His Highness urges concrete action on challenges as he delivers Jordan’s address at UN General Assembly By JT – Sep 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES HRH Crown Prince Hussein addresses the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN – Delivering Jordan’s address at the […]
For years, Egypt has sought to improve relations between both parties operating in the Palestinian territories. Now it seems like something has actually changed – but what will Qatar do next? Abdellatif El-Menawy Thursday 21 September Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said Qatar remains open to dialogue AP Hamas’ […]
in depth: Asylum in Switzerland https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43526458&locale=en Embed code This content was published on September 21, 2017 5:00 PMSep 21, 2017 – 17:00 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. She’s interested in cultural and religious diversity in Switzerland. This week she meets members of the “Dialogue […]
Security officials assured the writer that he was safe – when he was clearly still at great risk. And then, within hours, his blood was running down the steps of the Amman court Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 21 September 2017 Nahed Hattar was shot dead in Amman on 25 September […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY HANNAH FINGERHUT While a large majority of Americans rate police officers positively on a 0-to-100 “feeling thermometer,” whites and blacks differ widely in their views, including […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER U.S. politicians say they revere the Constitution, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have plenty of ideas for changing it. Since 1999, 742 proposed amendments […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY ABBY BUDIMAN AND DREW DESILVER Public debt has increased sharply in many countries in recent years, particularly during and after the Great Recession. Globally, the total amount of […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY ANTONIO FLORES The Latino population in the United States has reached nearly 58 million in 2016 and has been the principal driver of U.S. demographic growth, accounting for […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY KIM PARKER AND RENEE STEPLER In about a third of married or cohabiting couples in the United States, women bring in half or more of the earnings, a […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY DOROTHY MANEVICH Supporters of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, top candidate for the conservative Christian Democratic Union party in the upcoming general elections, hold up posters to […]
Source: Pew Research Center About half of Europe’s 2015-16 asylum applicants had decisions still pending at end of 2016 BY PHILLIP CONNOR A refugee child at the Berlin administration facility for […]
Source: Pew Research Center Duterte and his war on drugs are seen positively by most Filipinos BY JACOB POUSHTER AND CALDWELL BISHOP Rodrigo Duterte claimed the presidency of the Philippines in May 2016, […]
Source: Pew Research Center A majority of Americans rely on general outlets for science news but more say specialty sources get the facts right about science BY CARY FUNK, JEFFREY GOTTFRIED AND AMY MITCHELL […]
Source: CNN By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN)Increased levels of prenatal fluoride exposure may be associated with lower cognitive function in children, a new study says. The study, published Tuesday […]
Video: Are the Muslim women closing the gender gap in Tunisia? The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles, promoting secularism and the Muslim women’s rights Source: Al Jazeerah […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected on Friday a petition seeking the disqualification of MNA Ayesha Gulalai as a lawmaker. The court decided that the petition filed against Gulalai by Advocate Kulsoom Khaliq was not maintainable. Earlier, Justice Amir Farooq of the IHC heard the petitioner, who submitted that Gulalai had levelled […]
Canada Post and India Post mark Diwali, Festival of Lights Joint stamp issue is a historic first for these two postal services Posted on Sept. 21, 2017 by Canada Post in News Releases TORONTO […]
Indianexpress.com http://indianexpress.com/article/india/contract-marriage-raids-police-arrest-eight-arab-sheikhs-in-hyderabad-who-wanted-to-marry-minor-girls/Two other local qazis who performed fake marriages recently have also been arrested. Cops sealed several residence-cum-guesthouses in Falaknuma and Chandrayangutta area. (Express photo) In a major crackdown on contract marriages racket involving old Arab sheikhs “marrying” local teenage Muslim girls, Hyderabad Police raided several guesthouses and lodges and […]
fra.europa.eu: The vast majority of Muslims in the EU have a high sense of trust in democratic institutions despite experiencing widespread discrimination and harassment, a major survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shows. The survey captures the experiences of Muslim immigrants and their EU-born children, revealing […]