Jan 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES ZOGBY In just a matter of days, President-elect Donald Trump will have to decide whether to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. As we approach inauguration day, liberal and conservative commentators alike offer a number of ideas on […]
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley January 22 NICE, France — The Mosque En-Nour is hidden on the outskirts of town, tucked away in an anonymous office park behind […]
Source: Reuters By Mohamed Zaki | CAIRO An Egyptian box office hit that highlights the religious establishment’s cozy relations with the state has provoked a backlash from Sunni Muslim clerics, […]
Source: The Globe and Mail By TU THANH HA The Globe and Mail A joke that a Montreal school monitor misheard eventually landed a Muslim teenager in custody, with officials convinced that the youth was planning to blow up their school and officers taking him away in handcuffs, a civil […]
Source: Reuters By Anamesere Igboeroteonwu | ONITSHA, NIGERIA Over 1,000 southern Nigerian secessionists took to the streets on Friday to express the hope that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump […]
Source: The New York Times By SOMINI SENGUPTA UNITED NATIONS — President Trump reinstated a policy on Monday that originated in the Reagan era, prohibiting the granting of American foreign […]
Source: BBC By Brajesh Upadhyay BBC News, Washington Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES When Indian-American industrialist Shalabh “Shalli” Kumar donated close to a million dollars to the Trump campaign, many in the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kristine Guerra A father and son accused of raping a teenage girl over a three-year period and keeping her shackled in a basement have made […]
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Tuesday it approved plans to build 2,500 new settler homes in the West Bank, signaling a major ramp-up of […]
Courtesy: Laiq Ahmad Atif of Malta Relationship between Religion and Politics in Islam, A Speech by Mirza Tahir Ahmad Recently Pakistan has been the seat of this hot, sometime violent […]
Source:Asia Time ver the past year, Donald Trump has vowed to “utterly destroy” ISIS, considered lifting sanctions on Russia, promised to cancel the Paris climate agreement and “dismantle” the Iran nuclear deal. But many of his most inflammatory statements are directed at China. He has promised to label China as […]
Source: Asia Times: After five long years of war and bloodshed, Syria’s Assad is not only standing as ‘the leader’ of the country but the international support for him has also increased. Thanks to Russia’s and Iran’s continuous support. The extent and the effectiveness of the support these countries have […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey President Trump’s inaugural address was infused with religious language, reflecting a rhetorical shift from the nation’s new leader. His previous speeches have […]
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL VIRTANEN MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A kindergartner’s mother sued her public school system in West Virginia, saying a 75-year practice of putting kids in Bible […]
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY and JULFIKAR ALI MANIK DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s Education Ministry was preparing to print the 2017 editions of its standard Bengali textbooks […]
Source: The Telegraph BY Camilla Turner, education editor 22 JANUARY 2017 • 11:45AM Achaplain to the Queen has resigned after publicly criticising a church that allowed a Koran reading during its […]
By Khetam Malkawi – Jan 23,2017 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan will have a series of contacts with the US to discuss the implications of President Donald Trump’s pledge to relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a top government official said on Monday. “We […]
Reuters International JAN 24, 2017 – FILE PHOTO – A Palestinian demonstrator holds placard during a protest against a promise by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to re-locate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, in the West Bank near Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Luke […]
No, I am not introducing a new ‘App’ or ‘Matching Service’ for potential ‘recruitment’ into polygamous unions via social media. What I am referring to is the problem of polygamous husbands using the social media or just spending some time on the Desktop Computer. All of us, whether married or […]
OPINION By Gabrielle Hogan-Brun JAN 23, 2017 (Keystone) The ability to speak more than one language is one of the more notable strengths of the Swiss people and economy. It also makes Switzerland a good test case for how the world might benefit from more multilingualism in economics and trade, […]