U.S. State Department says special envoy McGurk resigns
Dec 22, 2018 – 18:17 FILE PHOTO – U.S. envoy to the coalition against Islamic State Brett McGurk attends the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq, in Bayan, Kuwait […]
World Economic Forum: Trump to attend 2019 WEF meeting in Davos
Dec 18, 2018 – 20:48 United States President Donald Trump will attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2019 for the […]
AI media: A reality coming
Dec 20,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – KHALID DALAL Are many local and Arab media outlets about to drown in a tsunami of artificial intelligence (AI)? The short answer is: Yes, and […]
These are the psychological reasons why people are religious
Is it true that we have an evolutionary ‘god-shaped hole’? By Nick Perham, for the Independent Voices The quick and easy answer to why people are religious is that God […]
A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER When the 116th Congress convenes next month, women will make up nearly a quarter of its voting membership – the highest percentage in U.S. […]
Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam
Source: Vox By Jennifer Williams Muslims don’t believe Jesus was the son of God, but they do revere him as a holy prophet. Christmas, as everyone knows, commemorates the birth of […]
Milford Public Library invites Ahmadiyya Muslim Imam, Shamshad Nasir, to Introduce Islam in their event titled “Meet a Muslim”
“Prophet Muhammad peace be on him is a mercy for all mankind and Jesus peace be on him didn’t die on the Cross,” said Imam Shamshad Nasir of the Ahmadiyya […]
Science: The Only Present Day Arbiter Between Religions?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have a few friends, whom I will not call my bosom friends, who in their moments of […]
Canada: Holiday food drive brings together Indigenous, Muslim communities
The Ahmaddiya Muslim Youth Association and the Indigenous Students’ Council from the U of S went on a holiday food drive Saturday morning. Matt Olson December 16, 2018 During one […]
U.S. likely to end air war against Islamic State in Syria
Dec 20, 2018 By Phil Stewart and Ellen Francis WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States will likely end its air campaign against Islamic State in Syria when it pulls out […]
Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs
Epigraph: It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment […]
Opponents of Bible classes in a W. Virginia county’s schools win round in court
Source: Washington Post By Joe Heim Reporter covering a range of topics, including race, white nationalism, schools, student culture, Native American issue Parents engaged in battle with a West Virginia school […]
Denial of human rights cause of world conflicts
Dec 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The 70th Human Rights Day has come and gone with little fanfare across the globe. The occasion for the commemoration of the day was […]
Colonel Wilkerson on George W. Bush’s Iraq War and Trump’s Possible Iran War
December 17, 2018 This former official says the Trump admin is priming Americans for war with Iran — and he would know, since he helped George W. Bush do the same for Iraq https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/colonel-wilkerson-on-trumps-possible-iran-war?jwsource=cl
New York Times’ Opinion Video: The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S.
Source: New York Times By Hussein Rashid, Negin Farsad and Joshua Seftel Muslims arrived with Columbus and have been leaving their mark on American culture and society ever since. Did […]
Jesuit Christians release lists of clergy accused of abusing minors
(CNN) Two Jesuit provinces in the United States released lists of 84 clergy credibly accused of sexually abusing minors, the latest revelations in the Catholic Church’s long-running and morally damaging sexual abuse crisis. The two lists, released separately on Monday by the provinces of Maryland and the Midwest, follow two […]
Temple University owes Marc Lamont Hill an apology
Dec 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Because I have a long and complicated history with Temple University, I have closely followed the story of the backlash against Temple […]
Donald Trump’s attempt to rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad is a losing battle
It must be the US president who sent the Sudanese leader to Damascus. When will the West understand that sharing a bed with a monster will give you nightmares? Ahmed […]
The Parliament of the World’s Religions Is the Closest Thing We Have to an International Interfaith Movement
Source: Religion and Politics By Gene Zubovich In 1893, during the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, thousands gathered over 17 days in September to witness a “World’s Parliament of Religions.” […]
A Rabbi Calls Trinitarians Idolaters and Pagans; What Does the Quran Say About the Christians?
Epigraph: And You will find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe to be those who say: ‘Lo! We are Christians.’ That is because there are among them savants and monks, and because they are not arrogant. (Al Quran 5:82) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]