The ghost of Herut: Einstein on Israel, 70 years ago
Ramzy Baroud Apr 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in The New York Times on December 4, 1948. […]
Mosul’s landmark Great Mosque of al-Nuri to be rebuilt
The United Arab Emirates is to give $50m (£36m) to help rebuild a landmark mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul blown up by Islamic State militants. The UN’s cultural […]
33 years on, a long-term solution to live export trade remains elusive
Reports show the economic importance of the industry is shrinking for everyone but the exporters themselves @callapilla Sat 21 Apr 2018 Distressed sheep on livestock carrier Awassi Express. Debate continues […]
ISIS Spokesman Calls for Attacks on Arab Nations
Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Photo Young men taking selfies atop the ruins of Nebi Yunus shrine in east Mosul, Iraq, after it was liberated from the Islamic […]
Video: Lessons From Al Andalus – Leading in a Pluralistic Society
01/02/2018 Dr. Craig Considine 2nd Annual National Latino Muslim Convention – left to right: Dr. Craig Considine, Mujahid Fletcher, Dr. Ibrahim Dremali, Adnan Jalali, Jalil Navarro On December 31st, I […]
What Will Middle East Studies Do without Alwaleed bin Talal?
A.J. Caschetta The Jerusalem Post March 21, 2018 What will become of Alwaleed bin Talal’s influence on western academia in light of the crackdown against him and other Saudi royals […]
King of Jordan receives Pakistani army chief
Amman, April 24 (Petra)– His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday received Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Zubair Mahmud Hayat and an accompanying delegation to […]
Measures to End the Institution of Slavery – the Islamic view
Articles from alislam.org: Measures to End the Institution of Slavery It should be remembered that the basic source of unnatural and iniquitous treatment — which existed since time immemorial and […]
Saudi Arabia and the Vatican preach message of peace and tolerance
Maha Akeel April 23, 2018 There is no doubt the meeting between King Salman and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, in Riyadh last week […]
Iraqi shrine tablets offer blessings, cures and a living
Reuters International This content was published on April 22, 2018 A piece of molded clay made of local soil, known as ”turba,” in seen in Kerbala, Iraq April 2, […]
Facing death in Iraq, European extremists will not get help from home
By AFP – Jan 24,2018 -JORDAN TIMES PARIS — European nations rarely miss a chance to slam the use of the death penalty by others, but they have largely turned […]
It is bigger than Gaza
Apr 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari It is not clear how killing a Palestinian child by an Israeli sniper would help Israel in its desperate attempt to […]
View from Saudi Arabia: Could the Korea breakthrough be replicated with Iran?
Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg April 22, 2018 Over the past few days, Korean diplomats have spread the good news that an inter-Korean summit has been scheduled for April 27. If […]
We should be sceptical of far-away governments who claim to know what is happening on the ground in Syria
Government duplicity is scarcely new but denunciations of it may obscure an even greater danger Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The motives of those who claim to know exactly what happens in bombing […]
‘Arabising’ security efforts in Syria
Apr 22,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Saudi Arabia is reportedly floating, once again, the idea of sending its own troops to Syria as part of a coalition of forces to […]
New phase of ‘intelligence war’
Apr 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The recent military intervention by UK, France and the US in Syria is less of a military move and more of a political one, due to the inherent limitations of any military action in Syria right now. The underlying intelligence war […]
Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrulla Khan’s Services to Pakistan and The Muslim World by M. J. As’ad
by M. J. As’ad When he turned 90 a devoted admirer wrote to him: “You are ninety today; a record glorious in every respect, fulfilling in all dimensions of life; […]
Sir Mohammad Zafrullah Khan – An Ahmadi Champion of Pakistan and Arab Cause
An Ahmadi — Champion of Pakistan and Arab Cause Ch Muhammad Zafrulla Khan – a devout Ahmadi who did his bai’at at the hand of the Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam […]
Bangladesh Looks to Saudi Arabia in a Twist of Irony
April 22, 2018 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman by James M. Dorsey Bangladesh, in a twist of irony, is looking to Saudi Arabia to fund a $ 1 billion […]
Family accuses Israel’s Mossad of killing Palestinian in Malaysia
By AFP – Apr 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – The family of a Palestinian professor and Hamas member accused Israel’s Mossad spy agency on Saturday of […]