China lectures the United States on opioid crisis
Source: CNN By Steven Jiang A top official in China’s drug control agency has hit back at accusations that Chinese suppliers are fueling the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States, […]
The Travel Ban, the Law, and What’s ‘Right’
Source: The Atlantic BY Shadi Hamid In January 2017, when President Donald Trump’s so-called Muslim ban was first announced, I was passionately against it. It was one of the most frightening textsI’ve […]
Orthodox rabbi chosen to lead multifaith California theological center
Source: Religion News Service BY Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union, a multifaith consortium of research centers and seminaries, has selected the first non-Christian president in its history. Daniel […]
It Looks like Afghanistan and the Taliban May Try to End 17 Years of War
June 22, 2018 Could domestic politicians and the international community work to maintain this peace momentum? by Atta Nasib On June 7, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani made a powerful concession […]
Working for religious harmony
Jun 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES In a world dominated by political events, wars, interstate conflicts, and even interfaith frictions and disharmony, it is refreshing and encouraging that His Majesty king […]
US envoy urges Pakistan to stop protecting terrorists
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Nikki Haley, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, said Thursday her country is urging Pakistan more strongly not to […]
US-Israeli teen convicted of threats against Jewish centres
Source: BBC News A court in Israel has convicted a 19-year-old American-Israeli man of making hundreds of threats to bomb or attack Jewish schools and community centres. Michael Ron David […]
Trump Travel Ban: How It Affects the Countries Image
Source: The New York Times By Rick Gladstone To President Trump’s supporters, the Supreme Court decision upholding his travel ban from seven countries — five with Muslim majorities — was an affirmation […]
‘What’s next?’ Muslims grapple with Supreme Court ruling that they believe redefines their place in America
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail HauslohnerJune 26Email the author Ramy Almansoob’s children have been asking every day for weeks: “Do we have a decision yet? Do we have a decision […]
Travel ban: Trump hails ‘tremendous’ Supreme Court ruling
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has hailed a Supreme Court ruling upholding his travel ban which covers people from several Muslim-majority countries. Lower courts had deemed the ban […]
In Travel Ban Ruling, High Court Repudiates Notorious Japanese Internment Case
Source: NPR BY SCOTT HORSLEY In the sharply divided decision over President Trump’s travel ban, the Supreme Court repudiated a notorious case from the last century: one that justified the internment […]
Abortion and Travel Ban Rulings Are Victory for G.O.P. Tactics on Gorsuch
Source: The New York Times By Elizabeth Dias and Sydney Ember WASHINGTON — The consequences of President Trump’s nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court — and the Republican blockade of […]
Sessions’ pastor addresses ‘firestorm’ over church charges against AG
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)One of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ pastors told her congregation on Sunday that she does not agree with the “zero-tolerance” immigration policies that […]
Presbyterians demur on divestment from fossil fuels
Source: Religion News Service BY Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) — For the third time in a row, the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly decided against divesting from companies invested in fossil […]
Walgreens Pharmacist Refuses To Provide Drug For Ariz. Woman With Unviable Pregnancy
Source: NPR By Kat Chow When 35-year-old Nicole Arteaga walked into a Walgreens in Peoria, Ariz., last Wednesday, she was nine weeks pregnant. But, she says, her doctor had told […]
Supreme Court rules against California law targeting anti-abortion pregnancy centers
Source: USA Today BY Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a major blow to a California law requiring anti-abortion pregnancy centers to inform women about publicly funded […]
Republican tax law hits churches
Source: Politico Republicans have quietly imposed a new tax on churches, synagogues and other nonprofits, a little-noticed and surprising change that could cost some groups tens of thousands of dollars. […]
Southern Baptist Head Urges Evangelicals To Avoid Political Ideology Amid Crossroads
Source: NPR BY Tori Whitley Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Pastor J. D. Greear is taking over as leader of the biggest Protestant denomination in the U.S. at an […]
For the Forty Percent Europeans, Who Don’t Believe in a Soul
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to the Pew Research Center, majorities in most countries agree with the idea that they […]
Harford ordered to release permits for houses in Joppatowne subdivision disputed as ‘Muslim community’
Jim JoynerThe Baltimore Sun A federal judge has given a partial victory to the developer of a Harford County subdivision that some residents had opposed, calling it a Muslim-only community. […]