Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models, according to a new analysis of 30 years of satellite observations. Sea ice helps cool the Arctic by reflecting incoming solar radiation back into space. Because of its light color, sea ice has what is known as high albedo, which is the percentage of solar radiation a surface […]
The US has warned Americans not to travel to Egypt and has told non-emergency diplomatic staff to leave, as clashes continued in the country. The state department also urged US nationals in Egypt “to remain alert”. The warning came as at least three people – including a US citizen – died in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi. Tensions have been rising ahead of a mass rally […]
As the investigation into who was behind the Boston bombings goes on, Muslim communities are braced for a backlash should the perpetrator share their faith. The day after the Boston Marathon bombings, Yusef was treated differently. The 10-year-old went to his Ohio-area school and was surprised by a question from a classmate, according to his family. While the class was discussing the explosions, the classmate is said to have asked: […]
With tears running down his cheeks, a Buddhist fisherman from Myanmar told how he was living in fear after his friends were beaten to death by Muslim Rohingya in a brutal attack at an Indonesian detention centre. “There were too few guards and they just couldn’t get into the block” when violence erupted last week, a clearly traumatised Soe Paing said at the overcrowded, two-storey building on Sumatra island. “It took ages […]
Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old wine-pressing complex, which exceeds 100 square metres in area, in Israel among the ruins of an ancient Byzantine settlement. At the site near Hamei Yo’av, researchers found a ceramic lantern fashioned in the shape of a miniature church and carved with crosses, suggesting the ancient wine factory was owned by a Christian. The wine-making complex had compartments where the grapes were likely left to […]
US President Barack Obama has unveiled a new initiative to map the brain. Speaking at the White House, he announced an initial $100m investment to shed light on how the brain works and provide insight into diseases such as Alzheimer’s and epilepsy. President Obama said initiatives like the Human Genome Project had transformed genetics; now he wants to do the same with the brain. The project will be carried out […]
Erdogan congratulated Obama on winning the presidential election. While you are at it, Mr. Erdogan, why don’t you congratulate the Muslim families in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan for daily receiving Hellfire missiles fired from US drones that Obama has sent? Why don’t you congratulate the Muslims in Palestine on their decade of oppression and occupation, which Obama financially and politically supports? Please follow and like us:
DOHA: In yet another incident reported in less than two months, a girl student of a foreign private school here was prevented by its administration from entering her class as she was wearing hijab (headscarf). There is immense arrogance on the part of foreign businesses who have schools in Mulim lands, they are not their just to educate but to indoctrinate western culture by force and punishsment if needed […]
On Monday, November 12th 2012, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) recognized the newly formed National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the ‘legitimate representative’ of Syria.[1] A day earlier, Syrian dissidents and activists alongside Western diplomats met in Doha, Qatar and agreed upon forming this new coalition with the aim of representing the full spectrum of the opposition. Mouaz al-Khatib, a Damascus imam, was chosen as the president […]
