Don’t dismiss philanthropy: it’s crucial during the coronavirus crisis
Whether it’s helping research a vaccine or supporting those worst hit by the pandemic, private giving is needed as never before Beth Breeze and Paul Ramsbottome 28 Apr 2020 […]
India should be placed on religious freedom blacklist, US panel says
Commission says religious minorities face ‘increasing assault’ under Narendra Modi but state department unlikely to take action https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/28/india-religious-freedom-narendra-modi-us#img-1 A US government panel has called for India to be put on […]
India cannot afford PPE – so how can it afford billion-dollar arms deals?
Such massive weapons procurements are excessive at the best of times, yet downright egregious now, writes Vivashwan Singh @vivashwansingh 15 hours ago India” class=”body-link” data-vars-item-name=”BL-9487851-/topic/India” data-vars-event-id=”c6″>India’s handling of coronavirus has […]
Dr Craig Considine: His Newsweek article, and why he speaks about the life of the Holy Prophet(sa)
The Review of Religions conducted an interview with Dr Craig Considine who is a scholar, professor, global speaker, and media contributor based at the Department of Sociology at Rice University. […]
US says ‘prepared to recognize’ Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank
State Department says United States ready to approve ‘sovereignty and the application of Israeli law’ in some areas, but calls for Israel to negotiate further with Palestinians By TOI staff […]
What if Covid-19 isn’t our biggest threat?
by Andrew Anthony, The Guardian When eventually the coronavirus crisis begins to recede and we return to an approximation of normality – no matter how socially distanced or how much […]
26 million job losses prove a sad fact about American businesses — and American people
What is remarkable is how quickly the bonds of employer and employee are severed in the American economy, and how quickly businesses — but not their employees — get handouts […]
US Republican candidate: ‘I’m pushing to put (Islam) on trial’
Source: Arab News By Epherm Kossaify NEW YORK: At first, the Republican Party of Iowa was quick to distance itself from Rick Phillips, a Republican candidate for the state’s 2nd […]
Top economist: US coronavirus response is like ‘third world’ country
Source: The Guardian Joseph Stiglitz attacks Donald Trump, saying US on course for second Great Depression Donald Trump’s botched handling of the Covid-19 crisis has left the US looking like […]
Ramadan 2020 – When homes become mosques
24th April 2020 ALHAKAM.ORG Abstaining and refraining from things for our own benefit is something that sounds all too familiar in the current climate. With Ramadan now […]
Foreign-born healthcare workers risk their lives in Western countries for victims of a virus that does not discriminate according to colour, religion
Apr 22,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN While watching satellite television coverage of the coronavirus pandemic it is impossible to ignore that many doctors and epidemiologists consulted by the US satellite CNN channel and ,to a lesser extent, the BBC are brown or black men and women. White men in […]
Do Americans Want Their President to be Saint or Sinner?
Americans care more about having a moral, ethical president than about having a religious president The character of the person who occupies the Oval Office matters to the vast majority […]
Muslim Azaan to be broadcast in Minneapolis neighborhood, USA
Muslim call to prayer to be broadcast in Minneapolis neighborhood The Muslim call to prayer will be broadcast the traditional five times a day in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, […]
The Coronavirus Is Empowering Islamophobes — but Exposing the Idiocy of Islamophobia
By Mehdi Hasan If anti-Semitism is the world’s oldest hatred, perhaps Islamophobia is the world’s weirdest. How else to explain the fact that a pandemic of global and historic proportions, […]
‘Guy with 100kg of flour seeking girl with 100 rolls of toilet paper’
Adnan Mahmutovic Alia Amir Ramis Orlu 8 Apr 2020 Humour helps us deal with anxiety and the current pandemic is a testament to that notion. A global pandemic is […]
Yesterday, Jews were demonised for spreading disease. Today, it’s Muslims
CJ Werleman TRT WORLD 6 days ago In countries like India and Israel Muslims are being scapegoated for the spread of Covid-19. When the Black Plague ravaged Europe in the middle of the 14th Century, killing roughly 50 percent of those infected and one-third of the continent’s […]
US and Russia blocking UN plans for a global ceasefire amid crisis
Resolution strongly supported by dozens of countries, human rights groups and charities Simon Tisdall Sun 19 Apr 2020 The US fears the measure could hinder its ability to prosecute military […]
Culture Unorthodox: a thrilling story of rebellion and freedom from New York to Berlin
Shira Haas is mesmerising as the young woman fleeing a closed Hasidic Jewish community for a new life in secular Berlin There is one indelible scene in Unorthodox that will stick in your memory long after you’ve finished watching the four-part miniseries. photo Esty, a 19-year-old Hasidic Jew, has escaped […]
Western governments are sorely underestimating how dependent they are on China
Editorial: On some measures, the country is now the world’s largest economy and can also be fairly ranked as a military superpower @IndyVoices Independent Premium As the formal but ill-defined prime ministerial stand-in, Dominic Raab has sometimes appeared hesitant to take the kind of decisions that only prime ministers can […]