Significant changes in Arab public opinion
Feb 17,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Across the Middle East and North Africa, 2019 provided an eventful end to a tumultuous decade. There were unsettling developments on […]
ISIS bride Shamima Begum says life ‘fell apart’ as she was stripped of UK citizenship
Shamima Begum said her life ‘fell apart’ when she was stripped of UK citizenship. The former UK schoolgirl, 20, was one of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria […]
Growing Islamophobia ‘intolerable,’ UN chief Guterres says
Source: Daily Sabah AP — The U.N. chief on Sunday voiced his concern over rising Islamophobia in the world, calling it “intolerable.” Antonio Guterres’ remarks came during a joint news […]
‘The deal of the century’ and its hidden secrets
Feb 15,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – HAZIM EL NASER We oppose and reject the US-Israeli peace plan, or the so-called “deal of the century”, for many political, economic, social and […]
Trump’s ruthless Israel-Palestinian plan shows how important Prince Charles is
Both the US president and the Prince of Wales have marked 2020 by highlighting the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict. But their positions are, unsurprisingly, very different, says Nabila Ramdani @NabilaRamdani The […]
Sara Haba First Lady To Reach Makkah on Bicycle
A Tunisian female, Sara Haba, recently formed a record of the first cyclist to reach Makkah using a bicycle. In the past, only three Muslims, having the urge of visiting […]
Trump’s acquittal will embolden him to adopt increasingly destructive policies in this region
Feb 12,2020 – JORDAN TIMES- MICHAEL JANSEN Donald Trump’s acquittal in his Senate trial after being impeached for courting foreign intervention in the 2020 US elections and obstruction of […]
WEF’s Riyadh summit ‘can help resolve regional, world issues’
Short Url https://arab.news/55jah Frank Kane February 13, 2020 Saudi Arabia merits focus because it is the Middle East’s largest economy, forum president tells Arab News RIYADH: The WEF believes its […]
Saudi Arabia prepares for Valentine’s Day
Source: Arab News Hearts and flowers are everywhere as the Kingdom prepares to celebrate the once ‘haram’ Valentine’s Day tomorrow Saudis are buying extravagant gifts, flowers, cheesy balloons and even […]
Israel is getting closer than ever to many Arab nations – but Trump has made sure it is nothing but an illusion
Benjamin Netanyahu will find cooperation harder than he thinks, thanks to the actions of the US president Ahmed Aboudouh @AAboudouh 12th February 2020 independent.co.uk When the speaker of the Kuwaiti […]
Not so fast: US orders Netanyahu to delay annexation of West Bank land
https://arab.news/5tpwp Daoud Kuttab February 10, 2020 Palestinian leaders: Netanyahu had no option but to do what Washington told him AMMAN, Jordan: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced on Sunday […]
Two Historic Deeds: The Common Muslim Has Done What Even Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar Or Azad Couldn’t
In that spontaneous burst of poetry and speech, a deeper citizenship is forged — via the many-spangled ethos of Indian Islam. This is remarkable and without precedent, writes Columbia Professor of Philosophy Akeel Bilgrami. http://www.outlookindia.com Akeel Bilgrami 17 February 2020 Shaheen Bagh, Where The Indian Muslim Has Found Her Voice […]
Qatar-backed Islamic body calls on Muslims to ‘use all means’ against Trump plan
Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya English Friday, 7 February 2020 The Qatar-funded International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) released a statement following the announcement of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East […]
Opinion: The IDF Spokesman Announces: Continue to Shoot Palestinian Children
Gideon Levy Feb 09, 2020 HAARETZ.COM Israeli soldiers shoot children. Sometimes they wound them and sometimes they kill them. Sometimes the children wind up brain dead, sometimes disabled. […]
Women and Islam: Segregation of Women in Islam: Separate Venue, not Value
Source: Review of Religions By Munavara Ghauri Recently Daniel Gee of the Farnham Herald interviewed the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba).[1]Concerning the rights of Muslim women and the reason why men and women are segregated at Ahmadiyya Muslim events, His Holiness […]
Palestine is nobody’s client state
Ibrahim Alkhamis February 05, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/yvws6 As US presidential adviser Jared Kushner’s Middle East plan was revealed, news outlets in Iran, Turkey and Qatar eagerly awaited the Gulf’s […]
Israel bans Palestinian agricultural exports via Jordan
Reuters, Ramallah Saturday, 8 February 2020 Israel has escalated a trade war with the Palestinians by stopping their agricultural exports through Jordan, Palestinian Agriculture Minister Riyad al-Attari said on […]
Book Review: Gulf Crisis and the New World Order – by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
The Gulf Crisis and the New World Order – January 1, 1992 by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (Author) Hardcover from $5.83 Editorial Reviews The Gulf Crisis and the New World […]
Begum verdict emerges from thin arguments of security v humanity
True story of schoolgirl turned Isis member played only a small part in court deliberations Begum loses first stage of appeal against citizenship removal Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor […]
Israel’s Palestinian Minority has Good Reason to Fear Trump’s Plan
by Ron Forthofer / February 7th, 2020 President Trump’s fraudulent Middle East deal runs roughshod over Palestinian rights, harms long-term Israeli interests, and is only the latest example of […]