President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States is prepared to take “targeted and precise” military action against Islamist militants in Iraq, but he pledged that American forces “will not be returning to combat.” He said the United States is prepared to send as many as 300 American military […]
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States is prepared to take “targeted and precise” military action against Islamist militants in Iraq, but he pledged that American forces “will not be returning to combat.” He said the United States is prepared to send as many as 300 American military […]
His popularity – or notoriety as some would say – endures because he is still criticising politicians, business leaders and other powerful figures for not acting in the public’s best interest. At the heart of Chomsky’s work is examining the ways elites use their power to control millions of people, […]
swissinfo.ch June 18, 2014 – 12:46 The number of foreigners living in Switzerland has risen by 3.3% over the past year and about 24% of Switzerland’s eight million people do […]
The Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which represents more than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, affirmed Thursday a commitment to unity in combatting “sectarian” policies. OIC members will stand “united in combatting sectarian, confessional, and exclusion policies that have led to sedition in some countries and threatened their security and stability,” […]
The Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which represents more than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, affirmed Thursday a commitment to unity in combatting “sectarian” policies. OIC members will stand “united in combatting sectarian, confessional, and exclusion policies that have led to sedition in some countries and threatened their security and stability,” […]
Urdu magazine editor Shoaib Adil gets life threats June 19, 2014 LAHORE: The editor of progressive Urdu monthly magazine Naya Zamana, Lahore, Mohammad Shoaib Adil, has reportedly been receiving life threats from religious militants for publishing the autobiography of a retired Lahore High Court judge, Muhammad Islam Bhatti, […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I was very happy to see the rescue of the 33 miners in Chile, in October […]
Huffington Post Posted: 06/14/2014 12:09 pm EDT Updated: 06/14/2014 12:59 pm EDT Print Article VATICAN CITY (AP) — He recently renewed his Argentine passport and remains an official card-carrying member of his favorite Buenos Aires football club. But Pope Francis has pledged absolute neutrality for the World Cup. Francis recalled […]
Source: Stratfor: The June 15 edition of the Jordan Times reported that Amman had beefed up security along its border with Iraq amid fears that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is inching toward the kingdom. Quoting unnamed Islamist sources, the report added that the jihadist group had […]
Felipe VI has called for “a new Spain that we will build together” after being proclaimed the country’s head of state in a ceremony in parliament. Spain’s new king Spanish […]
Felipe VI has called for “a new Spain that we will build together” after being proclaimed the country’s head of state in a ceremony in parliament. Spain’s new king Spanish […]
Now we will have the bizarre spectacle of the US joining Iran in strengthening the Al Maliki regime against the ISIS threat, while trying to bring down Iran’s Syrian ally, President Bashar Al Assad, a goal Washington shares with ISIS Razi Azmi June 19, 2014 The pharaoh is having the […]
Now we will have the bizarre spectacle of the US joining Iran in strengthening the Al Maliki regime against the ISIS threat, while trying to bring down Iran’s Syrian ally, President Bashar Al Assad, a goal Washington shares with ISIS Razi Azmi June 19, 2014 The pharaoh is having the […]
Source: Balkan Insight Croatia’s centre-left government is striving to end quarrels with the powerful Catholic Church over education in what is seen as a move to boost its tumbling ratings. Vedran Molnar, the new Minister of Education, is to meet the Catholic primates of both Croatia and Bosnia – and […]
Did the U.S. and Israel Want Open-Ended Chaos in the Mideast? They might have quite coldly and consciously fomented conflict in order to achieve their strategic objectives in the region. By Thomas Harrington, CounterPunch June 17, 2014 | During the last week we have seen Sunni militias take control of […]
June 19, 2014 12:11 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Let’s look at the reality on the ground in the Middle East: Iraq and Syria are effectively partitioned along sectarian lines; Lebanon and Yemen are close to fracturing; Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia survive intact, but as […]
A woman has died after being attacked in Colchester – and police say her full Muslim dress and veil may have been a factor. The woman, who has not yet been identified, was walking on the town’s Salary Brook Trail at 10.40am on Tuesday when she was violently beaten and […]
Loonwatch: By Jai Singh Previous articles in this series: “Narendra Modi and the rise of India’s neo-fascist Far-Right”, and “Nazism and Narendra Modi: The ideological influence on India’s next Prime Minister”. India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a member of both the Bharatiya Janata Party(“BJP”) and its neo-Nazi paramilitary “ideological […]
WSJ: Americans slept more and worked less last year, reflecting an economy that remains groggy after the recession and an older population with more time to rest. Averaging together both weekdays and weekends, Americans older than 14 slept for eight hours, 44 minutes and conducted work-related activities for three hours, […]