Almost half of US families can’t afford basics like rent and food
Source: CNN By Tami Luhby The economy may be chugging along, but many Americans are still struggling to afford a basic middle class life. Nearly 51 million households don’t earn […]
Vatican Denounces Offshore Tax Havens
Source: Wall Street Journal BY Francis X. Rocca ROME—The Vatican denounced the use of offshore tax havens and financial instruments such as debt securitizations that are seen as factors behind […]
Lebanon Is Known as Gay Friendly. But Pride Week Was Shut Down.
Source: The New York Times By Nada Homsi May 16, 2018 BEIRUT, Lebanon — For members of Lebanon’s gay community, Beirut Pride week was intended as a way to celebrate […]
How an Irish-American woman’s legal case helped spur Ireland’s abortion referendum
Source: The Washington Post By Isaac Stanley-Becker DUBLIN — On a shelf in Amanda Mellet’s bedroom sits a wooden box that holds the ashes of her baby girl. A small plaque […]
More Chilean sex abuse victims speak up during pope summit
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and EVA VERGARA VATICAN CITY (AP) — Another group of Chilean church sex abuse victims is making its voice heard as the country’s Catholic […]
Dutch lawmaker Wilders appeals discrimination conviction
Source: Reuters BY Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders began his appeal on Thursday against a conviction for inciting discrimination, accusing prosecutors of trying to destroy […]
India’s Hindu nationalists defeat Congress in state election
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party ended Congress party rule in a key southern state on Thursday, but […]
Anti-Islam Movement Has New Rallying Cry — Let’s Delete Verses of the Quran
Source: The Intercept By Mehdi Hasan, who is a Columnist, The Intercept. Contributing Editor, New Statesman. Host, Al Jazeera English. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University. YOU THINK LIFE is bad for […]
Is Islam exceptional? And what does it mean for the future of Western democracy?
brookings.edu: In his book “Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle over Islam is Reshaping the World”, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Shadi Hamid argues that Islam is exceptional in how it relates to law, governance and politics, and plays an outsized role in public life in the Arab world. He also posits that […]
Saudi Prince Salman’s monthlong absence fuels speculation
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL It has been almost a month since Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman made a public appearance, triggering questions whether the April 21 incidents at the Royal […]
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to set up a scientific committee to study a dam Ethiopia is building on a tributary of the Nile
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi speaks during ‘5th National Youth Congress’ in a session ‘Ask the President’ in Cairo, Egypt, on […]
Syrian entrepreneurs thrive in Turkey, boost economy
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian coffee seller makes a coffee, in Gaziantep, in the southwest province of Turkey on May 1 (AFP photo by Ozan Kose) […]
A Blueprint to save the Iran deal
May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Guy Verhofstadt BRUSSELS — There can no longer be any doubt that “America First” means precisely that. In abandoning the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, […]
Arab League calls for int’l probe into Israeli crimes
Jordan renews call for recognising East Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital By Agencies – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Thursday shows a general view of the Arab League Foreign Ministers […]
How long after this week’s Gaza massacre are we going to continue pretending that the Palestinians are non-people?
Remember how they were to blame for their own exodus seven decades ago, because they followed the instructions of radio stations to leave their homes until the Jews of Israel […]
India calls ceasefire in Kashmir for holy month of Ramadan
Source: Aljazeera India will suspend all military operations against rebels in Kashmir during the holy month of Ramadan for the first time in nearly two decades. The move, which comes after months of intense fighting […]
Local Muslims say retailers can help bring Ramadan into the mainstream
Source: Houston Chronicle By Ileana Najarro Photo: Marie D. De Jesus, Houston Chronicle / Houston Chronicle Eid decorative plates sold at Party City, purchased by Asma Malik. Thursday, May 10, 2018, in Houston. Children’s Ramadan books were stacked on Asma Malik’s dining table, soon to be wrapped and placed in a […]
Trump’s surprising Ramadan message to Muslims
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein Offering warm greetings on Ramadan and hosting an iftar meal have been standard White House behavior for decades during the major Muslim holiday — […]
Most U.S. Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting during daylight hours
Source: Pew Research Center By Besheer Mohamed, who is a senior researcher focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. Eight-in-ten Muslims in America say they fast during Ramadan. In fact, […]
About 60 Rohingya Babies Are Born Every Day in Refugee Camps, the U.N. Says
Source: Time By FELIZ SOLOMON Updated: May 16, 2018 10:13 PM ET | Originally published: May 17, 2018 Nine months since military violence in western Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands of […]