Using Arabs or Muslims as scapegoats has a history
Oct 26,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY During the past century, we have witnessed a long and tragic history of domestic policies that have targeted persons of Arab […]
Anger spreads in Islamic world after Macron’s backing for Muhammad cartoons
Calls for boycott of French goods after president’s remarks at tribute to murdered teacher Samuel Paty A protester in Istanbul holds a picture of Emmanuel Macron, which has been defaced […]
The US is still embroiled in Middle Eastern wars – so why were they absent from the presidential debates?
Joe Biden and Donald Trump sparred over Russian and Chinese interference, but ignored countries like Turkey, Qatar and Israel, which use surrogates and cash to shape policy, writes Borzou Daragahi […]
Pakistan explosion: Bomb blast at Islamic seminary in Peshawar kills seven students and injures 70
At least seven children have been killed and 70 others have been hurt in a powerful bomb blast that ripped through an Islamic seminary in Pakistan, officials have said. a […]
FOREIGN POLICY ESSAY Evaluating the Trump Administration’s Pakistan Reset
By Madiha Afzal Sunday, October 25, 2020, 10:01 AM President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office on July 22, 2019. Photo credit: Official White […]
Islam’s Response to Misconceptions about Sharia Law
WRITTEN BY ANSER AHMAD, ESQ.| NOVEMBER 2018| ISLAM, POLITICS, RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS “Islam’s Response to Misconceptions about Sharia Law” In the West, Sharia is being portrayed as a source of oppression, […]
Economic Sanctions: Too Much of a Bad Thing
Richard N. HaassMonday, June 1, 1998 Economic sanctions are increasingly being used to promote the full range of American foreign policy objectives. Yet all too often sanctions turn out to be little more than expressions of U.S. preferences that hurt American economic interests without changing the target’s behavior for the […]
Insulting Muslims is an abuse of free speech, Iran’s Zarif says
DUBAI (Reuters) – Insulting Muslims is an “opportunistic” abuse of free speech, Iran’s foreign minister said on Monday, in an apparent reference to remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron perceived […]
US election polls tracker: who is leading in the swing states, Trump or Biden?
Source: Guardian As the presidential campaign heats up, the Guardian is tracking the latest polling in eight states that could decide the election Ashley Kirk, Pablo Gutiérrez, Frank Hulley-Jones and Juweek Adolphe Joe Biden is […]
The Fourth Pillar of Islam: Saum, The Islamic Fast
Azhar Goraya THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM 25th October 2020 Azhar Goraya, Mexico In earlier times, the thought of fasting brought to mind images of Buddha, monks or Hindu yogis, […]
OPINION Not in Our Name, Never in Our Name: A Conversation with Muslim Faith Leaders Echoing the Wisdom of a Pontiff
By Professor Azza Karam Azza Karam serves as the Secretary-General of Religions for Peace (#Religions4Peace – http://www.rfp.org) and is a Professor of Religion and Development at the Vrije Universiteit in […]
Morocco calls Muhammad cartoons an ‘act of provocation’ as France urges Arab countries not to overreact
Mayank Aggarwal 2 hrs ago Morocco has become the latest Arab nation to hit out at France after cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were projected onto two French government buildings, […]
In Pursuit of Women Rights Rather Than Organized Religion
First a Big Questions, hour long talk show about what different religions are doing to women rights and gender equality: The panelists in the following debate are Archbishop John Onaiyekan, […]
Neo-Ottomanism debate in light of Turkey-Africa relations
BY MUHAMMET ALI GÜLER OP-ED OCT 24, 2020 Students hold Turkish flags in a dormitory restored by donations provided by Turkish charities and businesspeople, in the capital Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. […]
Campaign to boycott French products gains steam
By Maram Kayed – Oct 26,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians lift placards during a rally in front of the municipality of the West Bank city of Hebron, in response to […]
Organized Religion: Chilling find shows how Henry VIII planned every detail of Boleyn beheading
Source: The Guardian By Dalya Alberge It is a Tudor warrant book, one of many in the National Archives, filled with bureaucratic minutiae relating to 16th-century crimes. But this one […]
The UK just claimed its Middle East ties are ‘stronger than ever’. Here’s what it means for human rights
When any military buys our weapons or signs a military deal, it knows that it is also buying silence, writes Andrew Smith 18 hours ago Amnesty International activists march with […]
Imran Khan’s letter to Mr. Zuckerberg
Additional reading suggested by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: Pakistani PM Imran Khan writes to Facebook CEO Mark … Has Facebook allowed the spread of anti-Muslim hate […]
Debate by Intelligence Squared: The Catholic Church is a Force for Good in the World
Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century Are Religions Pluralistic or Myopic and Parochial? I am a Jew, a Catholic, a Christian and a Muslim; […]
Saudi Arabia has appointed its second female ambassador
Amal-Y-Almoallimi-Twitter OLIVIA MORRIS 12 hours ago Just under two years after Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud was appointed the first-ever female envoy for Saudi Arabia as ambassador to the […]