Donald Trump was facing angry demands on Monday to reverse his appointment of a man accused of fanning the flames of neo-Nazism and white supremacy as his White House chief strategist. The selection of Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of the far-right website Breitbart News and the CEO of Trump’s presidential campaign, […]
Source: Bloomberg By Susan Decker @sudecker1 President-Elect Donald Trump said the issue of marriage equality in the U.S. is settled Supreme Court law and he’s “fine with that,” yet pledged to support overturning the 1973 high court decision that a woman has a right to choose to have an abortion. Speaking […]
Source: BBC We asked the iconic natural history presenter to describe the one technological revolution that he hopes will save humanity. Watch the video above to see his answer. David […]
Russia Today: German police have launched a large-scale operation targeting Islamists across ten German federal states, the country’s Interior Ministry (Bundesministeriums des Innern) reported on Tuesday.According to the German media, […]
Huff Post: by Alanna Vagianos — “Locker room talk” will not silence our voices. RICH POLK VIA GETTY IMAGES “I’ve been asking myself this simple question: Will our girls finally be the ones to have workplaces free from sexual harassment?” Carlson wrote in a recent essay I want to do […]
theguardian: by Richard Holoway — There are as many expressions of religious faith as there are of gender and sexuality Preaching to the converted: Graham Chapman in Monty Python’s Life of Brian, 1979. Photograph: Python Films/Rex/Shutterstock SOME PEOPLE ARE GAY. GET OVER IT.’ That slogan was posted on London buses […]
Nov 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to the recently published Fragile States Index, on which the Fund for Peace ranks 178 nations based on their levels of stability and the pressures they face, Jordan ranks 77th, four places lower than last year. This drop is attributed in no small […]
Nov 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari Judging from previous modern experiences in Iraq, one is prone to argue that winning peace in Iraq will be a far greater challenge than winning the war on the battlefield. What happens once Daesh is pushed out of northern Iraq? We need […]
Source: News18 Dhaka: Muslim-majority Bangladesh will drop Islam as the country’s state religion “when the time comes”, a media report on Monday quoted a senior ruling Awami Leage leader as saying. […]
Source: Time By Alice Park Over-the-counter and prescription drugs that control inflammation, like Advil, Aleve and Motrin, are among the most popular drugs people take. Without a prescription, they can relieve short-term pain from backaches and headaches, and at higher doses can reduce the inflammation behind chronic conditions like osteoarthritis or […]
Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times Alcohol: moderate use a gateway to alcoholism Alcohol kills one person every 10 seconds worldwide: WHO The Truth About What Alcohol Does to Your Heart Source: […]
Source: Time By Melissa Locker Bart Simpson made his feelings clear during the show’s opening credits The prognosticators who write for The Simpsons have proven themselves to be uncannily accurate about […]
Source: BBC By Matt McGrath 2016 looks poised to be the warmest year on record globally, according to preliminary data. With data from just the first nine months, scientists are […]
Source: BBC By Deepa Padmanaban 14 November 2016 Between Greenland and Norway in the mid-Atlantic ocean, 7,546ft (2300m) below the surface, there is a black and smoky region where hot […]
Source: BBC Samsung Electronics is buying automotive electronics-maker Harman International Industries for $8bn (£6.4bn), as it makes a big push into connected car technologies. Internet-connected cars will improve in-car entertainment, and be able to help with crash alerts and diagnosing engine problems. It will also be key for driverless technology. […]
Source: BBC Chinese President Xi Jinping has told US president-elect Donald Trump that co-operation is the “only correct choice” for relations, state media say. The pair spoke as a Chinese state newspaper warned that the US could face retaliatory measures if new duties were placed on Chinese goods. Mr Trump […]
Source: BBC Very stressful events affect the brains of girls and boys in different ways, a Stanford University study suggests. A part of the brain linked to emotions and […]
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=994109&binId=1.1201914&playlistPageNum=1 and: Thousands turn up to send off the Caliph Calgary,Alberta / News Talk 770 (CHQR) Haley Jarmain Posted: November 13, 2016 Thousands of people showed up in northeast Calgary on Sunday night for one last prayer with the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at, the Caliph, His Holiness, […]
Source: Gulf News Dubai: A full-sized home that cools itself in the UAE’s scorching summer heat was unveiled in Dubai on Friday. At first, the two-storey, four-bedroom house, which stands […]
Source: Huffington Post President-elect Donald Trump zealously courted American evangelicals during his campaign ― setting up private meetings, putting together an advisory committee composed of top leaders, and repeatedly playing into evangelicals’ fear that Christianity in America is growing weaker. On election day, it paid off. Despite his divorces, his […]