ALL _OR_NONE

I feel like we have a very all-or-none attitude about love. I think there are notions of love that we as Muslims react to by believing human love is worthless or doesn't really exist. Dude. Human love does exist. Awesome, human love exists! Beautiful friendships exist. Romantic love exists. Human loyalty and courage and selflessness do exist. And these are powerful and transformative things. Why? Because the Creator made it so! There's a difference between being dependent and being grateful. Let's stop with the all-or-none, and appreciate the breathtaking beauty God has given us *in His creation*, and the love between them.

Sydney

"In the past 24 hours this city has been shaken by a tragedy that none of us could have ever imagined..." http://bbc.in/1wA9aDn

Two people are killed, along with an Islamist gunman, after commandos storm a cafe in the Australian city of #Sydney to end a 16-hour siege.

Despite guarantees of legal equality under the US Constitution,

Despite guarantees of legal equality under the US Constitution, many African Americans live in neighbourhoods with higher crime rates, less-stable households of single mothers, and poor job prospects.http://young-levent.blogspot.com.tr/

One challenge for Ferguson grand jury: Some witnesses' credibility

A CNN review of thousands of pages of documents shows that some witness testimony from both sides in the Michael Brown case was untrustworthy. http://young-levent.blogspot.com.tr/

Civil rights protest in US capital

Thousands of civil rights protesters are marching through Washington DC, to bring attention to the recent killings of unarmed black people by policehttp://bbc.in/12I69X9

Relatives of Michael Brown, shot dead in the Missouri town of Ferguson, and Eric Garner, who died being restrained in New York, are due to attend.

Manchester 3-0 Liverpool

University of Oregon

University of Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota won the Heisman Trophy, given annually to the best college football player in the United States, on Saturday night during a ceremony in New York:

Japan

As Japanese voters head to the polls Sunday, observers see as a sly political move to prolong Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reign past his four-year term at a time when his popularity is sky high. http://aje.me/1zM5tfT

Star Wars

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” characters are… http://cnn.it/1GuHOkx

My heart

My heart beats vehemently against my chest, almost ripping my ribs apart. My breathing gets heavier and I look around to see everything happening in a jiffy. Amidst the swarms of people hustling and bustling all at once, I look forward to spot my train which is yet to arrive. Then, a strange analogy envelops me in a matter of seconds. Scenes from the day of judgement are suddenly glaring in front of my eyes. Read more here