JUSTIN TIME: Who won Davos? Day 1: O Canada!
Ever the optimist. (World Economic Forum/swiss-image.ch) Jason Karaian OBSESSION Davos January 21, 2016 Davos, Switzerland Any chance that the first full day of the World Economic Forum in Davos would […]
A world without poverty
Source: Arab News By Bill Gates and Melinda Gates We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migration, […]
Americans’ faith in God may be eroding
Source: Pew Research Center God is frequently invoked in American public life. Indeed, there is no shortage of instances of official acknowledgement of the divine, from the appearance of “In God We Trust” on our currency to the phrase “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. To be sure, […]
‘Hijabis Of New York’ Gives Muslim Women The Attention They Deserve
Source: Huffington Post Activist and student Rana Abdelhamid hopes to dispel common misconceptions about the hijab — a highly-politicized head covering worn by some Muslim women — with her Tumblr […]
4 Ways to Make Schools Safer for Muslim Students
Source: Huffington Post I am dreading the day that my young son comes home from school hurt from his first experience of anti-Muslim bigotry. At age 8, he has little […]
Video: Fareed Zakaria’s Take I was the target of Internet trolling
After he was targeted by trolls, Fareed gives his take on how social media can encourage misinformation, rumors and radicalization online.
‘Believe whatever you want,’ Rubio tells atheist
Source: USA Today WAVERLY, Iowa — Confronted by an “activist atheist,” Marco Rubio said he’ll champion a country where “no one is forced to violate their conscience.” “No one is going […]
Unholy Alliance: Christian Zionists and the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
by MICHAEL WELTON Imagine thousands of people cheering and shouting for Israel in the huge Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. On stage, Ehud Olmert, the mayor of Jerusalem, proclaims: “God is with us. You are with us.” The crowd hollers, whoops and some blow the shofar. But none of […]
What is in store for Barack Obama after the White House?
Source: TOI Former presidents rarely remain in Washington after living and working in the US capital’s oldest public building. Jimmy Carter headed home to Georgia, and Ronald Reagan went back to California. Bill Clinton built a new life in New York, where he created his foundation and where his wife […]
Turkey, the U.S. and Europe Are All Partly to Blame for the Festering Syria War
Behlül Özkan Become a fanAssistant professor at Marmara University; Author Turkey, the U.S. and Europe Are All Partly to Blame for the Festering Syria War Posted: 01/14/2016 12:46 pm EST Updated: 01/14/2016 4:00 pm EST Tweet ISTANBUL — On Tuesday, 10 German tourists lost their lives when a bomb […]
US-RUSSIA TALKS Top diplomats to meet in Zurich on Syria, Ukraine
JAN 15, 2016 – 21:30 Ahead of Syria peace talks in Geneva, top officials are meeting in Switzerland to prepare the way (Keystone) The top diplomats for the United States and Russia will meet in Zurich next week for talks on Syria and Ukraine just ahead of the World Economic […]
Stratfor: Annual Forecast 2016
Forecast DECEMBER 28, 2015 | 12:56 GMT With old geopolitical realities resurfacing across Eurasia and commodity prices stuck in a slump, 2016 is shaping up to be an unsettling year for much of the world. A logical place to begin is the country that bridges Europe and Asia: Turkey. […]
Forget the Syrian refugees. America needs to bring its Afghan and Iraqi interpreters here first. They risked their lives for our country. Let’s do right by them.
Last week, President Obama decided to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees to the United States. But there’s another group of foreigners who deserve our help much more – the 50,000 men and women who served as interpreters for American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. During my two deployments, I worked with […]
US rabbis protest against Zurich museum extension
STIFF OPPOSITION JAN 19, 2016 – 12:02 Construction work on the extension of the Zurich Museum of Fine Arts in November (Keystone) More than 100 rabbis have protested in front of the Swiss consulate in New York against a planned extension of the Zurich Museum of Fine Arts. They say […]
Can this US company ban Muslim prayer breaks? They just did.
Source: The Monitor Muslim employees can only leave work to pray during meal breaks, according to a new policy imposed at Ariens Manufacturing in Brillion, Wisc. “It is absolutely discrimination on its […]
Trump Pledges to Make God Great Again
Source: The Daily Beast By Betsy Woodruff; who is a political reporter for the Daily Beast and formerly of Slate and National Review. You can follow her on Twitter @woodruffbets. […]
US ambassador to Israel slams government settlements policy
By AP – Jan 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian inspects the rubble of a farm that was demolished after Israeli authorities said it was built without a permit on Monday in the West Bank village of Al Fundoq, east of the village of Qalqiliya (AFP photo) TEL AVIV […]
The US’ ‘state of disunion’
Jan 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Last Tuesday, US President Barack Obama delivered the annual State of the Union (SOTU) address to a joint session of Congress. On Thursday, the Republican candidates for their party’s nomination held their sixth televised debate. The contrasts in tone could not have […]
Why Are There So Many Misconceptions About Muslim Americans?
Source: Huffington Post By Matthew La Corte; Research Associate at the Niskanen Center Peaceful American Muslims are unfairly and ignorantly being lumped together with evil extremists in the aftermath of […]
How MLK Day Became a Holiday
Source: Time Legislation designating the national holiday was passed in 1983 Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day is no long-standing tradition. The holiday is a little more than three decades […]