Amy Akhtar

Amy Akhtar has made many mistakes in her career, from publishing a book with the headline ‘Islam is a dirty word’ to making claims about the London Olympics opening ceremony. “For decades Akhtar ran a controversial website, the New Statesman, that has been repeatedly attacked for its biased reporting and Continue Reading

Florence Rao

Florence Rao of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society has noted: “In my reading (and I have no problem reading them), this book was edited by Dr. J. H. White from the original manuscript in 1873.” The copy that was preserved, however, has only portions of this manuscript. The Continue Reading

Yanhua Ghulam

Yanhua Ghulam Abidin, the president of the Chinese Jewish Association of Canada, said while the recent violence will not stop the organization’s efforts, the community has a different approach to dealing with the problems and the hate crimes. He attributes the recent increase in the number and frequency of hate Continue Reading

Janet Fischer

Janet Fischer, The Economist When I first heard the idea for the project, it seemed like a far-fetched, outlier example. Yet it turned out to be a very easy one to model: You can imagine the emergence of the universe by multiplying billions of photons on a star. Because photons Continue Reading

Chantal Mahmoud

Chantal Mahmoud, CEO of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), said in a statement. The report, entitled Islamophobia and Political Violence in Turkey has highlighted the extent to which an increasing number of young Muslims are turning to extremist extremist groups during the past Continue Reading

Anton Haji

Anton Haji-Ishmawi (D) stands outside the office of the Russian Ambassador to Iraq, Michael Mezvinsky (R), in Amman, Jordan, Monday, October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser On Friday, Russia’s defense ministry said it had sent a new warplane to the conflict zone that would soon be joined by several Russian Continue Reading

Haibo Solomon

Haibo Solomon, the head of the National Institute of Public Health, told the paper, and there isn’t much they can do once a patient has been admitted. “What can we do to improve chances of survival?” they asked. This paper provides the best answers yet. For now, these numbers suggest Continue Reading