US to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, senior administration officials have said. He is due to announce the controversial decision in a speech later. […]
Why Jerusalem matters
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The BBC’s Yolande Knell explains why the city is […]
On Gender Differences, No Consensus on Nature vs. Nurture
Source: Pew Research Center Americans say society places a higher premium on masculinity than on femininity BY KIM PARKER, JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ AND RENEE STEPLER Twenty-five years after the release of the bestseller “Men […]
How do your views on gender compare with those of other Americans?
Source: Pew Research Center BY KIM PARKER, JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ AND RENEE STEPLER Pew Research Center recently released a series of reports looking at Americans’ views on the state of gender equality, gender differences and gender identity, all […]
What are roots of anti-Islamism in the West?
MUHITTIN ATAMAN @MuhittinAtaman The Western world has been experiencing a dramatic increase of xenophobia and Islamophobia for the last several decades. The correct usage of this concept is […]
An Israeli dream might come true if Trump declares Jerusalem the capital – but so will an Arab nightmare
Could Trump expect another warm welcome and traditional sword dance in Riyadh? Would the Saudis choose to buy all those billions of weapons from the US if it hands Jerusalem […]
Ventura fire: Thousands evacuated in southern California
Source: BBC News Some 27,000 residents were forced to flee their homes in the middle of the night as a fast-moving wildfire ripped through southern California. Several thousand homes are […]
A Florida Man Was Arrested After Allegedly Planning A Mass Shooting At A Mosque
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Claudia Koerner A 69-year-old Florida man was arrested last week after allegedly planning to carry out a mass shooting at a Florida mosque, authorities announced Monday. […]
In schools, a growing push to recognize Muslim and Jewish holidays
Source: The Washington Post By Debbie Truong December 4 at 6:20 PM When her daughters were children, Khadija Athman packed the major Islamic holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, with celebration. They […]
Here’s What Is — and Isn’t — in the Travel Ban the Supreme Court Just Upheld
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan 8:08 PM EST President Donald Trump’s third iteration of the travel ban can go into effect while lower courts review its merits, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday. […]
Here’s the Winner of the Reader Poll for TIME’s 2017 Person of the Year
Source: Time By TIME Staff December 4, 2017 Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, has won TIME’s Person of the Year 2017 online reader poll, earning more votes than other world […]
Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is a dangerous gambit
Source: CNN by Aaron David Miller Having worked at the State Department on Arab-Israeli negotiations for the better part of a quarter century, I came up with more than my fair share of half-baked ideas. But the one issue I was smart enough to avoid — and I advised every […]
Pope Francis: popular worldwide, but some young conservatives question his approach
Source: BY Peter Smith STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The Catholic university overlooking the Ohio River here, with a campus abounding in images of St. Francis of Assisi and a replica of his medieval […]
Dalai Lama to Obama: ‘You are young and can do a lot’
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)Former US President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama on Friday in India, where they discussed “compassion and altruism,” according to a […]
Mehdi Hasan Rips Thomas Friedman’s “Nauseating” Column in NYT Praising Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince
StoryNovember 30, 2017 Watch Full Show Guests Mehdi Hasan award-winning British journalist and broadcaster at Al Jazeera English. He is host of the Al Jazeera interview program “UpFront” and a […]
Muhammad bin Kushner, Jared bin Salman, Daffy Duck & Co
by Hamid Dabashi Thomas Friedman is the latest in the long panoply of Lawrences of Arabia dashing in and out of the peninsula in search of their oriental fantasies, […]
There’s no such thing as precise air strikes in modern warfare – just look at the civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria
In one sample of a residential area called Qaiyara, near Mosul city, in about a third of fatal strikes Isis had been in close proximity to the civilians, but […]
US Pulls Out of UN Migrant and Refugee Pact
Last Updated: December 03, 2017 VOA News Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in North Korea, Nov. 29, […]
Comey after Trump tweet about Flynn firing: The truth ‘cannot be long hidden’
Source: MSN news By Jacqueline Thomsen Former FBI Director James Comey offered a cryptic message on social media Saturday, saying the truth “cannot be long hidden” shortly after President Trump said he […]