U.S. envoys on hand as Israel digs down in east Jerusalem
This content was published on June 30, 2019 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. envoys attended the inauguration of a Jewish heritage site in East Jerusalem on Sunday, signalling support for […]
Jared Kushner’s ‘plan’ for peace in the Middle East is all show, no substance
Israel may be celebrating the seemingly friendlier relations with Bahrain, but the conference did nothing to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict Bel Trew @beltrew The Independent Voices It felt more like […]
The unsuspected link between monogamy and trust.
New Research: Why Religions Promote Sexual Conservatism Source: Psychology Today Religions provide a common moral compass for their believers. For instance, all faiths promote some version of the Golden Rule as one of their major tenets. Many also enforce dietary restrictions in the form of guidelines about what’s appropriate to […]
Is Morality Hard-Wired Into Our Brains?
Source: The New York Times By Olivia Goldhill CONSCIENCE – The Origins of Moral Intuition By Patricia S. Churchland In “Conscience,” Patricia Churchland recounts a conversation with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA, in which he laments moral philosophers’ focus on reason. “Surely,” he said, “philosophers must know about biological […]
Unwinding the biggest enemies of religion: A conversation with Karen Armstrong
Source: CNA International Edition Source: Mubeen Saadat SINGAPORE: Not politics, not secularism and not even extremism. Religion’s biggest enemies in today’s world are unkindness, selfishness and heedlessness, according to reknowned […]
G20 Donald Trump praises Mohammed bin Salman for doing ‘spectacular job’
US president ignores media questions about murder of Jamal Khashoggi in meeting with Saudi crown prince at G20 Agencies Sat 29 Jun 2019 Donald Trump says the Saudi crown […]
Justice before money
Jun 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh The popular response in our part of the world to the Trump administration’s approach, or “claim” to wanting to achieve peace […]
Joe Biden knew his time was up when he debated with Kamala Harris. He even said it himself
After tonight, we have to ask ourselves: does Biden really have that ‘electability factor’ his competition supposedly doesn’t? Michael Arceneaux New York The Independent Voices Joe Biden was presumably […]
The people of the Middle East should be reassured by one thing – their autocrats are no longer a global anomaly
Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, is absolutely right about Donald Trump. One wonders how he might describe Boris Johnson Robert Fisk @indyvo President Hassan Rouhani of Iran got it right on […]
Kushner’s parallel universe in Bahrain
Jun 25,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Reading through the document, which the White House has released few days before the convening of the Bahrain workshop, one would […]
Kushner pitches Palestinians ‘Opportunity of Century’ — if they agree to peace deal
By AFP – Jun 26,2019 – JORDAN TIMES MANAMA — Jared Kushner on Tuesday called for the Palestinians to accept the “Opportunity of the Century” that he says will […]
Trump’s toadyism to Saudi Arabia: a new moral low
Richard Wolffe The Saudis are good customers, Trump says – which evidently outweighs the fact they murdered and carved up a Washington Post journalist @richardwolffedc Tue 25 Jun 2019 […]
Phase one of US Middle East peace plan greeted with scepticism
No Israelis or Palestinians present for launch of plan that shreds decades of diplomacy Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent Tue 25 Jun 2019 The first phase of the Trump […]
Jared Kushner’s economic blueprint for Palestinians faces boycott and derision
Palestinian territories Jared Kushner’s economic blueprint for Palestinians faces boycott and derision Trump son-in-law’s plan, which ignores the key political issues, is dismissed as ‘a fantasy that is completely divorced […]
Iran says ‘idiotic’ new US sanctions have closed path to diplomacy
Foreign ministry spokesman accuses Trump administration of destroying peace and security Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Tue 25 Jun 2019 Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has become the […]
Unpick all the lies Trump has told about Iran and you get to the narcissistic truth
I want to believe my President — I really do. But the facts speak for themselves Eric Lewis New York The Independent Voices President Trump made the right decision […]
India rejects U.S. report on attacks on minority Muslims
Jun 23, 2019 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Sunday rejected a U.S. State Department’s annual report on religious freedom that raised questions about the government’s inability to curb violent […]
Sally Hemings, the slave of a U.S. president who had 6 children by him
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Farida Dawkins is a blogger, video content creator and staff writer at Face2Face Africa. She […]
Kushner’s economic plan for Mideast peace faces broad Arab rejection
By Reuters – Jun 24,2019 -JORDAN TIMES RIYADH/AMMAN/CAIRO — Arab politicians and commentators greeted US President Donald Trump’s Middle East $50 billion economic vision with a mixture of derision and […]
Priorities of Jordan, even after ‘Manama’
Jun 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The Bahraini capital of Manama will be the centre of attention for most of the region this week. The US-led workshop […]