Saudi billionaire pledges entire fortune to charity
Editor’s Note: Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal had already announced that he will donate his fortune to Charity. Let’s see what is left of it once the Crown Prince has taken […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadiyyas Could Become the Next Rohingyas
By Sten Widmalm on 06/12/2017 • Any suggestion of providing basic rights to the Ahmadiyyas is enough to trigger massive protests and even riots among Muslim extremists. A protester near burning tents in Pakistan. Credit: Reuters The recent turmoil in Pakistan has mostly been described as “blasphemy protests”. An ‘amendment’ […]
Walking a fine line between Syrian Kurds and Turkey
Dec 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen No one can predict what the Trump administration will do in this region where Arabs, Kurds, Iranians and Turks […]
Trump’s error on Jerusalem is a disaster for the Arab world … and the US too
Rashid Khalidi The president’s foolish move in recognising the city as the capital of Israel will have negative consequences impossible to predict Palestinians in Rafah protest on 6 December against […]
EU to sue Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic in top court over migration
Reuters International This content was published on December 6, 2017 By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive will sue Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in […]
Andrej Babiš sworn in as Czech PM with pledge to crack down on migration
Billionaire ANO leader to form minority government after tapping into popular discontent over immigration and EU relations Andrej Babiš, left, is appointed prime minister by the Czech president, Miloš Zeman, […]
Trump asks Saudi Arabia to allow immediate aid to Yemen
Reuters International This content was published on December 7, 2017 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing the White House for New York in Washington, U.S., […]
How can we build the Third Temple together?
Source: Muslim Sunrise Spring 2017 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In a recent interview President Trump said about his son in law, […]
Pivotal Justice Kennedy poses tough questions in gay wedding case
Source: Reuters By Lawrence Hurley 6 MIN READ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared sharply divided in the closely watched case of a Christian baker who […]
Supreme Court Seems Split In Case Of Baker Vs. Same-Sex Couple; Eyes Now On Kennedy
Source: NPR By NINA TOTENBERG All eyes were on Justice Anthony Kennedy Tuesday at a riveting Supreme Court argument where the issue was whether a baker may refuse to create a […]
TIME’s Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers
Source: Time BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, ELIANA DOCKTERMAN AND HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILLY & HELLS Movie stars are supposedly nothing like you and me. They’re svelte, glamorous, self-possessed. They wear dresses […]
US to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, senior administration officials have said. He is due to announce the controversial decision in a speech later. […]
Why Jerusalem matters
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The BBC’s Yolande Knell explains why the city is […]
Society’s gap between men and women still wide
Source: CNN By Kelly Wallace, CNN (CNN)The past two months have no doubt been a turning point when it comes to sexual harassment allegations in the workplace. Women, who are often […]
Effect of Abrahamic Faiths, Atheism and Agnosticism on Morality?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to a recent Pew Research Center, most U.S. adults now say it is not necessary to believe in God […]
The Value of Women
Source: US News By Susan Milligan, Senior Writer | Dec. 5, 2017, at 12:01 p.m. Women: do you get the feeling that society values you largely for your beauty and nurturing manner, while […]
Men and Women Say They’re More Different Than Similar
Source: The New York Times By Claire Cain Miller Men are tough; women are in touch with their feelings. Men are providers; women are nurturers. Men should punch back when […]
On Gender Differences, No Consensus on Nature vs. Nurture
Source: Pew Research Center Americans say society places a higher premium on masculinity than on femininity BY KIM PARKER, JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ AND RENEE STEPLER Twenty-five years after the release of the bestseller “Men […]
How do your views on gender compare with those of other Americans?
Source: Pew Research Center BY KIM PARKER, JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ AND RENEE STEPLER Pew Research Center recently released a series of reports looking at Americans’ views on the state of gender equality, gender differences and gender identity, all […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘American mercenaries are torturing’ Saudi elite rounded up by new crown prince – and billionaire Prince Alwaleed was hung upside down ‘just to send a message’
Source: Daily Mail UK Source in Saudi Arabia says American private security contractors are carrying out’interrogations’ on princes and billionaires arrested in crackdown Detained members of Saudi elite have […]