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 […]
In Indonesia, a shadowy campaign to stoke unrest as elections loom
Source: Reuters By Tom Allard, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Kanupriya Kapoor BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) – A spate of mysterious attacks on Islamic clerics, schools and mosques in Indonesia in recent weeks has […]
Saudi appoints first female deputy minister of labour
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, reshuffled some of the Kingdom’s top military officers and several deputy ministers on Monday in a broad shakeup seen as elevating younger officials in key economic and security areas. Several new deputies in economic and security-related ministries […]
Trump’s Top Spies Just Contradicted the White House on 3 Big Issues
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON February 13, 2018 Top U.S. intelligence officials went to Congress on Tuesday to offer an annual assessment of global threats. But their testimony revealed an issue at […]
The Real Meaning of the Separation of Church and State
Source: Time By JAMES LANKFORD, RUSSELL MOORE January 16, 2018 IDEAS Lankford is a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma; Dr. Moore is the President of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious […]
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 […]
The secret of how good will always prevail – Hamza Yusuf
Suggested Reading Human Rights, the Just Law and the Islamic Law
ESPN personality Adnan Virk visits Syracuse, offers thoughts on activism, protesting in sports
Source: Auburn Pub.com Justin Ritzel justin.ritzel@lee.net SYRACUSE — What is it like to work for ESPN when the line between sports and politics has blurred? Adnan Virk, a sportscaster for […]
Germany political crisis: What are the options?
Source: BBC News German Chancellor Angela Merkel has failed to set up an unprecedented coalition between her conservatives, the Greens and liberal Free Democrats (FDP). The idea was nicknamed “Jamaica” […]
Shifting sands: What is changing in Saudi Arabia?
William Maclean (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ordered a crackdown on corruption, the latest in a wave of frenetic changes in the kingdom over the […]
This is An Apple: The First Principle in the Search of ‘the Truth!’
CNN Ad – This Is An Apple This half a minute ad should serve as the First Principle in the search of ‘the Truth,’ be it scientific, personal, social, political, […]
IN EUROPE, HISTORY—AND THE POPULIST POLITICS OVER MUSLIM WOMEN’S DRESS—REPEATS ITSELF
Source: Pacific Standard By MASSOUD HAYOUN OCT 5, 2017 It appears no Austrian party could afford to stand up against the nation’s controversial new veil ban. On Sunday, the Austrian government […]
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 […]
Sanders: White House disagrees with Roy Moore’s comments on homosexuality, Muslims
Source: Politico By LOUIS NELSON Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that the White House does not agree with comments by Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, that […]
In Pakistan, once-fringe Islamist radicals are making their way into mainstream politics
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable September 24 ISLAMABAD — One candidate was from a banned group, its leader under house arrest for past ties to armed militants. The other was from […]
Going into election, Germans are happy with their economy and political establishment
Source: Pew Research Center BY DOROTHY MANEVICH Supporters of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, top candidate for the conservative Christian Democratic Union party in the upcoming general elections, hold up posters to […]
Erdoğan urges Muslims to unite against crises, challenges
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo In his address before heads of states and representatives from predominantly Muslim countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged Muslims around the world Sunday to unite […]
I’m 94 years old, I fought in the Second World War and I have a serious warning about where 2017 is headed
I am an old man in the apogee of my days and that’s why I know we are on the cusp of war – if not in North Korea then somewhere else – simply because of the way we have allowed society to become. As a young man in uniform, […]
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 […]
Charity run by Pakistani Islamist with $10 million bounty launches political party
Source: Reuters BY Asif Shahzad (Reuters) – A Pakistani charity that the United States accuses of being a front for anti-India militant group that staged the 2008 Mumbai attacks has […]