Russian TV: The filmmaker allegedly behind the Islamophobic video that sparked anti-US protests the world over has reportedly been taken into custody in Los Angeles and is due to appear […]
Source: Huffingtonpost (RNS) Religious leaders are rallying against controversial ads placed in 10 New York City subway stations that insinuate that Muslims are savages. The ads, purchased by the American Freedom Defense Initiative say, “In any war between civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat […]
By Brian Winter swissinfo.ch UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking via a choppy video feed from his virtual house arrest in London, lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday for supporting freedom of speech in the Middle East while simultaneously “persecuting” his organisation for leaking […]
John Wasik ARABNEWS Thursday 27 September 2012 CHICAGO: It’s rear-view mirror philosophizing time. As we head into the autumn of this contentious election year, it’s a great time to reflect upon what worked and what didn’t in the wake of some of the most tumultuous upheavals in American economic history. […]
Editor’s Note: The words inside the brackets are added by the Muslim Times’ Editor. By Paul Kokoski Today’s world desperately needs authentic heroes and heroines – not the kind that live in Hollywood and who find it fashionable to promote themselves and their own ideologies, but the kind like Mother […]
Source: CNN Blog. By Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster Editor’s note: Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster is director of North American Programs for Rabbis for Human Rights — North America, where she directs campaigns against torture, religious discrimination, slavery and human trafficking. (CNN) — My daily trek to work is the last place I […]
Credit: Asia Times THE ROVING EYE Hawk, dove, butterfly, bee Soaring promises at the UN General Assembly that the US will spread democracy, prevent Iran going nuclear and not abandon the Arab Spring signal that United States President Barack Obama knows foreign policy can lose an election – but not […]
Source: Jakarta Globe New York. After an hour of fielding questions about Syria, sanctions and nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had enough. Now, he said, it was his turn to choose the topic — his “new order” which will inevitably replace the current era of what he called US […]
The Muslim Time’s Chief Editor’s note: The goals of Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster seem to be similar to ours. She wants to discourage discrimination against the Muslims. She, however, wants to give free reign to hate speech and […]
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave USAID until October 1 to shut its doors in Moscow. This is an excellent decision by the Russian Government. And Washington’s immediate and virulent reaction only confirms that Russia is right on target. The New York Times next morning on the front page cited […]
“An idea is a feat of association.” Robert Lee Frost The more you read about racism and its history and now the laws against it, the more you will see […]
Huff Post: by Peter S. Goodman. Inevitably and regrettably, China has landed in the middle of the American presidential campaign. Both candidates are now laying claim to credentials as the ultimate guardian against the supposed job-killing, prosperity-destroying juggernaut across the Pacific. This is inevitable because China’s rise and its implications for global […]
By Waqas Malik HeraldNet Seattle In case you haven’t noticed the vicious cycle, let me illustrate. On one hand, you have the anti-Islam propagandist who time and again in the guise of freedom of speech create and promote baseless shameless materials. On the other, you have fanatics who react to […]
It has been three years since the US government approved a list of Guantanamo Bay detainees for release. On Friday, the names of those 55 inmates who had been authorized for transfer were made public. The Department of Justice stated that there was no longer a “need to withhold” the […]
Huff Post: by James Zogby. The crisis created by the film The Innocence of Muslims that many feared might spin out of control seems to be subsiding across the Arab World. The appeal by extremists to escalate the situation appears to have given way to more stable and thoughtful leadership. Washington acted […]
NY Times: “PISS CHRIST,” a famous photograph partly financed by taxpayers, depicted a crucifix immersed in what the artist said was his own urine. But conservative Christians did not riot on the Washington Mall. “The Book of Mormon,” a huge hit on Broadway, mocks the church’s beliefs as hocus-pocus. But Mormons […]
Source: The National Post: ………………………..Questions are being asked whether the anti-American unrest is really about the video. Is it rather a convenient way of channeling the aggression of jobless youth […]
Source: New Straits Times: ‘NO’ TO BLASPHEMY: Attacks on things held dear by all faiths are repugnant and merit restraint by law No society on earth can function, and no […]
RT: A US Army colonel who was suspended from a top military college for teaching an anti-Islamic course is threatening to sue America’s top general for “violating academic freedom” and “caving in to Islam.” Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley’s attorneys have put Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin […]
Author: Qasim Rashid Source: Washington Post Many of age Americans remember Sept. 11, 2001—a day we justly cried out for freedom, free speech, and democracy. Fewer, however, remember Sept. 11, 1973 when America backed dictator Augusto Pinochet’s forces to overthrow and kill Chile’s democratically elected President Salvador Allende. […]