French president says Muslim hijab ‘not my business’
Source: The Connexion President Emmanuel Macron has said that it is “not his business” whether Muslim women wear a hijab in public spaces – but that it “is his business” […]
Berlin Worried about IS Fighters Coming Home
The German government long shied away from bringing German Islamic State fighters and their families back from Syria. But with the Turkish invasion of northern Syria, that hesitancy is coming […]
Islamic Teachings on Ideal Family Life
by Mukhtar Ahmad Cheema Being a complete and final religion from God, Islam guides all aspects of our lives. This guidance is contained in the Holy Quran; the life-time […]
One year later, our murdered friend Jamal has been proved right
(Brian Stauffer for The Washington Post) By Editorial Board September 30, 2019 JAMAL KHASHOGGI never intended to be a dissident. For many years, he wrote for and edited newspapers in […]
The Lebanese uprising won’t change anything while sectarian elites cling to power
The only way to create a modern state is to deconfessionalise it. But then Lebanon, whose very identity is sectarianism, would cease to exist Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices […]
Iraq says U.S. forces withdrawing from Syria have no approval to stay
Oct 22, 2019 – 09:57 BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. forces that crossed into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only […]
Senior Israeli official attends Bahrain security meeting focusing on Iran
Oct 21, 2019 – 13:06 MANAMA (Reuters) – A senior Israeli official attended a maritime security conference in Bahrain on Monday in another sign of Gulf Arab nations and Israel […]
Grief, Isolation & Mental Health: A Special Interview with His Holiness, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
28th August 2019 By Syed Amer Safir Isolation is a pressing issue for the world today. 7.2% of European Union citizens (over 30 million people) were found to be socially […]
Betty McCollum wants the US to stop subsidising torture of Palestinian children
Oct 23,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his […]
In Lebanon, people power dictates conditions on ruling elite
Oct 22,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Lebanon’s political mosaic is crumbling, and the long-standing taboos are now fair game for millions of Lebanese of all sects who […]
I don’t blame the Lebanese rioters setting Beirut alight – they are hungry, poor and furious
On the corniche seafront where I live almost every apartment block is empty. These buildings are owned as investments by Iraqis and Saudis, while the poor of the Beqaa Valley […]
Let extremists return home, French anti-terror magistrate urges
By AFP – Oct 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES PARIS — The refusal of the French government to take back Daesh fighters from Syria could fuel a new recruitment drive […]
Iraq prudent ovr taking Islamic State foreign nationals
Oct 17, 2019 – swissinfo.ch BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi officials appeared cautious on Thursday after holding talks with European powers this week aimed at accelerating efforts to create a […]
This is what Britain should do with Isis detainees fleeing Turkey’s assault on Kurds in Syria
Britain must show those who supported Isis that justice will be served, while rehabilitating lower risk individuals Fiyaz Mughal @FaithMattersUK By now it is clear that a phone call between […]
Trump claims Kurds ‘no angels’ as he boasts of his own ‘brilliant’ strategy
President’s assertion undercuts US mission to Turkey aimed at urging Erdoğan to halt offensive Julian Borger in Washington and Michael Safi in Amman Trump calls decision to withdraw US […]
Trump is right to take troops out of Syria. Now they must leave Iraq and Afghanistan
Simon Jenkins The president’s motive for abandoning the Kurds is unclear, but the continued US presence in foreign wars is a disaster Mon 14 Oct 2019 Donald Trump is right […]
Like the US before it, Iran is learning the perils of foreign intervention in Iraq
America has learned and relearned its lesson the hard way several times over the last 50 years, now it’s time for another nation to get a taste of its own medicine Borzou Daragahi @borzou Some four years ago in Iraq’s Anbar province, a leader of a local Shia militia […]
The evolution of the ‘Somalization’ concept
OP-ED Daily Sabah > IBRAHIM ABDIRAHMAN MUKHTAR Published 11.10.2019 “And our country [Iraq] has turned into Somalia… and under the rule of foreigners.” These were some of the words […]
French consul general visits factory in Makkah where Kaaba cover is made
Source: Arab News Kiswa cloth is made of more than 670 kilograms of raw silk, dyed black inside the complex, 120 kilograms of gold threads and 100 kilograms of silver […]
A look back to 2016: Wikileaks documents highlight sinister relations between Erdogan and ISIS
The connection of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan΄s family with the oil smuggling of the “Islamic State” is revealed after Wikileaks΄ revealing of emails from the Turkish energy minister, […]