Oliver Stone’s son converts to Islam in Iran
AFP: US filmmaker Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam on Tuesday in Iran, where he is making a documentary, he told AFP. “The conversion to […]
The Dilemmas of Jewish Power
Peter Beinart’s “The Crisis of Zionism” is an important new book that rejects the manipulation of Jewish victimhood in the name of Israel’s domination of the Palestinians and asserts that […]
The Very Poor in USA
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN Remember Mitt Romney’s infamous “poor” comment? If not, here it is again: “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich; they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the […]
Romney, in comeback, has narrow Maine caucus win
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html(Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow win in Maine’s caucuses on Saturday, hours after winning a straw poll of Republican conservative activists. Results of Maine’s non-binding straw poll showed the former Massachusetts governor with 39 percent […]
Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/898403839.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707SAN FRANCISCO — When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, travels to that country, he follows a routine that seems straight from a spy film. He leaves his cellphone and laptop at home and instead brings “loaner” devices, which he erases before he leaves the United […]
The Gospel according to Obama
NY Times: OP-ED: At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, seeking theological underpinning for his drive to raise taxes on the rich, President Obama invoked the highest possible authority. His policy, he testified “as a Christian,” “coincides with Jesus’s teaching that ‘for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.’ ” Now, […]
Brooklyn Hasidic modesty sign tells women: long skirt brings long life
Crown Heights, Brooklyn: Religious Jews are upset at their new, young neighbors for everything from women wearing shorts; bar hopping and sunbathing. “We like to live by a certain […]
Anti Muslim graffiti insulting Allah scrawled on Kensington insurance shop
Source/Credit: NY Daily News Bangladeshis in Kensington said they are living in fear after Muslim hate graffiti was found on a storefront in the neighborhood’s bustling shopping strip. The manager of TDS Insurance on Beverly Road near McDonald Avenue, came to work Monday and spotted a nauseating sight: “It was […]
Breakthrough on Austerity Clears Way for Greek Deal
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/692155385.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707ATHENS — After days of dramatic talks, Greek political leaders reached a deal on Thursday to support a package of harsh austerity measures demanded by Greece’s financial backers in return for the country’s latest bailout. The deal is expected to unlock the 130 billion euros, or $172 billion, in new […]
Radical U.S. Muslims Little Threat, Study Says
NY Times: Of 14,000 murders last year in the US not a single was attributed to Islamist radicalism. A feared wave of homegrown terrorism by radicalized Muslim Americans has not […]
U.S. military seeks more access in Philippines
Reuters: The United States is seeking more access to Philippines ports and airfields to re-fuel and service its warships and planes, diplomatic and military sources said on Thursday, expanding its presence at a time of tension with China in the South China Sea. But it is not trying to reopen military bases […]
Iran threatens to hit US targets worldwide in case of war
Russian TV: On Wednesday the Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi declared that Iran has the capabilities to carry out military strikes on US interests around the globe. This […]
Polygamist ‘Sister Wives’ Stars Can Sue County Lawyer
By JONNY BONNER SALT LAKE CITY (CN) – A challenge to Utah’s bigamy law made by the stars of television’s “Sister Wives” will move forward, a federal judge ruled, but […]
Egypt PM says US threats to cut aid will not work
Military deploys troops to reinforce police JORDAN TIMES AP | Feb 09,2012 | 23:42 CAIRO — Egypt refused to back down Wednesday in a dispute with the US over Cairo’s […]
Insight: In Sudan, glimpses of an Arab spring
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html(Reuters) – A few weeks ago, a leading opposition activist sat down in a downtown Khartoum office to talk to a journalist. The young man immediately removed the battery from his cellphone. “It’s so they can’t trace you,” he said, placing the battery and the phone on the table. “Any […]
Iran’s Achilles’ Heel: Get Syria to weaken Iran
NY Times: THE public debate in America and Israel these days is focused obsessively on whether to attack Iran in order to halt its nuclear weapons ambitions; hardly any attention is being paid to how events in Syria could result in a strategic debacle for the Iranian government. Iran’s foothold […]
U.S. Planning to Slash Iraq Embassy Staff by Half
By TIM ARANGO The New York Times BAGHDAD — Less than two months after American troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the […]
Company Faces Forgery Charges in Mo. Foreclosures
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/743515484.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707One of the largest companies that provided home foreclosure services to lenders across the nation, DocX, has been indicted on forgery charges by a Missouri grand jury — one of the few criminal actions to follow reports of widespread improprieties against homeowners. A grand jury in Boone County, Mo., handed […]
China values good US relations
Vice-President Xi Jinping is set to visit the United States next Monday. The Foreign Ministry says his visit aims to find common ground and expand trust. CCTV reporter Han Bin talks to Chinese experts who explain that stable China-US relations are beneficial to both sides, even with all the friction […]
Europe’s Banks Reluctant to Aid Companies in Need of Cash
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/986916153.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707LONDON — European governments are not the only ones struggling with debt — so are some of the region’s companies. As profits and sales slip, some European businesses are scrambling to pay their bills. With banks reluctant to lend, the fear is that companies will be unable to come up […]