Iran on edge in the waning days of the Trump administration
Dec 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Iran is bracing itself with five weeks to go before the Trump administration is finally ousted and as tensions rise in […]
Got $1 Million to Spare? You Can Buy an Ambassadorship
The donor-diplomat has a long and sordid history in American politics. Joe Biden should finally end it. By Mattathias Schwartz Mr. Schwartz is a contributing writer for The New York […]
Biden and the JCPOA: Lessons from Arab and Iranian public opinion
Dec 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY With Joe Biden as President-elect and Donald Trump soon leaving the White House, analysts are engaging in endless speculation about what […]
‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says after US Electoral College confirms his win
Biden and Harris will be sworn in on Jan. 20. (Getty Images/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/b2bjh REUTERS December 15, 2020 LANSING, Michigan/WILMINGTON, Delaware: Democrat Joe Biden called on Americans to “turn […]
Covid, Brexit and a crippled economy
11th December 20200 As the world breathes a sigh of relief with the emergence of the Covid-19 vaccine, darker realities await us. Bergamo – an Italian province that was the “deadliest killing field” during the pandemic in the West – is a “disturbing postcard from the posttraumatic aftermath of the […]
What Does Islam Say About Female Imams, Western Feminism and Gender Equality?
Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb WOMEN’S SECTION 13th December 2020 Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb, UK Women have always been a part of the public debate for various reasons. Historically, the perception of what a woman […]
‘I feel like I have wings now,’ says refugee who fled civil war in Syria
Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2020 Rahaf Zwayne arrived in Canada as a refugee after fleeing the civil war in Syria. Today, she becomes a Canadian citizen. (Submitted by Rahaf Zwayne) Five years ago, the first government plane filled with Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war […]
‘Wild West’ mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.rzpib2qDFYZafN9siiTnngHaEK?w=321&h=180&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7 Date: September 7, 2020 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Scientists looked at links between the personality profiles of over 3.3m US residents and the ‘topography’ of 37,227 ZIP codes. Distinct psychological mix associated with mountain populations is consistent with theory that harsh frontiers attracted certain personalities. Researchers argue this […]
Musk Decries ‘M.B.A.-ization’ of America
BUSINESS Tesla’s chief executive blames business schools for lack of innovation; deans are firing back PUBLISHED : 11 DEC 2020 WRITER: PATRICK THOMAS “There should be more focus on the […]
Political realism in shaping Biden’s Middle East Policy
Dec 13,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh There are many issues that will impose themselves on the agenda of the incoming Biden Presidency. The strategy to counter China […]
Why American Children Stopped Believing in God
Source: National Review BY CAMERON HILDITCH The time has come for religious parents to take their children back from the state. In a report released earlier this year from the […]
Elijah Muhammad read Ahmadiyya books and formulated his teachings
Intro The Nation of Islam was created based on Ahmadiyya books. They read Ahmadiyya books in the 1920’s and disagreed with many facets of Ahmadiyya dogma, however, they seem to have spun it and created their own sect of Ahmadiyya. Yes, I am calling the NOI a sect of Ahmadiyya. […]
Malcolm X was about to take the U.S. government to an international court
CHELLI STANLEY Dec 12, 2020 a FULL BIOCLOSEFacebook Twitter LinkedIn EmailDecember 12, 2020 Chelli Stanley is of African, Japanese, and European descent, has volunteered with many cultural empowerment initiatives, and […]
Jesus, the ‘Son of God’ – a Term of Endearment
Azhar Goraya CHRISTIANITY • FACTS FROM FICTION Jesus, the ‘Son of God’ – a Term of Endearment 12th December 2020 God referred to Jesus (as) His ‘son’ in the New Testament as a term of endearment. Jesus (as) was thus a figurative son of God, not literal. He was a […]
The case for a quadripolar world
Dec 12,2020 -JORDAN TIMES By BDaron Acemoglu, professor of Economics at MIT, is co-author (with James A. Robinson) of “The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty”. Copyright: […]
Tennessee school association amends its rules after an athlete was disqualified for wearing a hijab
FRANCIS AKHALBEY Dec 11, 2020 Francis Akhalbey is a Social Media techie, Writer and Content Manager. He loves basketball and dreams to make it in the NBA in his next […]
Islamic Teachings on Female Prisoners of War
by Farhan Iqbal, Missionary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada The issue of slavery in relation to Islamic teachings is perhaps one of the most misunderstood subjects. Critics use the example of […]
A post-war playbook for a post-COVID recovery
Dec 10,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Maximo Torero ROME — The world is not, yet, sufficiently alarmed by how much the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the global economy. We track the daily numbers of infections and casualties. But we are oblivious to the job losses and lives upended, especially in […]
Trump administration moves forward with $1B Moroccan arms deal after normalization with Israel
BY REUTERS WASHINGTON AMERICAS DEC 12, 2020 President Donald Trump’s administration moved forward with $1 billion in sales of drones and precision-guided weapons to Morocco on Friday, sending a notice […]