Black History Month Starts Today and Ends on February 28
‘We Can Be a Better Country If We Know These Stories.’ The Complicated History of African Americans in the Military Source: Time There are as many different kinds of war […]
Ahmadiyya & Humanity First Complete an-other Project in Croatia
Source.www.czn.hr By Zubair Khan International Humanitarian Organization Humanity First Germany donated Caritas of the Zagreb Archdiocese to transport children and adolescents with physical and mental disabilities. National TV Croatia HRT was generous and kind enough to broadcast live the donation event in its morning popular program Dobro Jutro, means Good […]
Women unite for World Hijab Day, which is Today
Women unite for World Hijab Day Source: Al Jazeera By Saba Aziz Growing up in the Bronx in New York City with a hijab covering her head, Nazma Khan says […]
We must look to the past, not Isis, for the true meaning of Islam
Emir Abdelkader was a Muslim, Sufi, sheikh, humanist, protector of his people against Western barbarism, protector of Christians against Muslim barbarism, so noble that Abe Lincoln sent him a pair […]
Turkey: Head of leading business group proposes interest-free financing model for investment projects
ELIF BINICI @elifebinici ISTANBUL Chairman of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) Abdurrahman Kaan. The burden of interest rates on investors, which harms competitiveness of investors in international markets […]
Jordan: Woman gives domestic workers a voice in court
One woman is on a mission to defend the rights of migrant domestic workers in Jordan. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reports http://fave.api.cnn.io/v1/fav/?video=world/2018/02/01/domestic-workers-jordan-freedom-project-karadsheh-pkg.cnn&customer=cnn&edition=domestic&env=prod&autostart=true CLICK ON FOR VIDEO REPORT !
A disappointing gathering in Sochi
Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The Russian-brokered Sochi “peace conference” on Syria dubbed as the Syrian Congress of National Dialogue held on Tuesday was off to a disappointing start and ended […]
Religion in Switzerland: Non-believers make up a quarter of Swiss population
This content was published on January 31, 2018 The proportion of Protestants declined the most of all religious groups (Keystone) According to data released by the Federal Statistical Office […]
Trump’s self-deluding generals
Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen When Donald Trump ceded his authority over military operations to commanders on the ground and, even, pilots in the air over Afghanistan, […]
Palestinians need freedom, independence as much as they need economic support — Safadi
FM takes part in donor countries meeting to support Palestinian economy By JT – Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL An excavator demolishes a building after Israeli forces’ wide-scaled operations in Isawiya district of East Jerusalem on Tuesday (Anadolu Agency photo) AMMAN — Jordan has reiterated that ending the Israeli […]
Egypt court asks Mufti to weigh in on death sentences for 10
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has referred the case of 10 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members held on terrorism charges to the country’s top religious authority, the […]
Indonesia’s conservative Aceh orders headscarves for Muslim flight attendants
Source: Reuters BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Authorities in the Indonesian province of Aceh have ordered Muslim flight attendants to wear headscarves when flying into the ultra-conservative Islamic region, officials […]
PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu temple
Source: Economic Times By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will witness video link to ground breaking (‘shila pujan’) for the first ever temple in Abu Dhabi during […]
In Kenya, debt-ridden Christian universities struggle to stay open
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili | January 30, 2018 Men stand outside the main entrance of the Presbyterian University of Eastern Africa on Jan. 30, 2018, in Githunguri, Kenya. Kenya’s minister for […]
Paris officials investigate suspected anti-Semitic attack on schoolboy
Source: BBC News An eight-year-old boy wearing a Jewish skullcap, or kippa, has been attacked in a suburb of the French capital, Paris, in what officials suspect is the latest […]
Friends who foiled 15:17 to Paris train attack ‘guided by God’
Source: The Guardian Three young Americans who are playing themselves in a Clint Eastwood-directed movie about how they foiled a terrorist attack in France say their actions were guided by God. The […]
Israeli criticism sparks anti-Jewish remarks in Polish media
Source: Associated By VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A diplomatic dispute between Poland and Israel over pending legislation that would outlaw blaming Poland for the crimes of the Holocaust has led to an outburst of anti-Semitic comments in Poland, including some in the government-controlled media. Poland’s lower house of […]
Muslim students and families get a close-up view of politics at State House
Source: Boston Globe By Cristela Guerra GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 30, 2018 On Muslim Lobby Day at the State House, some of the most outspoken, curious, and determined activists weren’t yet old enough to […]
Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open
Source: Associated Press By VANESSA GERA WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, marking a formal […]