theguardian: by Jonathan Freedland — Pope Francis: ‘When it comes to moral authority, he’s the top man in the world. Now that Mandela’s dead, who else is there?’ Stalin had quite a knack for the soundbite. “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a […]
The Washington Post — (RNS) The massacre of 145 people, nearly all of them children, at a Pakistani school on Tuesday (Dec. 16) is almost too horrible for adults to talk about, much less children. But what if your Muslim child brings it up? What if you want to open […]
By Ansa Tahira Masood, Toronto جاوید چودھری کے 18 دسمبر کے پروگرام “کل تک” میں طاہر القادری صاحب کے ایک مرید ریاض عباسی نے چیخ چیخ کر کہا ہے کہ پاکستان میں شریعت کا آئین جو ختم نبوت کی حفاظت کرتا ہےا س کو نافذ کیوں نہیں کیا جاتا […]
Peshawar attack: Anupam Kher writes open letter to terrorists Courtesy : Dawn News Devastated by the news of the recent attack on Army Public School in Peshawar, Bollywood icon Anupam Kher […]
BBC: Atheism is on the rise around the world, so does that mean spirituality will soon be a thing of the past? Rachel Nuwer discovers that the answer is far […]
Hong Kong (CNN) — Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for an inquiry into a suspected mass HIV infection in a remote village in northwestern Battambang province. The infected cases […]
We have killed all of the children in the auditorium. What do we do now?’: Ismail Khan, The New York Times | December 18, 2014 10:31 AM ET More from The New York Times AP Photo/Muhammed MuheisenDamages inside the Army Public School attacked last Tuesday by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar, […]
firstpost.com: Terrorist massacres of the kind Peshawar saw will end only when Pakistan separates religion and politics, a Pakistani academic said in comments published on Friday. Aasim Sajnjad Akhtar also faulted the tendency in Pakistan to gloss over the military’s patronage of the politics of jihad, saying it is this […]
Source: scholar.princeton.edu By Prof. Atif Mian: There is a line separating man from God that should never be crossed. For when it is, hell breaks loose. We witnessed hell today […]
Washington Post: Earlier this week, authorities in Tehran unveiled a monument to slain Iranian Jewish soldiers who died during the country’s long and bitter war with Iraq between 1980 and 1988. Death tolls for the hideous conflict differ, but casualty counts usually reach more than 1 million for both countries. A public ceremony marked the […]
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin tried to play down Russia’s dire economic straits in his annual news conference on Thursday, attributing the troubles to declining oil prices that, following a short period of economic turbulence, were bound to recover along with global demand. “We are going through a trying […]
The protests are part of a burgeoning grassroots movement calling for an end to the spread of Islamic Sharia law in Germany. By Soeren Kern, Sun, December 14, 2014 Der […]
We all know that exercise can make us fitter and reduce our risk for illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. But just how, from start to finish, a run […]
We may be well into this year’s holiday season, but whether it’s Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Eid, or just a regular day out of the year, visiting your senior loved ones […]
It may be beneficial for employers to not only encourage office Christmas parties but also celebrate holidays and festivals from a variety of religions, according to a Kansas State University […]
B-Town continues mourning for Peshawar attack victims Mumbai, Dec 17 A day after 132 children were brutally killed in a gruesome Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are still in shock and feel “anger” and “disgust” for Wednesday, […]
Dutch authorities have said they will prosecute Geert Wilders for hate speech. Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders will be prosecuted in the Netherlands for alleged discrimination and inciting hatred against Moroccans […]
By Oliver Maksan Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, the president of the bishops’ conference and archbishop of the capital city of Bangui, recently visited a camp where former members of the […]
325. Commandment – Wine and the game of hazard and idols and divining arrows are forbidden and unlawful [5:91] O ye who believe! wine and the game of hazard and idols and divining arrows are only an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. So shun each one of them that you may prosper. [2:220] They […]
Non-EU family members do not need visa to enter UK, says European court Judges’ decision in McCarthy case is another setback in campaign by British government to control immigration from EU Ian Traynor in Brussels. The Guardian, Thursday 18 December 2014 13.32 GMT European freedom of movement rules do not allow […]