Tesla to make all its new cars self-driving
Source: BBC Electric carmaker Tesla says all cars it now builds will have hardware needed to drive completely on their own. But despite the cameras, sensors and radars being introduced, […]
How Donald Trump Undermined Democratic Tradition
Source: Time By Zeke J Miller In a striking breach of decorum that upended more than two centuries of American democratic tradition, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trumprefused to commit Wednesday to accept the outcome of the Nov. 8 general election. “I will tell you at the time,” Trump said midway through […]
Scientists Accidentally Discover Method to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol
Source: Time By Justin Worland A team of scientists in Tennessee accidentally discovered a new method to convert carbon dioxide to ethanol, a finding that could aid the development of new methods to fight climate change. The finding comes from a group of scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge […]
Karena Virginia Learnt about Modest Dressing After Unwanted Sexual Touching by Trump
Woman accuses Trump of touching her breast outside U.S. Open in 1998 Source: Yahoo News Another woman came forward Thursday accusing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of “inappropriate sexual conduct” […]
Bollywood Becomes India and Pakistan’s Latest Battleground
NYTimes.com By GEETA ANAND and AYESHA VENKATARAMANOCT. 19, 2016 MUMBAI, India — India and Pakistan, longtime enemies with nuclear arsenals, have battled over borders, killed each other’s soldiers and fought three wars since the countries’ creation seven decades ago. Now their battle has reached the big screen.The Indian film director Karan Johar in 2008. He said […]
Malala calls on Muslims to respect Islam’s true message
Source: Arab News SHARJAH: Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, giving a speech Wednesday in the UAE, urged Muslims to respect the “true message of Islam” and unite against […]
‘Ashura – History and Popular Legend
First Sermon: ‘Ashura – History and Popular Legend From a Shia’a point of view: Source: https://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/vol13-no3/ashura-misrepresentations-distortions-part-1-mutahhari/first-sermon-ashura (al-islam.org is a Shia’a website). (See this website to inform yourself about Shia’a’s points of view) In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful All Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord […]
Book Review: Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age
Source of the book review: Amazon Book by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh Required reading from the founder of MuslimGirl.com—a harrowing and candid memoir about coming of age as a Muslim American in the […]
Full Video: The Third Presidential Debate: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
According to CNN poll after the debate 52% think that Hillary Clinton won the debate and 39% favored Donald Trump
Saudi Arabia draws record $67bn demand for first international bond
REUTERS | Published — Wednesday 19 October 2016 Saudi Arabia has reassured investors that it could stabilize state finances and reduce its dependence on oil. DUBAI/LONDON: Saudi Arabia attracted massive investor demand of about $67 billion on Wednesday for its first international bond offer, as the Kingdom allayed concern […]
Most US Syrians Arrivals Are Kids, Now Enrolling in School
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS EL CAJON, Calif. — Oct 20, 2016 Seated at his desk at a suburban San Diego middle school, 12-year-old Abdulhamid Ashehneh tries not to let his mind wander to the painful memories of his life in civil war-torn Syria. His father disappeared suddenly four years […]
Camerawoman who kicked migrants takes film award
AGENCIES | Published — Thursday 20 October 2016 Petra Laszlo MADRID: Hungarian media said Wednesday that the camerawoman who was filmed last year kicking and trying to trip migrants near Hungary’s border with Serbia has accepted an award for a documentary. According to Hungarian media, Petra Laszlo, credited as the […]
Victims of Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla fear legal case will be dropped over new political deal
There is concern from plaintiffs that ‘politics is trampling on justice’ following an agreement to restore diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey, writes Robert Fisk Robert Fisk @indyvoices Tuesday 18 October 2016 66 comments Turkish cruise ship Mavi Marmara, carrying pro-Palestinian activists and humanitarian aid to Gaza, leaves from Sarayburnu port in […]
The liberal arts as antidote to political extremism in Mideast
Oct 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ted Purinton and Allison Hodgkins With Daesh-inspired terror attacks becoming an almost routine occurrence, there is renewed attention on developing strategies for countering violent extremism across the globe. As we speak, studies are being commissioned, hearings held and conferences planned to develop and promote programmes […]
Evoking Ottoman past, Erdogan vows to tackle Turkey’s enemies abroad
‘From now on we will not wait for problems to come knocking on our door’ By Reuters – Oct 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) ANKARA/ISTANBUL […]
UNESCO vote is about Israeli occupation, not Jewish history
Oct 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab The recent resolution that was approved by the world’s cultural body about the old city of Jerusalem, Al Haram Al Sharif and the Ibrahimi Mosque had nothing to do with Jews or Jewish history. A close reading of the resolutions passed by UNESCO […]
‘Jordan could ensure safety of Mosul citizens’
Oct 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson got the war in Aleppo and Mosul right: he depicted two black-clad grim reapers, operating in shifts, covering the cityscapes with blood. This war is finally to be fought with exactly the same ferocity on two fronts, with the […]
Muslims split on how to assuage fears of non-Muslims while defending their rights
Source: THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION By Meris Lutz The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Masjid Al-Mu’minun, a mosque on Hank Aaron Drive in south Atlanta, is one of the few that play the call to […]
Clinton Challenges Trump for a Traditional Republican Bloc, White Catholics
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ PAOLI, Pa. — Since the election of Ronald Reagan, white Roman Catholics have flocked to Republican nominees for a raft of reasons, […]
Two months of house arrest for man who pulled off woman’s hijab
Source: ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL By Katy Barnitz / Journal Staff Writer Khawla Abdel-Haq said she felt like she’d been undressed when Gill Parker Payne pulled the hijab off her head during a flight to Albuquerque in December, “He violated me, not just took off my scarf,” she said in an interview after […]