The US Senate must not allow a torturer to become CIA boss
May 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power In Charles Dickens’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, set during the French revolution of 1789, he draws the character of Madame […]
Kalkaska village president ousted in recall after anti-Muslim Facebook post
Source: MLIVE By Mark Tower mtower@mlive.com KALKASKA, MI — A village president in a small Northern Michigan community who gained national attention in June 2017 for controversial social media posts was […]
Man pleads guilty to vandalizing Tennessee Islamic Center
Source: Associated Press By SHEILA BURKE NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to vandalizing a Tennessee Islamic Center last July with profane references to Allah in spray-paint […]
Michael Cohen’s ‘Essential Consultants’ Business Is a Big Problem for Donald Trump
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT and HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS At 5:06 p.m. on May 8, Michael Avenatti, the ubiquitous lawyer for adult-film star Stormy Daniels, tweeted a bombshell. Avenatti, whose client is suing President […]
‘World Peace!’ President Trump Reveals Kim Jong Un Meeting Will Take Place in Singapore on June 12
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON May 10, 2018 President Donald Trump revealed the date and location of his upcoming meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, announcing Thursday that they […]
Why 80% of American Muslims fast during Ramadan. (It’s not about the food.)
By Omar Suleiman May 10, 2018 What is Ramadan? 01:06 Imam Omar Suleiman is the founder and president of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an adjunct professor of […]
Beneath the headscarf — Local Muslims hope to educate others about Islam
May 10, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly 2 Comments By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Rabail Sajjad Even when she is surrounded by friends, Rabail Sajjad notices stares from strangers […]
Cocaine breathalyser ‘one step closer’
Source: BBC News Researchers in the US say they have developed a low-cost chip that can detect cocaine in minutes. The team hopes it will lead to the development of […]
Can Beto O’Rourke Turn Texas Blue?
Source: Time By NASH JENKINS / LAREDO May 8, 2018 Something is happening here in south Texas. On a hot May afternoon, dozens of people have assembled in a border-town beer […]
Trump’s Pick For CIA Director Won’t Say Torture Program Was Morally Wrong
Source: Huffington Post Gina Haspel pledged not to revive the spy agency’s interrogation operation — but she wouldn’t condemn it. By Jessica Schulberg and Igor Bobic WASHINGTON — Gina […]
The number of refugees admitted to the U.S. has fallen, especially among Muslims
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf receives a kiss from her mother, Fattoum Haj Khalaf, in February 2017 shortly after the family had […]
Blacks more likely than others in U.S. to read the Bible regularly, see it as God’s word
Source: Pew Research Center BY JEFF DIAMANT (Stephen Morton/Getty Images) This is one of an occasional series of posts on black Americans […]
Europeans scramble to save Iran deal after Trump reneges
By Reuters – May 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON/PARIS — Dismayed European allies sought to salvage the international nuclear pact with Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump pulled the […]
Donald Trump has shown himself to be the American version of Gaddafi in his behaviour towards Iran and the nuclear deal
Having withdrawn America from the Iran nuclear deal with such capriciousness, the US president has demonstrated that – like the late Libyan leader – he is totally divorced from reality Robert Fisk @indyvoices ‘How Donald […]
Mormon church to cut ties with Boy Scouts and start its own gospel-driven youth program
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Paighten Harkins The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is ending its more than century-old relationship with the Boy Scouts of America and will create new youth programs for its members. The church announced Tuesday evening that it will sever ties with the […]
How President Trump’s Iran Deal Decision Could Backfire
Source: Time By IAN BREMMER May 8, 2018 President Donald Trump has fulfilled his promise to withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal. For a man about to stare down Kim Jong Un over a […]
President Trump Pulls U.S. Out of ‘Defective’ Iran Nuclear Deal
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON Updated: May 8, 2018 3:52 PM ET President Donald Trump announced he will reinstate “the highest level of economic sanctions” that were waived as part of the Iran […]
Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal, isolating him further from world
Source: CNN President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is quitting the Iran nuclear deal, pitting him against the United States’ closest allies and leaving the future of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in question. “It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten […]
How countries use the weapons trade to secure access to oil
It’s in our interest to avoid violent events such as civil wars or terrorist incidents in oil-rich countries, as they are often accompanied by surging oil prices, or more general insecurity […]
Eat Well : Healthy eating tips for Ramadan
By INDRA BALARATNAM – May 8, 2018 THE holy month of Ramadan is the time for Muslims to practise restraint both physically and spiritually. From a food aspect, this is […]