Arab World

Plea for Syria

May 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Following his Friday briefing to the UN Security Council, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura called on the US and Russian leaders to help salvage the “barely alive” ceasefire in Syria “from a total collapse”. Since the cessation of hostilities is “hanging […]

The UAE’s Fragile Good Life

In a region of civil war (Syria, Yemen, Libya), hardening dictatorship (Turkey, Egypt), nuclear build up (Iran), and potential water calamity (Iraq), where in the Middle East outside Israel can one find the good life? Surprisingly perhaps, in the United Arab Emirates, a country in the Persian Gulf. Despite the […]

No place for racism in Islam

  Deana Nassar | Published — Friday 1 April 2016 Islam with its universal concept of brotherhood rejects all artificial and man-made marks of distinction. When listening to the radio, reading newspapers, surfing the Net or watching television, we are confronted daily with the same sad news: Violence, crime, wars […]

Will Israel ever learn?

Apr 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The Israeli government committed last week one more strategic mistake that will, in the long run, have a serious impact both on Israelis and on Palestinians. Nearly three decades ago, military occupation authorities in the West Bank and Gaza deported 415 Palestinian […]

Helmet cam shows Daesh in chaos

Reuters | Published — Saturday 30 April 2016 An Islamic State fighter is seen carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher in Iraq, in this still image taken from an amateur video supplied by Kurdish Peshmerga and received by Reuters on Friday. (Reuters) BAGHDAD: Daesh may exult in online portrayals of radicals […]

Universe has only One to worship

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid | Published — Friday 29 April 2016 The entire universe, in the way it is created and the way it is controlled, bears witness to the oneness of Allah: “Surely, His is the creation and commandment. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the Aalameen (mankind, jinn […]

Marriage of student, 17, raises eyebrows

ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 30 April 2016 TABUK: A secondary school in the Al-Ula governorate recently organized a party during its open day to celebrate the marriage of a 17-year-old student, triggering concern among some marriage officials. According to local media, the student of King Abdulaziz secondary school […]

Saudi Arabia’s future

Source. Arab News: It was an exceptional day for Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Royal Court was packed with Saudi and foreign journalists and writers. Their eyes were fixated on the declaration of the Saudi Vision 2030 — a new road map that charts a new future for Saudi Arabia. Deputy […]

Encryption hindering efforts to stop Islamic State, intelligence director says

New, commercially available encryption software ‘had and is having major, profound effects on our ability’ to collect intelligence, ‘particularly against terrorists,’ James Clapper told reporters at a Monitor-hosted breakfast. By Anna Mulrine, Staff writer APRIL 25, 2016 Save for later Michael Bonfigli /The Christian Science Monitor View Caption WASHINGTON — […]