U.S. general signals support for Iran nuclear deal
Reuters International This content was published on March 13, 2018 U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, commander of the U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on […]
Welcome to AIPAC: Where words lose all meaning
Mar 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby You need to prepare yourself for language shock before listening to speeches at the annual convention of the American Israel Public […]
Battle Ground church seeks to demystify Islam with event
Methodist Church to host Islamic Society members for panel Rick Bannan/rick@thereflector.com Battle Ground Community United Methodist Church Pastor Susan Boegli talks with Islamic Society of Southwest Washington President Shirin Elkoshairi about the specifics of an upcoming panel scheduled at the church for March 23. Those looking to learn more […]
Trump fires chief diplomat Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo
By Reuters – Mar 13,2018 -JORDAN TIMES FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018, and Central Intelligence […]
The better half
Mar 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ali Kassay When my better half and I came to sign our marriage certificate, I wanted to include in it a clause giving her equal right of divorce, which women do not have in Sharia courts. I was almost universally declared a certifiable lunatic […]
“An Ordinary Muslim” and the Clichés of Culture Clash on Stage
Aviva Stahl March 11 2018, Representation matters, on the stage as in the rest of the arts and popular culture, and both the United States and the United Kingdom desperately need […]
Bigoted Election Campaigns, Not Terror Attacks, Drive Anti-Muslim Activity
Murtaza Hussain, Maryam Saleh March 11 2018, An upsurge in anti-Muslim activities across the United States in recent years has tracked closely with changes in the political cycle, according to […]
Is it time the US apologised for invading Iraq?
Fifteen years since the invasion of Iraq, we ask retired US Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt about war crimes and the war’s legacy. 09 Mar 2018 Fifteen years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the consequences of the subsequent war continue to be debated. According to the UN refugee agency, more […]
Keynote Address by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at Humanity First Conference 2018
Humanity First USA Drawing strength from our domestic and global resources, we aim to relieve suffering caused by natural disaster and human conflict, promote peace and understanding, and strengthen people’s […]
Muslim-American breaks barriers as first hijab-wearing TV reporter in US
Source: ET “I love the way that you can craft a story with TV news,” she told VOA. Rahman always dreamed of being in front of the camera, “You get to do it in the words of the people themselves. However, people told her – mentors and even some producers, that America was […]
Baitul Futuh: A New Beginning (Foundation Stone Laying)
Baitul Futuh: A New Beginning (Foundation Stone Laying) On the 4th March 2018, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (May Allah be his helper) laid the foundation stone for the new […]
Muslim group purchases Oro-Medonte church in Barrie, Canada
Source: Barrie Today By: Dave Dawson One of the largest and fastest growing Muslim organizations in Canada has purchased the building that was formerly home to Trinity Community Presbyterian Church […]
U.N. rights chief attacks EU and U.S. over migrants and Dreamers
Reuters International This content was published on March 7, 2018 U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein talks to reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta […]
Trade wars and an arms race will give way to world disorder
Mar 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF The month of March began with a sinister sense of déjà vu at a global level. US President Donald Trump’s threat […]
Muslims ‘are very misunderstood today’ — this Florida college will try to change that
Source: Miami Herald Florida International University is getting a spanking new center dedicated to all things Muslim. Philanthropists Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer, longtime supporters of Middle Eastern studies and other […]
Collapse of Iran nuclear deal would be ‘great loss’, IAEA tells Trump
Reuters International This content was published on March 5, 2018 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano gestures during an interview with Reuters at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (reuters_tickers) By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – A collapse of the Iran nuclear […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Detroit gifts Holy Quran & Islamic literature to Milford’s Public Library
“Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is always ready to help, serve and to remove all kind of negativity and misunderstandings about Islam anytime and anywhere“, said Imam Shamshad of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Detroit. Report by Muhammad Ahmad Detriot Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Detroit, Michigan visited the village of Milford. The Village […]
Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded
Source: Pew Research Center from August 2017 As Protestants prepare to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the prevailing view among […]
The ‘exorcism’ that turned into murder
Source: BBC News At dawn, Vilma Trujillo was led out of the Celestial Vision church – a dark wooden cabin where she had been held captive for almost a week […]
Vatican investigator in Chile hears more sex abuse complaints
Source: Reuters BY Antonio De la Jara SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Archbishop Charles Scicluna, who is in Chile investigating accusations that a bishop had covered up the sexual abuse of minors, […]