By Jonathan Schell The Daily Star Lebanon There is a kind of war under way in the United States nowadays between fact and fantasy. President Barack Obama’s re-election marked a victory, limited but unmistakable, for the cause of fact. Events in the days leading up to America’s presidential election provided […]
Russian TV: CIA Director David Petraeus has announced he will resign from the Central Intelligence Agency. Petraeus, age 60, released a statement on Friday obtained by CNN confirming that his […]
NY Times: By ERIC L. LEWIS WASHINGTON PRESIDENT OBAMA has been re-elected. He must now decide how to balance his commitment to human rights against the political risks of appearing “soft on terrorism.” The president’s critics on the left must accept that he has fundamentally altered the George W. Bush-era human rights […]
Newly re-elected, President Obama moved quickly on Wednesday to open negotiations with Congressional Republican leaders over the main unfinished business of his term — a major deficit-reduction deal to avert a looming fiscal crisis — as he began preparing for a second term that will include significant cabinet changes. Mr. […]
By Asma Afsaruddin* LE SOIR/Worldcrunch -Essay- As someone who writes and lectures about women and gender in Islam, I am often asked if women had any role in the making […]
GREG RISLING, Associated Press, LINDA DEUTSCH, Associated Press seattle PI LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the […]
ARAB NEWS WASHINGTON: World leaders have hailed US President Barack Obama’s sweeping re-election, with allies pledging to deepen cooperation with the US on fighting the world economic slump and maintaining security across the globe. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman congratulated Obama and wished […]
By Council on American-Islamic Relations OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 7, 2012 — Muslim civil rights group asks Tulsa bank to review discriminatory ‘no hats’ policy OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on Tulsa’s Valley National Bank to review […]
Source: Asiatimes: LAS VEGAS – So he’s done it. Way beyond demographics, the ground game, getting the turnout, the micro-targeting of voters, the worries about suppression of black and Hispanic early voters in Ohio and Florida, and over 55% of women voting for him, Barack Obama inherits his second term […]
US President Barack Obama tells his supporters he returns to the White House “more determined and more inspired than ever”. Barack Obama has promised that the “best is yet to […]
Shortly before 1 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Mitt Romney appeared at the Boston Convention Center to deliver a concession speech. He was greeted by cheers and whistles in anticipation of […]
Source: Duluth News Tribune By: M. Imran Hayee, In America, where freedom prevails and the literacy rate is 99 percent with 40 percent of the population possessing college degrees, fact-checking is a common routine, especially during the heated presidential election campaign. The fact-checkers around the country have been working diligently […]
BY CARLA HINTON chinton@opubco.com An Oklahoma Muslim civil rights group is trying to help an Oklahoma native return from the Middle East to visit his terminally ill mother. Adam Soltani, […]
A new study commissioned by the federal government recommends that Canada legalize polygamy and change legislation to help women and children living in plural relationships. The paper by three law professors at Queen’s University in Kingston argues that a Charter challenge to Section 293 of the Criminal Code banning polygamy […]
Until 38 years ago, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. Today, gay marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia, and 53% of Americans think gay marriage should be legal everywhere. The gay marriage fight isn’t over, but it’s […]
A serf in the days of King John, Max Keiser argues, was in many ways better off than some US voters in 2012. “Because in the age of Robin Hood,” Keiser says, “at least the process of theft was transparent. The barons came to your house. They whacked you over […]
Source: The New York Times By AARON B. O’CONNELL Published: November 4, 2012 IN 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office warning of the growing power of the military-industrial complex […]
Source: Huff Post. By Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate in Economics The current financial crisis makes it very clear that our current financial system is not sustainable. This is the opportune time […]
UA Muslim community thrives despite small size November 5, 2012 | Filed under: Featured Story,News | Posted by: Ashanka Kumari When Rashmee Sharif wakes up each day, she begins with a prayer. This is something that she will do four more times before the day’s end. Sharif, a second-year master […]
ARAB NEWS Sunday 4 November 2012 AMMAN: Details emerged yesterday of plans to reshape Syria’s opposition into a representative government-in-exile, on the eve of key talks between regime opponents. The talks starting today in Doha come amid US criticism of the main exiled opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), […]