Islam between Culture and politics
Shahzada Rahim January 17, 2019 Islam is both cultural and faith system but not a political ideology (Politicization). The politicization of Islam in past decades had created a distinction […]
Chaguan: History shows the folly of China’s paranoia about Islam
Crude attempts to sinicise the faith will alienate Muslims Print edition | China Jan 17th 2019 IT IS A shame that so few Chinese remember General Bai Chongxi, a brilliant […]
Your questions about the government shutdown, answered (part 2)
at 9:00 a.m. We recently asked readers what they wanted to know about the government shutdown. In a previous installment, we tackled questions about missed work and pay for government […]
Malaysia: Goldman Sachs must pay, apology not enough
AP January 18, 2019 Goldman CEO David Solomon apologized Wednesday to the Malaysian people for its former banker Tim Leissner’s role in arranging bond sales for 1MDB PUTRAYAJAYA, […]
‘Levant’s transition to Islamic rule was gradual for majority of population’
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Jan 17,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The transition from the Byzantine to Early Islamic period was drastic when looks at only historical literary sources, claimed a […]
Vote ‘Dildo for Indonesia’: rivals for president find young voters hard to please
As elections loom, millennials tired of leaders who do not represent them find happiness in spoof social media personalities Kate Lamb in Jakarta @_KateLamb Fri 18 Jan 2019 With their […]
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 […]