John Sentamu attacks ‘aggressive atheism’
Christianity is under threat from a new, intolerant brand of “aggressive atheism” intent on driving religion out of public life, the Archbishop of York warned yesterday. Christianity is under threat […]
UK: Pain for motorists as filling car with petrol touches £100
The cost of filling a large family car with petrol rose to almost £100 yesterday, as forecourt prices reached record heights. The AA said the cost of unleaded petrol reached […]
A growing number of Russians are converting to Islam,
BBC Uzbek service. More than two million Muslims now live and work in Moscow. It has become one of the biggest cities for Muslims in Europe and its few houses of worship can no longer cope. During Friday prayers the historic building is overflowing and thousands of faithful are praying […]
College President Is Obama’s Pick for World Bank Chief
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday named Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College and a global health expert, as its nominee to lead the World Bank. That makes Dr. Kim the front-runner to take the helm of the multinational development institution on June 30, when its current […]
Liter by Liter, Indians Get Cleaner Water
Source: The New York Times NEW DELHI — As evening falls in Chuddani, a village of about 500 homes, people arrive by bicycle, motorbike, tractor and on foot with jugs that they fill with water from faucets outside a neat blue shed. Inside the building is a filtration plant […]
Dartmouth’s Kim tapped to lead World Bank
Credit: Washington Post Zachary Goldfarb and Howard Schneider 3:20 PM ET Obama nominates Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, saying he was seeking someone with Kim’s expertise in public health to head what he called ”the world’s largest development agency.” More:
No Apologies
Credit: Newyork Times: I thought I’d take a look back at apologies that should have been delivered, but never were. Lyndon Johnson, for ordering covert operations in the gulf of Tonkin and then lying about it, leading to the war in Vietnam. Also for expanding the war while promising not […]
Poland’s Vulnerability Amid Missile Diplomacy
Credit: Stratfor: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L), German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (C) and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Berlin on March 21 Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski visited Berlin on March 21 to meet informally with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Russian Foreign […]
ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH–DESCEND OR RETURN?
ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH—DESCEND OR RETURN? Ansar Raza In all world languages, the term used to express a person’s movement from one place to another is different from the term used to express the movement back from the second place to the first. If a person moves from point A […]
Jumping Genes in the Brain Ensure That Even Identical Twins Are Different
Source: American Scientist: Genes we inherit and environmental factors both influence human behaviors. Scientists have recently discovered other underlying processes at work. So-called jumping genes, segments of DNA that can […]
Israel will not cooperate with the UNHRC’s “fact-finding mission”
Israel Won’t Cooperate with UNHRC’s ‘Goldstone 2’ Diplomatic source: Israel will not cooperate with the UNHRC’s “fact-finding mission”, won’t legitimize an illegitimate body. By Elad Benari Israel announced on Thursday night that it would not be cooperating with the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) new “fact-finding mission” to investigate […]
Holy Qur’an Exhibition visits Fort Saskatchewan
Source: The Record – Religious misconceptions addressed at open house Misconceptions about Islam, some perpetuated by recent events, were addressed at an open house on the Holy Qur’an held at the Fort Saskatchewan Public Library March 17. “The idea started when Pastor Terry Jones burnt the Qur’an,” said Noman Khalil, […]
Euthanasia in Canada: Quebec Panel Urges Allowing Doctor-Assisted Suicide in Exceptional Cases
Huffington Post: A landmark report in Quebec recommends that doctors be allowed in exceptional circumstances to help the terminally ill die if that is what the patients want. The report was released in the legislature on Thursday after two years of work from the so-called Dying With Dignity Committee, a […]
Tahaffuz-e-KhatameNabuwwat: Killing of Ahmadis be allowed through legislation – Pakistan
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: The Horizon March 23, 2012 According to news accounts reported in Pakistan’s Urdu newspaper, Daily Express, an anti-Ahmadiyya conference held in Lahore by Khatima-e Nubuwwat Tahafuz Majlis […]
Israel May Quit the UN Human Rights Council
FM Lieberman says a UNHRC decision to establish a fact-finding mission to Judea and Samaria may lead to Israel severing ties with the body. Arutz Sheva: By Gavriel Queenann Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday he may recall the Israeli ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council and cut ties […]
Liam Neeson hints at converting to Islam
Express Tribune: Irish actor Liam Neeson has revealed he is considering giving up on his Catholic faith and converting to Islam, The Sun reported on Wednesday. The Hollywood star, 59, having recently filmed in […]
Does It Matter Whether God Exists?
New York Times: Opinionator; Discussions of religion are typically about God. Atheists reject religion because they don’t believe in God; Jews, Christians and Muslims take belief in God as fundamental […]
Pakistan on the Brink-heading towards Anarchy: Warns Ahmed Rashid
Dawn.com: YORK: A Pakistani journalist and best-selling author cautions that Pakistan is heading towards anarchy in his new book that offers solutions for his country’s frayed ties with the United […]
Bonfire of the old
Credit: Asia Times: By Chan Akya As the global financial crisis began, I wrote a few articles on the subject of social changes that were in my mind the inevitable consequence of the events. [1] It is now time to consider the next act in the financial crisis, namely the […]
Arab Spring bleeds deeper into Africa
Credit: Asia Times: By Henery Flood. Looted arms and hardened fighters returning from Libya’s internationally backed war fueled the coup d’etat in Mali this week that is threatening stability in the wider Sahara and Sahel regions. The Arab Spring has bled into Western Africa and the mercurial egomaniac who historically […]