Source: Time By Daniel Estrin / AP (JERUSALEM) — Israel on Thursday suspended most special permits for Palestinians to visit Israel during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and beefed up […]
Source: BBC A human-carrying drone has been given approval for test flights in Nevada, the first of its kind in the United States. The autonomous drone – dubbed 184 – […]
Source: Huffington Post By Emily Peck Executive Editor, Business and Technology, The Huffington Post Hillary Clinton just cracked the glass ceiling, the name we’ve given the invisible barrier that keeps women […]
Thanks, Obama. https://t.co/DzKgMFgdmP — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Swimwear adhering to hijabi dresscode banned from German pool A two-piece ‘burqini’ covers the hair and arms and has long trousers A person complained at a pool in Regensburg, southeast Germany Mayor didn’t understand why she needed to cover up in front of women By Sara Malm for MailOnline Published: […]
Source: Balkan Insight. A thirty-six year old woman from Sarajevo, who has two children from her first marriage, told BIRN about how she married an Arab, to become his second wife. She says her new husband, who is 51, originally came to Bosnia for business, to open a small company […]
Each false atrocity bleeds into the body of evidence of other, real crimes, contaminating the truth for decades to come Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices We all know the problem. […]
Avigdor Lieberman’s political promises of beheading, a fourth Gaza war and a third Lebanon war – there have in fact been five Israeli-Lebanese wars, but no matter – bode a very unhappy future for both Israel and its Arab neighbours Robert Fisk @indyvoices ‘Mindless’ though the Israelis like to dub […]
AFP | Published — Friday 10 June 2016 RAMALLAH: Israel said Thursday it had suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians during Ramadan following a shooting in Tel Aviv that killed four people. “All permits for Ramadan, especially permits for family visits from Judea and Samaria to Israel, are frozen,” said […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 10 June 2016 JEDDAH: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, who heads the Council of Senior Scholars, has urged Muslims who have undertaken many Umrah trips to refrain for entering Makkah, so that others have a chance to perform the rituals. Al-Asheikh said it […]
Jun 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power George Orwell, the author of “Animal Farm” and “1984”, was the first person to use the phrase “Cold War” in a 1945 newspaper article, written just after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He argued that “the surface of the Earth is being […]
Jun 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh The French-sponsored conference that was attended by senior representatives of 26 countries, including senior French and American officials, has failed to outline the next step towards reaching the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict now approaching 50 years. This disappointing outcome underlines the […]
Jun 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Ever since Daesh proclaimed itself two years ago in Raqqa and Mosul as the nucleus of a modern Islamic caliphate, it has told its followers that it will endure and expand. I have always seen the Daesh territorial phenomenon, to the […]
Could You Get Possessed? Source: The Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication of North America, Spring 2016 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times […]
| Published — Friday 3 June 2016 O you, who believe. Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious). (Fasting) for a fixed number of days, but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the […]
Source: The Guardian By Anonymous At 18 I turned my back on the cloistered isolation of my family’s faith and began a life where I was free to question ideas […]
Source: BBC By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online UK scientists have developed a blood test to help doctors pick the best drug for patients with depression. Medics currently […]
Source: Huffington Post By Craig Considine Sociologist, Speaker, Writer A few months ago, when I was teaching Sociology of Religion at Rice University, the topic of Ted Cruz and Christian privilege came up in our classroom. In response to questions about his commitment to conservatism, Cruz stated: “I’m a Christian first, […]
Source: Public Opinion It is easy to blame minorities, especially Islam, for our own problems. What is more difficult is to walk in the shoes of a Muslim who cannot […]
Source: Public Opninion Our President said, “I stand firmly with Muslim American communities in rejection of the voices that seek to divide us or limit our religious freedoms or civil […]