Nobel Prize for a noble woman
Mar 31,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – BY ALI KASSAY, alikassay@ace-house.com One of the marvels of the Internet age is that rarely a week goes by without someone inviting you to […]
The Most Religious Americans are Least Compassionate?
% who say the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees: Religiously unaffiliated 65% Black Protestant 63% Catholic 50% White mainline Protestant 43% White evangelicals 25%https://t.co/t6c8hKJC1H pic.twitter.com/EOF22sn3MI — Pew Research […]
How to have productive disagreements about politics and religion
Source: The Conversation By Larisa Heiphetz In the current polarized climate, it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of a political disagreement that morphs into a religious argument. People’s […]
‘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 […]
Senator Richard Di Natale on Greens muslims and Islamophobia
Richard Di Natale on Greens and Muslims Source: Australasian Muslim Times Posted by Manarul Islam In late June, Senator Richard Di Natale, Federal Greens leader, granted Manarul Islam, representing AMUST, an […]
Violent Extremist or Political Candidate? In Pakistan Election, You Can Be Both
Source: The New York Times By Maria Abi-Habib, Shah Meer Baloch and Zia ur-Rehman KARACHI, Pakistan — Aurangzeb Farooqi is a leader of a political party that is banned in Pakistan for espousing […]
US aims to reduce Iran’s oil revenue to zero
Source: Al Jazeera News The US State Department has spelled out a campaign of “maximum economic and diplomatic pressure” to drive Iran towards negotiating a “better” deal to replace the Iran nuclear deal. […]
Malaysia 1MDB scandal: Ex-PM Najib Razak arrested
Source: Al Jazeera News Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been arrested in Kuala Lumpur, state media reported, as part of a probe into alleged theft and money-laundering at the […]
Merkel, to Survive, Agrees to Border Camps for Migrants
Source: The New York Times By Katrin Bennhold and Melissa Eddy BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel, who staked her legacy on welcoming hundreds of thousands of migrants into Germany, agreed on Monday to […]
Muslim candidates rise above Trump hostility to focus on issues
Source: The Guardian Deedra Abboud, an attorney, is competing for the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in Arizona. She has never sought public office before. But she has become […]
Najib Razak: $225M worth of goods seized from former Malaysian PM’s residences
Source: CNN By Ushar Daniele and Sandi Sidhu Luxury handbags, jewelry, cash and goods seized from six properties linked to former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are worth more than $225 million, […]
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister, charged with fraud
Source: CNN The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged with fraud and breach of trust Thursday over the alleged misuse of state funds at the couple’s official […]
Iraqi PM orders ‘immediate’ execution of all ‘terrorists condemned to death’
Source: CNN By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Nick Paton Walsh raq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has called for the “immediate” execution of all convicted “terrorists” on death row after the bodies of eight members of […]
Can Iran stop the downward spiral of its currency?
Source: Al Jazeera News By Ted Regencia At the end of a tumultuous week, marked by a currency crunch and rare protests by vendors in Tehran, economists are urging Iran’s […]
Iran’s power struggle plays out in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar
Source: CNN By Nick Paton Walsh and Shirzad Bozorgmehr Tehran (CNN)A series of largely economic protests have unsettled Iran’s capital Tehran, mostly focused around traders in the Grand Bazaar and […]
Bernie Sanders: Sarah Sanders has the right to ‘go into a restaurant and have dinner’
Source: Msn News By: Justin Wise Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday came to the defense of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, saying individuals should “have the right to […]
Indonesian election season is a gauge of rise of political Islam
Source: Reuters BY Kanupriya Kapoor, Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – About 100 residents of a gritty commercial district of Indonesia’s capital listen intently as a man roars into a […]
Turkey election: Erdogan leads in early results
Source: BBC News Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ahead in the presidential election with 52% of votes counted, state media report. Mr Erdogan has 56%, and his closest rival, Muharrem […]
In Iran, football, religion and politics often overlap
Source: DW When Iran’s football squad beat Morocco 1-0 in their opening Wold Cup match, Iranians broke out in ecstatic jubilation. It was the first time in 20 years that the […]
What Politics and Religion Could Learn From Science
Source: Slate Returning to a science conference after a few years of covering politics was jarring and instructive. By William Saletan Over my years as a journalist, I’ve written […]