Americas

Security Council reform gains traction

Source: Asiatimes. This year’s UN General Assembly has seen more national leaders than ever seek reform of the Security Council, with France’s President Francois Hollande saying membership was not a “privilege handed down through time” and smaller countries saying expansion could solve the council’s frequent paralysis and the image of […]

St. Gaga?

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 […]

Hawk, dove, butterfly, bee

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 […]

A New World Order Will Come: Ahmadinejad

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 […]

American Problems Not Made In China

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 […]

Crisis Averted; Challenges Remain

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 […]

Exploiting the Prophet

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 […]