What Will Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Ties Look Like Under Imran Khan?
Khan’s first trip overseas will be to Saudi Arabia, to shore up a longtime partnership. By Samuel Ramani August 24, 2018 On August 13, Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran […]
UN official: Palestinian refugee issue can’t be wished away
An estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes in the fighting in the wake of the 1948 Mideast war surrounding Israel’s creation. (AFP) AP August 24, 2018 […]
Muslim unity key to defeating forces of Takfirism
By Syed Zafar Mehdi August 21, 2018 TEHRAN – For Muslims, the staggering fall from grace can largely be attributed to fragmentation in their ranks, exacerbated by the scourge of […]
Muslim pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for peak of Hajj
j By AFP – Aug 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal Al Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the Saudi holy city of […]
Pentagon raises alarm about sharp drop in Iraqi refugees coming to US
By Reuters – Aug 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES US soldiers gather at a military base north of Mosul, Iraq, on January 4, 2017 (Reuters file photo) WASHINGTON — Military officials […]
Israel is building another 1,000 homes on Palestinian land. Where’s the outrage?
Never in the field of human rights has so much been owed by so many to so few Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices The construction of another 1,000 […]
‘Green Haj’ slowly takes root in Makkah
AFPAugust 23, 2018 Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Makkah that presents a huge […]
The Muslims who cannot perform Haj
Prabhash K Dutta New Delhi August 23, 2018 Muslim pilgrims walk to cast their stones at a pillar symbolising Satan during the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia August […]
Islamic State chief, in rare speech, urges followers to fight on
Reuters International This content was published on August 22, 2018 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at a mosque in […]
Uri Avnery, the Israeli optimist who played chess with Yasser Arafat, has died – he was one of my few Middle East heroes
There he is in my six-year-old notebook, very much alive, still demanding peace with the Palestinians, peace with Hamas, and generosity and a Palestinian state on the old 1967 borders […]
Learn all about the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha
(Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) Eid al-Adha (say “EED al UDD-ha”) is a Muslim festival, which lasts for several days (it varies based on where you live). Keep reading to learn more about this special festival. Where does the festival come from? Allah is said to have replaced Ibrahim’s son with a […]
The New Arab Order
Power and Violence in Today’s Middle East By Marc Lynch In 2011, millions of citizens across the Arab world took to the streets. Popular uprisings from Tunis to Cairo promised […]
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman
Pakistan Mateen Haider August 22, 2018 Rawalpindi, 22 August 2018: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa who is in Saudi Arabia to perform hajj, met Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin […]
Calgary Muslims helping feed city’s less fortunate during Eid al-Adha
Ryan Rumbolt August 21, 2018 Meat from a traditional livestoc slaughter at Calgary’s the Baitun Nur Mosque will be given to Calgarians in need, as well as friends and family […]
Muslims at haj blame Arab disunity for Jerusalem embassy move
Source: Reuters By Muhammad Yamany, Seham El-Oraby ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Muslims at the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia criticized what they described as discordant Arab leaders for failing to […]
Hajj pilgrims laud China-built light rail service in Saudi Arabia
MAKKAH: More than two million Muslims took part in the symbolic stoning of the devil Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, the last major ritual of the Hajj pilgrimage that heralds the […]
More than 2 million pilgrims complete journey to Mount Arafat for second day of Hajj
Source: Arab News 1 / 16 Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal Al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the Saudi holy city of Makkah, as the […]
The poor need sacrifice of everyone
Aug 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL It is, once again, the time to celebrate Eid Al Adha, which literally means the feast of “sacrifice”. This is the occasion when faithfuls […]
What about Israel’s airport mistreatment of Arab Americans?
Aug 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This past week, The New York Times ran an article, “Israeli Airport Detention of Prominent US Jew Prompts Uproar”, focusing on […]
Muslims at haj blame Arab disunity for Jerusalem embassy move
Reuters International This content was published on August 20, 2018 Muslim pilgrims arrive to pray outside Namira Mosque on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the […]