Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in Washington this week (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) Following is the full text of His Majesty King Abdullah’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, which was broadcast late on Wednesday. Question: As we speak, 10 American […]
By JT – Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah is interviewed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in Washington DC on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has said that war against the khawarej (the outlaws of Islam) is a global struggle that […]
Source: Al Jazeera Toronto, Canada – A small, hungry crowd gathers at First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, laying out a festive potluck feast. The folding tables overflow with samosas and […]
Source: Al Jazeera Akre, Iraq – For Hanan, who’s more familiar with conflict than anyone her age should ever be, it’s the chance to create beauty that helps the most. […]
Source: Al Jazeera The world should be worried about an open conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a former adviser to the Saudi Arabian royal family has told Al Jazeera. […]
Source: Gulf News SAN FRANCISCO: Former US president George W. Bush may no longer be able to change the course of history — but it has not stopped others trying […]
Source: Gulf News JAKARTA: Army trucks thundered through Indonesia’s capital Friday as authorities boosted security at possible terror targets and probed the suspected Daesh terror cell blamed for Jakarta’s deadly […]
Source: Independent Turkey claims to have killed nearly 200 Isis fighters in a series of retaliatory attacks after the deadly suicide bombing in Istanbul. While there was no immediate claim of […]
Source: BBC In 1979, a secret memo from the tobacco industry was revealed to the public. Called the Smoking and Health Proposal, and written a decade earlier by the Brown […]
Source: The New York Times LONDON — Global markets sank sharply on Friday, as crude dipped below$30 a barrel on concerns about China’s health and a potential flood of new oil […]
Source: BBC Two months after the Paris attacks, Belgium is in the midst of an anguished debate about Islamist radicalisation. There’s anger in Molenbeek – the Brussels district that was […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal BEIJING— General Electric Co. agreed to sell its appliance unit for $5.4 billion to Chinese manufacturer Haier Group, which is looking to expand its products […]
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
DHANGADHI: President Bidya Devi Bhandari said religious tolerance among people should promote peace and unity in the nation. Inaugurating the Godavari Amrit Mahasnan Divya Sahashra Kumbha Darshan Mela, a religious festival, in Godavari of Kailali today, Bhandari said religious tolerance should be promoted among people. Meanwhile, the Head of […]
Foreign Policy: The United States cannot ignore or choose to stay out of the brewing rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is not a purely religious feud, and it is not someone else’s civil war — it’s a hornet’s nest in which Washington poked its finger by pursuing a […]
By Usama Khan; Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Pre-Medical, Ahmadi Muslim, Writer, Sleep Researcher, Musician Huff Post: You’re seven times more likely to be shot by a right wing extremist in the United States than you are to be shot by a Muslim extremist. But I guess facts don’t […]
René Angélil, husband of Céline Dion, has died, his rep confirmed exclusively to PEOPLE on Thursday. http://www.people.com/article/rene-angelil-dead-celine-dion-husband-dies-of-cancer “Rene Angelil, 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer,” the rep said in a statement. “The family requests that their privacy be […]
Source: The National ABU DHABI // The majority of young Arab Muslims in the region view extremist groups as a perversion of Islam’s teachings, according to a recent study. They believed that repressive governments and foreign occupation were major reasons for people joining the ranks of the militants. The Tabah […]
Source: Breitbart In his most biting condemnation yet of the jihadists of the Islamic State, Pope Francis told members of the international diplomatic corps in the Vatican Monday that every […]
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) Opponents of lessons on Islam often claim that Christianity takes a back seat in public schools’ religious instruction. That’s what an Augusta County, Va., mother […]