I am a Muslim. But Trump’s views appall me because I am an American.
Source: The Washington Post By Fareed Zakaria Writes a foreign affairs column for The Post. He is also the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and a contributing editor for […]
Amputee soldier’s heartfelt Muslim Facebook post goes viral
Source: CNN (CNN)A British soldier who had his leg blown off by a bomb while serving in Iraq has taken the internet by storm after his Facebook post attacking Islamophobia […]
American Christians could take a lesson from Angela Merkel (COMMENTARY)
Source: Religion News Service By Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Writes about faith and public policy. From 2011 to 2015, he worked at the National Immigration Forum mobilizing Christians to advocate for the […]
Police remove anti-Ahmadi posters from Lahore’s largest IT market
Source: The Express Tribune LAHORE: The district administration in Lahore on Thursday removed anti-Ahmadi posters and stickers from the city’s largest mobile and computer equipment market. Numerous shopkeepers in Lahore’s Hafeez Centre, […]
Chinese tycoon Guo Guangchang detained by police
Source: BBC One of China’s richest men, Guo Guangchang, has been detained by police. His company, Fosun International, confirmed on Friday that he was assisting authorities with an investigation. The […]
Why termites build such enormous skyscrapers
Source: BBC Across the forests and prairies of Asia, and vast savannahs of Africa, live secret societies of architects. They are masters of construction, their sophisticated and innovative green-energy designs […]
Citing Religious Liberty, Evangelical Leaders Blast Trump’s Muslim Ban
Source: NPR Evangelical leaders are speaking out against Donald Trump’s controversial call for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Russell Moore, president of the Southern […]
Planned Parenthood suspect: ‘I am a warrior for the babies’
Source: Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic stunned a courtroom Wednesday when he declared himself a […]
A century ago, a popular Missouri newspaper demonized a religious minority: Catholics
Source: Los Angeles Times The year was 1915, and the strange new newspaper in Aurora, Mo., had grown so quickly in its first four years that rail officials had to […]
The Republican obsession with ‘radical Islam’ is a smokescreen for something else
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor Writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post. He previously was a senior editor at TIME, based first in Hong Kong and later in New York. It has become a sort of mantra in the U.S. election cycle. When faced with questions of national […]
Is Pakistan Just a Huge Trumpistan?
By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights activist Source: Huffington Post I am a Pakistani immigrant to the United States. With the recent rise of Islamophobia here in […]
The fascinating history of how Jefferson and other Founding Fathers defended Muslim rights
Source: Washington Post By Elahe Izadi Muslims are at the center of today’s roiling debate over religious freedom in the United States. But they’ve actually been a part of that […]
Global climate talks stumble near finish line; Fabius optimistic
Reuters International DEC 11, 2015 – 13:48 By Emmanuel Jarry and David Stanway PARIS (Reuters) – Efforts to craft a global accord to combat climate change stumbled on Friday with China and many other nations refusing to yield ground, forcing host France to extend the U.N. summit by a day […]
MYSTERY WOMAN REVEALED? The Indian beauty on the Swiss watch
By Anand Chandrasekhar with input from Pradyot Debbaraman, The Northeast Today DEC 10, 2015 – The watch was purchased at an auction and is now in the Jaeger-LeCoultre museum (Jaeger-LeCoultre) […]
The evolution of work
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Dani Rodrik In mid-December, the United Nations will launch the latest of its annual landmark Human Development Reports. This year’s report focuses on the nature of work: how the way we earn a living is being transformed by economic globalisation, new technologies and innovations in […]
Underlining US attachment to Israel
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh The Arab world, especially the Palestinians, ought to start thinking about a new interlocutor if they want a peace treaty with Israel. US administrations, whether run by Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, the likely winner of next year’s presidential election, are disappointingly […]
More evidence on how not to fight Daesh
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The continuing stream of recent terror attacks against targets in several countries across four continents continues to vex governments and other institutions that seek desperately to counter and eventually stop this dangerous trend. The evidence of policy actions and new research […]
Shared values give us a common voice for peace — King of Jordan
By JT – Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah addresses the Mediterranean Dialogue conference in Rome on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday said the Arab world and Europe are so connected that they “rise or fall together”. […]
Police remove anti-Ahmadi posters from Lahore Market
LAHORE: The district administration in Lahore on Thursday removed anti-Ahmadi posters and stickers from the city’s largest mobile and computer equipment market. Numerous shopkeepers in Lahore’s Hafeez Centre, located in the Gulberg locality, displayed signs and stickers prominently on their shop windows, inscribed with statements such as, “We do not do business […]
San Bernardino County mosque to host ‘Muslims for Life’ blood drive
Source: Los Angeles Time By Hailey Branson-Potts; Contact Reporter San Bernardino County mosque will be hosting a blood drive on Sunday in honor of the victims of last week’s attack […]