The lives upended by colonial rule in the Middle East
BBC.COM By Tom Bateman Middle East Correspondent Eid Haddad’s parents were teenagers when they witnessed the full force of Britain’s presence in Palestine in 1938. “They saw the troops coming […]
Islamophobia conference in Qatar to ‘confront’ issue
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA SEP 27, 2023 – DAILY SABAH People carry placards and shout slogans during a protest in Bengaluru, India, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP File Photo) An international […]
Q&A: The ‘chilling effects’ of UK’s Prevent strategy on Muslims
DISCRIMINATION 11 DAYS AGO Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and freedoms while countering terrorism, shared her insight into the far-reaching […]
New Golda Meir movie sells war crimes as empowerment
RAMZY BAROUD October 02, 2023 Follow A new movie glorifying the legacy of Zionist leader and fourth Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was released in selected theaters in the US and Europe […]
Drastic and unjustified restrictions on Palestinians’ movement
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN SEP 22, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A wall is left riddled with bullet holes after an Israeli military raid at Jenin refugee camp, the occupied West […]
Global production of Islamophobia exists in many layers: Experts
BY MEHMET ÇELIK DOHA OCT 01, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the conference, Doha, Qatar, Sept. 30, 2023. (Daily Sabah Photo) With Islamophobia now an institutionalized global phenomenon […]
Abbas and Netanyahu left the UN with no hopes of peace anytime soon
YOSSI MEKELBERG September 30, 2023 Many question the purpose of the annual pilgrimage to the UN General Assembly every autumn, as leaders descend on the landmark building on Manhattan’s 1st […]
Thousands of global foodies visit World Halal Food Festival in London
More than 20,000 foodies from across the globe flocked to the UK capital, London, for a flavorful weekend to attend the annual World Halal Food Festival, organizers said. (Photo: X) […]
Jordan ranks 9th among top tourist destinations globally — UNWTO
By JT – Oct 01,2023 – Tourists ride a horse-drawn cart from Petra’s Treasury, the rose-red city’s iconic façade, as they pass through the Siq, a 1.2km-long gorge leading to the Treasury, […]
No compensation for Iraqi victims of US torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib prison
September 28, 2023 at 1:20 pm A cell is seen within the former Abu Ghraib prison on 4 August 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq [Scott Nelson/Getty Imag The US has failed […]
Palestinians condemn US congressional hearing as unfair and misleading
Smoke billows as Israeli soldiers demolish a house at the Asker camp for Palestinian refugees east of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, early on August 8, 2023. (AFP/File) […]
Al-Ghazali and apostasy charges against Ahmadis: A re-examination of Ijma‘ on the Finality of Prophethood
25th September 2023 Iftekhar Ahmed, Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of why the declaration of disbelief (takfir) by non-Ahmadi Muslims against Ahmadis, […]
Saudi human rights chief meets UK minister
Previous 1 / 2 Al-Tuwaijri reviewed the Kingdom’s historic legislative reforms and developments in the field of human rights since the adoption of Saudi Vision 2030. (HRC) 2 / 2 Al-Tuwaijri reviewed […]
What is Eid Milad-un-Nabi, and why do some Muslims not celebrate it?
Mohammad BilalSep 27, 2023 | 09:00 Muslims in Mumbai, celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi by preparing special flags. Photo: Getty No, Eid Milad-un-Nabi is not considered a festival in Islam, and the […]
Arabic calligraphy:Ancient craft,modern art
By Iain Akerman/Arab News The art of Arabic calligraphy has been enhanced and developed over the course of a millennia. It has written the word of God, helped preserve human […]
Double standards should have no place in international relations
Sep 27,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The verbal battle for Palestine erupted once again during the opening session of the UN General Assembly, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
What Netanyahu got wrong in his UN speech
OSAMA AL-SHARIF September 26, 2023 Benjamin Netanyahu, once the golden boy of the Israeli hard right, appears to have been stripped of his Midas touch. A sly orator, a populist […]
Ghosts of the past: For Israel, war on UNESCO is an existential battle
Sep 26,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Jericho does not belong to the Palestinians alone. It belongs to the whole of humanity. For Israel, however, the recognition by UNESCO […]
How the US failed Oslo
Sep 25,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The breakthrough of the Oslo Accords was not in its details, but rather in its opening sentences in which the Israeli […]
Should we borrow from other cultures? Of course we should, just as we always have
The ObserverCulture Yascha Mounk Cultural appropriation is the bogeyman of our time. Let’s celebrate the joy of cross-pollination Sun 24 Sep 2023 10.02 BST Human beings have, ever since they developed distinct cultures, always worried that their purity might soon be blemished. In ancient Greece, Therpandrus caused offence by adding […]