King of Jordan issues initiative to restore Christ’s Tomb in Jerusalem
Apr 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has issued a Royal Benefaction (makruma) to provide for the restoration of Jesus’ Tomb in the Church of […]
Anne Frank House from a Palestinian perspective
Apr 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Aseel Ghaben Besides of the joy travel brings to one’s heart, each destination is also an eye-opener. When getting out of one’s environment, one starts wondering whether he/she would still have the same values, beliefs and norms. Moreover, one would also learn tolerance and acceptance. […]
A question is an answer
Why do you always answer a question with another Question, Mulla Nasrudin? Do I ?
‘Kill Ahmadis’ leaflets found in UK mosque
Source. BBC News. Leaflets calling for the killing of a sect of Muslims have been found in a south London mosque. Piles of the flyers, which say Ahmadis should face death if they refuse to convert to mainstream Islam, were displayed in Stockwell Green mosque. The leaflet was authored by […]
The very real pain of ‘imaginary’ illness
Source: BBC By David Robson How do you tell a patient that their paralysis, blindness, or seizures are “all in the mind”? As the doctor Suzanne O’Sullivan explains to BBC Future, our thoughts and feelings can move the body in mysterious ways that are just as frightening as any physical […]
Debating the Hijab
Source: The Clarion Project By Codi Robertson Westerners tend to regard wearing a hijab as a form of oppression, as French women’s rights minister says, but are things really as […]
Asad Shah killing should be condemned by all Muslims, say Ahmadi community
Source: The Guardian By Libby Brooks Glasgow’s Ahmadiyya community have called on all Muslim leaders and imams in Britain to publicly condemn Asad Shah’s killer, who defended the fatal stabbing […]
Secular activist who criticised Islamism killed in Dhaka
Source: The Guardian By Saad Hammadi in Dhaka, Aisha Ganiin London and agencies Nazimuddin Samad, whose family live in London, was hacked to death by at least four assailants after […]
Zika virus may cause broader range of brain disorders than previously believed
Source: The Guardian By Alan Yuhas The Zika virus may cause a wider range of brain disorders than previously thought, according to a small study released on Sunday. Scientists already suspect […]
Why some animals have venoms so lethal they cannot use them
Source: BBC By Josh Gabbatiss My reverie as I walk through Costa Rica’s beautiful Corcovado National Park is brought to a sudden halt when the guide’s arm slams into […]
Obama says Trump, Cruz doing Democrats a ‘favor’
Source: Reuters BY ROBERTA RAMPTON President Barack Obama on Friday told donors that Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz were doing Democrats a “favor” by exposing extreme views […]
Cameron Publishes Tax Details in Bid to Move on From Panama
Source: Bloomberg By Thomas Penny & Alex Morales U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron published details of the taxes he’s paid since 2009 as he sought to draw a line under the furor […]
How Your Birth Order Affects Your Odds of Success
Source: Motto By Jeffrey Kluger You’ve probably never been asked if you’re an only child in a job interview—but whether you have siblings, how many you have and where you […]
Obama More Popular Than Presidential Candidates, Poll Shows
Source: Time By Katie Reilly The President is viewed more favorably than any of the presidential candidates A new poll shows that President Barack Obama’s approval rating has increased and he […]
Sowing the seeds of Syria’s future
Apr 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – GORDON BROWN We are at risk of producing a lost generation of young Syrians. Nearly six years of civil war have displaced them from their homes, denied them the chance to plan for their future and stolen their hopes. And in hopelessness, as we […]
Refreshingly fair
Apr 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Of all US presidential candidates, be they Democrat or Republican, ironically, the Jewish senator from Vermont seems to have the most balanced position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Bernie Sanders has made no secret of his belief that Israelis and Palestinians can and should coexist […]
Greece condemns Macedonia’s use of tear gas, rubber bullets on migrants
Reuters International APR 10, 2016 – 17:37 By Stoyan Nenov IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Dozens of migrants and refugees were wounded on Sunday when Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds on the Greek side of the border, aid workers said, an act condemned by Greece as […]
Muslims: The Ahmadi Versus non-Ahmadi struggle in UK
Asad Shah Murder Sparks Sectarian Row As Muslim Council Of Britain Rejects Ahmadi Source: Huffington Post By Steven Hopkins The murder of a Glasgow shopkeeper has reignited a sectarian argument […]
Sectarian Leaflets Call For Death Of Moderate Muslims At London Universities
Source.Bereitbart.com A Muslim hate group has distributed leaflets at leading London universities and on public streets calling for moderate Ahmadiyyahs to be killed, bringing Pakistani sectarian hate on to the streets of the UK capital. The revelation follows the brutal murder Asad Shah, an Ahmadiyya Muslim from Glasgow, Scotland who had […]
Echoes of Stalinism abound in the very modern Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict
The same old enemies are clanking around the black mountains of Karabagh: Russian power, Turkish expansionism and Armenian nationalism Robert Fisk @indyvoices The weariness with which the media reported the latest battle for Nagorno-Karabagh was all too evident during al-Jazeera’s first news reports. Blaming Stalin for the Armenian-Azerbaijan war, the […]