With WikiLeaks, Julian Assange did what all journalists should aspire to do
Assange has been the target of repeated official attempts to discredit him or, at the very least, to muddy the waters in a case that should be all about freedom […]
Born of a Muslim who overcame an immigration ban, a community celebrates its centennial
Opinion February 15, 2020 Amjad Mahmood Khan (RNS) — One hundred years ago this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer recorded the arrival in its city of a South Asian […]
Paterson ordinance will let mosques broadcast Muslim call to prayer in New Jersey
Source: Paterson Times By Jayed Rahman 20th February 2020 A proposed ordinance before the City Council will allow mosques in Paterson to broadcast the Adhan or the Muslim call […]
Climate and migration: Geneva platform helps climate refugees around the world
By Simon Bradley Feb 19, 2020 Climate refugees have grabbed international headlines and their stories resonate easily, mirroring those of conflict refugees. Yet the topic is extremely complex, say experts. […]
Man who fled Syria war killed delivering pizza in US
ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE Published 18.02.2020 A family friend of a pizza delivery driver who was recently gunned down in Baltimore says he had fled war-torn Syria to seek a […]
Trump’s ‘currency manipulation’ con
Feb 18,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – ANNA O. KRUEGER WASHINGTON, DC — Would you believe the following story if you heard it? Imagine a small, rural town with one general […]
The Antarctic Peninsula is setting heat records. They won’t stand long.
Five hundred miles south of South America’s Cape Horn, a narrow strip of land and a smattering of islands form the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, a forbidding realm of […]
A 117-strong group doctors and psychologists has called for an end to what it calls the “psychological torture” and “medical neglect” of Julian Assange.
see also: (Video by Sky News) The WikiLeaks founder is being held in Belmarsh Prison awaiting a hearing on February 24 which could see him extradited to the […]
Why Are So Many Christians Converting to Islam
It is a fact that Islam is growing rapidly in the West. In the U.S. alone the number of Muslims has risen dramatically, from about 10,000 in 1900 to 3 […]
Significant changes in Arab public opinion
Feb 17,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Across the Middle East and North Africa, 2019 provided an eventful end to a tumultuous decade. There were unsettling developments on […]
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10bn to save Earth’s environment
Source: The Guardian By Richard Luscombe; @richlusc Move comes a month after Amazon threatened to fire employees who spoke out about company’s role in the climate crisis Jeff Bezos, the […]
Crypto spying affair : How manipulated Swiss tech shaped world politics
By Swiss public television, SRF Feb 12, 2020 – From left to right: Sadat, Carter, Begin sign the Camp David Peace Accords between Egypt and Israel in March 1979. […]
‘The deal of the century’ and its hidden secrets
Feb 15,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – HAZIM EL NASER We oppose and reject the US-Israeli peace plan, or the so-called “deal of the century”, for many political, economic, social and […]
Master of false news gives right-wing Americans headlines they believe
An AFP journalist looks at websites that are part of Christopher Blair’s “America’s Last Line of Defense” network in Washington, D,C, on Feb, 13, 2020. (AFP / Eric Baradat) Short […]
‘The only uncertainty is how long we’ll last’: a worst case scenario for the climate in 2050
The Future We Choose, a new book by the architects of the Paris climate accords, offers two contrasting visions for how the world might look in thirty years (read the […]
I spoke to experts on authoritarian rule about Trump’s behavior this week. They say 2020 could be our last free election
‘Inevitably, the people who last in the cabinet of an authoritarian leader are people who end up doing his personal-slash-official business, because you can no longer separate the two’ […]
Trump’s ruthless Israel-Palestinian plan shows how important Prince Charles is
Both the US president and the Prince of Wales have marked 2020 by highlighting the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict. But their positions are, unsurprisingly, very different, says Nabila Ramdani @NabilaRamdani The […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims celebrating 100th year of spirituality in U.S.
By Another Voice Published February 12, 2020 By Amer Aziz On Feb. 15, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will celebrate its centennial in the United States. Ahmadiyya is a revivalist movement […]
Today is the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln: What is Common between the Holy Prophet Muhammad and Him
Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the […]
Fareed Zakaria: Where are the Palestinian voices ?
On Sunday, February 2, 2020, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria hosted Jared Kushner to talk about the Apartheid Plan that the Trump and Netanyahu administrations have introduced to annex 30 percent of […]