By Jonah Blank In This Review A Kingdom of Their Own: The Family Karzai and the Afghan Disaster Joshua Partlow Foreign observers of Afghanistan tend to think of former President Hamid Karzai’s government as a clan of corrupt thugs, led by a feckless, petulant whiner. In this narrative, Karzai was […]
Many bystanders saw us being threatened and harassed but did not intervene. By Imran Awan , Irene Zempi October 12, 2016 13:53 BST , Updated 7 hr ago Britain is a nation of real diversity, tolerance and multicultural vibrancy. But for those who have suffered hate crime, it can be an alienating and terrifying place. […]
By: Amanda Vicinanzo, Online Managing Editor 10/12/16 US efforts to curb the explosive growth of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will be futile if the nation fails to address the diverse revenue streams fueling the terrorist organization, according to a new report released by Homeland Security Chairman […]
Professor Rodney Wilson, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham Islamic banks often describe themselves as being providers of ethical financial services, but they do not spell out explicitly what is meant by this or its significance. The word ethical is used as a label, and equated […]
Source: Aljazeera Parents and guardians in China’s heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang who encourage or force their children into religious activities will be reported to the police, the government said […]
Recent events have shown that not only Trump is a disgrace but so are Pat Robertson & Jerry Falwell Jr. Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Earlier in this […]
Source: Review Journal Hillary Clinton to visit Las Vegas on Wednesday, one week before UNLV debate By BEN BOTKIN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a digital ad on Tuesday reaching out to Mormon voters in Nevada and Utah. The move demonstrates the high hopes the Democratic presidential candidate’s […]
Source: Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just as the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur began Tuesday night, a federal judge lifted a temporary restraining order against a California synagogue performing a ritual where chickens are twirled in the air before they’re slaughtered. Judge Andre Birotte Jr. had granted the […]
Source: NPR NPR’s Audie Cornish talks to Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, about how rabbis are addressing the election in their high holiday sermons. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, starts tonight. Rabbis are putting the finishing touches on their sermons and […]
Source: BBC President Barack Obama says the US will work with private companies on its plan to send humans to Mars in the 2030s. President Obama announced his proposals for […]
Source: BBC President Barack Obama has blasted Donald Trump’s recent remarks about women, saying they would be intolerable even for someone applying for a job at a 7-Eleven convenience store. At a rally supporting Hillary Clinton, Mr Obama also urged senior Republicans to formally withdraw their endorsement of Mr Trump […]
Source: Time By Hugh Kennedy Kennedy is a professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London, and the author of Caliphate What is caliphate? What does the term mean? What […]
Source: Time Sports Illustrated will partner with Endemol Shine Beyond USA to produce the first documentary series of a complete climb of Mt. Everest to be presented in virtual reality. The […]
President Obama explains how the behavior and rhetoric of the Republican party over the last decade has left the country with an ignorant Republican nominee for the President of the […]
by Tyler Durden Oct 12, 2016 In Europe, when it gets serious, you have to lie… at least if you are an unelected bureaucrat like Jean-Claude Juncker. In Russia, however, when it gets serious, attention immediately turns to the children. Which is why we read a report in Russian website […]
Source: MSN The UN’s rights chief warned Wednesday that Donald Trump’s statements pointed to a “dangerous” figure emerging on the world stage if he won the US presidency. At a […]
By Shaheen Nazar, Aligarh India AN eye-specialist by training and a campaigner against blindness by choice, Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams is an Aligarian and a true follower of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. In an age when the medical profession has become highly commercialized and doctors have generally become money-minting machines, […]
Source: MSN.com (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Doina Chiacu) U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to help send people to Mars within the next 15 years, pledging to […]
The Captain called the Sergeant in. “Sarge, I just got a telegram that Private Jones’ mother died yesterday. Better go tell him and send him in to see me.” So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation and lines up all the troops. “Listen up, men,” says the Sergeant. “Johnson, […]
Sir John Sawers says Moscow has shifted balance of power but criticises Boris Johnson’s call for demo outside embassy Sir John Sawers: ‘We are not treating Russia and China as major powers that can cause us a great deal of damage.’ Photograph: Elyse Marks/Edelman/PA Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Wednesday 12 […]