FDA says a coronavirus vaccine would have to be at least 50% effective to be approved
Source: USA Today A coronavirus vaccine would need to be at least 50% more effective than a placebo in preventing or at least decreasing the severity of COVID-19 in order […]
Reviving a post-capitalist breath
AHMED DANYAL ARIF ECONOMICS 29th June 2020 Ahmed Danyal Arif, UK Despite many prior warnings, a number of developed countries were clearly unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic. This monumental failure of […]
Opinion: Dr Jonathan AC Brown: Muslim scholars unanimous about Ahmadis
Source: Al Hakam By Ataul Fatir Tahir, London In a recent discussion on Twitter about Ahmadis, a well-respected academic and Professor of Islamic Civilisation at Georgetown University, Jonathan AC Brown said, “Look […]
From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump’s phone calls alarm US officials
Source: CNN In hundreds of highly classified phone calls with foreign heads of state, President Donald Trump was so consistently unprepared for discussion of serious issues, so often outplayed in […]
Why did Iran issue an arrest warrant for Donald Trump? Perhaps to shine a light on American hypocrisy
The US often uses international agencies like Interpol to its advantage while flouting rules when it’s convenient Negar MortazaviWashington DC @NegarMortazavi 10 hours ago Reuters Iranian judiciary has issued an arrest […]
Muslim interviewer talks with Arkansan who placed ‘Islam will nuke Nashville’ ad in Tennesseean
BY Max Brantley ON June 27, 20208:09 am Remember the story about Jeff Pippenger of Bonnerdale, Ark., a religious group leader who placed an ad in The Tennessean newspaper in Nasvhille that […]
Russia offered bounty to kill UK soldiers
Moscow accused of trying to give money to the Taliban as part of its campaign to destabilise America and its allies Jamie Doward Sat 27 Jun 2020 Vladimir Putin watches […]
Will the ‘War on Terror’ ever end?
By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent 24 June 2020 Image caption An Afghan Special Forces member attending his graduation ceremony in Kabul last week Last weekend’s deadly knife attack in […]
Inside the return of ‘Ramy’
“Ramy” is about an Egyptian-American living in New Jersey who is determined to become a better Muslim. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/97grf Ramy Youssef’s comedy show was an unexpected award-winning smash last year. Now he’s back with a second season, digging deeper into Muslim culture WILLIAM MULLALLY June 25, 2020 […]
The NIH claims joint ownership of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine
Source: Axios By Bob Herman The National Institutes of Health may own intellectual property that undergirds a leading coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moderna, according to documents obtained by Axios and an analysis […]
Atheists and humanists facing discrimination across the world, report finds
Source: The Guardian The report is largely based on testimony from 76 people in the eight countries surveyed By Harriet Sherwood Atheists and humanists are facing discrimination and persecution in […]
East of the Sun (West of the Moon): Islam, the Ahmadis, and African America
Journal of Asian American Studies 4.3.3 (2001) 251-263 moustafa bayoumi Prologue This article attempts to intervene in the standard narrative of African American Islam, where ideas of separation and exclusion reign. […]
Trump Suspends Visas Allowing Hundreds of Thousands of Foreigners to Work in the U.S.
The move is fiercely opposed by business leaders, who say it will block their ability to recruit critically needed workers from countries overseas. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has issued a series of policy changes affecting almost every aspect of the immigration system.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times By Michael […]
Why doesn’t the Muslim community look up to its black celebrities?
Source: Washington Post By Sarah A. Harvard September 20, 2017 at 6:00 a.m. EDT The biggest headlines out of Sunday’s Emmy Awards involved the diversity among the winners, particularly all […]
Book Review: Intersectional Islamophobia: The Case of a Black Ahmadi Muslim Celebrity
Journal of Afri… Vol. 7, No. 1, … Intersectional … JOURNAL ARTICLE Intersectional Islamophobia: The Case of a Black Ahmadi Muslim Celebrity Kristian Petersen Journal of Africana Religions Vol. 7, […]
The Islamic history behind the George Floyd protests
A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on Memorial Day, have broken out across the country. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) […]
Feds sue Stafford County over law blocking Islamic cemetery
The complaint alleges that an amendment to the county’s zoning ordinance in 2016 blocked the All Muslim Association of America from developing an Islamic cemetery on a 29-acre (12-hectare) parcel […]
Biden should go beyond Obama’s foreign policy
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB June 21, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/zg68j The campaign advertisements of US presidential candidate Joe Biden increasingly refer to the Obama administration, which is viewed by a large number of Americans as an era of normalcy. Barack Obama promised transformation, but he fell short of producing it, […]
The Guardian view on Trump and the international criminal court: an attack on human rights Editorial
US sanctions are an appalling attempt to thwart an ICC investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan ‘The Trump administration is imposing sanctions not on those who commit atrocities, but on […]