Supreme Court to rule on FBI’s move to block Muslim civil rights suit
The case involves the FBI’s use of an informant who posed as a convert to Islam after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and attended mosques in California. The FBI headquarters […]
Report: Number of mosques in US grows overall, but African American mosques in decline
The majority of America’s new purpose-built mosques are found in suburban areas, a shift that reflects the demographic footprint of Muslims in America. Worshippers, socially distanced due to COVID-19 concerns, […]
A curse worse than cash
Jun 06,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE — Ransomware — a type of malicious software that restricts access to a computer system until a ransom is paid — […]
Daesh is defeated, but their ‘brides’ are still an issue
DALIA AL-AQIDI June 05, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zdgme The Daesh “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria has vanished, the vast majority of its terrorists either killed or captured, and their threat […]
Folk singer Mustafa: ‘I’m trying to preserve the memories of young Black Muslims’
Interview Aina J Khan The poet, a songwriter for artists including the Weeknd, explains how music helped him explore the loss of friends to inner-city violence: ‘Sorrow is meant to […]
Redefining Pak-US relations
Redefining Pak-US relations Zahid Hussain Published June 2, 2021 WITH the last of the American soldiers packing to leave Afghanistan, post-9/11 US-Pakistan relations have come full circle. Originally touted as a […]
This terrible, horrible, no good very bad alliance
Big brother is watching you Politics June 1, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Last year in February, the world was shocked when it came to light that the CIA used Swiss-made encryption machines to spy on governments all over the world for more than half a century. The machines […]
Palestinians are determined to defeat the Oslo culture
RAMZY BAROUD May 31, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/ns8fr The political discourse of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank, is similar to that of […]
The lies and conspiracy theories from neocon ‘crazies’ that fueled Iraq war are subject of new history
BY PHILIP WEISSMAY 12, 2021 SCOTT HORTON, FROM APPEARANCE AT ISRAEL LOBBY CONFERENCE, APRIL 24, 2021. SCREENSHOT. ENOUGH ALREADY: TIME TO END THE WAR ON TERRORISMby Scott Horton318 pp. The Libertarian […]
US spied on Merkel, EU officials through Danish cables: Report
Danish broadcaster says US used a partnership with Danish intelligence to spy on top European officials. 31 May 2021 The United States used a partnership with Denmark’s foreign intelligence unit […]
Muslim Americans on finding love as third-culture-kids-turned-adults
Sakshi Venkatraman When Mariam Mokhtar, 21, started taking karate classes for fun with her little brothers, she expected to get exercise and learn self-defense, not to meet her future husband. […]
Did Jordan’s closest allies plot to unseat its king?
Martin Chulov in Amman and Michael Safi 2 days ago The phone call that shook the Jordanian government came in the second week of March this year. On the line to […]
Debate Moderator Becomes The Story With Question To Muslim Candidate
By MICHAEL POPE• 10 HOURS AGO Televised debates often make a splash when a candidate makes a gaffe. But sometimes it’s the moderator who draws all the attention.ListenListening…1:16Michael Pope reports During a […]
Muslim Candidate Asked Islamophobic Question During Virginia Debate
A moderator asked Del. Sam Rasoul, a Democrat running for lieutenant governor, whether he could represent Virginians “regardless of faith or beliefs.” By Daniel Marans An Islamophobic debate question directed […]
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai”We Afghans Are Just Being Used Against Each Other
International DER SPIEGEL Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, 63, on his empathy for the Taliban, his bitter disappointment with the former protective power, the United States, and why he considers […]
Qatar pledges $500 million to support reconstruction of Gaza
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO MID-EAST MAY 26, 2021 Pushing forward on a diplomatic mission to bolster a cease-fire that ended 11 days of conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s Hamas resistance group, U.S. […]
Biden will manage the Palestine-Israel conflict without resolving it
May 25,2021 – Last updated at May 25,202100 googleplus000 Facing his first international crisis test US President Joe Biden sought to cushion Israel from facing reprimand at the UN Security Council, […]
Blinken’s Middle East visit: ‘What can he offer?’
US state department says Antony Blinken aims to cement Israel-Hamas ceasefire, but experts question long-term strategy. By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours and Joseph Stepansky25 May 2021 United States President Joe Biden has dispatched his top […]
Biden administration poised to ax US oil company’s waiver for Kurdish-led northeast
The decision to withdraw the waiver to produce and sell oil in Syria has been presented by administration officials as a policy correction, not a shift. A man drives a […]
Can Iranian drone tech shift Middle East’s strategic balance of power?
Clockwise from left: Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, commander of US Central Command; drones on display at an undisclosed location in central Iran; Iranian military officials inspecting drones on […]