By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Updated 5:08 PM ET, Mon May 9, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/09/living/methodist-clergy-lgbt/index.html# (CNN)Dozens of United Methodist clergy members came out as lesbian, gay or bisexual on Monday, defying their church’s ban on “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” serving in ministry and essentially daring their supervisors to discipline them. In a […]
Guardian: There are 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide, and Muhammad, or one of its variants, is the most common name in the world. In America, 3.3 million people identify as Muslim, according to a recent Pew study. While former GOP contender Ben Carson would “absolutely not agree” with the US being […]
Reuters International May 10, 2016 – 02:45 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested on Monday he would make an exception for London’s newly elected Muslim mayor, the New York Times reported. “There will always […]
May 09,2016 – Jordan Times – Yanis Varoufakis The financial meltdown of 2008 prompted calls for a global financial system that curtails trade imbalances, moderates speculative capital flows and prevents systemic contagion. That, of course, was the goal of the original Bretton Woods system. But such a system today would […]
May 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY In some of my writings, I observed the way the US has, for centuries, absorbed countless waves of immigrants from many continents, transforming them, in short order, into Americans — comparing this to the situation in Europe, which does not, as a […]
By Furqan Shaikh In the current climate of political rhetoric against Islam and Muslims, it can be hard to remember that the United States has always been a country that has respected and acknowledged the contributions of people, places and ideas from outside its borders. While we often think of […]
A bunch of internet activists stopped a Kansas church from a retreat meant to arrange marriages for teenagers AMANDA MARCOTTE The Duggar family(Credit: AP) Happy news for a Friday: Once in awhile, the good guys win. This time the victory is over a scary fundamentalist cult, usually called “Quiverfull,” that […]
May 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has become not only the Republican Party front-runner in the upcoming US presidential election, but virtually the Republican nominee, following after the withdrawal of his main competitor, Ted Cruz, from the presidential race after his stunning defeat in the […]
Philip Weiss on May 6, 2016 0 Comments Pew released a new survey of American attitudes toward the world yesterday, and on Israel the news is clear: the Democratic Party […]
Whilst Clinton has been decidedly pro-Israeli and anti-boycott throughout her campaign, Sanders has paid a price for saying that US policy in the Middle East should be even-handed Robert Fisk @indyvoices First to Israel, which – unlike the sea-to-shining-sea hinterland of the American media – really can be a “land […]
http://indianexpress.com: America will continue to stand up for those around the world who are subject to fear or violence because of their religion or beliefs, the US President Barack Obama has said proclaiming May 5 as the National Day of Prayer this year. “The threats of poverty, violence and war […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | Published — Tuesday 3 May 2016 WASHINGTON: The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama Bin Laden by live-tweeting — with a five-year delay — the raid by US special forces on the Al-Qaeda founder’s compound in Pakistan. Using the hashtag #UBLRaid, […]
May 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Earlier this month, “The Atlantic” magazine featured a cover story, “The Obama Doctrine”, written by Jeffery Goldberg. Based on the author’s many hours of interviews with President Barack Obama, the story represents an attempt to find a coherent framework with which […]
By Matin Moslem May 2, 2016 TEHRAN- In spite of being sinful, President Nixon was on the belief that “a good politician is the one who listen more than talk, do not take action hastily and learn lesson from the past!” However, the 37th U.S. president had not observed this […]
The Guardian: Who exactly was Donald Trump appealing to when he called on Monday for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”? Quite a few people, according to a YouGov poll conducted earlier this year which found that 55% of surveyed Americans had an “unfavorable” opinion […]
News courtesy: Imam Shamshad, Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque 2 S 510 Route 53, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Call: 909-636-8332 | Email: shamshadanasir@gmail.com “Ahmadiyya Muslim Comunity Stands for peace” – Ahmadiyya Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir. Imam SHAMSHAD A Nasir was invited in a Turkish American Society at 1415 Hill Ave Wheaton […]
April 30, 2016 TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, head of the Expediency Council Center for Strategic Research, said on Thursday that Tehran won’t allow the U.S. to rob $2 billion of Iranian funds. “The Islamic Republic has shown it will never waive its rights… and the Iranian people won’t allow […]
Apr 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER A woman for the next secretary general of the United Nations? Well, it is a lot more complicated than that. There are other criteria in play; there is an unwritten rule that the regions of the world should take turns to occupy the […]
In the doc ‘My Scientology Movie,’ filmmaker Louis Theroux interviews many ex-Scientologists about how the Church of Scientology and leader David Miscavige intimidate apostates. Jen Yamato I was the baddest-ass dude in Scientology,” declares Marty Rathbun in My Scientology Movie, a surreal documentary in which British journalist Louis Theroux attempts to […]
By AFP – Apr 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES TEHRAN — Iran Tuesday summoned Switzerland’s ambassador, who represents Washington’s interests in Tehran, to protest a court ruling that $2 billion of frozen Iranian assets be used to compensate American victims of “terror”. The US Supreme Court ruled last week that […]