Violent crime up across the country in first half of 2015: FBI
Violent crime rose across the country in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the FBI. The statistics are sure to fuel speculation over the connection between policing reforms and crime rates, specifically the “Ferguson effect” theory of chilled police. But public […]
Finally a sensible, but difficult, path to reducing terrorism
The difference between the sensible and superficial approaches to tackling the scourge of terrorism and other forms of violent extremism by groups such as Daesh was as clear as possible last week, in two efforts by the US government and the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon. For all those puzzled people around the world […]
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 […]