An Islamic Perspective on Religious Pluralism
Source: Huff Post Islam is often viewed as an inherently violent and intolerant world religion. This misconception is fueled in part by the miscreant deeds of some Muslims, particularly toward […]
Ahmadi school teacher tortured to death in police custody
Contrary to SHO Khadim Hussain’s claim in the news story below, Ahmadiyya Times has independantly learned that the victim Abdul Qudoos was first picked up illegally on February 10 and tortured for […]
Computer Science for the Rest of Us
Source: NY Times. Jeff Swensen for The New York Times READING, writing and — refactoring code? Colleges are taking widely different paths to teaching general concepts underlying computer programming language. Tom Cortina, offers a course in “Principles of Computation” at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Mark LeBlanc teaches “Computing for Poets” […]
The Woven Brain
Source: Scienceshot. To the unaided eye, the most striking feature of the human brain is its squiggly pattern of bumps and grooves. But within those curves is a latticework of nerve fibers that cross each other at roughly right angles (above), according to a study published in tomorrow’s issue of Science. The […]
Muslim woman beaten to death in California with note on body that says go home
A woman from Iraq who was found beaten, lying in a pool of blood in her in El Cajon, Calif., home next to a note saying “go back to your […]
What if Israel bombs Iran?
Source: CNN Author: Gary Sick Imagine that you wake up tomorrow morning and discover that during the night. Israeli planes had conducted a bombing raid on Iran. How would your […]
Newspapers Review: Land Day Marches Dominate Dailies
Wafa: RAMALLAH, March 31, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Saturday focused on the Palestinian marches marking the 36th anniversary of Land Day in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. The prime headlines reported on the violent Israeli crackdown against protesters, killing one Palestinian in […]
84 Countries participated in Global Jerusalem March.
Organizers: Global March to J’lem reached goals Jerusalem Post: Organizers of Friday’s Global March to Jerusalem said Saturday that the protest rally commemorating Land Day had achieved most of its […]
Jellyfish species on display
Source: China Daily MONTEREY, California – Giant cylindrical aquariums containing Moon Jellies are seen on display during the preview for the “The Jellies Experience” exhibition at the Monterey Bay Aquarium […]
Most US NGOs not registered in China
Source: China Daily Less than 3 percent of US non-governmental organizations operating in China have registered with the civil affairs authorities, a report revealed on Friday. The low rate of […]
The Islamist-secular battle is under way
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Three great battles over political power have been unleashed across the Arab world and will persist for many years, until a new political order stabilizes in every country. One in particular is now reaching an important point that will reveal much about […]
Mataf to accommodate more pilgrims following expansion
By MAKKAH: ANWAR AL-SAYED ARABNEWS The Mataf, the open area surrounding the Grand Mosque where pilgrims do their circumambulation, will be expended from its present capacity of 50,000 pilgrims an […]
Child beggars “should be seen as victims”
by Thomas Stephens, swissinfo.ch Roma children who beg and steal in Switzerland are not offenders but rather victims of human trafficking who need better protection, says a report. Putting these […]
The World’s First Virtual Supermarket opens in South Korea
Source: bitrebels I’ve been waiting for this to happen, and it finally has. If you think about it, doesn’t it seem inefficient forsupermarkets to store their groceries in several different stores around town? Doesn’t […]
Examining religion’s role in protecting human rights
cochranetimes.com: By Daniel Austin: More often than not discussions about the major world religions tend to focus on the differences. But for the past six years a conference in Cochrane has […]
Concerns grow over children using tablet computers
Source: Philippine News NEW YORK – Electronic tablets like the iPad are a revolutionary educational tool and are becoming part of childhood, but should be watched carefully so that overuse doesn’t lead to learning or behavioral problems, experts say. “It’s a topic that really emerged in the last two years. […]
We Are All A Part Of It – Responding To Hate
Source: Huff Post It has been an eventful couple of weeks to say the least. The national and international headlines were full of soul crushing events both at home and abroad. Just to mention a few: An American soldier named Robert Bales walked into the midst of an Afghan community […]
The Meaning of Life (and Death)
Source: Huff Post Socrates was right: “The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.” I like to ponder the big questions worth asking. The meaning of life, and all that. Robert Fulghum (the “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten” guy), once said that […]
Militia Member Drugs and Kills Afghan Colleagues
Source: New York Times Author: Farooq Jan Mangal and Matthew Rosenberg KHOST, Afghanistan — A member of a militia promoted by the American military to protect rural villages drugged his Afghan colleagues and killed at least nine of them as they slept on Friday, a police official said, in the […]