Asylum’s Dark Side: The Deadly Business of Human Smuggling REUTERS Every day, thousands of refugees entrust their lives to human smugglers as they make their way to Europe — and many of them die en route. The smugglers, meanwhile, are making handsome profits, and aren’t particularly concerned about safety. By […]
By Batsheva Sobelman, Los Angeles Time Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, now in its fifth year, more than 4 million refugees have fled the country while […]
The Electronic Intifada: The UK parliament may debate whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes. This is because more than 100,000 UK citizens and residents […]
By Michael StephensRoyal United Services Institute (Rusi), Doha Image copyrightReutersImage captionTens of thousands of Syrian refugees are heading westwards into Europe Images of Syrian refugees stuck at borders and at train stations, not to mention the harrowing picture of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish beach, has spurred […]
580. Commandment – Regarding Jizya (kind of tax) [9:29] Fight those from among the People of the Book who believe not in Allah, nor in the Last Day, nor hold as unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have declared to be unlawful, nor follow the true religion, until they pay […]
In this May 10, 2014 file photo, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Iyad Madani speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at his office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 7 September 2015 JEDDAH: The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation […]
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Sep 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this recent photo, Kufic inscriptions are seen at the site of Wadi Shireh mosque, which dates back to the Umayyad era (Photo courtesy of Glenn Corbett) AMMAN — Two scholars from the American Centre of Oriental Research (ACOR), Glenn Corbett […]
© Business Insider© Provided by Business Insider A photo of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from US Army files relating to his time as a detainee in Iraq. The world knows little of the Islamic State terror group’s brutal leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but a new article from counterterrorism expert Will McCants […]
SEP 6, 2015 – 15:09 BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign ministry on Sunday condemned British “interference” in its affairs, after a senior government minister signalled Britain was moving closer to military action in the war-torn country. State news agency SANA said the foreign ministry had sent two letters to United […]
Photo: Norddeutsche Rundfunk/Screenshot Palestinian TV teen given German residency Published: 05 Sep 2015 11:29 GMT+02:00 A Palestinian teen threatened with deportation who burst into tears during a televised debate with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has got a residency permit for “humanitarian reasons,” a statement said Friday. In the encounter last […]
By JT – Sep 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants wait to board a train after crossing the border between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece near Gevgelija on Saturday (Reuters photo) AMMAN — Jordan has said that the world community’s failure to aptly address the refugee plight has led […]
Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar visits the headquarters of the pilgrim establishment for Arab states in Makkah on Thursday. (AN photo Ahmad Hashad) ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 5 September 2015 JEDDAH: A total of 172,000 pilgrims have arrived via 861 flights from around the world at King Abdulaziz International Airport […]
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Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya Source: New Humanist Muslim creationist, cult leader, Dawkins’ nemesis, messiah. Halil Ardatracks down the real Harun Yahya – by Halil […]
578. Commandment – Rules and regulations for the division of spoils [59:8] Whatever Allah has given to His Messenger as spoils from the people of the towns is for Allah and for the Messenger and for the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, that […]
Local organizations working to bring more people to Canada to help relieve pressure and provide shelter The world is watching in horror as the image of a young boy — […]
Answer to refugee crisis includes military mission, Harper says Source: CBC By Chris Hall Stephen Harper wants Canadians to see the big picture, the one beyond the photo of Alan […]
HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 4 September 2015 ARABNEWS.COM A person’s lower self is open to all sorts of negative feelings. Being angry, getting upset, sulking, getting offended, getting sad, getting jealous and being vindictive; all of our lower-selves are made to feel these emotions as a requisite […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Sep 02,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugees play outdoors at the Zaatari Refugee Camp recently (Photo courtesy of UNHCR) AMMAN — Jordan has the second largest number of refugees per capita, according to an international report. The report by Statista, a Germany-based statistics portal, said Jordan ranked […]
13 million children denied education by Mideast wars — UN By AFP – Sep 03,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this August 11, file photo, Syrian refugee children attend a class at a makeshift school set up in a tent at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the […]