Brokered Convention: The Final Nightmare for Trump
Trump may win most primaries and may have the most delegates, but, if he does not end up with a majority of delegates, then he is likely to loose in […]
1st Canadian undergoes doctor-assisted death in B.C.
Source: CTV A Calgary woman who was granted a legal exemption for doctor-assisted death has ended her life in British Columbia with the help of a physician. The woman, who […]
Is Hijab An Obstacle for Muslim Women Living In Canada?
Source: The Huffington Post When I made the decision to move to Canada, I was terrified. I feared that I would not be able to get used to life here. […]
What If America Looked Like Dearborn, Michigan?
Source: Huffington Post By Brian Stone; LGBT advocate, U.S. Navy Veteran and Dearborn, Mich. resident In this small town of a hundred-thousand residents, folks are used to being accused of […]
Hillary Clinton’s entire Super Tuesday speech
Source of the transcript: Vox You know all across our country today Democrats voted to break down barriers so we can all rise together. I am so delighted to be […]
Why the right hates American history
Source: Salon By THOM HARTMANN, ALTERNET Sure, the war on education helps Republican lawmakers destroy unions and slash government spending, but it’s our history of progressive change that makes Conservatives hate […]
Annual Peace Symposium in Toronto
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Canada is going to hold its 1st Annual Peace Symposium on March 6, 2016 at Tahir Hall Community Center (10610 Jane St, Maple, ONL6A 3A2) […]
Huffington Post is tracking Islamophobic incidents across the U.S. throughout 2016
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection to tackle Islamophobia After last year’s terror […]
On This Day in History in 1872 Yellowstone Park established in USA
Source: History.com President Grant signs the bill creating the nation’s first national park at Yellowstone. Native Americans had lived and hunted in the region that would become Yellowstone for hundreds […]
“Good” Muslim, “Evil” Islam Dichotomy
Huff Post: by Sana Tayyen — Befriending Muslims while attacking Islam is no way to make friends with Muslims. The attitude that “Muslims are good people, but that which makes them Muslim is evil” is averse to creating bonds of community between Muslims and non-Muslims in a multi-religious America. The […]
CNN Videos: Donald Trump stumbles on David Duke, KKK
By Eric Bradner, CNN Washington (CNN) Donald Trump stumbled into a racially charged controversy Sunday, saying in an interview on CNN that he didn’t know enough to disavow former Ku Klux […]
The agony of Hillary Clinton
Feb 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – ELIZABETH DREW Being Hillary Clinton, one of the most celebrated women in the world, holder of some of the highest offices in American politics and possibly the next president of the United States, has had more than its share of agony. Widely regarded a […]
Obama signs law opposing BDS campaign
Feb 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI US President Barack Obama signed this week a law that opposes boycotting Israel. During the signing ceremony, he referred to the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, but named them as “Israeli-controlled territories”. The Israeli government has exerted relentless efforts […]
3 young Muslim Americans killed in mysterious ‘execution-style’ murders
Early on Wednesday evening, as the sun began to set and the air cooled to just below freezing, police arrived at a unremarkable white home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a few blocks from the campus of Indiana Tech. We do not yet know who called them or what they expected. […]
Hollywood needs to end Islamophobic portrayals of Muslims
Islamophobia, ISIS, and Authentic Muslim Narratives: Television’s Potential Role Source: Huffington Post By Cynthia P. Schneider; Cultural Diplomacy Expert; Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands Recently President Obama and Secretary Kerry each called […]
This Day in History in 1922: US Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights
History.com In Washington, D.C., the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 19th […]
Excommunicated Brazilian obstetrician fights for women’s right to abort Zika babies
Source: RNS RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) Dr. Olimpio Moraes is used to being at the center of controversy. He’s been excommunicated twice by Brazil’s Roman Catholic Church for actively supporting […]
Missing the boat
Feb 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh As expected, the current front runners in the American presidential elections, much as the leaders in the Middle East, are missing the boat as they voice their mediocre views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that started in 1948 when the British mandate ended. […]
Jordan — ‘a country that punches above its weight’
Feb 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US President Barack Obama lauded the strategic alliance between Jordan and the US and praised His Majesty King Abdullah’s and Jordan’s constructive role in various regional files in statements to the media at the White House, following the two leaders’ summit on Wednesday. The […]
King of Jordan urges US Jewish leaders to push for peace in Mideast
By JT – Feb 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with representatives of American Jewish organisations in Washington on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday met with representatives of several leading American Jewish organisations over ways to […]