Iraq must not be repeated in Syria
Apr 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The western missile attacks on alleged Syrian chemical sites pre-empted the visit to the town of Douma, east […]
Senators leave classified briefing on Trump’s Syria policy ‘very unnerved’
By Nicole Gaouette, Ted Barrett and Richard Roth, CNN April 18, 2018 Source: CNN Senators ‘unnerved’ by Trump’s Syria policy 01:30 Washington (CNN)Lawmakers emerged from a classified administration briefing […]
Why This Photographer Set Out to Break Muslim Stereotypes
Source: National Geographic Lynsey Addario talks about her experience working within these communities across the U.S. during a years-long reporting project. By Jehan Jillani and Heather Brady Photographs by Lynsey Addario PUBLISHED APRIL 17, […]
Starbucks Is Closing Thousands of Stores for Racial Bias Training. Here’s How Much Money It Could Lose
Source: Time By ALEX FITZPATRICK April 17, 2018 Starbucks is closing over 8,000 company-owned stores for racial bias training during an afternoon in May, the company announced Tuesday. The news comes as the Seattle, […]
The buildings that make us think
Source: BBC News By Devon Van Houten Maldonado Museums do more than allow us to engage with history and art. They are forms in and of themselves, which, to varying degrees, enable and propagate missions and legacies through design and architecture. Perhaps no museum in recent history has created as […]
The ACLU says there’s a large disparity in police stops in area where Starbucks arrest happened
Source: CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN)The area of Philadelphia where two men were arrested while waiting at a Starbucks last week has what the American Civil Liberties Union calls “the […]
Is Chaos in Syria Fulfilling Bible Prophecy?
04-14-2018 Billy Hallowell, Faithwire The Syrian conflict — and the U.S. decision to strike a base inside the embattled country — is leading to increased concerns about the future of the nation’s civil […]
‘Confused’ UN envoy Nikki Haley hits back at White House
Source: BBC US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has fired back after a White House aide accused her of “momentary confusion” over new sanctions against Russia. “With all due […]
Pompeo returned empty-handed
Source: CNN The news of Pompeo’s meeting with Kim, which occurred over Easter weekend (sometime over the end of March and the beginning of April) also raised eyebrows that unlike Clapper, Pompeo went to North Korea and didn’t come back with Americans being held captive by the isolated regime. “It’s […]
Fifty shades of Trump: fire and fury at home and abroad
Source: AT Last week was a most unusual one for US President Donald Trump’s administration. There was no high-level firing: The only dismissal of any note was that of the White House aide in charge of homeland security, who was forced out at the behest of John Bolton, who had […]
Why Americans in Pakistan have license to kill?
By Mazhar Hussain April 18, 2018 ISLAMABAD – Last week, a 22-year-old Pakistani man was killed by an American diplomat in Islamabad. It was a cold-blooded murder but since the […]
A view from Iran: ‘The gang of criminals’
April 18, 2018 TEHRAN- This is a special report by the Tehran Times of the 58 wars launched by the 20 U.S. presidents since 1900. Since World War II, the […]
We are all deeply frightened
Apr 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The lesson learned, time and again in our region, is that the use of military strikes as punishment for international misconduct […]
Why No World Power Really Wants To Topple Syria’s Assad
April 16, 2018 Greg Myre A crowd in central Damascus waves flags and portraits in support of President Bashar Assad on Monday, two days after the U.S., Britain […]
Pennsylvania House passes bill banning abortions for Down syndrome
Source: The Hill BY AVERY ANAPOL The Pennsylvania House on Monday passed a bill to ban abortions based on a Down syndrome diagnosis in the fetus. The GOP-backed bill passed with bipartisan support in a 139-56 vote, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The bill now heads to the Senate for a vote. […]
U.S. Pastor Held in Turkey Denies Links to Terrorists
Source: Wall Street Journal By David Gauthier-Villars Updated April 16, 2018 8:38 p.m. ET An American pastor who has spent 18 months in Turkish custody appeared for the first time […]
Dozens of evangelical leaders meet to discuss how Trump era has unleashed ‘grotesque caricature’ of their faith
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey April 16 at 10:00 AM Email the author Wheaton College. (Sarah Pulliam Bailey) About 50 top leaders of major evangelical institutions will attend an invitation-only gathering this week to discuss the future and the “soul” of evangelicalism at a time when many of them are […]
A Charlottesville Photographer Took His Tragic, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Shot on His Last Day. Now He Works for a Brewery
Source: Time By ARIC JENKINS Updated: April 16, 2018 7:58 PM ET On the last day of his job at a local newsroom, photojournalist Ryan Kelly took a picture that would end up winning him a Pulitzer Prize. Now, he works for a brewery. Kelly captured the award-winning image in Charlottesville, Va. on […]
Discovering Islam in South America
April 10, 2018, It is a marvel of the globalised world we live in, that there is a major cultural festival in the Caribbean named after a Muslim hero, who […]
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas
Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously-researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished […]