Study: In Wake of Terror, Anti-Muslim Crimes Escalate
Source: Huffington Post By Brian Levin, J.D.; Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University Special Report from Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, […]
Secret US mission in Libya revealed after air force posted pictures
Facebook post, accompanied by four pictures, said 20 armed soldiers arrived wearing bulletproof jackets Photographs showed three Americans armed with assault rifles. Photograph: Libyan Air Force/Facebook Chris Stephen in Tunis Thursday 17 December 2015 23.21 GMTLast modified on Friday 18 December 201517.57 GMT A secret US commando mission to Libya has […]
Exclusive: U.S. supplies Syrian fighters ahead of push for Islamic State town
WASHINGTON | BY PHIL STEWART People cycle past a Syrian Army soldier along a street during a biking tour for charity, in Damascus December 11, 2015. REUTERS/OMAR SANADIKI The United States has delivered a fresh supply of ammunition to Syrian Arab fighters ahead of an expected stiff battle with Islamic […]
US refuses to bomb Islamic State’s ‘media centers’ over possible civilian casualties
Published time: 17 Dec, 2015 An Islamic State fighter uses a mobile to film his fellow fighters taking part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. © Stringer / Reuters US intelligence services have mapped Islamic State’s media installations producing terrorist […]
China summons US envoy over Taiwan arms deal
Source: BBC China has summoned a senior US envoy in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan. Vice-Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang made “solemn representations” with Kaye […]
Muslim Americans Are More Likely to Reject Violence, Intolerance Than Many Other Americans
Huff Post: Donald Trump has proposed profiling Muslim Americans and shutting down mosques. He claims that Muslim “hatred is beyond comprehension.” But the truth is that Muslim Americans are not only integrating into U.S. society, but are actuallymore opposed to violence and more tolerant in many ways than many other […]
Zionists don’t have ‘enough evidence’ to try killers of Palestinian family
Four year-old Ahmed Dawabsha receives a visit from his maternal grandmother, Fakira, at the Tel Hashomer hospital on December 5, 2015, in Ramat Gan near the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv, where he is being treated for burns after his family house was firebombed by Jewish extremists on July […]
The big question (on Afghanistan)
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Published — Thursday 17 December 2015 ARABNEWS.COM According to subsequent reports, the Soviets were complying with a treaty signed between the two nations in 1978. Regardless of the reasons behind the invasion, had there been no American interference, it would have ended with much less casualties and less […]
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? College suspends professor who said yes.
Washington Post: Wheaton College, a prominent evangelical school in Illinois, has placed a professor on administrative leave after she posted on Facebook that Muslims and Christians “worship the same God.” The official school statement Tuesday about associate professor of political science Larycia Hawkins’s suspension said Wheaton professors should “engage in and […]
US defence chief Carter, in Baghdad, seeks to step up Daesh fight
By Reuters – Dec 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES US Defence Secretary Ash Carter addresses the US troops as he stands in front of a drone at the Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, Tuesday (AP photo) BAGHDAD — US Defence Secretary Ash Carter and Iraqi leaders on Wednesday discussed the […]
Amid Rising Fear, Muslim Women Arm Themselves With Self-Defense
Huff Post: by Yasmin Nouh — “We want to show that Muslim women are not afraid.” A steady stream of Muslim women filled a large studio in Manhattan on Saturday evening, awaiting an introductory lesson in self-defense. Most of them wore colorful headscarves and long skirts or loose, […]
Does the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Speak for Islam? A Response to Dr. Stephen Kirby’s Implication
By Zahid Mian Patheos.com: Dr. Stephen M. Kirby is a noted bigot whose mission is only to spread hatred of Muslims. He makes no bones about his hatred for Islam or Muslims. His stated goal is to prove that the violence committed by the likes of ISIS is inspired by […]
Kerry to explore Assad’s future, Syria peace process in Kremlin talks — official
By Reuters – Dec 14,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – A Syrian photographer carries an injured girl following reported air strikes by regime forces on the town of Al Nashabiyah in the Eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, on Monday (AFP photo) PARIS — US Secretary […]
Alice in ‘Wanderland’
Dec 14,2015 – JORDAN TIMES We, in the Arab world, get indignant when American presidents or secretaries of state wear a yarmulke at a Jewish organisation, in a synagogue or at concentration camp memorial. We think that these American officials have stepped out of their way to please the Jewish […]
The Syrian knot
Dec 13,2015 – Joschka Fischer – Jordan Times For four years, a bloody war has raged in Syria. What began as a democratic uprising against Bashar Assad’s dictatorship has developed into a cat’s cradle of conflicts, partly reflecting a brutal proxy struggle among Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for regional […]
Unconscionable bigotry
Dec 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The campaign of one key Republican contender to the White House, Donald Trump, has been awash with gaffes, posturing, and all sorts of irresponsible and inane declarations that often made one teeter between laughter at the lack of political savvy of this man and annoyance at […]
IMF urges Islamic finance to unlock its full potential
by Assia Sabi , December 3, 2015 Islamic banking has the potential to promote financial stability, boost SMEs, and contribute to greater financial inclusion. But the IMF recently stressed on the numerous challenges the industry has to face to unlock these potentials. Islamic finance has experienced a swift expansion: Islamic […]
Saudi prince slams Trump as ‘a disgrace’ to USA as backlash grows
Saudi prince slams Trump as ‘a disgrace’ to USA as backlash grows France 24 Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has called Donald Trump a disgrace to the United States following his call for a ban on Muslims entering the country, and demanded the Republican front-runner withdraw from the US […]
As a Muslim, My Heart Freezes with Fear
Manal Omar Become a fanAssociate Vice-President, Middle East and Africa Center at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. As a Muslim, My Heart Freezes with Fear Posted: 12/10/2015 This is a defining moment for America. It can’t get much worse than this. Yet if anything has proven […]
15 Blackwater foreign fighters killed in Yemen this week
Published December 10th, 2015 – 08:13 GMT via SyndiGate.info A file photo of Blackwater member surveying a city in 2005. (AFP/File) Follow > Blackwater Worldwide The chief of Blackwater mercenaries in Yemen has been killed in clashes with Houthi Ansarullah fighters and allied forces in the country’s southwest, reports say. […]