Special treatment for pilgrims to Islam’s holiest city
Saudi Arabia TARIQ AL-THAQAFI | Published — Friday 5 January 2018 MAKKAH: More than 100 Muslim men and women pilgrims and visitors from Germany, Turkey and Europe yesterday […]
US blackmail continued
Jan 03,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab The problem with the current resident of the White House is that he seems to have forgotten the very ideas that he has espoused in his book “The Art of the Deal”. Even though politics is the art of the possible and politics […]
The historical enigma of Arab-American relations
Jan 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Marwan M. Obeidat Up to 1699, the year that witnessed the culmination of the centuries-long Ottoman threat to Europe, when the Treaty of Karlowitz between the Ottoman Empire and Austria, Poland and Venice was signed, it was through hostility and suspicion the […]
The Trump-Netanyahu nexus is bad news
Jan 03,2018 – Jordan Times – Michael Jansen The Trump-Netanyahu nexus is, on the basic level, bad news for Palestine, Israel, the US, the region and the international community. Trump’s latest outrage is his threat to cut financial aid to the Palestinian Authority and to UNRWA unless Ramallah returns to […]
Why is Trump’s man in Iran, Michael D’Andrea, missing from conversations about the protests?
Isn’t the man in charge of the CIA’s Iran operations taking a serious interest in the latest events in Iran? Surely he is. That’s his job, isn’t it? BY […]
Why do Ismailis Pray Dua instead of Namaz like many other Muslims?
Source: Ismaili Gnosis The prayer-form that most Muslims use today – called Namaz or Salah – was not taught by the Prophet Muhammad himself; it was actually derived and interpreted […]
Why Don’t Ismailis Perform the Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca?
The hajj as interpreted by Sunni Muslims is made to the physical Ka‘bah in Makkah, which is revered as the House of God. However, there are three major Qur’ānic […]
Ottoman Music Therapy
By: Nil Sari Music has been used as a mean of therapy through the centuries to counter all kinds of disorders by various peoples. Physicians and musicians in the Ottoman […]
Garbage collector Syrian finds gold in trash, hands it to Turkish police
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A Syrian man making a living by collecting recyclable garbage in an eastern Turkish city was hailed for taking gold jewelry he found in a dumpster to […]
From an Arab point of view: Sizing up the Turkish threat
Fadi Esber | Published — Wednesday 3 January 2018 In his magnum opus “Strategic Depth,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top foreign policy adviser Ahmet Davutoglu predicted that one day popular uprisings would […]
The significance of the insignificant in Israeli assault on truth
Ray Hanania | Published — Wednesday 3 January 2018 There is no boundary for Israel’s atrocities; a lesson Arabs should understand and take into account when addressing Israel’s political actions. To Israel, no lie is too small to advocate, and they will defend their lies to the extreme. To Israel, […]
Makkah Grand Mosque management to pilgrims: Don’t get carried away taking selfies
Saudi Arabia TARIQ AL-THAQAFI | Published — Friday 29 December 2017 MAKKAH: The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque urged worshippers and […]
‘Race law’ takes Jerusalem a step closer to being a Jewish-only city
Ramzy Baroud | Published — Wednesday 3 January 2018 The Israeli government is planning a series of measures aimed at fully denying Palestinians their legal rights in Jerusalem and […]
What is Unrwa and What Would It Mean if Trump Cuts Its Funding?
By MEGAN SPECIAJAN. 3, 2018 Palestinians last year unloaded sacks of food aid provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for refugees in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. […]
Effective foreign diplomacy behind Jordan’s survival — PM
Mulki voices full support for Foreign Ministry’s reform plans By JT – Jan 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Hani Mulki chairs a meeting at the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday (Petra photo) AMMAN — Prime Minister Hani Mulki on Tuesday met with Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and a number of […]
Jordan denies rumours of coup attempt against King Abdullah
The New Arab Jordan denies rumours of coup attempt against King Abdullah King Abdullah has ruled Jordan since 1999 [Getty] Date of publication: 31 December, 2017 Jordan has issued a […]
Wife gets divorce from man who loved her more than his mother
Saudi Gazette By Ali Al-Rubaie Okaz/Saudi Gazette BAHA — A 29-year-old Saudi man was in for the shock of his life when his wife, whom he loved so much, approached the court for a divorce. The estranged husband did not know why his wife would want divorce from him even […]
Jordan condemns Knesset-enacted Jerusalem law
By JT – Jan 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Tuesday condemned the Israeli Knesset’s endorsement of a bill that requires a special two-thirds majority vote to relinquish […]
Report: Expect more war, hunger in 2018
REUTERS GENEVA A woman holds her severely malnourished 10-month old daughter at the feeding center for children, South Sudan, Dec. 10, 2017. Humanitarian crises around the world will worsen […]
Jerusalem decision a test for Muslims leaders, an end to hopes for peace
MEHMET ÇELIK @celik ISTANBUL AFP Photo Jerusalem, or Al-Quds as the Muslim world calls it, came to the forefront of world politics once again when U.S. President Donald Trump […]