The Jakarta Globe: Michael Victor Sianipar | Efforts by the government to insert itself more prominently into religious matters, coupled with its unclear stance on the role of religion in the state, will only exacerbate interreligious tensions in the country, leading rights activists warn. Veteran human rights activist Todung Mulya […]
UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay lists Israel along with countries such as Belarus, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Ethiopia and Venezuela. Haaretz: A senior UN official in Geneva last week listed Israel among the countries that she says are restricting the activities of human rights groups. The statement, issued on Wednesday by […]
MSN Health The next time you’re looking for a natural mood elevator, turn to nature itself. Research published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technologyconfirms what anyone who’s experienced a sunny-day high already knows: Nature is almost foolproof at boosting your mood and self-esteem. And, amazingly, it only takes […]
Ahmadiyya Times: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Brazil held it 19th Annual Convention on April 14 and 15 at their Mission House in Petrópolis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The two-day […]
Huff Post The Washington Post dubbed it “the temptation of Tim Tebow.” A certain website that I do not care to name or even to describe what kind of reprehensible service they provide has made news by pulling a clever PR stunt. It all started at a press conference three years ago when […]
Daily Times: Yasser Latif Hamdani: Jinnah believed in equal rights for all people, regardless of religion or gender, because he believed in freedom of speech and freedom of expression. He […]
http://edition.myjoyonline.com: Maulvi Dr A. Wahab Adam, Ameer and Missionary-in-Charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, has slammed the rebellion against traditions, ethical standards, religious teachings and moral values. This, he said, […]
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon In the year since Osama bin Laden’s death, it has been a comforting thought for Westerners to say that he failed. And that’s certainly true in terms of Al-Qaeda, whose scorched-earth jihad tactics alienated Muslims along with everyone else. But in terms of […]
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times. AMMAN — Restoration work on 1,300-year-old murals in Qusayr Amra have shed new light on early Islamic art as conservationists continue work to save one […]
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN — More than the country’s fourth government since the launch of the Arab Spring, observers say the Prime Ministry’s latest occupant may represent the […]
The Telegraph. By Mike Harris If you want to know what price a great man will sell his legacy for – it’s $13 million. That’s how much it is costing President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, a spiteful autocrat, to employ former Prime Minister Tony Blair as his adviser. The man who […]
Rfi France. Sarkozy has made no secret of chasing the more than six million voters who picked far-right. His speeches have concentrated on race, Islam and law and order, themes dear to her Front National (FN).candidate Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s first round of France’s presidential poll.On Thursday the Sarkozy camp asserted […]
Everybody has heard about the tragic Trayvon Martin murder. Far fewer, however, are aware of the brutal killing of Shaima Alawadi, an Iraqi-born American citizen and mother of five, in her home near San Diego. There are conflicting reports about the facts of the crime. In some accounts, a note was found […]
the guardian The head of the English Defence League, Tommy Robinson, will be named deputy leader of the British Freedom party this week after proposing that the group adopt virulent anti-Islamic policies as its central strategy. Confirmation that Robinson is to be offered a political platform within the BFP is contained […]
Huff Post “Why Do They Hate Us?” asks the latest cover ofForeign Policy magazine. Beneath the title stands a cowering woman wearing nothing but black body paint resembling the niqab, or full Islamic face veil. Egyptian feminist Mona Eltahawy authored the article. Her central contention — that Arab Muslim culture “hates” […]
Courtesy: Maqsood Ahmad Malik, Deputy Director, Directorate General of Archeology Youth Affairs, Sports, Archeology and Tourism Department A monitoring mission from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)is […]
By Zunaira Mubasher Satkohi, USA In Pakistan women can legally divorce their husbands. Through the woes of my colleagues, however, I learned about the social stigma associated with divorced women in Pakistan. In an Islamic studies class I learned of the prohibition of female infanticide towards the beginning of […]
Source: BBC News A young woman has had her child “marriage” legally annulled in northern Rajasthan state, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in India. Laxmi Sargara, 18, wed Rakesh when she was just one and he was three. She grew up with […]
Source: BBC News India has made impressive economic progress but there are “serious disparities between rich and poor”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said. “There are many people who don’t have [access to basic services,” he told reporters in Delhi on the second day of a three-day visit to India. […]
Source: The New York Times Birds are famously good navigators. Some migrate thousands of miles, flying day and night, even when the stars are obscured. And for decades, scientists have known that one navigational skill they employ is an ability to detect variations in the earth’s magnetic field. How this […]