Are Muslim countries more violent?
Source: The Washington Post By Nils Petter Gleditsch and Ida Rudolfsen Most recent civil wars have taken place in Muslim countries, and a large majority of the victims are Muslims. […]
Islam and Christianity share ‘idea of conquest’, says Pope Francis
Source: The Guardian By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome Islam and Christianity share an inherent “idea of conquest”, and those who refer to Europe’s roots as Christian often veer into colonialism, Pope […]
Five anti-Muslim protesters and 400 peace supporters meet at New York rally
Source: The Guardian By Adam Gabbatt in Islamberg, New York American Bikers United Against Jihad spent months calling for people to join the event in Islamberg, but in the end […]
Methodist supporters of Israel-related divestment regroup after setback
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller Emily McFarlan Miller is a national reporter for RNS based in Chicago. She covers evangelical and mainline Protestant Christianity. and Lauren Markoe Lauren Markoe […]
He Was Caught Trying To Join ISIS, Now He’s In Jihadi Rehab
Source: NPR By DINA TEMPLE-RASTON All eyes were on 20-year-old Abdullahi Yusuf when he stepped on the stand in federal court last week in Minneapolis to testify for the prosecution in […]
J.K. Rowling Has Choice Words for Donald Trump—and Some of His Detractors
Source: Time By Sarah Begley J.K. Rowling built her career on a series about the triumph of freedom and justice over fear and bigotry—and these days, she sees those themes playing out in politics on both sides of the pond. Accepting an award at the PEN Literary Gala at New […]
Anne Graham Lotz Says God Sends Terror Attacks Because Of Bathroom Rights And Evolution
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza Overnight Editor Terror attacks such as 9/11 and the mass shooting in San Bernardino were allowed by God because of the gay rights movement and the […]
Lessons From Islamic History: The Mutazila and Ibn Hanbal
Source: Huffington Post BY Khwaja Khusro Tariq Psychiatrist, interfaith harmony proponent. Few attempts have been made to examine the complex interplay of dogma, politics and sociopsychological factors in the genesis of […]
Don’t panic! $130 Babel Fish-like gadget fits inside your ear to translate foreign languages in real-time
Source: Mail Online By SARAH GRIFFITHS FOR MAILONLINE If trying to order dinner or find your hotel abroad fills you with fear due to your abysmal grasp of foreign languages, […]
Video: The Story of God With Morgan Freeman – Beyond Death
Season 1 Episode 1 of the series. Suggested Reading for the Quranic case for afterlife Stephen Hawking: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’
Hillary Clinton Says Bill Clinton Would Be in Charge of the Economy After Election
Source: Time If she gets elected president next November Hillary Clinton says she has found a role for her husband, former president Bill Clinton, in her future administration, should she be […]
West Trying to Impose Its Own Brand of Democracy to Libya, Iraq: Pope Francis
Tuesday 17 May 2016 Alwaght- Pope Francis censured “cultural colonialism” of western powers, standing out against their efforts to export western brand of democracy to other countries. Criticizing Western’s ignorance about countrie’s culture in advancing its objectives, Pope Francis in an interview with Roman Catholic newspaper, La Croix said: “we […]
Prejudice against Muslims aids terrorist ‘who wish to kill us all’: Petraeus
May 17, 2016 In an article in the Washington Post published on May 13 former U.S. military commander and CIA director David Petraeus has said that prejudice against Muslim will help terrorists “who wish to kill us all”. In his article headlined “Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists”, Petraeus says those politicians who […]
KSA: Iran blocking its own Haj pilgrims
ARAB NEWS | Published — Tuesday 17 May 2016 JEDDAH: The Council of Ministers said Iran is attempting to politicize the Haj by refusing to sign an agreement mandatory for all countries seeking to send pilgrims on the holy journey. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy […]
The Iraq War wasn’t as a one-off – it was just one more episode in a story that’s lasted 100 years
The (British) Government hasn’t grasped the extent to which Western governments are discredited in the Middle East Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Thursday 26 November 2015 16 comments This looks simple enough then. We’ll bomb the same people as Putin is bombing, in the same places, co-ordinated with Putin. But […]
Migrant crisis needs generosity, not fear — Angelina Jolie Pitt
By AFP – May 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on March 16, shows UNHCR’s Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie Pitt greeting (centre) refugees and migrants during her […]
Bloodshed blurs Middle East borders set 100 years ago by UK-French pact
By Reuters – May 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A century after Britain and France secretly mapped out a Middle East they would control upon defeating the Ottomans in World War I, its borders have been blurred by sectarian bloodshed — and some in the region see […]
Resentment over Sykes-Picot deal still drives Turkey foreign policy
By AFP – May 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — Resentment over the Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France that carved up the Middle East from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire remains, 100 years later, a major factor in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign policy. The May […]
West’s double standard in defending Christians
May 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Christians in the Levant, especially those in Syria, Iraq and Palestine, are facing grave challenges that are either misunderstood or ignored in the West. In recent years, protecting them, or even acknowledging their existence, has only been a concern of policymakers or advocacy groups […]
Iran arrests eight for ‘un-Islamic’ Instagram modelling
Source: BBC Iran has arrested eight people working for online modelling agencies deemed to be “un-Islamic”, the prosecutor of Tehran’s cybercrimes court has said. The arrests are part of […]