Bernie Sanders could be US president in 2020 – and this is what it means for Israel and the Middle East
It’s one thing for a black candidate to go for the black vote in the US, but for an American Jew to go for the American Jewish vote is a […]
Protests Erupt In India After Women Defy Menstruation Ban At Hindu Temple
Source: Huffington Post By Jose Devasia and Neha Dasgupta Two women defied a centuries-old ban this week and entered the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Two women defied a centuries-old ban […]
Only 10% in Germany say they believe in God with absolute certainty
Percentage who say they believe in God with absolute certainty: 🇦🇲 Armenia: 79% 🇬🇪 Georgia: 73 🇧🇦 Bosnia: 66 🇵🇱 Poland: 45 🇵🇹 Portugal: 44 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 37 🇨🇭 Switzerland: […]
Al-Shabaab’s Kenya attack proves the terrorist group is still deadly
Source: Vox Kenya has been an al-Shabaab target for years. It seems like that will continue, even with US-backed military efforts to defeat the terrorists. A bloody, day-long terrorist attack […]
Ilhan Omar, the Muslim congresswoman Saudi Arabia tried to smear, secures place on powerful House committee that could stop the US from selling arms to the kingdom
Alexandra Ma Ilhan Omar, a first-year member of Congress, was chosen to sit on the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week. The committee oversees bills and investigations related to […]
Saudi Arabia pumps money into restive Shi’ite quarter it once flattened
17 Jan 2019 AWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia: The old quarter of Awamiya, a town on Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing eastern shore that was once the centre of Shi’ite protests, was levelled […]
India risks becoming a Hindu Pakistan
by Mihir Sharma. Follow @mihirssharma on Twitter India is, and has been since independence in 1947, a liberal secular democracy. Its first generation of leaders resolutely refused to accept the argument of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah that the Hindus and the Muslims of the subcontinent represented two different nations. […]
‘For Indians, the silence in Switzerland can be deafening’
Don’t talk to strangers – unless they’re Swiss! Indian parents have a unique way of raising their kids which includes making us perform customary dance routines for visiting guests […]
Ghana: 87th Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention ends
Date: Jan 17 , 2019 BY: Daily Graphic The 87th Annual National Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission ended at Pomadze, near Winneba, at the weekend, with a call on […]
Trump’s plan proposes Palestinian state on most of occupied W. Bank, excluding holy sites: Israeli TV
Israeli television said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan would propose a Palestinian state on as much as 90 percent of the illegally occupied West […]
Malaysian Islam seen through 3 men
Tajuddin Rasdi – January 17, 2019 10:11 AM 3.6k Shares I wish to present three perspectives of Islam concerning the concept of choosing a “leader” in Malaysia. This article is […]
We saw final moments of MH370, say fishermen
Ainaa Aiman – January 16, 2019 SUBANG JAYA: An Indonesian fisherman today said he and three others had witnessed the final minutes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which […]
Artificial intelligence may soon cause unprecedented disruption
Ellen R. Wald January 16, 2019 Workplace automation, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, is on the rise. (AFP) A prominent Chinese venture capitalist, Kai-Fu Lee, has […]
Turkey scrambles to draft a roadmap for post-US troop withdrawal
Jan 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Turkey’s military has shifted its focus from north-eastern to north-western Syria since Al Qaeda’s Hayat Tahrir Al Sham defeated Ankara’s surrogate factions […]
Subtle shifts in the way you speak can reveal the fate of your relationship
Source: BBC News By Martha Henriques Let’s say your relationship is on the rocks. You’ve been trying to work things out together in couples’ counselling, but ultimately, you want to […]
El Chapo ‘paid $100m bribe to former Mexican president Peña Nieto’
Source: BBC News Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a witness has testified. Alex Cifuentes, who says […]
The Melbourne bakeries that tell a story of Jewish migration
Source: BBC News By Ian Lloyd Neubauer Image copyrightMONARCH CAKE SHOPImage captionPearl Levine opened Monaco Cake Shop, Melbourne’s first Jewish bakery, in 1931 Australia’s largest Jewish community is found in […]
China’s Muslims fear crackdown in ancient city of Xi’an
Source: The Guardian The streets of Xi’an’s Muslim quarter are bustling. Tourists from all over China and the rest of the world throng the small stalls and restaurants for delicacies such as yangrou paomo lamb […]
Diabolical liberty? Anger over Spanish city’s ‘friendly’ devil
Source: The Guardian BY Sam Jones in Madrid The devil’s attempt to take up residence in the ancient Spanish city of Segovia has been temporarily thwarted by a group of concerned […]
In northern Kenya, al-Shabab militants target Christian teachers
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo WAJIR, Kenya (RNS) — After the militant group al-Shabab killed three of his colleagues in a recent attack on Christian schoolteachers here, Jared Nyanchong’i […]