U.S. Air Strikes Can’t Stop ISIS in the Fight for Kobani
Rebecca Collard / Beirut @rebeccacollard Oct. 7, 2014 Smoke rises from the city centre of the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobani by the Kurds, as seen from […]
Civil-military imbalance
Credit: Dawn.com By Tariq Khosa The security establishment is firmly in the driving seat. It is calling the shots with respect to the multiple internal security challenges facing the nation. Caught in a political quagmire, the civilian government has ceded the national security space to the military due to its […]
Qur’an lesson for today: Commandment to exhort one another to accept truth
258. Commandment to exhort one another to accept truth [103:4] Except those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to accept truth, and exhort one another to be steadfast
Science Has Great News for People Who Read Actual Books
Mic.com: by Rachel Grate — It’s no secret that reading is good for you. Just six minutes of reading is enough to reduce stress by 68%, and numerous studies have shown that reading keeps your brain functioning effectively as you age. One study even found that elderly individuals who read regularly are 2.5 times less likely to […]
Qur’an lesson for today: Commandment to be with the truthful
259. Commandment to be with the truthful [9:119] O ye who believe! fear Allah and be with the truthful.
The fight to make divorce legal in the Philippines
Manila (CNN) — When Rowena Festin leaves her job as a congressional aide in Quezon City, Metro Manila each day, she returns home to three children and a husband. But […]
The ‘Un-Islamic’ State? A Closer Look at ISIS’s Islam
hereandnow.wbur.org: Since the U.S. announced its plan last month to conduct airstrikes against the group that calls itself the Islamic State, the consensus among Western politicians has been that the group is not Islamic, nor is it a state. President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and former Secretary of […]
A Connection between Islam and Violence?
CNN: Marc Lamont Hill and Ben Ferguson join “CNN Tonight” to discuss the perceived connection between Islam and violence. More:
The Fight Against Ebola Is a Fight Against Inequality
Huff Post: As the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa shows, the importance of reducing inequality could not be more clear. The battle against the virus is a fight on many fronts — human lives and health foremost among them. But the fight against Ebola is also a […]
India: Repeal 100 Laws Project – A Call to Pakistani Civil Society
100 Laws Worthy of Repeal: A report by Centre for Civil Society, Macro/Finance Group at NIPFP and Vidhi Legal Centre, September 2014. Download PDF ~ 1.17 MB Download Press release For rule of law to operate, laws must be precise, principles-based, well-written, well-coded and should stand the test of time. The Indian approach […]
Liberia: ‘Muslim Bathing Dead in Ebola Time Wrong ‘
AllAfrica.com: by Macaulay Sombai — The Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Liberia says that Islam does not allow any Muslim to bath another Muslim friend or relative who die from diseases like Ebola before burial. Imam Naveed Ahmad Aadil emphasized that dead body as a whole contain more […]
What if Your name is ISIS –
Miami, USA Isis Martinez starts petition to stop calling jihadists ‘ISIS’ This image posted on a militant website, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq’s Anbar Province. (AP Photo) Published Monday, September 22, 2014 10:43AM EDT Isis […]
eDigest: The Folly of the NYC Anti-Islamic Ads?
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you […]
UK:From Teacher to ISIS Fighter and Back: One Woman’s Story
How does a 25-year old elementary school teacher become a fighter for the Islamic State? How does one get out of such a mistake? Tue, October 7, 2014 ‘Khadija’ wears a niqab to be interviewed. After defecting from the Islamic State, she is a marked woman. How does a 25-year […]
Coffee Genes
How much coffee do you drink every day? One cup in the morning? Or do you gulp it all day? Scientists have long known that your DNA influences how much […]
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world’s myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. By Jim al-Khalili, who is a leading theoretical nuclear physicist, a trustee […]
Non-Muslim women offer flowers in show of solidarity with Canberra’s Islamic community
Ten non-Muslim women, wearing hijabs and carrying flowers, have touched Canberra’s Islamic community with their simple message of love and solidarity. After a week of heightened anti-Islamic rhetoric in Canberra, […]
Dear North America, You’re Not As Great As You Think
Last week, Iranian-American scholar Reza Aslan taught all North Americans a lesson: don’t generalize when it comes to regions of the world you know nothing about. In an interview with […]
If great architecture belongs to humanity, do we have a responsibility to save it in wartimes?
The lands of Syria and Iraq gave rise to some the oldest societies we know: the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Parthians, the Romans and many others. […]
Don’t Sell Consumer Spending Short, a Report Says
The encouraging September jobs report, which showed unemployment dipping below 6 percent, stole the limelight on Friday, but it is the quiet release of another government report that has presented economists with unexpected fodder for debate. An article, published in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s Monthly Labor Review, dismissed warnings […]