Trump undoing his own plan by emboldening Israel
Oct 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF East Jerusalem Palestinians are facing a vicious onslaught as Israel begins to implement a series of measures aimed primarily at limiting […]
That single line of blood: Nassir and Mohammed
Oct 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, September 28, history was repeating itself in a most […]
The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi a reminder that we can no longer turn a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s regime
The disappearance of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi from his country’s consulate in Istanbul, which comes only a week after a German court ordered the extradition of an Iranian diplomat to […]
HUMANITARIAN SHIP : Aquarius Swiss flag demand gathers steam
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 9, 2018 An alliance of non-governmental organisations has handed in a petition, containing 27,000 signatures, that calls on the Swiss government to […]
A (not so funny) Jewish tale: The Jew and the Caliph of Arabia
Florida Jewish Journal Opinion Caren Schnur Neile, Ph.D. (Caren Schnur Neile, Ph.D./Courtesy) Of all the stories I’ve heard over the years, my favorites are those in which one character […]
CAIR Launches ‘Meet-A-Muslim-Monday’ For Introduction & Invitation
By Robbie OwensOctober 9, 2018 DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Like so many Muslims, Irfa Sheikh has spent her post 9/11 life trying to convince a shaken nation that the […]
How War with Islam Shaped and Defined Us
October 9, 2018 By Thomas Lifson Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen centuries of war between Islam and the West by Raymond Ibrahim De Capo Press/Hachette Book Group 394 pages with notes […]
Islamic Finance A Potential Boost For Gold’s ‘Safe Haven’ Status
Leslie Shaffer in Singapore | @leslieshaffer1 | October 8, 2018 Gold has long been viewed as a safe-haven play, but despite recent geopolitical turmoil and market fluctuations, the precious metal […]
Constantine the African and the Qayrawani doctors
Constantine the African and the Qayrawani doctors: Contribution of the ‘Phoenicians’ of North Africa to Latin Medicine in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by: Charles Burnett When a sixteenth-century medical […]
Outstanding Muslim Women’s Contribution to Islamic Civilisation
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics 20216. by: Salim Al-Hassani While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and […]
Criticism of Israeli policy is not anti-Semitic
James J. Zogby 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES I was provoked to write this discussion of what is and what isn’t anti-Semitism by an article in Haaretz on the “controversy” created by […]
King of Jordan renews position on Mideast as he meets Israeli Labour leader
Avi Gabbay vows to work for two-state solution By JT – Oct 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli forces at Palestinians during a protest calling for […]
Erdogan asks Riyadh to ‘prove’ journalist left consulate
By AFP – Oct 09,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yemeni Tawakkol Karman (centre) holds pictures of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi as she speaks to the press during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on Monday (AFP photo) ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Turkey demands permission to search Saudi consulate after journalist Khashoggi’s disappearance
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned Saudi Arabian Ambassador Waleed A. M. Elkhereiji for the second time after journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and demanded permission […]
Pressure on Saudis after disappearance of dissident in Istanbul
Calls for international inquiry amid claims Riyadh involved in state-sponsored murder Martin Chulov in Istanbul Sun 7 Oct 2018 Jamal Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in […]
This Black History Month, let’s teach young people how slavery interrupted a rich and powerful black history
Our young people should be taught about the horrors of the slave trade so that we never forget, but they also need to understand that their ancestors came from some […]
The Nobel Peace Prize 2018 winners brought attention to sexual abuse in conflicts
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Oct. 5 to Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi activist. (TV2 NORWAY) By Chico Harlan October 5 at 5:30 […]
Nobel peace prize 2018 won by Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad – live updates
Mukwege and Murad recognised for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon in war Long read: The village where dozens of young girls have been raped is still waiting for justice LIVE Updated 6m ago Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad have been announced as winners […]
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Balfour Declaration‘ by Elliot Jager
Posted by Troy Warner on September 18, 2018 By Joshua Sinai – – Monday, September 17, 2018 ANALYSIS/OPINION: THE BALFOUR DECLARATION: SIXTY-SEVEN WORDS — 100 YEARS OF CONFLICT By […]
I watched a Palestinian family lose their land 25 years ago – and this week I returned to find them
‘We don’t eat, drink or sleep. Do we stay in other people’s homes? My husband is crippled, we are both old. This is a tyranny’ Robert FiskJerusalem @indyvoices The Independent […]