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by Zaid Aleem As COVID-19 cases rampage through the country, it is becoming increasingly important to form a social bubble to ensure reduction in the spread of cases. While the value of bubbles is seldom spoken about by physicians, now during this catastrophic COVID-19 wave, they are encouraging all Americans to hunker down in their […]
By Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd It was painful enough to live through the U.S invasion of Iraq that caused untold devastation and human misery for no justifiable reason. Now we are again reminded of the grim Bush legacy with President-elect Biden’s nomination of Avril Haines for Director of National Intelligence. Haines, who has an […]
by Zaid Aleem According to a CNN report on Sunday night, Congressional leaders revealed that they have secured an agreement for a sweeping $900 billion rescue plan to provide much-needed relief for small businesses, unemployed Americans and health care workers while encouraging the delivery of vaccinations. The announcement follows political tensions and ideological finger-pointing between […]
By Yousuf Ali In recent years, several European countries have passed laws which severely restrict religious practices including dress and ritual slaughter. These are justified under the guise of promoting neutrality or secularism in the public space but end up infringing on individual rights and choices regarding how to Muslims and others choose to live […]
by Zaid Aleem India becomes the second country in the world to cross the grim 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases milestone. However, new infections are dipping to their lowest levels in three months. The Health Ministry on Saturday also reported 347 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total numbers of fatalities to 145,136, […]
Republished from the Center for Global Policy by Abdul Sayed The recent killing of the deputy chief of al Qaeda’s Pakistani cadre, Muhammad Hanif (aka Zarar), whom the Afghan Taliban had sheltered, shows that even within al Qaeda, Taliban-allied Pakistani jihadists have kept supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan. This assistance began before 9/11, but it now […]
by Zaid Aleem California on Wednesday reported a record-breaking 53,711 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of cases the state has seen in a single day since the pandemic began, according to ABC7. This alarming number surpasses a record set just three days ago when California recorded 35,729 new cases. California now has 1,671,081 cases […]
by Zaid Aleem With significant developments in regard to the COVID-19 vaccines and availability of the vaccine in the market today, it will be important to understand what is known about each vaccine and who can take it. Currently, one vaccine is authorized and recommended to prevent COVID-19. The vaccine developed in collaboration by Pfizer […]
Issue 20 Volume22 December 2020 Final Print
Reposted from the Center for Global Policy by Adrian Zenz Executive Summary New evidence from Chinese government documents and media reports shows that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority laborers in Xinjiang are being forced to pick cotton by hand through a coercive state-mandated labor transfer and “poverty alleviation” scheme, with potentially drastic consequences for […]
by Anis Ansari, MD The second wave of COVID-19 continues to cause devastation in the United States and around the world. In the US, coronavirus cases have skyrocketed to more than 250,000 daily and death toll more than 2500 daily for the past one week as of December 14, 2020. Due to enormous suffering and […]
This article was first published on Clarionindia.net by Zafar Aafaq | Clarion India Indian Americans held rallies in many cities in the United States on the weekend in solidarity with farmers and Sikhs who have launched an agitation against the controversial farm Bills passed by the Narendra Modi government. The protests were reported from at least seven […]
By Yousuf Ali The 2020 election was marked by unprecedented turnout levels amongst the general public with current estimates being about 2/3rds of American electorate voting in the presidential election with votes still being counted. Furthermore, this was a fairly active year for the Muslim community who were extra motivsted by the the Trump administration […]
by Aysha Qamar On Thursday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of three Muslim men who said they were wrongly placed wrongly on a “no-fly” list. The men, all U.S. residents, went to court on the basis that the FBI put them on the government’s no-fly list for refusing to spy on U.S. Muslim communities and act […]
CAIR, Jetpac, MPower Change Release Preliminary Report on Muslim Candidates Who Ran for Public Office in 2020, Comprehensive Report to Follow 170 candidates were on 2020 ballots across 28 states and Washington D.C., highest number since the 3 organizations started mapping electoral progress of those who identify as Muslim The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim […]
by Aysha Qamar As cases of the novel coronavirus increase nationwide, individuals are still traveling from state to state despite advisories not to from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While airlines are reminding individuals to quarantine and stay home if feeling sick or exposed to someone who has been, some people do not care and […]
by Dr. Aslam Abdullah India’s farmers are in revolt against the recently imposed laws that would loosen rules around the sale, pricing, and storage of farm produce that protected India’s farmers for decades. The new laws allow private buyers to hoard essential commodities for future sales and dictate farmers their production choice. Most farmers in […]
by Ariel Cohen Reposted from the Center for Global Policy. The United States cannot disconnect from the Middle East, which never ceases to be a theater for foreign policy competitions, geopolitical bargaining, and business and investment projects. On the downside, there are civil unrest, religious upheavals, and transnational security threats. While the world and the […]
By Yousuf Ali In the Middle East, many governments there have done their utmost to crackdown on opposition and dissent. One of the oldest and most widespread organizations that they perceive to be a threat to them. This is because the Muslim Brotherhood believes the present day rulers and despots to be against Islamic principles […]
by Marcy Winogard With President-Elect Biden expected to soon announce his nominee for Secretary of Defense, several national progressive organizations are urging him to reject hawkish military contractor consultant Michele Flournoy for the job. Code Pink, Our Revolution, Progressive Democrats of America, Roots Action and World Beyond War released the statement below, citing concerns over Flournoy’s […]
