Gloomy 2023
Dec 28,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The New Year is certain to be dominated by destructive policies adopted in 2022 by global, regional, national and local authorities. On […]
DJ Khaled, Mike Tyson visit Mecca for Umrah pilgrimage
Offbeat 2 min read The New Arab Staff 12 December, 2022 DJ Khaled shared a teary-eyed video of himself and former boxer Mike Tyson praying at the Grand Mosque of […]
Biden congratulates Netanyahu, says US continues to support 2-state solution
US Jewish groups congratulated the new prime minister but expressed concerns as well. By OMRI NAHMIAS Published: DECEMBER 29, 2022 US President Joe Biden with Israeli opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu on […]
“Omar,” an opera illuminating a Muslim slave’s life in America
SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 14, 2022 / 10:20 AM / CBS NEWS Eerie – just as the curtain was about to rise on the opera based on his story, an image of […]
Hundreds of US rabbis protest new Israeli government in public letter
Leaders of several religious nationalist parties will be part of the most hard-right administration in Israel’s history, one US rabbis say endangers Jewish values. FILE – Israel’s Likud Party leader […]
From Queen Elizabeth II to Rudy Giuliani, here are 10 powerful, rich, and historic people who married their cousins
Katie Balevic Dec 27, 2022, 6:00 PM ADVERTISING Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, her second cousin once removed. The late Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, her second cousin once removed, […]
Libya’s last chance ahead of partition
OSAMA AL-SHARIF December 27, 2022 Short Url The inter-Libyan dialogue has been going on, at various levels, for years. It has resulted in a number of understandings and agreements, the […]
US needs to provide legal certainty to Afghan evacuees
KERRY BOYD ANDERSON December 27, 2022 Short Url The chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover in 2021 left behind thousands of Afghans who had worked […]
Are economists to blame for economic crises?
ANGUS DEATON December 26, 2022 As 2023 approaches, it is clear that an ever-growing number of people hold democratic capitalism in disrepute, and economists along with it. But how much […]
Please don’t wish me ‘Merry Christmas’
It’s impolite and alienating to assume I follow your religion. Perspective by Julia IoffeJulia Ioffe, a correspondent for GQ Magazine, is currently at work on a book about Russia. December 21, […]
The Purpose of the Annual Convention – Jalsa Salana
by Daniyal Kahlon, The Review of Religions. The world hosts many conventions of all kinds, where people gather for various reasons. These conventions vary from political gatherings, musical concerts, sporting […]
Religious Tolerance and Freedom in Islam
3 Nov 2018 An address delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at the inauguration of Masroor Mosque in South Virginia, USA On Saturday 3rd November, 2018, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya […]
Multifaceted problems in Syria: US, Israel, Russia, PKK
BY HAKKI ÖCAL DEC 19, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3 U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFV) patrol the countryside of the city of Qamishli in Syria’s northeastern Hassakeh province, April 20, […]
US Muslims being let down
DALIA AL-AQIDI December 19, 2022 Short Url Do you remember American actor and singer Jussie Smollett? In January 2019, Smollett became known worldwide as the victim of a racist and […]
Christian nationalists – wanting to put God into US government
By Barbara Plett Usher BBC News, Tennessee New battle lines are being drawn in the US by a right-wing Christian movement set on what it sees as its divine mission […]
The lurid Orientalism of Western media
May 09,2021 – JORDAN TIMES / Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI — When reporting on any mass tragedy, a basic rule of journalism is to be sensitive to the victims and […]
America’s new pagans
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, December 4, 2019, in New York. (AP) Liel Leibovitz Published: 14 December ,2022: Here’s a very, very brief history of America: It’s a nation founded […]
Has the world long forgotten the Libyan crisis?
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN DEC 14, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Libyans celebrate the 70th anniversary of their country’s independence, despite widespread disappointment over the postponement of presidential elections, in Martyrs’ Square, […]
Psychology of anger and Islamic teachings
9th December 2022 Huma Munir, USA We have all felt it – the slow bubbling of pent-up rage rising in our chests, making its way out. Like all emotions, anger […]
Coup attempts in Germany and the US confirm it: the key terror threat is the far right
OpinionUK security and counter-terrorism Jonathan Freedland The danger of violent jihadism persists, but the growing menace is from racist extremists – even if some in the UK government can’t admit […]