The road is set … the choice is yours
A recent article in the Detroit News contrasted the lives of two ordinary persons from Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Two persons joined by faith and circumstances, yet separated by […]
UN chief: Syria chemical attack would be ‘crime against humanity’
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 DAMASCUS: The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a “crime against humanity,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on […]
Muslim scholars urge criminalising takfir
by Mohammad Ghazal | Aug 21, 2013 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Muslim scholars on Wednesday called for enacting strict laws in the Arab and Muslim world criminalising takfir (apostatising of […]
‘A modern, viable and sustainable Islamic state enterprise’
Following is an unofficial translation by The Jordan Times of the final communiqué of the 16th conference of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought: In the Name of […]
Syria: Another False Flag “Chemical Weapon” Attack
Whenever there is some international action with regards to Syria, a United Nations security council meeting or a G8 conference, the Syrian insurgents create and/or propagandize some “massacre” that they allege to have been perpetrated by the Syrian government. On Monday UN chemical weapon inspectors arrived in Damascus to investigate […]
The modesty police targeting women …
Haaretz: Ultra-Orthodox extremists in Beit Shemesh attempt to scare all women whose dress does not conform to strict standards by plastering warning signs on government-funded health clinics. Warning signs have […]
Collapse near western wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque
The World Bulletin: An area collapsed near the western wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem late Tuesday. According to an eyewitness, the collapse happened near the Bab as Silsila, […]
Jordan’s king warns of sectarian ‘destruction’
JAMAL HALABY | AP ARABNEWS Published — Tuesday 20 August 2013 AMMAN: Jordan’s king warned Tuesday that ethnic and sectarian violence sweeping across several Arab countries could lead to the […]
10,000 pilgrims from Syria coming for Haj
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Published — Wednesday 21 August 2013 The first wave of Haj pilgrims are expected to arrive to the Kingdom beginning next week. This year 10,000 Syrians […]
80 bodies of Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorists brought from Syria for burial
SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency) – Eighty bodies of outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba’s terrorists have been brought from Syria to Pakistan. Shiite News has learnt reliably that the bodies of Sipah-e-Sahaba’s terrorists are being brought to Pakistan from Syria. Hundreds of bodies have been brought so far. Latest reports said that around […]
Muslim scholars meet in Amman to address key controversies
by Mohammad Ghazal | Aug 19, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Muslim scholars on Monday said dialogue and consensus among the Arab and Islamic nations are crucial for unity and overcoming pressing challenges facing the Ummah. At the opening of the 16th General Conference of the Royal Aal al-Bayt […]
Politics at Haj won’t be tolerated
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Published — Tuesday 20 August 2013 Saudi Arabia has warned foreign Hajis against politicizing the annual pilgrimage, saying it would not tolerate any move to […]
Should İhsanoğlu resign for Egypt silence?
While the rage over the bloody crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood supporters by the Egyptian security services is growing among the Turkish public and government, angry Turkish officials are pointing to […]
Netanyahu paralyzes two-state solution, says expert
“Netanyahu is telling the US that he wants to negotiate at the same time he is thumbing his nose at the State Department which has long been against continued settlements,” […]
Association that aims to build synagogue in al-Aqsa
The World Bulletin: The Jewish groups form association that aims to build synagogue in al-Aqsa Mahmoud Abu Atta, Al-Aqsa Foundation’s media coordinator, said that the Registrar of Israeli Associations approved […]
Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a war of religion, not territory
Haaretz: The conflict is a clash of ideologies, and such a conflict can’t be solved by drawing lines on a map. Anyone who has ever suffered from a sore throat […]
Muslim scholars to examine notion of ‘modern Islamic state’
Jordan Times | Aug 18, 2013 | 23:34 AMMAN — Some 100 Muslim scholars will convene in Amman on Monday at the 16th conference of the Royal Aal al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought under the theme “Viable and Sustainable Modern Islamic State”. Several issues will be discussed at the […]
Knowledge about Arabs is improving
Story Summary The scholarship and serious popular literature on the Arab region in much of the Western world has improved vastly in the past few years, for the simple reason that authors have been forced to write about the realities of what ordinary Arab men and women have put on […]
US mission in Jordan could last years as Syria war rages — Dempsey
Reuters | Aug 15, 2013 | 22:55 AMMAN — The top US military officer told American troops in Jordan on Thursday that their mission to help the Kingdom contain the […]
Riyadh, Amman back Cairo against ‘terrorism’
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Jordan on Friday threw their support behind Egypt as it sought to restore law and order, with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah calling […]