ScienceDaily (Aug. 16, 2012) — Researchers have long chronicled what goes wrong in the brains of older people with dementia. But Northwestern Medicine researcher Emily Rogalski wondered what goes right in the brains of the elderly who still have terrific memories. And, do those people — call them cognitive SuperAgers — […]
Express Tribune: Farahnaz Ispahani. Pakistan has become a brutal place to live, especially if you are a member of a religious minority. Most observers agree that the country is being swept by a rising tide of hate encouraged by unbridled hate speech. Hate speech is defined as any spoken or physical […]
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi, Arab News Staff Monday 27 August 2001 Q. How many Umrahs can one offer on the same journey? Is it possible to offer the Umrah on behalf of deceased parents and relatives? If so, where does one start his ihraam? If one’s parents are alive […]
Judiciary asked to pursue complaint through international bodies in attempt to bring killers of five scientists to justice The families of murdered Iranian nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against […]
Unite Shiites and Sunnis in Indonesia The Jakarta Globe: One day in December last year, Shiite preacher Tajul Muluk had to be rescued by the police after a mob torched his house, his Islamic boarding school and mosque in a violent rampage in Sampang, East Java. He was not hurt. […]
Authors, legal experts and ministers will come together on Sept. 11 in Tulsa to discuss in detail the impact that the nation of Israel and the Islamic movement will have on the future of America. It’s all a part of the Israel & Islam conference on Sept. 11 at Oaks […]
Thailand said Thursday it was holding peace talks with some Muslim insurgent groups in its violence-wracked south, in a policy reversal which follows a recent surge in militant attacks. Informal talks are under way between the government agency in charge of the region — the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center […]
ARAB NEWS Friday 17 August 2012 Islamic solidarity Summit’s complete Final Communiqué The Summit was briefed on the reports and recommendations submitted to it by the foreign ministers in their […]
The Associated Press The Sacramento Bee SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A Muslim hotel owner discriminated against a Jewish group during a Southern California poolside charity event by ordering removal of […]
TEHRAN – Iran on Thursday slammed a decision by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to suspend Syria’s membership, calling the step against its key ally “unfair and unjust.” “Syria should have been invited to the summit to defend itself,” Iran’s foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi told the official IRNA news […]
Credit: CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — Rising tensions at a South African platinum mine exploded Thursday in grisly violence as police fired on striking miners. Blood-stained bodies lay strewn about a field in a police response reminiscent of the days of apartheid. Police have not released a death toll, […]
Source: CNN By Richard Allen Greene, CNN Mohammed reclaimed its place as the most popular name for baby boys born in England and Wales in 2011 – convincingly ahead of […]
Editor’s note: I have modified the title of CNN news a little and chosen the picture above. Let us remember our Old Testament: Thou shall not kill! To examine the […]
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits edged higher last week although a trend reading fell close to a four-year low, pointing to healing in the still-struggling labor market. Other data on Thursday showed groundbreaking on new homes fell in July in a reminder of […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/history-doesnt-bode-well-for-the-gops-latest-pick/article4479412/ Peculiar. The Republicans spent their primary campaigns pushing aside Tea Party types such as Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann in favour of Mitt Romney, someone who would have more appeal to moderate America. Now moderate Mitt redefines himself by choosing bare-knuckled conservative Paul Ryan as his running mate. More […]
Editor’s comment: The relevant comment is in the last 4-5 minutes of this video. Let us Build Pakistan: On 14 August 2012, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan (the father of Pakistan’s […]
Global Post: JERUSALEM — A talking fever is afflicting the State of Israel. In recent days, the country has been seized by an unprecedented epidemic of public disquisition, opinionating, […]
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Washington Post: Correction: This article incorrectly states that in his 2008 book, “The Post-American World,” Fareed Zakaria failed to cite the source of a quotation taken from another book. In fact, […]
Credit: ET Passengers were forcefully disembarked, told to produce NICs and gunned down. PHOTO: FILE. GILGIT: At least 16 passengers in four buses were forcefully disembarked and gunned down in the Dedi Das area as they were en route to Rawalpindi via Gilgit on Thursday. The disputed territory between Chilas and […]