Source: Foreign Policy BY REZA ASLAN JULY 24, 2017 Religion comes in countless forms, depending either on the soil from which that religion arose or the soil in which it was […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer July 24 Mushrooms growing (AP/the Cecil Whig, Adelma Gregory-Bunnell) Moses saw a burning bush. Paul saw Jesus on the road to Damascus. St. Teresa had […]
Source: USA Today By Holly Meyer, The Tennessean NASHVILLE — A nearly 90-year-old church now stands across the street from a new luxury apartment complex, illustrating how redevelopment has altered its […]
YAHYA BOSTAN@yahyabostan The outrageous phone call between the U.S. Embassy officers and Gülenist putschists in January 2014 needs to be investigated in detail by U.S. authorities Articles It was just a few days after last summer’s coup attempt. Adil Öksüz, a Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) member who spent the night […]
US-backed forces successfully route Daesh from several areas since their creation in 2014 By AFP – Jul 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians clear up the rubble of their houses that were destroyed during clashes on the outskirts of Raqqa, on Wednesday, as Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-Arab alliance, are […]
Jul 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL President Donald Trump decided to end the CIA’s “covert” programme to train and arm certain rebel groups considered moderate and operating in Syria to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. No reasons were offered for this decision that was first reported by […]
When you really looked into it, the British ‘interfered’ with the US election just as much as Russians allegedly did. So where’s the big fuss about that? Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Thursday 13 July 2017 14:30 BST It might seem a long way to travel for a day of Gallic pomp. […]
Source: The New York Times By ISMAIL EINASHE Sulaika Abokor, a Somali-born elementary-school teacher in London, dreams of “a road trip from Seattle to California.” The 34-year-old was planning a vacation […]
Source: The Atlantic I didn’t associate Massachusetts beaches with burqinis—or with Muslims, for that matter. But my family and I were on vacation, and there was a woman in the […]
Source: USA Today INDIANAPOLIS — A month after an anti-Muslim billboard disparaging the prophet Mohammed along an Indiana interstate and gained national attention, a Chicago-based Muslim group is firing back with a billboard […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner July 20 at 1:29 PM Muslim American candidate for Senate discusses hate speech Deedra Abboud is a Muslim American candidate running for U.S. Senate against […]
Source: The New York Times BY Kwame Anthony Appiah THE ETHICIST I hired a limo service to drive me to a dinner party at a friend’s house. On the way, […]
Source: Associated Press By ED WHITE DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls from a Muslim sect will remain in jail while she awaits […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner July 19 Yahya Abdullah, an imam from Masjid Muhammad in Jacksonville, Fla., sells books and other items at an annual retreat at New Medinah. (William […]
DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ISTANBUL Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, finishes answering a question from the media while meeting with Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Friday, July 21, 2017, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo) U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday the […]
Non-combatants in the city found themselves in a catch-22: told by US-led Coalition forces to get away from Isis positions before they were shelled; yet threatened with execution by Isis if they tried to escape Patrick Cockburn Irbil, Iraq @4freepress The catastrophic number of civilian casualties in Mosul is receiving little […]
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Barnes July 19 The Supreme Court on Wednesday brokered a new compromise over President Trump’s travel ban, saying the government for now may enforce tight restrictions […]
Source: MSN.com BY Alastair Jamieson and Gemma DiCasimirro A 64-year-old driver has been charged with the attempted murder of 12 people at a Columbia, South Carolina cemetery after police say he […]
Our unthinking characterisation of cancer as a ‘battle’ hands responsibility for recovery to the patient – and creates the notion that only the ‘strong’ or ‘deserving’ survive Anthony Wilson Glancing through Twitter this morning, I noticed a friend of a friend responding to Barack Obama’s tweet in support of Senator John McCain who […]
By Reuters – Jul 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian rebel fighters from the Faylaq Al Rahman brigade carry their homemade 12.7mm sniper rifle in Ain Tarma, in the eastern Ghouta area, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, on Tuesday (AFP photo) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration […]