Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh The Arab world, especially the Palestinians, ought to start thinking about a new interlocutor if they want a peace treaty with Israel. US administrations, whether run by Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, the likely winner of next year’s presidential election, are disappointingly […]
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The continuing stream of recent terror attacks against targets in several countries across four continents continues to vex governments and other institutions that seek desperately to counter and eventually stop this dangerous trend. The evidence of policy actions and new research […]
By JT – Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah addresses the Mediterranean Dialogue conference in Rome on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday said the Arab world and Europe are so connected that they “rise or fall together”. […]
LAHORE: The district administration in Lahore on Thursday removed anti-Ahmadi posters and stickers from the city’s largest mobile and computer equipment market. Numerous shopkeepers in Lahore’s Hafeez Centre, located in the Gulberg locality, displayed signs and stickers prominently on their shop windows, inscribed with statements such as, “We do not do business […]
Source: Los Angeles Time By Hailey Branson-Potts; Contact Reporter San Bernardino County mosque will be hosting a blood drive on Sunday in honor of the victims of last week’s attack […]
Source: The Guardian By Michael Haines and Barbara Henning, October 17, 2014 Tomorrow afternoon a memorial service will be held for David Haines, one of the three Britons kidnapped by […]
Source: Huffington post; By Nazanin Amini; Financial Decision Support Analyst, Muslim American An Open Letter to Donald Trump Dear Mr. Trump: I am the greatest threat to ISIS and all Islamic […]
Source: Huffington Post Michelangelo Signorile; Gay Voices Editor-at-Large, The Huffington Post The double standard can’t be more jarring: For days television networks and media outlets have been parroting the FBI […]
PTI | Dec 9, 2015, People busy in reconstruction of their flood damaged houses near the banks of the Adyar River at Anakaputhur i… Read More CHENNAI: Among tales of humanity emerging from rain-battered Chennai is a story of a Hindu couple who have named their newborn after a […]
By MARGALIT FOXDEC. 9, 2015 Fatema Mernissi, a Moroccan sociologist who was one of the founders of Islamic feminism, whose work included studies of the sexual politics of Islamic Scripture […]
Happy people live longer, a relationship that’s been documented in a variety of research studies. But a new paper published in the medical journal Lancet comes to the sad conclusion that […]
Why is a hate campaign being waged against Muslims? Why are Muslims increasingly categorized as terrorists? Why is this hate campaign part of the US presidential election campaign? Why is […]
By Hasher Nisar; Senior Fellow – Humanity in Action; Student at Middlebury College Source: Huffington Post The humanity and compassion of mankind are tested in times of uncertainty and fear. […]
MEDIA & CULTURE What Is Islamophobia? The History And Definition Of Anti-Muslim Discrimination In The US BY ELIZABETH WHITMAN @ELIZABETHWHITTY ON 12/09/15 AT 3:20 PM Muslim students chant at a rally against Islamophobia at San Diego State University in California, Nov. 23, 2015. One consequence of Donald Trump’s fiery rhetoric […]
POST WRITTEN BY Yassin K. Fawaz Mr. Fawaz is chief executive of the Raddington Group, a DC-based risk management firm. When President Barack Obama told the people of […]
Published time: 10 Dec, 2015 Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) shakes hands with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte May 29, 2007. © Leon Neal / Reuters Tony Blair will be grilled by MPs on Friday about his links to former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi […]
By AFP Published: December 10, 2015 Erdogan, who once threatened to ban Facebook in his country, used his official page to respond to Zuckerberg ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for emphasising the difference between Islam and terror, after the billionaire social network tycoon […]
theguardian.com/world/2015/12/08 Donald Trump wants Muslims banned from entering the US – but without them the country would be a much poorer place What have Muslims ever done for America? If your sole source of information were Donald Trump, you’d think that the answer was not much – apart from murdering its […]
Posted by: Nairita Updated: Thursday, December 10, 2015, 14:01 [IST] Mumbai, Dec 10: It has been proved to be a good Thursday for Salman Khan, for his family and for his fans across the world. The Bollywood superstar has now become a “Free Bird” today (Thursday, Dec 10). All charges […]
Source: Huffington Post By Akbar Ahmed The Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University and has just released the film “Journey into Europe” which accompanies the book of […]