Trump ‘willing to work with Russia and China’
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump says he is willing to work with Russia and China, providing they cooperate. Mr Trump told the Wall Street Journal that newly-imposed sanctions on […]
US Congress takes big step to Obamacare repeal
Source: BBC The US House of Representatives has taken the first step toward demolishing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, known as Obamacare. Republicans passed a budget measure to introduce […]
How an obscure U.S. policy effort could hurt American Muslims
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner January 11 U.S. lawmakers have introduced a measure calling for the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the oldest Islamist organizations in the Middle East, […]
As Shariah Experiment Becomes a Model, Indonesia’s Secular Face Slips
Source: The New York Times By JON EMONT BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Things were hopping at Redinesh Coffee Roastery in this seaside city one recent evening. Electronic dance music blared […]
Paris draft: 2-state solution best for Israel, Palestinians
Source: Associated Press By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — In a strong message to Israel and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries are expected this weekend to reiterate their […]
The Question of Suffering: A Leading Christian and a Celebrated Agnostic Debate, But Miss the Crux of the Matter
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The question of suffering is the most often cited reason by the agnostics and atheists for their […]
Iran’s Syria project: pushing population shifts to increase influence
Source: The Guardian By Martin Chulov in Beirut In the valleys between Damascus and Lebanon, where whole communities had abandoned their lives to war, a change is taking place. For the […]
Pakistani Senate group to debate how to prevent misuse of blasphemy laws
Source: Reuters By Mehreen Zahra-Malik | ISLAMABAD A Pakistani Senate committee is set to debate how to prevent the country’s blasphemy laws being applied unfairly, despite opposition from religious conservatives […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
WALTER IOOSS JR. Why I converted to Islam It’s not easy being Muslim in America, but my choice was a spiritual transformation March 29, 2015 2:00AM ET by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar @kaj33 I was born Lew Alcindor. Now I’m Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The transition from Lew to Kareem was not merely a […]
UAE malls collect 30,000 gifts for underprivileged children
Mall visitors in UAE and Gulf donate toys, books, clothes and money to children Image Credit: Majid Al Futtaim More than 9,550 books, 10,200 toys, and 3,450 kilograms of clothing and electronics were collected during the campaign. Published: 16:22 January 12, 2017 Staff Report Dubai: More than 30,000 toys, […]
Switzerland: ‘Warning cry’ over lack in refugee job training
WORKFORCE INTEGRATION JAN 13, 2017 – Asylum seekers help in a kitchen this year at a restaurant in canton Valais employing people getting social assistance (Keystone) Swiss social aid administrators are calling on the government to act in the face of increasing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers who must […]
Paris talks to send strong message to Israel, Trump
MIDDLE-EAST HANI HAZAIMEH | Published — Friday 13 January 2017 Palestinian children in the village of Kfar Qaddum, occupied West Bank, carry placards during a demonstration on Friday against proposed plans by US President-elect Donald Trump to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. (AFP) JEDDAH: In a […]
UN alarmed at migrants dying of cold, dire situation in Europe
REUTERS GENEVA Refugees wait in line to receive a plate of free food during a snowfall outside a derelict customs warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, Jan. 11. Europe’s recent cold spell left refugees and migrants in dire conditions and governments must do more to help them rather than push them back […]
View from Turkey: Whether secular or traditional, hegemonic masculinity still exists in societies
MERYEM İLAYDA ATLAS@miailayda Illustration by Necmettin Asma Hegemonic masculinity continues to remain a chronic dogma within societies regardless of being secular or traditional. Thus studies have a lot to overcome When we say gender studies, we mean studies on the issues of women, men and LGBTQ. Gender studies, however, everywhere […]
Evaluating Barack Obama
Jan 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power President Barack Obama steps down at the age of 55. He will probably live, given his healthy lifestyle, until he is over 90. So what on Earth is he going to do for the next 40 years? Realistically, we do not know and […]
Use religion for progress of country — President Akufo-Addo
VICTOR KWAWUKUME 13 JANUARY 2017 Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih (left), Ameer and Missionary In -charge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, presenting a Quran to President Akufo-Addo. President Nana Addo […]
John Kasich: Reject False Prophets. Protect Our Allies.
Source: Time By John R. Kasich Kasich is the governor of Ohio. ‘We must find in ourselves once again the courage to stand up for our values internationally’ It is conventional […]
How Donald Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Contradicted Him
Source: Time BY Tessa Berenson Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks have been unafraid to contradict their future boss. In confirmation hearings this week, five of the President-elect’s nominees have distanced themselves from […]
‘I escaped death by reciting from the Koran’
Source: BBC By Linda Pressly BBC News, Dhaka When five armed Islamist militants stormed a restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 1 July 2016, 29 people lost their lives. Emerging from […]
Boycott of world chess championship ‘would hurt women in Iran’
Source: The Guardian Leading player urges contenders to look beyond hijab law, to the boost contest would give women’s sport in country Mitra Hejazipour, pictured, said: ‘These games are important […]