Malika I: Khayzuran & Zubayda
By: Tom Verde From Indonesia to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey, it is not particularly rare in our own times for women in Muslim-majority countries to be […]
Berlin mosque erupts in flames after suspected arson attack
Published time: 11 Mar, 2018 A man walks inside Koca Sinan Camii mosque, the scene of a suspected arson attack in Berlin. © Inke Kappeler / Reuters Firefighters were deployed […]
‘Punish a Muslim Day’ Letters Rattle U.K. Communities
By YONETTE JOSEPH MARCH 11, 2018 Photo Muslims praying outside a mosque in Barking, England. Anonymous hate letters targeting Muslims have spurred fear and police investigations. Credit Andrew Testa for […]
Lost tablet of Seljuk Sultan Kayqubad I found in Turkey’s Antalya
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The lost tablet of Seljuk Sultan Kayqubad I found in Turkey’s Antalya province (AA Photo) Related Articles Feature 13th century complex offers a glimpse of Seljuk […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Rise of Flat-Earthers Is Result of Failed Educational System
Source: Time By LISA MARIE SEGARRA March 10, 2018 In a new video on his StarTalk YouTube channel, Neil deGrasse Tyson took on Flat Earthers — those who believe the Earth is flat […]
Chinese official warns against creeping Islamisation
Reuters International This content was published on March 10, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Men talk on a street in China’s Linxia, Gansu province, home to a large population of ethnic […]
Senior UAE official says Turkey-Arab relations ‘not in best state’
Reuters International This content was published on March 10, 2018 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Gargash, speaks at an event at Chatham […]
Brain donation urged by Cardiff dementia research centre
Source: BBC News By Natalie Crockett BBC News Older people in Wales are being urged to think about donating their brains after they die to help scientists researching dementia. Researchers at […]
Austria plans to put immigration and borders at heart of EU presidency
Reuters International This content was published on March 9, 2018 Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and EU Minister Gernot Bluemel attend a news conference in Vienna, […]
ACLU Lawsuit Accuses Trump Administration of Breaking Up Immigrant Families
Source: Time By NOMAAN MERCHANT / AP March 9, 2018 (HOUSTON) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Friday accusing the U.S. government of broadly separating immigrant families […]
Sri Lankan police ask who promoted violence against Muslims
Reuters International This content was published on March 9, 2018 Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force and Police officers stand guard near a burnt house after a clash between two communities […]
‘Hayy ibn Yaqdhan’ and the European Enlightenment
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 PublishedMarch 9, 2018 A Muslim man looks out from a mosque. Ibn Tufayl (1116 to 1185), one of the luminaries of Andalusian Islam, is best known for […]
Private Turkish jet carrying bride and friends from bachelorette party in Dubai crashes in Iran
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES ISTANBUL A private plane carrying the daughter of the owner of one of Turkey’s leading companies and 10 others onboard traveling to Istanbul from a […]
Wedding celebration bullet kills guest in Saudi Arabia
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 11 March 2018 Wedding celebratory fire kills guest. (Shutterstock) DUBAI: A guest was killed at a Saudi wedding after a bullet fire in celebration […]
Man blows up house after trying to kill cockroaches
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 11 March 2018 A man blew up his home after trying to kill a group of cockroaches. (Shutterstock DUBAI: A man blew up […]
Divorced Saudi mothers win new rights to child custody
RUBA OBAID | Published — Sunday 11 March 2018 JEDDAH: Divorced women are no longer required to file a lawsuit to gain custody of their children, provided there are no disputes between the parents. Mothers may now simply submit a request to the relevant court, without the need for […]
America shuts the schoolhouse door on refugees
Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – GORDON BROWN LONDON — No international institution has done as much for children’s schooling on the ground for as long as the United Nations […]
A new order for the Indo-Pacific
Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Brahma Chellaney SYDNEY — Security dynamics are changing rapidly in the Indo-Pacific. The region is home not only to the world’s fastest-growing economies, but […]
Jordan, Saudi Arabia in talks over $500b NEOM project
By Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Discussions are under way between Jordan and Saudi Arabia to identify projects that will be implemented in Aqaba, […]
Debt lands hundreds in jail as Gaza economy tanks
By AFP – Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians, who are unable to pay off their debts, sit in a cell in a Hamas jail in Gaza City on February 20 (AFP photo) GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Sameh Al Madhoun’s eyes fill with tears as he recalls his fall […]