King of Jordan, Prince Charles discuss better cooperation
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah met on Sunday with Prince Charles, who is currently on a working visit to the Kingdom as part of a regional tour. During a […]
Jordanian General: ‘We Are Defending Not Only Our Country But Our Faith’
BY KEIR SIMMONS NBC NEWS The head of Jordan’s Air Force on Sunday said that his country’s fighters have done 56 bombing raids on ISIS in the past three days, […]
ISIS– Largest, Richest $2Billion Terror-Based Enterprise
Source:bizshift-trends.com ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ) is the world’s largest, richest terrorist organizations, ever. It’s a self-sustaining enterprise that runs mainly on extortion and crime networks, hostages, oil, donations… According to Martin Chulov; ISIS has grown from a ragtag band of extremists to perhaps the most […]
500 rabbis urge Israel to stop demolition of Palestinian homes
RT: Over 500 rabbis from Israel, Britain, the US and Canada have called on the Israeli prime minister to stop demolishing Palestinian homes. Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) say Benjamin […]
Saudi women cannot drive in Switzerland
Saudi women can no longer drive in Switzerland because changes to local laws require all drivers to have licenses issued in their home countries, according to the Kingdom’s embassy in […]
Prince Charles arrives in Jordan
AMMAN — Prince Charles of Wales arrived in the Kingdom on Saturday for an official two-day visit during which he is scheduled to meet with His Majesty King Abdullah to […]
Jordan’s strength is also its weakness
Summary Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star, Lebanon Jordan’s public opinion, political leadership and regional and international dynamics today offer very useful insights into the current condition of the Arab world, and should be studied carefully by anyone interested in how things operate in the region and wondering where the Middle […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 372. Commandment – And marry not those women whom your fathers married
372. Commandment – And marry not those women whom your fathers married [4:23] And marry not those women whom your fathers married, except what has already passed. It is a thing foul and hateful and an evil way.
Qur’an lesson for today: 371. Commandment – And lawful for you are chaste believing women and chaste women from among those who were given the Book before you
371. Commandment – And lawful for you are chaste believing women and chaste women from among those who were given the Book before you [5:6] This day all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of the People of the Book is lawful for you, and […]
Prophet’s regard for Christians and Jews
IBRAHIM H. MALABARI ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 6 February 2015 The protests by Muslims against depictions of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), as misguided as they were, have given […]
Muslims primary target of war waged by terrorists — King
by JORDAN TIMES | Feb 06, 2015 AMMAN – His Majesty King Abdullah has said that the global Muslim community is the primary target of the war waged by terrorists in the Middle East, adding that “my region is on the front lines”. “We have seen a few days ago […]
Scholar examines Jordan’s role in interfaith dialogue
by Rula Samain | Feb 05, 2015 | 23:49 AMMAN — Jordan is a pioneer in international faith-based and faith-driven dialogue initiatives, and the Kingdom’s Christian-Muslim dialogue is a daily experience, according to a researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin. Sarah Markiewicz, also a teaching associate at the university, discussed […]
Moaz al-Kasasbeh and ISIS’ fatal misjudgment
The turnaround is extraordinary. I have only been in Amman for little more than two weeks, but it was very clear that there was a strong current of Jordanian public opinion opposed to Jordanian participation in Coalition air attacks against ISIS. That critical current had apparently been simmering here in […]
Extremism not unique to Islam, says Obama
Dawn: WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Islam was not the only religion distorted by extremists to suit their practices, it was done in other faiths too. “Lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the […]
Pre-9/11 Ties Haunt Saudis as New Accusations Surface
NY Times: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — During the 1980s and ’90s, the historic alliance between the wealthy monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the country’s powerful clerics emerged as the major financier of international jihad, channeling tens of millions of dollars to Muslim fighters in Afghanistan, Bosnia and elsewhere. Among the […]
Ground assaults against IS not likely, spec-ops are — pundits
by Khetam Malkawi | Feb 05, 2015 | 00:49 AMMAN — Ground military operations against the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group are a highly unlikely option for Jordan now, military experts said on Wednesday, noting that the Kingdom has the ability to direct all raids against the group’s “centres […]
Prince Ali taking on Blatter, FIFA ‘culture of intimidation’
LONDON — Seeking to clean up scandal-scarred FIFA would seem a comparatively straightforward mission for HRH Prince Ali compared with one of his current roles in Jordan. “I work right now in the field in crisis management, which is probably a good thing for someone running for the FIFA presidency,” […]
What was behind the smooth Saudi transition?
BY DAVID IGNATIUS, DAILY TIMES, LEBANON Summary Saudi Arabia, which often confounds outsiders with its slow and opaque governance, has moved surprisingly quickly under King Salman, its new monarch, to streamline government and purge officials who were seen as underperformers. The architect of the Cabinet shake-up has been Mohammad bin […]
War with Isis: If Saudis aren’t fuelling the militant inferno, who is?
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT The image of a Muslim burned alive is more terrible for millions of Muslims than that of an “unbeliever” burned alive. So just who are […]
Opinion: Will Jordan lead ISIL to the ‘gates of hell’? The Jordanian government must shift its stance on ISIL from containment to confrontation.
About the Author: Afzal Ashraf is a consultant fellow at Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) and served in the UK Armed Forces. He was involved in developing a counterinsurgency strategy and in the policing and the justice sectors in Iraq. The Islamic world has a […]