With Pressure and Persuasion, China Deflects Criticism of Its Camps for Muslims
Source: The New York Times By Jane Perlez In the opulent halls of the Emirates Palace hotel, a seat of power in Abu Dhabi where 114 domes decorate the vast rooftop, […]
After A Decade Of Netanyahu, Hopes Fade For A Palestinian State
Source: NPR BY DANIEL ESTRIN When it came down to a final issue for Israeli voters to ponder before Tuesday’s elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an extraordinary campaign pledge: […]
‘Only God can do that’: How Nebraskans are reconciling faith and flooding
Source: Religion News Service BY Emily McFarlan Miller LINCOLN, Neb. (RNS) — In the days following major midwestern floods this spring, people of faith prayed for their neighbors and got […]
A casino in Amish country? A potential onslaught of slots divides a rural Pennsylvania community
Source: The Morning Call By ANDREW MAYKUTH Few people here grasped the monumental implications of Pennsylvania’s expanded gaming law until Penn National Gaming Inc. announced plans recently to build a mini-casino […]
Virgil van Dijk votes for rival Raheem Sterling as PFA player of the year
Source: BBC News Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has voted for Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling as his PFA player of the year, and said title rivals City had several […]
The rise of male ‘modest’ Islamic fashion
Source: BBC News Could one of the next big fashion trends be Islamic male modest fashion? Meet the community of designers and models trying to inspire a new fashion genre. […]
A milestone for the ‘ageing time bomb’
Source: BBC News By Fernando Duarte For the first time in history, there are more elderly people in the world than young children, according to the United Nations. Their figures […]
‘The City I Love Is Making People Sick.’ London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Making Polluters Pay
Source: Time BY CIARA NUGENT APRIL 8, 2019 Two years before he became mayor of London in 2016, Sadiq Khan ran the capital’s famous marathon. He’d been healthy his whole life, […]
I Am the Rabbi of Tree of Life Synagogue. Here Is a Simple Thing We All Can Do to Help Stop the Next Christchurch
Source: Time BY JEFFREY MYERS Myers is the Rabbi of Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I am a victim, a witness and a survivor of the worst massacre in the […]
Jokowi’s Poll Fight Shows Indonesia’s Islam Identity Crisis
By Arys Aditya and Thomas Kutty Abraham April 13, 2019, Questions of faith have dogged president throughout his term Concerns over fake news have dominated election campaign Joko Widodo […]
Indonesia’s Deja Vu Election: What You Need to Know
The Grasberg copper and gold mining complex in Papua. Photographer: Dadang Tri/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) By Thomas Kutty Abraham and Rieka Rahadiana | Bloomberg April 12 at 12:25 PM As Indonesia’s April […]
Clearing the ground for post-conflict reconstruction
Apr 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES By Giorgio Chiovelli, Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou LONDON — This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Since […]
Arab summits are vain ceremonial efforts to pretend Arab unity exists
Apr 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI When less and less Arab leaders attend Arab summits, isn’t that a vote of no confidence in them! I think yes. […]
Iraqi militias reject U.S. naming of Iran’s Guards as terrorist group
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 13, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), […]
Assange helped teach the people about our tarnished freedom – now we are all he has left to defend him
Slavoj Zizek It finally happened – Julian Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy and arrested. It was no surprise: many signs pointed in this direction. A week or […]
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized and Available Online
in Archives, Art, Books, Literature, Poetry, Religion | April 5th, 2019 Too often those in power lump thousands of years of Middle Eastern religion and culture into monolithic entities to […]
NSA whistleblower Snowden slams ‘weak’ US charges against Assange
World April 11, 2019 Earlier on Thursday, Edward Snowden described the arrest as “a dark moment for press freedom” Julian Assange © Victoria Jones/PA via AP MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. Former […]
Partnering with Assange was unpleasant. But work like his is crucial.
Ex-Guardian editor says laws protecting free speech shouldn’t depend on the likability of those in the firing line. Julian Assange is seen in 2011, before he sought asylum in the […]
Mohammad Bin Salman And Imran Khan: An Emerging Alliance Of Convenience – Analysis
Pakistan’s Imran Khan and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 1 Analysis World News Mohammad Bin Salman And Imran Khan: An Emerging Alliance Of Convenience – Analysis April 12, 2019 IPCS […]
Asia Bibi to leave Pakistan within weeks: Imran Khan
Web Desk APRIL 10, 2019 Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a meeting with BBC News, uncovered that Chiristian lady Asia Bibi will leave Pakistan in few days. BBC News World […]