Zaytuna College Commencement 2018: Keynote Address by Dr. Garry Wills
Suggested reading Was President Thomas Jefferson a Muslim?
Mohammed bin Salman’s comeback tour
By Sarah Yerkes December 6, 2018 As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) wraps up his two-week tour of the Middle East and North Africa (with a weekend […]
‘We can’t go anywhere’ – Myanmar closes Rohingya camps but ‘entrenches segregation’
Dec 6, 2018 http://www.swissinfo.ch By Thu Thu Aung and Simon Lewis YANGON (Reuters) – As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya […]
Garry Wills’ Video: Christianity without Priests
Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934) is an American author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for […]
A New Youtube Channel for Quran and Science
Suggested reading A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched Did Eve Come from Adam’s Rib — That is the Question? Does science really prove the Quran?
The man-made humanitarian disaster in Yemen continues
MERYEM İLAYDA ATLAS @miailayda Children displaced from the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah stand in their shelter in Sana’a, Yemen, Nov. 1. The people of Yemen are struggling to […]
Thinly veiled Racism – by Khola Maryam Huebsch
Khola Maryam Hübsch Thinly veiled Racism Our outrage over the sexist Muslim male reveals a need to feel superior. It expresses a brand of cultural chauvinism that co-opts feminism as […]
The Qur’an: A Very Serious Book for Those Who Have Knowledge
Suggested reading A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched
Hundreds of violent neo-Nazis roam freely in Germany
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Germany has been under threat of rising Neo-Nazi presence in German society. Some 470 neo-Nazis, a number of whom are wanted for violent crimes by […]
Turkey seeks arrest of Saudi crown prince aides over Khashoggi
By AFP – Dec 06,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — A Turkish court issued arrest warrants Wednesday for two suspects close to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman over the murder […]
Blowback from unintended consequences of Bush’s 1991 war continues
Dec 05,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN George H.W. Bush, who died last Saturday at the age of 94, has been lauded as a great US president, a humble patrician […]
Nadine Shah: ‘I am just one version of a Muslim woman, and people don’t get to see a lot of my kind’
Elisa Bray meets with the Mercury Prize nominee to discuss Brexit woes, wanting to have children, and why the excessive drinking had to stop @Elisabray The Independent Culture Shah’s music […]
These are the cities that will dominate the global economy in the next 15 years
Despite the west’s experience of managing the process of urbanisation, it doesn’t have all the answers Hamish McRae @TheIndyBusiness The Independent Voices New York will continue to be the world’s largest urban economy in 2035, but Jakarta will have passed Tokyo to become the most populous city. However, […]
The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush: War Crimes, Racism, and Obstruction of Justice
Mehdi Hasan December 1 2018, The tributes to former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday aged 94, have been pouring in from all sides of the political […]
‘Sound of Humanity’ seeks to put Lombok tourism back on track … but then: another earthquake!
Panca Nugraha The Jakarta Post Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara | Wed, December 5, 2018 Editor’s Note: Oho! It seems that this music festival is a bit […]
Book Review: Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
Source: Amazon By Dalai Lama “A book that brings people together on the firm grounds of shared values, reminding us why the Dalai Lama is still one of the most […]
