Millions of Americans Believe God Made Trump President
Source: Politico By AMY SULLIVAN If Donald Trump gets a little bored on his flight home from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he can always page through […]
The spiritual message hidden in ‘Star Wars’
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)“Star Wars” has always kept its fingers close to America’s spiritual pulse. In the ’70s and ’80s, the interstellar saga explored Eastern traditions, […]
‘He’s not God’: In the wake of porn-star allegations, most evangelicals stand by Trump
Source: The Washington Post By John Wagner and Michelle Boorstein January 29 at 8:35 AM Email the author When news broke this month about President Trump’s alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, it seemed […]
Amir Khan to fight Phil lo Greco in Liverpool – first bout since 2016
Source: BBC News Britain’s Amir Khan will fight Canadian Phil lo Greco at the Liverpool Echo Arena on 21 April in his first bout for almost two years. Khan, 31, […]
India issues 7.5% growth forecast
Source: BBC News India’s growth rate is set to rise over the coming year after a slowdown, according to a government forecast. It predicts that economic growth in 2017-18 will […]
Israel and Poland Have Agreed to Talks Over a Controversial Holocaust ‘Blame’ Bill
Source: Time By JOSEF FEDERMAN / AP 3:03 AM EST (JERUSALEM) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday night that Israel and Poland have agreed to hold talks seeking to resolve […]
The Judge in Larry Nassar’s Case Honored Criminal Justice — and Victims
Source: Time By AREVA MARTIN January 26, 2018 IDEAS Areva Martin is TIME’s Sexist Laws Explained columnist. She is an attorney, advocate, television host, legal and social issues commentator and author. There’s something […]
At Least 103 Dead in Ambulance Suicide Attack in Kabul
Source: Time By RAHIM FAIEZ / AP Updated: January 27, 2018 11:38 AM ET KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan authorities have raised the dead toll from Saturday’s suicide bombing in Kabul to […]
Save your children from digital addiction
Nidhal Guessoum | Published — Monday 29 January 2018 There’s a good chance your children, whatever age they may be, are digital addicts. We do not have statistics for the […]
Jordan faces new approaches of peace
Jan 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Geopolitics in the Middle East is dynamic with continuous crises and ongoing change. Recently we have seen expanding crises with new […]
Syrians with temporary US protection brace for Trump decision
By Reuters – Jan 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Temporary Protected Status holders Mohammad Alala and his wife Dania, both from Syria, and their two US born children Taim and Amr […]
Jolie hails Jordan’s continued support to Syrian refugees
UNHCR special envoy tours Zaatari refugee camp By Andrea López-Tomàs – Jan 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie speaks during a visit to the Zaatari refugee camp […]
Inside Afrin, the true victims of Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria are revealed – refugees, babies, women and children
Exclusive: In part three of his Inside Syria series, and the first Western media report from Afrin since the start of the Turkish offensive, Robert Fisk shows just how ‘surgical’ is the […]
Female Pakistani Activist Pushes Back Against Blasphemy Charges
January 27, 2018 9:14 PMhttps://www.voanews.com/a/pakistani-activist-gulalai-ismail-pushes-back-blasphemy-charges/4228239.html Nazrana Ghaffar Pakistan’s Gulalai Ismail delivers an acceptance speech after being awarded the Prize for Conflict Prevention for the work of her organization Aware Girls promoting women’s issues and equality in Pakistan, during the award ceremony of the Jacques Chirac Foundation in Paris, Nov. 24 […]
One Year After Quebec mosque shooting
Remember their names As we recall the horror of the shooting at a Quebec City mosque, it is important to remember the victims. ALLISON HANES, MONTREAL GAZETTE Published on: January 29, 2018 | Last Updated: January 29, 2018 6:32 AM EST The six victims of a shooting at a Quebec […]
Pakistani Nobel Laureate Dr Abdus Salam – today is his 92 birthday
Dr. Abdus Salam, 29 January 1926- 21 November 1996 Listen to short audio clip of Dr Salam when he was talking to AMJ members in Ottawa 1982. NayaDaur Happy birthday to Dr Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist and Nobel prize winner. Here is a rare recording of Dr Salam from a […]
India: Kerala: Woman Imam leads Friday prayer, triggers debate
January 27, 2018, 9:24 PM IST Malappuram (Kerala): A 34-year-old woman has led Jumu’ah, a Friday prayer service of Muslims, here in Kerala, claimed to be the first in the history of the country. Jamitha, the general secretary of Quran Sunnat Society, took the role of the ‘imam’ of the prayers […]
We cannot win in Afghanistan because we do not know why we are there
Source: NY Times By Steve Coll is the author of the forthcoming “Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” “The United States is not losing […]
Quebec community rallies for mosque attack hero: ‘He sacrificed his legs for us’
Source: The Guardian BY Ashifa Kassam in Toronto When gunfire erupted in his mosque in Quebec City, Aymen Derbali’s instincts took over. The 41-year-old locked eyes with the shooter, inching slowly towards him through […]
Dead Sea scroll deciphered to reveal ancient calendar
Source: The Guardian BY Alison Flood One of the last remaining Dead Sea scrolls has been deciphered by researchers at the University of Haifa, with the ancient fragment revealing that its […]