German court bans mosque’s outdoor call to prayer
Source: Straits Times BERLIN (REUTERS) – A mosque in northwest Germany may no longer broadcast its Friday midday call to prayer by loudspeaker for now after a local court upheld […]
India: The Qur’an Puts No Bar Against a Muslim Woman from Leading Friday Prayers
The Qur’an rules out any notion of spiritual or cognitive inferiority of women to men By Muhammad Yunus, New Age Islam 03 February 2018 (Co-author (Jointly with Ashfaque Ullah Syed, Essential Message of Islam, Amana Publications, USA, 2009) This article follows up on Syeda Hameed’s article, ‘A Woman Can Lead […]
India: A Woman Can Lead Friday Prayers, It’s Not against Tenets of Islam
By Syeda Hameed February 01, 2018 I was a member of the National Commission of Women in 1998 when I met Daud Sharifa, who was building a mosque for women at Puddokotai, Tamil Nadu, since women were denied entry into mosques there. Last week, I read reports that a woman in […]
Israel says Poland agrees to talks in WWII legislation spat
Source: Associated Press By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday night that Israel and Poland have agreed to hold talks seeking to resolve the uproar […]
Vatican, Eager for China Ties, Asks ‘Underground’ Bishops to Step Aside
Source: The New York Times BEIJING — In a move that has upset many in the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican asked two “underground” bishops in China to surrender their […]
How to control a machine using your mind
Source: BBC News By Emma Woollacott Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionBrainwave patterns can now be measured and interpreted by software as instructions Imagine being able to make […]
John McCain blasts memo controversy, Trump for ‘doing Putin’s job’
Source: CNN By Devan Cole (CNN)Sen. John McCain blasted President Donald Trump on Friday for approving the release of the highly controversial GOP-Nunes memo, saying “if we continue to undermine […]
Federal judge: Florida’s felon voting restoration flawed
Source: Associated Press By GARY FINEOUT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a ruling that could reverberate in this year’s crucial elections, a federal judge ruled that Florida’s system of restoring […]
Donald Trump Is Playing a Dangerous Game of Nuclear Poker
Source: Time By W.J. HENNIGAN February 1, 2018 At a vast tract of uninhabited desert in southern Nevada, hundreds of moonlike craters dimple the wasteland, remnants of Cold War nuclear explosions […]
How Amazon Will Drastically Change Health Care, According to Futurists
Source: Time By PAUL SCHRODT February 1, 2018 Amazon made an announcement Tuesday that sent shockwaves through the health care industry and caused insurers’ stocks to plummet: The technology company is joining Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to […]
Sources Shared on Twitter: A Case Study on Immigration
Source: Pew Research Center An analysis of 9.7 million tweets reveals that news organizations played the largest role in which content was linked to compared with other information providers BY GALEN […]
Majorities Say Government Does Too Little for Older People, the Poor and the Middle Class
Source: Pew Research Center Partisan, age gaps in views of government help for younger people Majorities of Americans say the federal government does not provide enough help for older people […]
State of the Union 2018: Americans’ views on key issues facing the nation
Source: Pew Research Center BY KRISTEN BIALIK President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address on Jan. 30 in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol. (Brooks […]
More adults now share their living space, driven in part by parents living with their adult children
Source: Pew Research Center BY RICHARD FRY American adults are increasingly sharing a home with other adults with whom they are not romantically involved. This arrangement, known as “doubling up” or […]
$7.3b Jordan Response Plan endorsed
JRP seeks to compensate Kingdom for burdens ensuing from regional crises By Rana Husseini – Feb 02,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Scene from Zaatari refugee camp, some 80km northeast of Amman (Photo […]
Egypt’s election and continued Arab degradation
Feb 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri For most of the past two centuries, Egypt has been the epicentre, litmus test, proving ground, and mother of cultural and […]
German mosque must stop broadcasting call to prayer, court finds
Reuters International This content was published on February 2, 2018 4:22 PMFeb 2, 2018 – 16:22 BERLIN (Reuters) – A mosque in northwest Germany may no longer broadcast its Friday midday call to prayer by loudspeaker for now after a local court upheld a challenge by […]
From a luxury ‘prison,’ an exclusive interview with Saudi Prince Alwaleed
Reuters International This content was published on February 2, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the […]
On the front line in Syria, a confusing conversation with a doctor who may be an official of the YPG
Dr Heddo – trained as a doctor at the Aleppo medical school, he confided – wouldn’t exactly confirm he was an official of the YPG although he certainly sounded like it. […]
Joel Osteen’s Video: Knowing God as a Father
Epigraph: And when My servants ask thee about Me, say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to […]