Killing of people nothing to do with Islam: Fazl
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl(JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that terrorists engaged in killing innocent people across the country are harming the interests of the country and have nothing to do with Islam. He expressed these views after offering Dua’a for the martyrs of Bacha Khan University Charsadda here at Parliament’s House mosque. Quran Khawani and special […]
Philly cop shot in ISIS ambush released from hospital, report says
PHILADELPHIA — The city police officer shot three times by a man pledging allegiance to the terrorist group ISIS was released from the hospital on Friday, NBC10 reports. Officer Jesse Hartnett, 33, was attacked by 30-year-old Edward Archer on the evening of Jan. 7. Authorities said Archer admitted to shooting Hartnett at point-blank range using […]
Saudi grand mufti says playing chess is forbidden in Islam
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti Sheikh Abdullah al-Sheikh during a television program said playing chess is forbidden in Islam, British newspaper The Guardian reported. Responding to a question on a television show in which he issues fatwas (religious decrees) after listening to viewers’ questions, Sheikh said playing the board game is haram’ (forbidden) as it encourages […]
Blasphemy charge framed against woman
An additional district and sessions judge on Friday framed charges against a woman accused of desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran. The incident allegedly happened at the city’s Darul Aman after she was ejected from her matrimonial home by her husband who had contracted a second marriage and denied shelter by her brothers. The […]
Facebook Friends Are Fake Friends, Study Finds
Facebook has turned the word “friend” into a verb, but just because you’ve friended someone on Facebook does that make them your friend in real life? Not according to a study that found almost all Facebook friends are entirely fake. Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at Oxford University, conducted research into how Facebook […]
US film academy vows to double minority memberships
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organises Hollywood’s annual Oscar awards ceremony, has pledged to double its membership of women and minorities by 2020. The announcement on Saturday came after a week-long furore over a lack of diversity in the Oscars awards, with an all white cast in the nominations for the […]
8 Simple Ways To Stay Motivated
Oftentimes we’re too busy, too stressed, or too uninspired to do things we set ourselves to do. But in AsapTHOUGHT’s video, “8 Simple Tips To Stay Motivated”, hosts Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explain there are motivational life hacks that can help us achieve our goals without giving up. Achieving a goal is as simple […]
Ad blockers: Google reveals it now has over 1,000 staff just fighting bad ads
Google says last year it eliminated 780 million “plain bad” ads carrying malware, promoting fake goods or leading to phishing sites. Ad networks have become a popular mechanism for distributing malware, such as the malvertising campaign spread via Google’s AdSense at the beginning of last year. To prevent bad ads from harming internet users and […]
‘National Review’ Comes Out Against Donald Trump
The conservative National Review has lost its chance to participate as a partner in the February 25 Republican debate after publishing an editorial titled “Against Trump” and other articles critical of Donald Trump on its website Thursday evening. That headline is also on the cover of the magazine’s upcoming issue, as are the names of […]
Jersey City, Newark, Paterson collecting bottled water for Flint residents
JERSEY CITY — Mayor Steve Fulop is joining with the mayors of Newark and Paterson to collect bottled water to deliver to Flint, Michigan, which has been inundated with toxic tap water. Anyone interested in helping can drop off bottled water at City Hall, 280 Grove St., or at the Bethune Center, 140 Martin Luther […]