Source:ET “You just have to wear a burqa inside the school; you are free to take it off when you leave the school premises,”said the principal of a Karachi-based school while interviewing a candidate. “It’s just a garment,” thought the candidate, and a garment that was helping her get a higher salary […]
Source:Todays Zaman.com via Munir Ahmad A man dressed as an imam told crowds at an election rally held by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Saturday that he once had a dream in which Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was appointed by the Prophet Muhammed. Addressing crowds in […]
IN NEWS / BY TIMES / ON MAY 28, 2015 AT 11:07 AM / The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana will celebrate this year’s Khilafat Day on Sunday, May 31, […]
By Walter Mayr spiegel.de DPA In the third year of his pontificate, criticism is growing of Pope Francis. Members of the Vatican establishment are turning against him and he even shocks his own staff with his free thinking. Where does this enigmatic pope want to […]
By Walter Mayr spiegel.de DPA In the third year of his pontificate, criticism is growing of Pope Francis. Members of the Vatican establishment are turning against him and he even shocks his own staff with his free thinking. Where does this enigmatic pope want to […]
484. Commandment – be thou steadfast as thou art commanded, and follow not their evil inclinations [42:16] To this, then, do thou invite mankind. And be thou steadfast as thou art commanded, and follow not their evil inclinations, but say, ‘I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down, and I am […]
JIHADISTS More entry bans imposed against radicalisation By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAY 31, 2015 – 14:43 Switzerland has imposed more entry bans on radicalised non-Swiss citizens (Keystone) The Swiss government has authorised a number of entry bans on radicalised non-Swiss citizens in order to limit extremist groups who promote their […]
Muslims react to hate comments, make it clear just how ridiculous the internet can be Posted by Dina Rickman in videos Last month a nursery at a mosque in Tampa, Florida, burnt down. No one was injured in the incident but the story made the headlines and, inevitably, horrible comments were posted […]
TIME By Alia Salem @aliarsalem; who is the executive director of the Dallas / Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “I question the purpose of free speech when it’s […]
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Updated 7:58 AM ET, Sun May 31, 2015 (CNN) A simple request for an unopened can of Diet Coke on a United Airlines flight left Tahera […]
theguardian: by Jessica Valenti — If sexism impacts mental health, it makes sense that it would also impact suicide risk for young women, no matter where they live How do you explain that the leading cause of death of women aged 15 to 19, worldwide, is suicide? An internationally recognized expert on […]
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Dawn: A small girl who I will call Hina, sits perched on a stool, in the one corner of the living room untouched by the light streaming in from a […]
Rueters: In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on bomber planes and soldiers but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt’s 1,000-year-old center for Islamic learning. He wants clerics to counter radicalism in the classroom. In a televised speech in January at an […]
How does one go about making Pakistan a secular state? It does not require a revolution as much it does an evolution. The fundamental rights of citizens must be safeguarded at all costs Last month, the justices of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had a very interesting debate on […]
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Church of England (C of E) crisis as it loses 1.7m followers – and Islam gains 900,000: Former Archbishop Lord Carey warns: ‘Church is a generation from extinction’ The Church of England […]
Holding Your Breath in India – NYTimes.com Holding Your Breath in India By GARDINER HARRIS MAY 29, 2015 Photo A child tries to protect himself from the air pollution in New Delhi. Credit Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times, via Getty Images This story is included […]
Holding Your Breath in India NYTimes.com NEW DELHI — FOR weeks the breathing of my 8-year-old son, Bram, had become more labored, his medicinal inhaler increasingly vital. And then, one terrifying night nine months after we moved to this megacity, Bram’s inhaler stopped working and his gasping became panicked. My […]