Month: October 2016

Don’t let the Tories tell you that making women show their passports while giving birth will save the NHS

You can’t have an isolationist policy on climate change, global terrorism, weapons deals, international cyber-crime, the Zika virus epidemic or the refugee crisis – and you can’t have an isolationist policy on birth Holly Baxter @h0llyb4xter 28 comments It is pointless for Theresa May’s Government to demand passports before giving […]

Putin ups the stakes in Syria

Oct 11,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Russia is playing a dangerous game in Syria and it is raising the stakes there so hastily that pundits are now talking about a sharp dip, and heightened tension, in US-Russian ties, the kind of which we have not seen since the […]

The Sykes-Picot ‘curse’

Oct 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH Analysts often refer to the 100-year-old Sykes-Picot agreement as the underlying cause of the problems the Arab world has been facing for decades. While they condemn the agreement that divided the Arab world and imposed artificial lines between the states that […]

US election should be scrapped!

LINDA HEARD | Published — Tuesday 11 October 2016 Linda Heard The upcoming US presidential election needs a redo. Both candidates are generally disliked and both are embroiled in various kinds of scandals. Neither is of the caliber to lead America, never mind the so-called free world. In a perfect […]

The Iraqi Red Crescent Society in the Holy Karbala mobilizes its humanitarian and material efforts for the visit of the Tenth of Muharram

from Iraqi Red Crescent Society Published on 11 Oct 2016 —View Original The Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) / Karbala branch has mobilized all its humanitarian and material efforts for the visit of the Tenth of Muharram to provide the medical services and service to the visitors. Where the IRCS […]

Stirring more problems?

Oct 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL With Moscow deciding to increase its military involvement in Syria and establish a permanent military base in the country, tension between it and Washington can be expected to increase, hopefully not to crisis level. The world has plenty of those and could ill […]

MP MEETS MUSLIM YOUTH FUNDRAISING: CRUMBIA

MP meets Muslim youth raising funds for flood victims By Carl Fallowfield on 10/10/2016    South Lakeland MP Tim Farron met with members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association this Saturday, to set off their charity cycle ride across Cumbria to raise money for flood victims. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth […]

Anti-Ahmadi hate crime has gone unchecked for too long – and the consequences are terrifying

Source: Independent By Fiyaz Mughal @TellMamaUK Tuesday 11 October 2016 56 comments A personality cult has developed around Tanveer Qadri, the jailed murderer of Asad Shah, with groups of young men praising him and religious sermons glorifying his terrible actions Anti-Ahmadi hatred is a form of sectarian racism that has long gone unchecked […]