Jan 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The much-anticipated peace talks on Syria will presumably be held next week in Geneva, but are now projected to be indirect negotiations between Damascus and the opposition, rather than face-to-face discussions. Much hope was pinned on these much delayed talks, but the fact […]
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A chess board and unemptied ashtrays in an abandoned house in the near-deserted and heavily bombed village of Yaroun in southern Lebanon on Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) The top religious cleric in Saudi Arabia denounced the sport of chess, declaring it “a waste of time” and reiterating […]
http://www.alislam.org/quran/tafseer/guide.htm?region=EN Title Contents Foreword Books of Reference System of Translation Chapter 1 Al-Fatihah Chapter 2 Al-Baqarah Chapter 3 Aal-e-`Imran Chapter 4 Al-Nisa’ Chapter 5 Al-Ma’idah Chapter 6 Al-An`am Chapter 7 Al-A`raf Chapter 8 Al-Anfal Chapter 9 Al-Taubah Chapter 10 Yunus Chapter 11 Hud Chapter 12 Yusuf Chapter 13 Al-Ra`d Chapter […]
Sheikh Saleh bin Humaid, who said wasting food is sinful. ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 23 January 2016 JEDDAH: The Royal Court has ordered that committees be formed to reduce food waste because it is a threat to the natural resources of the Kingdom including groundwater, according to Minister of […]
Criminal wastage of food ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 23 January 2016 MAKKAH: The food wasted in Makkah could feed 17 percent of hungry children in 18 developing countries, said […]
Iran criticizes OIC for silence over Islamic world’s problems Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has criticized the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for silence over problems such as extremism and terrorism in the world of Islam. “It is regrettable that this organization keeps silence […]
IMAM KAMIL MUFTI Published — Friday 22 January 2016 Islam is the response to humanity’s search for meaning. The purpose of creation for all men and women for all times has been one: To know and worship God. The Qur’an teaches us that every human being is born conscious of […]
Jan 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The difference between the sensible and superficial approaches to tackling the scourge of terrorism and other forms of violent extremism by groups such as Daesh was as clear as possible last week, in two efforts by the US government and the United […]
By Reuters – Jan 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian boys walk past the remains of their family’s dwelling, which was funded by the EU’s humanitarian arm, after it was demolished by Israeli forces, near the West Bank village of Al Eizariya, east of Jerusalem, on Thursday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM […]
Source: Arab News By Bill Gates and Melinda Gates We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migration, […]
By AFP – Jan 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has begun construction on a fence along its border with Jordan, the defence ministry announced Wednesday, its latest such barrier intended to keep out illegal migrants and fighters. It will be the latest “security fence” built by […]
Jan 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Mohammad Fazlhashemi Many in the Muslim community have long taken issue with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The declaration, these critics attest, was created by colonial powers with a long history of gross human rights violations and amounts to yet another […]
Behlül Özkan Become a fanAssistant professor at Marmara University; Author Turkey, the U.S. and Europe Are All Partly to Blame for the Festering Syria War Posted: 01/14/2016 12:46 pm EST Updated: 01/14/2016 4:00 pm EST Tweet ISTANBUL — On Tuesday, 10 German tourists lost their lives when a bomb […]
Forecast DECEMBER 28, 2015 | 12:56 GMT With old geopolitical realities resurfacing across Eurasia and commodity prices stuck in a slump, 2016 is shaping up to be an unsettling year for much of the world. A logical place to begin is the country that bridges Europe and Asia: Turkey. […]
By Talat Masood Published: January 19, 2016 rime Minister Nawaz Sharif meets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on January 19, 2016. PHOTO: PM OFFICE The current toxic rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is another manifestation of the deep decay that has set in the Muslim world. The two […]
APPRECIATION: The 76-year-old Sri Lankan driver Watti with the family at the farewell party. ARAB NEWS Published — Tuesday 19 January 2016 RIYADH: Members of a Saudi family went out of their way to give a warm farewell party to its non-Muslim Sri Lankan private driver after 33 years of […]
YOUSUF MOHAMED Published — Tuesday 19 January 2016 MADINAH: Pilgrims during their visit to the Prophet’s Mosque are keen to visit the Rawdah, a place located between the Prophet and Aisha’s house, peace be upon them, and between the Prophet’s Minbar (or pulpit). “Between my house and my pulpit […]
By Muath Freij – Jan 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – By Muath Freij AMMAN – The influx of Syrian refugees heading to Europe is a result of the lack of attention paid to the region in the past five years, the president of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Mogens Lykketoft […]
Jan 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud When Daesh militias swept into Mosul, Iraq, in June 2014, Ibrahim Mahmoud plotted his flight, along with his whole family, which included 11 children. Once upon a time, Mahmoud was himself a child escaping another violent campaign carried out by equally angry militias. […]