Entire Soccer Team Converts to Islam
Source: National, UAE Cameroonian football team converts to Islam Twenty-three young African footballers converted to Islam at the end of a two-month training camp in Dubai. The men, all in […]
INTERVIEW: Neil Tyson Talks God, Aliens, Multiverses
Source: The Huffington Post Interviewer: David Freeman david.freeman@huffingtonpost.com Things are looking up for Neil deGrasse Tyson—way up. As the director of the Hayden Planetarium and the author of several popular books on space, Tyson is already one of the nation’s best-known scientists. And now his already-high profile is set for a big boost with […]
Catholic Cardinals Challenge Pope Francis’ Openness Toward Nontraditional And Divorced Couples
Religion News Service | By JOSEPHINE MCKENNA Posted: 09/18/2014 8:25 am EDT VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis made headlines this week when he officiated at the weddings of 20 couples, including some […]
Catholic Cardinals Challenge Pope Francis' Openness Toward Nontraditional And Divorced Couples
Religion News Service | By JOSEPHINE MCKENNA Posted: 09/18/2014 8:25 am EDT VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis made headlines this week when he officiated at the weddings of 20 couples, including some […]
China’s Xi Jinping signs landmark deals on India visit
Source: BBC India and China have signed 12 agreements in Delhi, one of which will see China investing $20bn (£12.2bn) in India’s infrastructure over five years. At a news conference […]
China's Xi Jinping signs landmark deals on India visit
Source: BBC India and China have signed 12 agreements in Delhi, one of which will see China investing $20bn (£12.2bn) in India’s infrastructure over five years. At a news conference […]
Dean of KU Islamic Studies department shot dead
By Asim Khan Updated about an hour ago KARACHI: Dean of Islamic Studies Faculty at the University of Karachi Dr Shakeel Auj was shot dead by unknown assailants on Thursday. […]
Scottish independence: Voting under way in referendum
Voting got under way across Scotland at 07:00 on Thursday Continue reading the main story in BBCScotland Decides In pictures: Scotland decides Councils braced for huge turnout Guide to Scotland […]
The City of London has its own caliphate – and they have away days in Hampshire
City Am: by Sarah Spickernell September 18, 2014, 10:50am The Islamic Bank of Britain was set up in 2004 (Source: Reuters) Given what we’ve learned about the caliphates over recent months […]
Things You did not know, But Now you do
Knowledge is Amusing…Did you know this….? [1] FORTNIGHT comes from ‘Fourteen Nights’ (Two Weeks). [2] POP MUSIC is ‘Popular Music’ shortened. [3] MOPED is the short term for ‘Motorized Pedalling’. [4] BUS is the short term for ‘Omnibus’ that means everybody. [5] DRAWING ROOM was actually a ‘withdrawing room’ where […]
Scottish independence: Voting under way in referendum
BBC News: People in Scotland have begun voting on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation. Voters will answer “Yes” or “No” to the referendum question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” With 4,285,323 people – 97% of the electorate – registered to vote, […]
Ebola could wreck W Africa economies, warns World Bank
BBC News: The Ebola outbreak could have a catastrophic impact on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Bank says. The organisation says the economic impact of the virus could “grow eight-fold” in the “already fragile states”. However, it says the cost can be limited if the […]
Giving Good Praise to Girls: What Messages Stick
How to praise kids: It’s a hot topic for many parents and educators. A lot of the conversation around it has stemmed from studies by Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford who has been researching this specific topic for many years. Mind Shift: by Katrina Shwartz — “My research shows […]
London debate on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia polite, but pointed
The Times of Israel: LONDON — British Jews need to become as comfortable listening to genuine criticism of Israel as they are at discussing rising levels of anti-Semitism, and not […]
I sometimes question if God exists: Archbishop of Canterbury admits he sometimes has moments of doubt
By STEVE DOUGHTY FOR THE DAILY MAIL Dailymail: The Archbishop of Canterbury has admitted that he struggles with doubt about the existence of God. The Most Reverend Justin Welby said he […]
Social Justice through Citizenship? The Politics of Muslim Integration in Germany and Great Britain, by Aleksandra Lewicki
Sarah Hackett on a timely study that merits a place at the heart of current policy debates The issue of Muslim integration has had a great deal of attention in […]
Israel behind US demands on Iran: Journalist
Israel is behind Washington’s excessive demands over Iran’s nuclear energy program, “making it impossible to reach an agreement,” an American journalist says. BY JAMES HENRY FETZER PRESSTV.IR “The United States is obviously moving the goal post, making it impossible to reach an agreement by insisting that inspectors must have access […]
World holds its breath, mostly hoping Scots vote ‘No’
PARIS: The world is holding its breath but mostly hoping Scotland will vote “No” to independence from Britain in Thursday’s referendum. For reasons of self-interest and geopolitics, major powers from […]
Assad’s letter to the US: How Syria is luring President Obama into its web
Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting US congressmen and senators to visit Damascus to discuss joint action against […]
Assad's letter to the US: How Syria is luring President Obama into its web
Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting US congressmen and senators to visit Damascus to discuss joint action against […]