Why Arab expectations of Biden are not high
Oct 28,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Would Democrat Joe Biden be a better US president for this region than Donald Trump? A British public opinion survey conducted across […]
How Mohammed bin Salman is quietly enabling an Israeli axis in the Arab world
Madawi al-Rasheed 28 October 2020 Using Saudi influence and the promise of financial rewards, MBS can continue to bring more Arab countries into the normalisation fold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed […]
Demographics of Belief in Evolution in Europe
Source: Pew Research Center Most people across Central and Eastern Europe say they believe in evolution – that is, that humans and other living things have evolved to their present […]
What Do the Muslims Think of Evolution?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to the Pew Research Center, many Muslims around the world believe in evolution. In 13 of […]
Video: How to speak chimpanzee — The closest human relatives
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To? Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe […]
Biden Leads in Polls 54% to 42%
CNN Poll: Biden continues to hold nationwide advantage in final days of 2020 race (CNN) With the race for the presidency approaching its end amid a raging pandemic, Democratic nominee Joe […]
Central Banks Sell Gold for First Time in a Decade
Source: Bloomberg By Eddie Spence; October 29, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT Turkish and Uzbek central banks lead selling in third quarter Overall gold demand fell 19% year-on-year: World Gold Council Central […]
100,000 people are catching coronavirus every day in England, a major analysis suggests
Covid-19: Nearly 100,000 catching virus every day – study Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science correspondent Nearly 100,000 people are catching coronavirus every day in England, a major […]
Erik Prince’s wars – Blackwater is back
The Blackwater founder wants to bring back his company’s glory days — and he’s campaigning for Donald Trump’s help to do it. But he’s haunted by past failures and is […]
Europe’s migration ‘crisis’ isn’t about numbers. It’s about prejudice
Source: The Guardian By Shada Islam, who is a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs. She runs New Horizons project, a strategy, analysis and advisory company Reforming the EU’s inhumane refugee […]
Demographics: Religion & Public Life in USA
What the 2020 electorate looks like religiously What does the 2020 electorate look like religiously as the race between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden enters its final […]
Canadians increasingly open to welcoming immigrants and refugees – study
Source: MSN By Leyland Cecco Canadians positive even as millions remain out of work and country faces grim economic projections due to pandemic ‘These views are not a blip. They’re […]
Shared Ancestry: Religious Leaders Call for Solidarity in Abrahamic Faiths
BY :JAYANTY NADA SHOFA OCTOBER 28, 2020 Jakarta. Religious leaders call for stronger solidarity between the three Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Islam, and Christianity – amid the rising conflicts and […]
Iran on peace drive to end Nagorno-Karabakh war
October 27, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – As Azerbaijan and Armenia announced the failure of the third humanitarian ceasefire, which was brokered by the United States in a bid […]
Farmers harvesting ‘red gold’ in northeast Iran
Tourism October 27, 2020 – 11:46 Photo depicts a farmer is pouring the newly-picked flowers of saffron crocus, commonly known as the red gold, into a sack in northeastern North […]
Islam perfectly compatible with development: San Diego State University professor
Politics October 27, 2020 TEHRAN – Ahmet T. Kuru, professor of political science at San Diego State University, says Islam was historically perfectly compatible with development, and contemporary problems are […]
Video: Prince Harry had ‘no idea unconscious bias existed’ until he met Meghan
Malcolm X: Make it Plain by PBS — Watch the two hour documentary below Film Description Political philosopher and visionary, husband and father, dynamic orator and militant minister. In his […]
Denmark to criminalise foreign funding for mosques in effort to ‘counter extremism
October 27, 2020 Guests arrive on June 19, 2014 for the official opening of Denmark’s first mosque with a dome and minaret in Rovsingsgade, in Copenhagen’s gritty northwest after receiving […]
Opinion: Erdogan and Khan are hypocritical about Macron’s France
By Deutsche Welle 2020/10/27 It feels strange to hear Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan talk about secular values and lecture French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Do Religions Inspire Charity or Divisions and Mutual Rivalry: Hitchens Versus Tony Blair?
Epigraph: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to […]