Why We Can’t Stop Longing for the Good Old Days
Source: WSJ By Johan Norberg Neurology and nostalgia help explain why people have always worried that the world is going downhill. If you visit Hagley Park in the West Midlands of […]
CNN Legal analyst on if electors can vote against their state’s popular vote
Analyst on if electors can vote against their state’s popular vote CNN legal analyst Elie Honig breaks down the likelihood of any of the lawsuits waged by the Trump team changing […]
Ted Talk: What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election?
Anthony Kapel Jones (Van Jones) is an American news commentator, author, and lawyer. He is the co-founder of several non-profit organizations, a three-time New York Times bestselling author, a CNN […]
Demographics: Religion & Public Life in USA
What the 2020 electorate looks like religiously What does the 2020 electorate look like religiously as the race between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden enters its final […]
The Best Ted Talk to understand Democratic & Republican divide in USA
The moral roots of liberals and conservatives Source: Ted Talks Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right […]
Religious Breakdown of Democrats and Republicans
About half of Democratic voters are Christian, down from nearly three-quarters in 2008 Source: Pew Research Center The religious landscape of the United States has undergone major changes since 2008. As the […]
Attorneys for CIA Officer Behind Trump Complaint Say They Now Represent ‘Multiple Whistleblowers’
Letter is mentioned in tonight’s @WSJ article: Attorneys for CIA Officer Behind Trump Complaint Say They Now Represent ‘Multiple Whistleblowers’ https://t.co/Rr67mNY1r4 — Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) October 7, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js […]
Khilafat Or Democracy: Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Versus Hafiz Muzzafar Ahmad
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‘Not fair to expect all countries to obey US sanctions’: VP Oktay
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 5th November, 2018 It is not reasonable to expect countries like Turkey to forfeit their own interests to abide by United States sanctions on Iran, Vice President Fuat Oktay said Monday. “It’s not meaningful or fair to expect all countries to obey (U.S.) sanctions upon a […]
Entire police force of Mexico town detained after mayoral candidate’s assassination
Source: CNN By Emanuella Grinberg and Fidel Gutierrez The entire police force of a Mexican town in the state of Michoacán is being questioned in the assassination of a mayoral candidate, the […]
Wellesley College Lecture: Trump, Populism, and Muslims
Mustafa Akyol (born 1972) is a Turkish writer and journalist. He is the author of Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty, long-listed in 2012 for the Lionel Gelber Prize, a literary award […]
Muslim-American Massachusetts activist launches run for Congress
Scott Malone FILE PHOTO: Nadeem Mazen, Cambridge city councillor, Muslim and founder of JetPAC, speaks to students in the AP Government class at Al-Noor Islamic high school in Mansfield, Massachusetts, U.S. February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – A two-term Cambridge, Massachusetts, city councilor and founder of […]
Roaring back
Source: Dawn Good for him, good for Nawaz. The tree of democracy must be refreshed from time to time with a jalsa or two. Too late for Nawaz to save his job, but at least something different to the dire, soulless stuff that had come before. Sadly, now that it’s […]
Roman Empire to the NSA: A world history of government spying
By Anthony Zurcher for BBC News Magazine; 1 November 2013 Revelations about the US National Security Agency’s spying have provoked global outrage. But government snooping is nothing new. Chinese general Sun Tzu […]
Tunisia election: Essebsi wins presidential run-off
BBC News: Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi has been confirmed as winner of Tunisia’s first free presidential poll. He secured 55.68% of the vote in Sunday’s run-off, defeating caretaker president Moncef Marzouki (44.32%), the head of the electoral commission said. Mr Marzouki, a 67-year-old former exile, earlier refused to admit […]
Europe and America’s Journey from Religious Bigotry to Pluralism, A Book Review
Book Review: Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders Author: Denise Spellberg Review from Amazon.com In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension […]
Secularist Nidaa Tounes party wins Tunisia election
Tunisia’s secularist party Nidaa Tounes has won 85 seats in the country’s parliament following Sunday’s elections, official results show. The governing Islamist Ennahda party won 69 seats in the 217-seat chamber. READ MORE…
Lady Warsi on Palestine, Islam, quitting … and how to stay true to your beliefs
theguardian: The tipping point for Sayeeda Warsi came in the aftermath of one of the most notorious incidents of this year’s Gazan war: the killing of four Palestinian children by Israeli shells as they played football on the beach. Warsi hoped that David Cameron would condemn the attack as beyond […]
David Cameron: UK is ‘friend and partner’ of Afghanistan
BBC News: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has promised new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that Britain will always be a “strong partner and good friend”. Mr Cameron, on an unannounced visit to Kabul, said British armed forces had paid a “very high price” for their involvement in Afghanistan. Mr Ghani […]
Scottish independence: Voting under way in referendum
BBC News: People in Scotland have begun voting on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation. Voters will answer “Yes” or “No” to the referendum question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” With 4,285,323 people – 97% of the electorate – registered to vote, […]
