Source: Stratfor When France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed the Schengen Agreement in 1985, they envisioned a system in which people and goods could move from one country to another without barriers. This vision was largely realized: Since its implementation in 1995, the Schengen Agreement eliminated border controls […]
The situation is grim in India, where many face an instantaneous end to their marriage for very petty reasons through phone, social media or e-mail, or Whatsapp. Reasons for divorce: wearing sun-glasses or not adding enough salt to the food Published: 16:13 September 2, 2015 By Gagandeep Kaur, Special to […]
Economist: MAX WEBER, the great German theorist of religious influence on economics, seems to be gaining more followers by the day. The latest person to posit a religious explanation for […]
http://ahmadiyyapriatim.blogspot.com: Some of the miracles and prophecies of the Holy Qur’an are such that they can be witnessed and experienced by us even in this age and no one can […]
Thousands of Yazidi women have been enslaved by ISIS. Does paying their captors for their freedom fund the terrorist organization? ERBIL, Iraq—In a crowded room in an undisclosed location in […]
Mohsin Raza/Reuter PREACH 08.30.1512:01 AM ET Why Has Pakistan Become So Intolerant? I was beaten in Pakistan for my religion. I am far from alone. A Christian couple, parents of three children with a fourth on the way, were accused of blasphemy by a mob and incinerated in a brick […]
Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger at a press conference earlier this week. Photo: DPA Mannschaft step forward to welcome refugees Published: 02 Sep 2015 16:50 GMT+02:00 Germany’s World Cup-winning footballers have condemned xenophobic attacks on the thousands of foreigners pouring into their country and led calls to help the refugees amidst […]
A Lebanese-French archaeologist tells Robert Fisk about her unique answer to a unique crime By Robert Fisk, The Independent So why is Isis blowing to pieces the greatest artefacts of ancient history in Syria and Iraq? The archeologist Joanne Farchakh has a unique answer to a unique crime. First, […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has secured enough support in the US Senate to […]
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OPINION Escaping the refugee crisis By Peter Singer SEP 2, 2015 – 13:55 In July, the number of migrants reaching the borders of the European Union passed 100,000 – the third consecutive month in which a new record was set. In one week in August, 21,000 migrants arrived in Greece. […]
ISTANBUL Turkish security forces patrolled the shores of Muğla, finding the bodies of several refugees, including a child, who drowned and were washed ashore. DHA photos World must help Turkey with refugees as ‘things will get even worse’: UNHCR At least 12 migrants believed to be Syrians drowned as two […]
Officers in Munich said they were ‘overwhelmed’ by the outpouring of help and support and had more than they needed LIZZIE DEARDEN Tuesday 01 September 2015 The Independent Police in a German city have been forced to ask the public to stop bringing donations for arriving refugees after […]
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel A coalition of interfaith leaders is calling on Gov. Scott Walker to clarify his recent remarks implying most Muslims are extremists, saying such […]
• Israeli PM promises “zero tolerance” toward stone-throwing • Suggests courts too lenient toward Palestinian minors • Faces calls from settlers for tougher action In this May 19, 2012 file photo, a Palestinian youth throws a stone at an armed Jewish settler during clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in […]
By AFP – Sep 01,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian social activist working for the International South South Cooperation (Cooperazsione Internazionale Sud Sud, or CISS) entertains a child who is a cancer patient, inside a hospital in Gaza City on Monday. Activists working for the Italian nonprofit NGO use […]
By Daniel Khazeni-Rad – Sep 1, 2015 A new trend is occurring on Iran’s northern Caspian Sea shores – Iraqis – specifically residents of Baghdad. This uncommon sight to Mazandaran locals and Tehran natives alike has, according to residents of the area, become a growing trend over the past 4 […]
576. Commandment – The violation of a Sacred Month should be retaliated in the Sacred Month; and for all sacred things there is the law of retaliation. So, whoso transgresses against you, punish him for his transgression to the extent to which he has transgressed against you [2:195] The violation of a Sacred Month should be retaliated in the Sacred Month; […]
CNN: Muslim inventions that shaped the modern world Olivia Sterns, CNN Updated 1:42 PM ET, Wed July 22, 2015 London (CNN) Think of the origins of that staple of modern life, […]
Source: RT.com Real-life ‘Jurassic Park’? Siberian lab set to clone extinct mammals Russian scientists have begun their quest to clone pre-historic animals, including but not limited to a woolly mammoth, […]