 […]