Pope to broaden Muslim dialogue with Morocco visit
By AFP – Mar 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES African Christian migrants pray in a church ahead of the Pope’s visit, in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday (Reuters photo) VATICANCITY — Pope Francis […]
The EU’s decision to stop rescuing drowning refugees shames us all
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Operation Sophia represented European solidarity at its best. But […]
Egypt’s brutal crackdown on workers’ rights runs far deeper than the fate of two actors
In case anyone should underestimate the regime’s fear of union power, let us remember the story of murdered student Giulio Regeni Robert Fiskin Beirut @indyvoices The Independent Voices Khaled Abol Naga […]
Rescued migrants hijack merchant ship off Libya
The 108 people picked up by Elhiblu 1 reportedly hijacked it when they learned they were being returned to Libya Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo, Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Wed 27 […]
Gambian ex-president ‘stole almost $1bn before fleeing country’
Yahya Jammeh accused of orchestrating huge theft of government funds David Pegg Wed 27 Mar 2019 Yahya Jammeh, right, fled the Gambia in 2017 after losing an election. Photograph: […]
You can give all your money away, but it won’t solve poverty
Masuma Rahim A Kenyan teacher who donates 80% of his income is amazingly generous. But such acts alone cannot tackle inequality Tue 26 Mar 2019 Peter Tabichi (right) with […]
Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says
Source: Scientific American By Lee Billings, who is an associate editor for Scientific American. He covers space and physics. In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the […]
War over ‘our Muslim’ siblings
Johan Eybers2019-03-24 Flowers are placed outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. Picture: Vincent Thian All hell has broken out among religious ministers of the Dutch Reformed […]
PM New Zealand: ‘The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion, and sympathy are just like one body’
(CNN) New Zealand came together in a national day of reflection Friday to mark a week since the mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 50 people. The Muslim […]
The Gambia: Ahmadiya Muslim delegation calls on President Barrow
Source: thepoint.gm A delegation of the Ahmadiyaa Muslim Jamaat has paid a courtesy call on His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, at State House. The delegation was headed by the Emir of The Gambia Jamaat, Baba F. Trawalleh and they were accompanied by the Hon. Minister of Information and Communications Infrastructure, […]
EU and partners hope to bring peace and stability to the Sahel
DR. THEODORE KARASIK March 19, 2019 Soldiers from Burkina Faso take part in a training with Austrian army instructors at the Kamboinse – General Bila Zagre military camp near Ouagadougo […]
Lord Ahmad: “The UK has an unbreakable bond with the Commonwealth”
Press release Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon attended a service to mark Commonwealth Day on 11 March 2019. Published 11 March 2019 From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, […]
These jewelry pieces from ancient Egypt prove that the civilization was ahead of its time
January 28, 2019 at 04:00 pm | CULTURE ELIZABETH OFOSUAH JOHNSON | Staff Writer Elizabeth Johnson is a Ghanaian –Nigerian avid reader and lover of the Creative Arts. She is […]
Meet the warrior woman from Dahomey who trained Haitian revolutionary hero Dessalines
March 12, 2019 at 05:00 pm | HISTORY ELIZABETH OFOSUAH JOHNSON | Staff Writer Elizabeth Johnson is a Ghanaian –Nigerian avid reader and lover of the Creative Arts. She is […]
Like power-hungry leaders before him, Abdelaziz Bouteflika can’t quite let go – and now Algeria is a necrocracy
Why do these wretched men not retire, gently, diplomatically, in a dignified way? They surely do not fear death. Presidents attract assassins. Retired presidents do not Robert Fisk @indyvoices Let […]
‘Saved by luck’: the passenger who just missed flight ET302
Ethiopian Airlines crash Antonis Mavropoulos says he feels a moral obligation to the 157 killed to find out why the Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed Helena Smith in Athens Fri 15 […]
Quran: Can We Squeeze an Ocean into a Swimming Pool?
Epigraph: And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, with seven oceans swelling it thereafter, the words of Allah would not […]
Trump’s peace plan will polarise Arabs, Europe
Mar 12,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Only a few weeks separate us from two significant events for the region: the April 9 Israeli Knesset elections and following that, […]
The Arab Spring, a second try!
Mar 12,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH The so-called Arab Spring that swept across much of the Arab world eight years ago appears to be having a resurgence. […]
Algerians celebrate as Bouteflika abandons plan to seek new term
Prime minister replaced; new constitution to be put to referendum By Reuters – Mar 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Algerian youths march with national flags during a demonstration in the centre […]