Petra | Mar 28, 2013 | 21:37 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday strongly denounced violations by Jewish extremists who have recently broken into the Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. Government Spokesperson Samih Maaytah said the Israeli government should shoulder its responsibility in preventing […]
With over 200M resumes on LinkedIn, it will be harder and harder for a maybe to become a yes which is the first step in landing a new job. Great candidates with fantastic backgrounds can get condemned to the maybe pile because the resume didn’t represent them well and didn’t […]
Brokers of Deceit Rashid Khalidi Beacon Press By most accounts, Barack Obama delivered a masterful speech to a group of Israeli youth in Jerusalem last week as part of his […]
A new report describes the concrete ways a clandestine spying program has caused individuals and communities to suffer. The Atlantic: America’s largest city, an ethnically diverse, politically liberal melting pot […]
The Huffington Post | By Meredith Bennett-Smith Posted: 03/28/2013 2:51 pm EDT | Updated: 03/28/2013 8:24 pm EDT After decades of speculation, new research suggests that the Shroud of Turin, one of the […]
By IGAL ACIMAN03/26/2013 22:33 First person: As many cheer the pending normalization process, they know it is based on strategic interests. ISTANBUL – When the news of Prime Minister Binyamin […]
U.S. Attorney’s Office March 28, 2013 Eastern District of Virginia (703) 299-3700 ALEXANDRIA, VA—Eric Harroun, 30, of Phoenix, was arrested and charged with conspiring to use a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) while fighting with the al Nusrah Front, an organization commonly referred to as “al Qaeda in Iraq” and designated […]
By Fouad Ajami Bloomberg In the matter of the Syrian rebellion, the U.S. hasn’t even “led from behind.” The Obama administration has pioneered a new role for a great power: We are now the traffic controllers, directing the flow of weapons to the rebels. The money isn’t ours; it is […]
OVERVIEW A new survey finds that seven-in-ten Americans (71%) say there should be a way for people in the United States illegally to remain in this country if they meet […]
BY SPENCER ACKERMAN WIRED In 2004, Osama bin Laden explained how his terrorists were going to win its struggle against a vastly more powerful adversary: al-Qaida sought to “blee[d] America […]
PARIS — Economic growth among developed nations is likely to accelerate in the first half of this year as strength in the United States and Japan help to compensate for the continuing malaise in Europe, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmentsaid Thursday. “The global economy weakened in late 2012 […]
Source: The Local The share of people at risk of poverty in the population stood at 15.8 percent in Germany — or just over one in six — compared with an EU average of 16.9 percent, Destatis said in a statement. A person is defined as being at risk of […]
Source: Qantara Interview conducted by Albrecht Metzger What is behind the Islamicisation and radicalisation of young people in Europe? To what extent do European foreign policies and military interventions abroad play a role in this? Albrecht Metzger spoke to sociologist Dr Matenia Sirseloudi about politically motivated violence and radicalisation processes […]
Source: Qantara Indonesia has the biggest Muslim population in the world and is often described as a country where people live peacefully side by side, tolerating difference. In reality, however, the targeting of religious minorities has been on the increase for years. By Andy Budiman Indonesia’s brand of Islam is […]
Source: The PEW Forum on Religion & Public Life March 26, 2013 Easter is one of the most important religious holidays of the year for many Christians – a time […]
by Mike Ghouse, Huffington Post Facts don’t matter. It did not matter to the leadership of President Bush and his obedient followers. They chose to believe what they had decided to believe about WMD, despite the information to the contrary. Muslims leadership is no different, each one of the sect […]