http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/tech/2014/09/09/cnn-orig-devices-lytro-camera.cnn Digital cameras have changed the way we look at pictures. Now there’s a device that changes the way we focus them.
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is calling on “civilized Islam” to help take on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terror group. President Barack Obama laid out his plan to deal with ISIS during an address to the nation Wednesday night, saying that the U.S. will expand […]
There’s concern within some of Australia’s Muslim communities about the impact of a possible elevation in Australia’s terrorism threat rating. READ MORE…
The Guardian: For a while it took centre stage in the world’s gaze but five months on the kidnapping of schoolgirls by Islamist militants Boko Haram is not even top story in Nigeria. The outbreak of Ebola there and in other western African countries has seen the missing girls drop […]
African governments are looking to sharia-compliant financial markets to attract investment from the Middle East. The trend is just gathering strength, and experts expect more funds to flow into infrastructure and other major projects. The latest wave of finance to reach African corporations and governments is coming from the Middle […]
About News: by Linda Lowen — When it comes to the facts about women’s lives, we don’t need to focus on women’s issues, do we? Nowadays, women and men are treated the same, right? Isn’t the gender gap a myth? Don’t women have equal rights already — just like men? Aren’t we […]
About News: by Linda Lowen — When it comes to the facts about women’s lives, we don’t need to focus on women’s issues, do we? Nowadays, women and men are treated the same, right? Isn’t the gender gap a myth? Don’t women have equal rights already — just like men? Aren’t we […]
theguardian: A protest against Israeli food products sold in Sainsbury’s supermarket. Photograph: Guy Corbishley/Alamy/Alamy I do not need Michael Gove to explain to me what antisemitism is (Gove attacks ‘antisemitic’ Israel boycotts, 10 September). I have been the object of antisemitism by two Conservative MPs, Sir Charles Taylor, who told […]
Huff Post: Family members of September 11 victims are taking a stand against Islamophobia with a new bus ad campaign designed to promote religious tolerance and interfaith unity. “Islamophobia is not pretty,” the ad reads. “Let’s build bridges, not walls. Hate hurts, hope heals.” Sponsored by September 11th Families for […]
His highness Prince Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan IV set to inaugurate his new museum in Don Mills on Sept. 12 By: Murray Whyte Visual arts, Published on Wed Sep 10 2014 thestar.com The leaf blowers and sod-edgers roared and sliced in earnest Wednesday morning outside the Aga Khan Museum, […]
Source: Indian Punchline. The fact of the matter is that: a) Pakistan is not living up to China’s high expectations and is gripped with a death wish of its own making that it is unable to shake off; b) Chinese priorities in South Asia have changed and it is not […]
Source: Asia Times By Brian M Downing The four armed groups warring in Iraq – Islamic State (IS), the Kurdish peshmerga, the Iraqi army, and Sunni tribal levies – have strengths and weaknesses. They also have varying levels of foreign support and capacities for cooperation. IS troops have a marked […]
Epigraph: And thy Lord has inspired the bee, saying, ‘Make thou houses in the hills and in the trees and in the trellises which they build. Then eat of every […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/09/11/orig-jag-potus-on-isis.cnn By Z. Byron Wolf, CNN updated 9:46 AM EDT, Thu September 11, 2014 (CNN) — When President Obama announced his plan Wednesday night to launch air strikes in Syria against ISIS, he […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/09/11/orig-jag-potus-on-isis.cnn By Z. Byron Wolf, CNN updated 9:46 AM EDT, Thu September 11, 2014 (CNN) — When President Obama announced his plan Wednesday night to launch air strikes in Syria against ISIS, he […]
Devastation of floods in Punjab 1.1. million people affected by the flood waters, 12,000 housed destroyed, 256 dead, 2000 villages vanished from the face of the earth, 5000 animals like cows, horsed, buffalos, goats, sheep dead. Emergency imposed in all hospitals of Jhang after red alert. Meanwhile Ahmadiyya community is […]
Chapter 11 Facilitators By Dr. Amtul Qudoos Farhat Who are Facilitators? According to Geert Wilders, all those who even slightly accommodate Islam; the leftists, the liberals, the politically correct and elitists are the facilitators for Islamization of Europe. Equating them to Ansar e Medina he writes: “Throughout its entire history, […]
Chapter 11 Facilitators By Dr. Amtul Qudoos Farhat Who are Facilitators? According to Geert Wilders, all those who even slightly accommodate Islam; the leftists, the liberals, the politically correct and elitists are the facilitators for Islamization of Europe. Equating them to Ansar e Medina he writes: “Throughout its entire history, […]
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but that probably does not signal a material shift in labor market conditions as claims remain near their pre-recession levels. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 315,000 for […]
BBC News: Nigeria’s militant Islamists have “completely surrounded” Maiduguri, the main city in north-eastern Borno state, traditional elders have warned. The military needed to “fortify” the city, which had a population of more than two million, to prevent an assault “from all directions”, they said. The Boko Haram militants had […]