Half of white women continue to vote Republican. What’s wrong with them?
Source: The Guardian By Moira Donegan For the past two years, the American left has been haunted by a number: 53. It is the percentage of white women who voted […]
American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away
Source: The New York Times By Gal Beckerman When a gunman slaughtered 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue on a Shabbat morning last month, American Jews were left with a […]
Aga Khan officially opens garden in Edmonton
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 His Highness the Aga Khan officially opened the Aga Khan Garden this month in Edmonton. The Aga Khan Garden, located at the University of Alberta […]
The best way for our leaders to remember the dead on Armistice Day? Do everything they can to avoid a nuclear war
We are facing a situation where millions could be killed in minutes. The death toll could be even greater than that of the two world wars put together Des Browne […]
Will Europe fold under US sanctions against Iran?
KAMRAN GASANOV Published November 7, 2018 Europe’s stance on the U.S. sanctions against Iran will reveal whether the continent can be independent from Washington or not and, secondly, will […]
Factbox – The knowns and unknowns of U.S. Iran oil sanction waivers Business
Reuters International Nov 9, 2018 – 02:15 FILE PHOTO: Gas flares from an oil production platform at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, south of the capital Tehran, […]
Why world powers are unlikely to start another great war
by Andrew Hammond The US mid-term elections occupied many of the political headlines last week, but another landmark event awaited Donald Trump as he headed to Europe at the weekend. […]
Democrats Had a Better Election Night Than It First Appeared
Source: Time By PHILIP ELLIOTT The “blue wave” took a little longer to crest than usual, but after several days of vote counting it looks like Democrats beat the historical average […]
Inside the Saudi crown prince’s meeting with U.S. evangelicals
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) told a group of American evangelical leaders last Thursday that he is going to punish those responsible for the murder of Jamal […]
SWIFT system to disconnect some Iranian banks this weekend
SWIFT said that suspending Iranian banks’ access to the messaging system was a ‘regrettable’ step but was ‘taken in the interest of the stability and integrity of the wider […]
The ‘good guy with a gun’ is Hollywood’s most dangerous lie
Indestructible action heroes hide life-threatening risks police officers take to defend citizens Alyssa Rosenberg The Independent Voices Ron Helus, a sergeant in the Ventura County (California) sheriff’s office, was fatally […]
Fired Muslim awarded $3.2 million in discrimination suit against Loma Linda University Medical Center
Source: The OCR By SCOTT SCHWEBKE A jury has awarded $3.2 million in damages to a Muslim who claims he was harassed for years by his supervisors at Loma Linda University […]
More than 100 women elected to Congress in historic midterms
Source: ABC News By KARMA ALLEN At least 98 women will be elected to the House of Representatives — 84 Democrats, 14 Republicans — and 12 will join the Senate […]
US ‘war on terror’ has killed over half a million people: study (in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq only)
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Trump administration moves to curb migrants’ asylum claims
Reuters International Nov 9, 2018 – 00:42 By Yeganeh Torbati and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Trump administration unveiled new rules on Thursday to sharply limit migrant asylum claims by barring individuals who cross the U.S. southern border illegally from seeking asylum. Immigrant advocates denounced the […]
King of Jordan in US to receive Templeton Prize for interfaith harmony efforts
By JT – Nov 08,2018 -JORDAN TIME Amman — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday departed on a working visit to Washington, DC, during which His Majesty will be receiving […]
Trudeau apologises for Canada’s 1939 refusal of Jewish refugee ship
Reuters International Nov 7, 2018 (reuters_tickers) By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologised on Wednesday for the country’s 1939 refusal to take in […]
Democratic House takeover jeopardizes ‘Muslim ban’
Ray Hanania November 07, 2018 US Democrats on Tuesday took back control of the US House of Representatives in America’s midterm elections, jeopardizing many of President Donald Trump’s major domestic […]
What good is America’s constitution if Guantanamo Bay still exists?
On a human level, it is a place of misery and despair. And on a larger level, it is a monument to the death of the rule of law Eric […]
Mid-term elections: Democrats win House in setback for Trump
Media caption The BBC’s Anthony Zurcher explains what losing the House means for Donald Trump’s presidency. The Democrats have taken control of the US House of Representatives in the […]