US grovels to Israel the same way ‘supporters’ fawned on Saddam
As many as 20 years ago, I gathered together dozens of US and Israeli government policy statements on the region, jumbled them up – and asked a colleague to arrange […]
Northern Syria administration calls for tribunal for Islamic State detainees
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 25, 2019 BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Kurdish-led administration that runs much of northern Syria called on Monday for an international tribunal to be […]
Gulf Arabs, Iran reject U.S. recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 26, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Fences are seen on the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights March 25, 2019. […]
Debt and the practice of Islamic banks
ABDALRAHMAN MIGDAD Published09.03.2019 A man praying in the Great Mosque in Bursa, western Turkey. Islamic finance is stuck between Islamic values and making a profit on the current system, […]
The Jewish News reports: Minister: PA terrorist payments is ‘no justification’ for Israel to withhold tax
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon made his remarks while speaking in the House of Lords, after being asked by anti-Zionist peer Baroness Tonge By JEWISH NEWS REPORTERMarch 19, 2019, Lord Ahmad A Foreign Office minister has said that Palestinian Authority payments made to convicted terrorists is “no justification” for Israel withholding […]
Trump’s radical, dangerous Israel road map
BURHANETTIN DURAN@burhanduran Published26.03.201902:00 Updated26.03.2019 U.S. President Donald Trump took yet another step to legitimize Israeli expansionism after recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last year. “After 52 years it is time […]
I eradicated Isis with my women comrades – now our aim is to spread feminism across the Middle East
Isis may have been destroyed – but the the fight for women’s liberation is far from over Amara Şervan I decided to join the YPJ in 2013. From the very start, Rimelan […]
How European scholars first encountered the Arab world
Seeking to refute Islam, they gathered books from the Middle East, and almost despite themselves came to a greater respect for its civilisation Culture Mar 6th 2018 The Republic […]
BBC: ‘Muslims don’t date, we marry’
Source: BBC By Sarah Finley Shahzad Younas came up with the idea for Muzmatch while working in the banking sector. The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about […]
Saudi camel racing no longer an all-male affair, says Princess Jamila
Saudi camel racing no longer an all-male affair, says Princess Jamila Previous 1 / 2 Camel racing in Saudi Arabia will no longer be a purely male domain. (AN Photo/Basheer Saleh) 2 / 2 A woman visitor takes a selfie on the back of a camel during the opening day of the […]
Annual West Bank marathon kicks off to draw attention to Israeli occupation
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published23.03.2019 Runners pass by the Israeli separation barrier during the Palestine Marathon, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, March 22, 2019. (AFP Photo) The seventh […]
Book Review: Extremism Is Riyadh’s Top Export
Source: Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia is fighting for a dangerous monopoly on Islamic thought By Farah Pandith, who is the former (and first) Special Representative to Muslim Communities a the […]
Druze protest Trump’s backing of Israeli sovereignty on Golan
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 23, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Israeli soldiers stand on tanks near the Israeli side of the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel […]
Don’t believe the hype, Isis has not yet been defeated – here’s why
If the Americans are in fact leaving at last, the Kurds are still going to be betrayed and left to the mercy of their enemies – be this Turkey or […]
The Zarqa declarations
Mar 21,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah chose Zarqa to make momentous declarations, especially on East Jerusalem and its Muslim and Christian holy places. Zarqa is a […]
Ahmadis to build a community Museum in Haifa
MIDDLE EAST RABWAH TIMES A proposal to build an Ahmadi community museum in Haifa has been welcomed by city officials. Leader of Holy Land’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Muhammad Sharif Odeh, put forward the idea during a meeting with Haifa’s Deputy Mayor. He said the community wants to establish a museum […]
Institutional racism and the rise of anti-Muslim attitudes
Prof Yasmin Alibhai-Brown et al urge the mainstream political parties to acknowledge and confront all forms of racism, Liam O’Keefe says we must resist anti-Muslim behaviour so as to avoid […]
Russia: Golan Heights Status Change Would Violate UN Decisions – RIA
By Reuters Druze Arabs on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold an anti-election protest outside a municipal polling station in Majdal ShamsAmmar Awad / Reuters Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday […]
Laila Lalami: ‘White supremacists target Muslims but the threat isn’t taken as seriously as other forms of terror’
Interview Hadley Freeman The Moroccan-born author talks about finding her voice, who gets control of the narrative and how it feels to be a Muslim in America today @HadleyFreeman Fri […]
Trump’s policy shift over the Golan Heights will stir the pot in volatile Syria
Fig leaves that masked the nastier realities of US power – especially with regard to its actions in the Middle East – are being discarded by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, […]