The demise of Western illusions in Syria
Jan 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Javier Solana MADRID — In March 2018, Syrian President Bashar Assad had himself filmed as he drove his car through the rubble-filled streets of […]
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz aims to oust Trump in 2020
Updated 28 January 2019 AFP January 28, 2019 08:17 621 ‘I am seriously thinking of running for president’ The self-described ‘lifelong Democrat’ said he ‘will run as a […]
Foreign troops to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal – Taliban sources
Jan 27, 2019 By Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Jibran Ahmad and Rupam Jain KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed on a draft peace pact setting […]
By backing the coup in Venezuela, Donald Trump shows himself to be like any other US president
His actions are an almost exact replay of what was a staple of the Cold War years: US attempts by fair means or foul, to determine what happened in what […]
Books to Mend a Divided America. New books offer ways to mend a divided country
By Lynn Garrett | Jan 25, 2019 Wrestling with Religious Freedom Evolving ideas about which civil rights should be protected by law are increasingly clashing with what some see as the principles and practices of their religious groups. A baker in Colorado who refused to make cakes for gay weddings […]
The Western world may no longer underestimate Isis, but we’ve failed to learn the most important lessons from its rise and fall
Looking to Venezuela, it’s clear the US, UK and allied governments have learned nothing from their disastrous actions in the Middle East and North Africa over the past 20 years […]
Muhammad Ali’s home to be turned into summer school for Muslim youth
Source: Daily Sabah BY CEYDA KARAASLAN Ali’s four-bedroom house in Berrian Springs was a place where the legendary boxer secluded himself from time to time after moving to L.A. and […]
U.S. White House / President Trump And Congress Leaders Reach Short-Term Deal to End Shutdown
By Associated Press Updated: January 25, 2019 2:48 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term […]
Editorial: Despite denial, Muslim group welcome in Fauquier
Jan 23, 2019 2 The Fauquier County Planning Commission voted unanimously Jan. 17 to recommend that the board of supervisors deny a special-exemption permit to allow the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Why Trump doesn’t always get it wrong on the Middle East
At an Independent readers’ event this week, I espoused a perhaps unpopular opinion Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Independent Voices Must one talk of Donald Trump? One must and not just […]
Black Muslims account for a fifth of all U.S. Muslims, and about half are converts to Islam
January 17, 2019 By Besheer Mohamed and Jeff Diamant Worshippers gather at a Minnesota football stadium for prayer and festivities for Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest holidays on […]
American Muslims look to Quran when writing wills
Source: Houston Chronicles By Massarah Mikati Yousuf Beg’s father had no will when he died, which is a common occurrence in American Muslim families.Photo: Jon Shapley, Staff photographer / Staff […]
Tne small step for Palestinians, a giant leap for the United States – Why American figures like Michelle Alexander are breaking their silence on Israel
The host of critics who now assault the latest taboo-breaking liberal academic realise just how serious her willingness to speak could be Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices Most folk […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls people towards Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of equity and justice
Jan 21, 2019 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, one of the nation’s oldest Muslim organizations, joins its fellow Americans today in remembering and honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his […]
The super rich at Davos are scared of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to hike taxes on the wealthy
The 70 percent tax rate on earnings above $10 million proposed by freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has the elite financiers attending Davos worried. “By the time we get to […]
Dr M: Trump bars Mexicans, what’s wrong if we bar Israelis?
AFP – January 22, 2019 VIENNA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad today again defended Malaysia’s ban on Israeli athletes, likening it to US President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along […]
Worse than anyone thought: Trump’s ‘compromise’ bill would actually destroy asylum in this country
written by Matthew Chapman January 22, 2019 On Saturday, President Donald Trump gave a speech to the nation, announcing what he called a “compromise” to end the government shutdown he […]
Two years of Trump’s anti-immigration tactics have put marginalised groups in peril – another couple will create complete devastation
On the anniversary of his inauguration, it’s clear that as long as the current president is in charge, things are going to be scary for brown people, LGBT+ people, religious […]
MLK should be remembered as a revolutionary thinker – not a sanitised figure for conservatives like Mike Pence to exploit
The civil rights leader has been transformed into ‘a weightless effigy’ of sorts, but in the Trump era, America needs his actual teachings more than it realizes Andrew Dix The […]
Trump proposes wall-for-DACA in bid to end U.S. government shutdown
This content was published on January 20, 2019 By Steve Holland and Jan Wolfe http://www.swissinfo.ch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump proposed an immigration deal on […]