Burkini ban brings fine to condo administration in Turkey
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA The state-run Turkish Human Rights and Equality Agency (TIHEK) slapped a TL 5,000 ($729) fine on the administration of a condominium that banned women from […]
Israel’s Netanyahu mulls two-phase West Bank annexation, newspaper says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/p9p2f Netanyahu is trying to confuse the international position which rejects annexation REUTERS June 18, 2020 JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing […]
Trump signs Uyghur human rights bill on same day Bolton alleges he told Xi to proceed with detention camps
(CNN) President Donald Trump has signed a bill that aims to punish China for its human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim population on the same day his former national […]
MIT Catholic chaplain forced out after message on Floyd killing and protest
Source: Boston Globe By Deirdre Fernandes An MIT chaplain was asked to resign last week after he sent a message to the university’s Catholic community suggesting that George Floyd’s killing by […]
Netflix CEO to donate $120M to historically black colleges
Epigraph: O people! We created you from a male and a female, and made you races and tribes, that you may know one another. The best among you in the […]
An American Civil War
Voices Our Rights Have Been Stripped Credit: Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com By Osaama Saifi Sun Jun 14, 2020 d have conceived that America — the greatest country in the world — could […]
Our God
Mirza Kaleem Ahmad ISLAM • RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS Our God 11th June 2020 Shutterstock ID 528203005 Mirza Kaleem Ahmad, Virgina USA Since time immemorable, humans have been in quest to understand whether there […]
How Exactly Do You Catch Covid-19? There Is a Growing Consensus
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: WSJ By Daniela Hernandez, Sarah Toy […]
Power struggle in East Med and Turkey’s position
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN COLUMNS JUN 17, 2020 12:05 AM GMT+3 Turkey’s drilling vessel, Fatih, sails through the Bosporus as it leaves for the Black Sea, Istanbul, Turkey, May 29, 2020. (Reuters […]
The ‘Palestinian Chair’: Exposing Israel’s direct role in US violence
Jun 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD The banning of deadly police practices by many American states and cities following the murder of an African American man, George Floyd, […]
Twenty Indian soldiers dead after clash with China along disputed border
Source: CNN At least 20 Indian soldiers have died after a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late Monday, the Indian army has said.The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in the disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh area, where […]
Israel’s destructive annexation moves
Jun 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH Within the next few weeks we will know for sure what parts of the occupied West Bank Israel is going to […]
West Bank plan will create ‘apartheid’ – UN experts
By AFP – Jun 16,2020 -JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian child stands at his family land east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley on Monday (AFP photo) GENEVA — Israel’s plan […]
Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste
Solving the issue of waste in our seas turned out to be more complex than scrounging for bottles off the beach, Laura Trethewey found Seascape: the state of our oceans […]
Donald Trump and uses and misuses of the Bible
Source: The New Yorker By Ian Frazier, who is a staff writer at The New Yorker and most recently published “Hogs Wild: Selected Reporting Pieces.” In extreme circumstances like the […]
For Sale: The Hair of the Virgin Mary
Source: New York Times By Mattia Ferraresi What does a supposedly secular world want with the creepy (and probably fake) remains of medieval saints? For a little more than $2,000, you […]
Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC By Michelle Roberts; Health editor, […]
Sahar Esfandiari / Reclaiming Rumi: How Islam was erased from the Persian poet’s work
Sahar Esfandiari A new online campaign, Rumi Was Muslim, seeks to rectify the whitewashing and mistranslations of the renowned 13th-century Persian poet and Muslim scholar. Founded by researchers and translators Sharghzadeh and Zirrar, […]
Here’s what the science says about the links between religion and health
Source: Deseret News By Erica Evans; @Erica_Lee_Evans Scientists say stress levels, healthy habits and community support could be key to beating the virus SALT LAKE CITY — In April, a Virginia […]
Opinion: Ad hominem and red herrings, the garlic in anti-Ahmadiyya rhetoric
15th June 2020 Ataul Fatir, London Social media platforms – unfortunately – have become cesspits of hate. We all enjoy benefits of connecting and “staying in the loop”, but the […]