World should not take Jordan’s generosity for granted — officials, relief workers By Khetam Malkawi – Nov 15,2015 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Economists and UN officials feel that the international community is taking Jordan’s generosity for granted and not supporting the Kingdom enough in sharing the unprecedented burden of […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Antalya, Turkey, Saturday, for the G-20 summit. (Okan Ozer/Anadolu Agency via AP, Pool) STUART WILLIAMS | AFP Published — Sunday 15 November 2015 | | A A ANTALYA, Turkey: World leaders converged Sunday for a summit in Turkey to send a message of […]
Jordan’s King Abdallah II speaks during the opening of the third ordinary session of the 17th Parliament in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday. (REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed) ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Monday 16 November 2015 AMMAN/PARIS: Jordan’s King Abdallah II on Sunday said terrorism is the “greatest threat to our region” and that […]
Voices Robert Fisk: ‘We remain blindfolded about Isis’ says the man who should know Brian Keenan was held by Shia Muslims loyal to Hezbollah in Lebanon Robert Fisk @indyvoices 1K Brian Keenan was held by Shia Muslims loyal to Hezbollah in Lebanon for four and a half years REX With […]
Telegraph: The latest terrorist attacks in Paris serve as a grim reminder that the threat of global terrorism is unlikely to end until the resolution of the civil war of ideas between Muslim modernisers and those adhering to an outmoded theology of Islamic dominance. Just as the post-9/11 war against […]
Fire marshal has ruled blaze set deliberately, police say CBC News Posted: Nov 15, 2015 2:37 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 15, 2015 2:37 PM ET Peterborough police are investigating a suspected case of arson at the city’s only mosque. The fire broke out at the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association’s mosque around […]
Source: The Guardian By Seumas Milne, a Guardian columnist and associate editor. He previously worked for the Economist and is the author of The Enemy Within and The Revenge of […]
Source: Telegraph Muslims have taken to Twitter to show support for Parisians affected in the attacks, and to show that the terrorists are not a part of Islam after the […]
Source: Telegraph By Hussain Haqani A senior fellow at Hudson Institute in Washington DC, served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States between 2008 and 2011. The latest terrorist attacks […]
Source: The Guardian Months after the deadly Islamic State and al-Qaida-inspired attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left 17 people dead in Paris in January, France has fallen victim to another jihadi onslaught of even more horrifying proportions. On Saturday, the French president, François Hollande, pointed the finger […]
Source: World Religion News DURING AN ADDRESS TO THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT, KHALIFA OF ISLAM SAYS THE ANSWERS TO THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF WORLD PEACE CAN BE FOUND IN THE HOLY […]
Source: World Religion News Analysis of Google search data by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz By The New York A NEW YORK TIMES WRITER ANALYZES GOOGLE SEARCH TRENDS RELATED TO RELIGION AND GOD. […]
Source: World Religion News Organizers are banding together a large scale protest against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City tomorrow. These includes formal resignations. […]
Source: Time And then there were three. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley debated for two hours during the second […]
Source: Time military campaign against ISIS began in 2014, Pentagon officials have said the U.S. has time on its side. Rather than an invasion, officials have opted for methodical and […]
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane A. Diouf New York: New York University Press, 1998. 254 pp. $55 (paper $18.50) Reviewed by Daniel Pipes Middle East Quarterly December 2000 Slowly, out of the surprisingly full records of slavery, an important fact is coming to light: […]
A suicide bomber had a ticket to the France-Germany soccer game, but his explosive vest was found during a security check at the gate A man apparently set to detonate his suicide vest tried to enter the France-versus-Germany soccer match at Stade de France, but was turned away by security […]
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Hassan A. Amin, who is an Imam, licensed social worker, former college instructor, Vietnam Era veteran and hospital chaplain It is claimed that various worldwide groups […]
Source: The Atlantic Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld can’t be blamed for the policies the president authorized. Great news for Jeb Bush! Jon Meacham’s new book has just set off […]
Source: Huffington Post Tuesday night’s Republican debate was devoid of flashy moments. Nobody said anything particularly embarrassing. Nobody said anything particularly memorable. Even Donald Trump failed to stand out. But the debate did have one moment that may loom large when the voters cast ballots a year from now. It […]