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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 — […]
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, […]
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 […]
Source: BBC News By Tara McKelvey Martinsburg, Pennsylvania Gina Haspel has paved the way for her confirmation as new CIA director, after repudiating torture tactics used in the past. But the […]
Source: USA Today WASHINGTON — President Trump used extraordinarily harsh rhetoric to renew his call for stronger immigration laws Wednesday, calling undocumented immigrants “animals” and venting frustration at Mexican officials who […]
Source: USA Today BY Gillian Flaccus, The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — A U.S. jury found a Christian missionary from Oregon guilty Wednesday of multiple sex abuse charges for molesting children […]
Source: The Washington Post By William Booth and Karla Adam Britain’s Prince Harry is set to marry Meghan Markle on Saturday. (Matt Dunham/AP) LONDON — When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stand before the […]
Source: The Globe and Mail GEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH Two men convicted of practising polygamy in British Columbia were motivated by “sincerely held religious beliefs,” but their sentences should include jail time […]
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) – Most years, the eve of Ramadan brings a flood of shoppers to Abdallah Sarendah’s candy and food shop, located on a […]