Three days in Baghdad
Jan 22,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH I spent the last three days in Baghdad participating in a round-table meeting organised by the Baghdad Policy Club, which convened […]
Israel thinks it can crush the life out of the Palestinian dream. We can’t let it
Israel’s occupation project is hostile to our freedom, humanity and dignity. Our only option is to continue to oppose it Ahmed Abu Artema Tuesday 22 January 2019 Palestinians in Gaza […]
Ticking time bomb: The water crisis which threatens chances for peace in the Middle East
Climate change and crumbling infrastructure are causing water shortages in Gaza, which could soon make the enclave uninhabitable, as Bel Trew reports The Independent A woman draws water from […]
50% of Americans say they believe God determines what happens to them all or most of the time
Epigraph: And he who submits himself completely to Allah, and is of service to others, he has surely grasped a strong handle. And with Allah rests the end of all […]
A New Blood Test Could Detect Alzheimer’s 10 Years Earlier
Source: MSN By Emily Price A new blood test could potentially detect Alzheimer’s in patients over 10 years before symptoms appear. The secret is the levels of a protein in […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls people towards Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of equity and justice
Jan 21, 2019 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, one of the nation’s oldest Muslim organizations, joins its fellow Americans today in remembering and honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his […]
The super rich at Davos are scared of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to hike taxes on the wealthy
The 70 percent tax rate on earnings above $10 million proposed by freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has the elite financiers attending Davos worried. “By the time we get to […]
Davos Attendees Wonder, ‘What on Earth Is Donald Trump Up To?’
By David Wainer Janua World leaders split into three camps over Trump’s vagaries Merkel, Brazil’s Bolsonaro, China’s Wang among Davos attendees Full coverage at bloomberg.com/davos, on Twitter @business and […]
Items owned by exiled Russian princeling discovered in secret chamber of Uzbekistan home
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A secret chamber containing artifacts worth at least a million dollars belonging to a controversial Russian royal family member was discovered by archaeologists in the basement of […]
The dangerous ways we acquire knowledge
Sharifah Munirah Alatas – January 21, 2019 The Quran says, “Allah will never change a grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in […]
The faith of an entire group is not determined by one man
from Malaysia: Ikmal Rozlan – January 21, 2019 According to comments by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang at a recent seminar, any Muslim who wants religion to be an exclusively […]
Dr M: Trump bars Mexicans, what’s wrong if we bar Israelis?
AFP – January 22, 2019 VIENNA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad today again defended Malaysia’s ban on Israeli athletes, likening it to US President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along […]
Worse than anyone thought: Trump’s ‘compromise’ bill would actually destroy asylum in this country
written by Matthew Chapman January 22, 2019 On Saturday, President Donald Trump gave a speech to the nation, announcing what he called a “compromise” to end the government shutdown he […]
Misusing Palestine’s growing international legitimacy
Source: Arab News By Ramzy Baroud The “State of Palestine” has officially been handed the chairmanship of the G-77, the largest group of developing countries in the UN. This is […]
How to Watch the ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’ Lunar Eclipse This Weekend
Source: Time By GINA MARTINEZ In January 2019, stargazers in the U.S. and elsewhere will be treated to a lunar eclipse that some are calling the “super blood wolf moon.” A […]
The MLK Speech We Need Today Is Not the One We Remember Most
Source: Time By VIET THANH NGUYEN Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. His novel The Sympathizer won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other […]
Turkey planning international investigation into Khashoggi case – minister
Jan 22, 2019 – 08:40 FILE PHOTO: People protest against the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London, Britain, October 26 2018. REUTERS/Simon […]
26 Billionaires Own The Same Wealth As The Poorest 3.8 Billion People
Source: Huffington Post By Laura Paddison The gap between rich and poor is fracturing society, poisoning politics and fueling public anger, according to a new report from anti-poverty nonprofit Oxfam, […]
A weakly inflated trial balloon
Jan 21,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This week, a well-known Israeli journalist revealed what he said were “new details about the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan”. His report, […]
Will Jews become a persecuted minority?
Jan 21,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – HASSAN A. BARARI Benny Morris, the famous Israeli new historian, said in an interview with Ofer Aderet of Haaretz that “this place will decline […]