Guardian: A college has abandoned its ban on Muslim face veils after a storm of local protest, a planned demonstration and the involvement of the prime minister. Birmingham Metropolitan College climbed down […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Jaweed Kaleem: jaweed.kaleem@huffingtonpost.com Twenty years ago, Evgenia Cherkasova and Elena Kornilov were doctoral students in their mid-20s, living in the same housing complex at Penn State University. As they pursued their degrees — Cherkasova in philosophy, Kornilov in physics — both started families, and to take a […]
Source: Politiken – News in English A 20 metre minaret is being raised in Nørrebro Work began this morning to raise Denmark’s first tall minaret atop the country’s first purpose […]
ET: NEW DELHI: Indian rights groups voiced dismay Saturday over death sentences handed to four men for a fatal gang rape, saying it was unlikely to reverse the country’s “rape crisis” despite a clamour for their execution. After a seven-month fast-track trial, Judge Yogesh Khanna said Friday the four men should […]
Source: CNN To some, the chunk of territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea is all Israel. To others, it’s all Palestine. For most — as is true so often in this region of shifting truths and manipulated historical narratives — it’s a bit of both. More:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Original Sin (disambiguation). See also: Fate of the unlearned Michelangelo‘s painting of the sin of Adam and Eve from the Sistine Chapel ceiling According to a Christian theological doctrine, original sin, also called ancestral sin,[1] is humanity’s state of sin resulting from the fall of man,[2] stemming from Adam’s rebellion in Eden. […]
Russia Today: Assad’s government must submit a comprehensive list of its chemical weapons stocks within a week ahead of their transfer and destruction, US Secretary John Kerry said at a […]
Inquirer: by Julliane Love de Jesus. MANILA, Philippines—US President Barack Obama will visit Manila during his weeklong Southeast Asian trip next month to boost alliances at a time of growing territorial tensions in the region, Malacañang said Saturday. Obama, during his state visit in the Philippines on October 11 to […]
Source: CNN – All this excitement over recent Russian public diplomacy on Syria is a bit odd to those of us who have been following that diplomacy strategy for over a decade. That Vladimir Putin chose to write an op-ed in The New York Times this week is not at […]
Source: ET KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan, a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), resigned from his post, Express News reported Saturday. He has faxed his resignation to the Presidency and Governor House. He abruptly departed for Dubai on late Friday night and intends to stay there for the next […]
Source: LA Times: Note by Editor: Comment on the post, reproduced from LA Times. It further spreads the link for the living messeage giving by head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as well publicity for alislam.org and the muslimtimes.org. WASHINGTON — In a sign of its weak hand in the Syria […]
globalonenessProject: Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed speaks about her role as an Arab Muslim woman working towards peace in the holy land. Mahameed speaks about her role as an Arab Muslim woman working towards peace in the holy land. She describes the need to listen with an open heart and the importance of […]
inforwars.com: The U.S. and its allies have long been complicit in the manufacturing and use of biological and chemical weapons, yet has targeted other countries for alleged possession and use […]
Source: The Independcnce BY MICHAEL DAY, THE INDEPENDENT In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblica […]
STORY SUMMARY This is getting serious now, as the United States and Russia negotiate in Geneva on disposing of Syria’s chemical weapons, and generally responsible media report that U.S. President Barack Obama has exchanged letters with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The negotiations in Geneva between U.S. Secretary of State John […]
RIYADH: RASHID HASSAN Published — Saturday 14 September 2013 The Kingdom plans to send Saudi managers from leading companies for training at IMD, a top Swiss business school. Dominique Turpin, […]
usa today: Secret memo says more than 1,200 prisoners fought Assad regime to avoid beheading. (Photo: Saudi Press Agency/AP) SHARE 9847CONNECT 1746TWEET 27COMMENTEMAILMORE Saudi Arabia has sent death-row inmates from several nations to fight against the Syrian government in exchange for commuting their sentences, the Assyrian International News Agencyreports. Citing what it calls […]
URI AVNERY Published — Saturday 14 September 2013 Here is another Jewish joke: A hungry young Jew sees an announcement outside a local circus: Anyone who climbs to the top of a 50 meter pole and jumps onto a tarpaulin below will win a prize of a thousand rubles. […]
Huff Post: by Allen Frances. “Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.” ~ Aldous Huxley The just completed conference ‘Preventing Over Diagnosis’ was easily the most important meeting I ever attended. Sponsored by the British Medical Journal, Consumer’s Reports, and Dartmouth and […]
Huff Post: by Omar Sacirbey. Fed up with what they perceived to be a growing Islamophobia in America, Farsad and Obeidallah started the project in 2011. “It was alarming to me that being a Muslim became an accusation,” Farsad said. “The Muslims Are Coming” is also useful as a catalog of […]