Nasa: Asteroid 2014 RC to safely fly past Earth
Source: BBC A small asteroid about the size of a house will fly past Earth on Sunday, US space agency Nasa says. The asteroid, 2014 RC, will pass over New […]
Violence against women a national emergency, say Our Watch campaigners
theguardian: by Helen Davidson — A comprehensive national initiative is focusing on distorted ideas of gender equality as part of plans to tackle the “national emergency” of violence against women and children. Our Watch was established by the commonwealth and Victorian governments last year, and on Friday revealed its strategy […]
Domestic violence is a problem we are barely managing. But we need to end it
Epigraph: It is lawful for you to make love to your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for […]
Refugee policy – Syrian migrant who lost baby on train journey gets asylum
A Syrian woman who controversially experienced a miscarriage on a train sending her back to Italy through Switzerland has received asylum in Italy along with her family. In July, the family of Syrian migrants had been travelling on a train from Milan to Paris – which passes through Switzerland – […]
Prince Zeid of Jordan sworn in as UN human rights commissioner
by Jordan Times | Sep 06, 2014 AMMAN — HH Prince Zeid on Thursday took the oath before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the UN high commissioner for human rights. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Prince […]
Protests break out in West Bank following Israeli land grab
Clashes between protesters and the police and military have broken out in the West Bank after the biggest Israeli land grab in 30 years. The Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin, […]
‘Don’t send us to our death’ plead Irish Muslims – Ireland to deport 60 Ahmadis to Pakistan, where they face persecution for their religious beliefs
Sixty members of a peaceful Muslim community threatened with genocide by Sunni Islamists are facing deportation from Ireland, the Sunday Independent has learned. The Ahmadi community, which has some 20 […]
'Don't send us to our death' plead Irish Muslims – Ireland to deport 60 Ahmadis to Pakistan, where they face persecution for their religious beliefs
Sixty members of a peaceful Muslim community threatened with genocide by Sunni Islamists are facing deportation from Ireland, the Sunday Independent has learned. The Ahmadi community, which has some 20 […]
No one likes the Dalai Lama anymore
Global Post: Look at that face. You’re suddenly a bit more serene, a bit more contented than you were a minute ago, aren’t you? Maybe you’re remembering the year — was it 2002? 2003? — when you gave every single one of your friends and family a copy of “The […]
Hate attacks against Muslims after beheadings of US journalists
Dawn: NEW YORK: Since the beheadings of two American journalists by the Islamic State (IS), Muslims living in Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn have been threatened by extremist hate groups, New York’s media reported on Thursday. On Wednesday two advocates of Arab civil rights were attacked by a man who […]
Audio: BBC Manchester | (Ahmadiyya) Muslims Proudly Serving Britain
Published on Sep 3, 2014 BBC Manchester interviews Ahsan Ahmedi about the Jalsa Salana, extremism and what Ahmadi Muslims are doing to counter radicalisation. More: http://www.pressahmadiyya.com info@pressahmadiyya.com
Audio: BBC Manchester | (Ahmadiyya) Muslims Proudly Serving Britain
Published on Sep 3, 2014 BBC Manchester interviews Ahsan Ahmedi about the Jalsa Salana, extremism and what Ahmadi Muslims are doing to counter radicalisation. More: http://www.pressahmadiyya.com info@pressahmadiyya.com
SCIENCE, BEYOND SCIENCE, GOOD TO KNOW: Out-of-Body Experiences: 3 Scientific Studies, Next Steps
By Tara MacIsaac, Epoch Times | August 15, 2014 Last Updated: August 15, 2014 Feedback A concept image of an out-of-body experience. (Thinkstock; background image via Shutterstock*) The universe is full of mysteries that challenge our current knowledge. In “Beyond Science” Epoch Times collects stories about these strange phenomena to stimulate the imagination […]
ISIS IS NOT ONLY UN-ISLAMIC, IT IS ANTI-ISLAMIC NIHAD AWAD (CAIR): TIME
OPINION FOREIGN AFFAIRS ISIS Is Not Just Un-Islamic, It Is Anti-Islamic Nihad Awad @NihadAwad Sept. 5, 2014 ISIS Militants Raqqa Syria Militant Islamist fighters take part in a military parade along the streets of the northern Raqqa province in Syria, June 30, 2014. Reuters If we want to stop ISIS, […]
1 in 5 U.S. Women Are Raped at Some Point, Report Says
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which […]
Avoid a rerun of the war on terror
by Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon SUMMARY Summary A decade later, the U.S. and the United Kingdom led an attack on Iraq with a “coalition of the willing”. And now, another decade on, we hear the same language and see the same military movements from the U.S. as […]
Rai: Israel seeks regional divisions to justify presence
The Daily Star BEIRUT: The conspiracy to divide the Middle East into sectarian states is still alive, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai warned Saturday, saying it was being used to justify Israel’s presence as a Jewish state. “The project of the new Middle East is not dead, but it is in play in light of […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands
228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands [2:196] And spend for the cause of Allah, and cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands, and do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good.
Qur'an lesson for today: 228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands
228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands [2:196] And spend for the cause of Allah, and cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands, and do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good.
Afghans Say Taliban Are Nearing Control of Key District
Source: NY Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Local Afghan officials say more than 200 police officers and soldiers have been killed during a fierce Taliban offensive in Helmand Province that has lasted all summer and now threatens to overwhelm a key district. Officials at the national level have downplayed the violence […]