By JT – Oct 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES HRH Prince Ghazi attends a meeting of the Muslim Council of Elders in Amman on Thursday (Petra photo) AMMAN — The Muslim Council of Elders on Thursday issued a statement from Amman, condemning the Israeli practices aimed at changing the character of East […]
The Qur’an teaches us that, unlike other creatures, the modern humans who are anthropologically classified as Homo sapiens sapiens have been created to be Allah’s Vice-regents (deputies or agents) on […]
609. Commandment – follow not low desires so that you may be able to act equitably [4:136] O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice, and be witnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred. Whether he be rich or poor, Allah is more regardful of them both than you are. […]
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By AFP – Oct 08,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this Tuesday photo Iraqi anti-terrorism forces watch enemy movements after regaining control of the Ramadi Stadium and the neighbouring Al Bugleeb area (AP photo) BAGHDAD — The Daesh terror group executed 70 members of a Sunni tribe allied to the […]
By Agencies – Oct 07,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Majudi (left), with her chaperone Norwati (2nd from left), smile at Halal Speed Dating, a matchmaking event, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last week […]
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr crucifixion: Defiant Saudi Arabia rejects international ‘interference’ in protester’s crucifixion By Gianluca Mezzofiore October 7, 2015 17:51 BST Updated 3 hr ago 61 17 Human rights groups are calling for the European Union to intervene with Saudi Arabia to prevent the executionFacebook The Saudi Arabian embassy in the UK […]
607. Commandment – follow not the evil inclinations of those who know not [45:19] Then We set thee on a clear path in the matter of religion; so follow it, and follow not the evil inclinations of those who know not. [42:16] To this, then, do thou invite mankind. And be thou […]
606. Commandment – O ye who believe! follow not the footsteps of Satan [24:22] O ye who believe! follow not the footsteps of Satan, and whoso follows the footsteps of Satan should know that he surely enjoins immorality and manifest evil. And but for the grace of Allah and His mercy upon […]
608. Commandment – And as for the poets (worldly) — it is the erring ones who follow them [26:225] And as for the poets — it is the erring ones who follow them. [26:226] Dost thou not see how they wander distracted in every valley,[26:227] And that they say what they practise not? — [26:228] Save those […]
Ahmed Mohammed Al-Hassan IBRAHIM NAFFEE Published — Wednesday 7 October 2015 JEDDAH: The Kingdom is hosting for Umrah the American student who was recently wrongfully arrested after a teacher at his school in Texas mistook his homemade clock for a bomb. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Hassan, who is of Sudanese […]
Oct 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES For months before the current UN General Assembly session, ideas floated from Ramallah as to what Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas would do next, following the total and final collapse of his peace strategy with Israel. No one took seriously his hints that after turning […]
By Reuters – Oct 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Russian naval landing ship Azov sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — At a meeting in Moscow in July, a top Iranian general unfurled a map of Syria to explain […]
By Suzanna Goussous – Oct 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Mutaz Mango and Basma Omar celebrate their wedding among refugees at an old hotel in downtown Amman recently (Photo courstesy of Youssef Kawar) AMMAN — A Jordanian couple decided last week to forgo conventional wedding celebrations in favour of throwing a party […]
Oct 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Faced with similar threats from a common enemy, Daesh, Iraq and Syria are being drawn closer at rapid speed. Daesh occupies large swathes of territory in both Iraq and Syria, and continue to pose grave dangers to both countries. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi […]
By Christoph Reuter SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS A man carries a girl in the Douma quarter of Damascus following shelling by regime troops. Iran has long been sending troops and material to help Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad wage war against his own people. But now Tehran is busy establishing a state […]
Looming Doubts : Merkel’s Grip on Refugee Crisis May Be Slipping REUTERS The flow of refugees into Germany is continuing and the government in Berlin has found no way to slow it. Faith in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ability to handle the problem is plunging — especially within her own party. By SPIEGEL […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Tuesday 6 October 2015 JEDDAH: There would be trains between Makkah and Jeddah every 10 minutes once the Al-Haramain high-speed railway project is completed. Trains between […]
Oct 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – CHRISTOPHER R. HILL The scenes of desperate refugees making their way through a gauntlet of impediments — including hastily unfurled barbed-wire fences, ill-tempered border guards and angry residents — have been horrific, reminiscent of Europe’s darkest decades. They are a stark reminder that Europe can never […]
Oct 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby The Oslo Accords and the attendant peace process came into the world with a bang 22 years ago. This past week they exited with a sad whimper. Once the focus of the world’s concern, at this year’s United Nations’ General Assembly opening […]