Dutch plan ban on Muslim face veils next year
Reuters: AMSTERDAM: The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year. The ban would make […]
Hundreds gather in Rawalpindi against land ‘encroachment’ by Ahmadis
Credit: Express Tribune: Scene from the anti-Ahmadi jalsa in Rawalpindi on January 29, 2012. PHOTO: SHIRAZ HASSAN RAWALPINDI: Hundreds of people organised a protest against the Ahmadiyya community in Rawalpindi on Sunday, claiming that community members had illegally established a worship place in the city. The protest, led by a representative of […]
The politics of living under terrorism
Courtesy: Express Tribune: Khalid Ahmed: Fear guides Pakistan. And this fear emanates from the absence of law and order. In other words, terrorism. Law and order can fluctuate in most Third World states and still not render them dysfunctional. When we say law and order in Pakistan, we mean terrorism coming […]
Gates sent dying Jobs a letter he kept bedside
Microsoft’s co-founder told The Telegraph that yes, the two had some stormy days as fierce competitors. But things changed around 2007 when Gates left Microsoft to set up his foundation and […]
Picture of the Day: Elephants in the Wild
Source: China Daily A large number of wild elephants live in the Wild Elephants Valley in Xishuangbanna. [Picture by Liu Shiyang / For China Daily]
Dr. Zia H Shah debating an atheist on Atif Mir’s Contemporary Issues
Rawal TV in Canada has a program series hosted by Atif Mir titled: Contemporary issues. To learn more about Rawal TV go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/RawalTV This segment is about a criticism […]
Prof. Pervez Pervazi and Zakaria Virk presenting Dr. Abdus Salam
In his achievements, Dr. Salam saw a certain special Providence of God. Let me quote from the transcript of one of his interviews. The questi0ns asked by Lewis Wolpert or […]
Senate says no to ban on ritual slaughter, compromise on the cards
After a marathon sitting, a majority of senators in the upper house of parliament are now opposed to a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals, a week ahead of the crucial vote. Labour senators have now changed their minds and oppose a ban, as has the ruling VVD. Christian […]
Do people like us better when we’re distracted?
Seems like it. It’s not that being distracted isn’t off-putting, but when distracted we’re less negative, less complex and more personal in our speech. We also encourage the other person to talk more. From James Pennebaker’s book The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us: …distracted pairs actually […]
Burka Bravery: Muslim Women seeking extended ban that has nothing to do with religion
MICHAEL COREN | The Toronto SUN It says a great deal about Canadian pluralism and decency – and about the diversity that still exists in the corners, if not mainstream, of Islam – that a group of Muslim women can come forward and ask a Conservative government minister to extend, […]
We Have Entered The Twilight Of The Leisure Class
[This post is published with permission from the personal blog of SEC Senior Policy Advisor Rick Bookstaber.] Conspicuous leisure, conspicuous waste, conspicuous consumption. Veblen coins these terms in Theory of the Leisure Class to describe the strategies the noble and priestly classes employ to assert their status. Veblen observes that a life of leisure is the readiest evidence […]
Mind Over Matter: Patients’ Perceptions of Illness Make a Difference
ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2012) — Whenever we fall ill, there are many different factors that come together to influence the course of our illness. Additional medical conditions, stress levels, and social support all have an impact on our health and well-being, especially when we are ill. But a new report suggests […]
Stem cell treatment bears fruit
Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart. She has suffered from Stargardt’s disease, the most common form of macular degeneration in young patients, since she was a teenager, and it was getting progressively worse. A second patient, […]
Muslims and minorities
IMAGINE the following scenario: a complex housing a mosque, a madressah, a girls` school and a home for the elderly being run by a Muslim charity is broken into at dawn and bulldozed by officials. No notice is served, and no documents challenging ownership are produced. Yet, within hours, the buildings […]
Mecca Turns West – Roads of Arabia Run Through Berlin
Source: The Local It is a premiere for Germany. Never before have artifacts from Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba in Mecca, been on display in the country. A new exhibit […]
‘Muslim taxi’ offers gender-segregated rides
Source: The Local A German man has created a new website to arrange shared car trips with a twist – it’s targeted toward Muslims, and drivers can only offer transport […]
The ‘Vogue of the Veiled’ – Turkish Women’s Magazine Targets the Chaste
Source: Spiegel International The photos demonstrated conclusively to him that taboos hardly exist anymore — and that it was time to come up with something to combat the “diktat of nudity.” He knew that he and his team were on the right track. “Cosmopolitan, Elle, Vogue, Marie Claire, it’s all […]
Collision Course – Europe Developing Asteroid Shield
Source: Spiegel International A new consortium of EU researchers is exploring options for dealing with an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Plenty of ideas are already on the […]
Pakistan: Government kneels down to JuD calls, asks Ahmadis to stop praying
Source / Courtesy: The Horizon The government officials have advised the members of the Rawalpindi Ahmadiyya community to stop praying at the Satellite Town Ahmadiyya center, Ewan-e Touheed. Known terrorist, […]
Europe’s lost generation: how it feels to be young and struggling in the EU
Viola Caon left her Italian home to find work. Now she returns to see how her former classmates are faring… and in the week that shocking figures showed how badly […]