South Syria flare-up presents security challenge for Jordan
Apr 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif A string of Russian statements on the future of Syria have reverberated across the region amidst rising tensions between Moscow and […]
The ghost of Herut: Einstein on Israel, 70 years ago
Ramzy Baroud Apr 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in The New York Times on December 4, 1948. […]
Mosul’s landmark Great Mosque of al-Nuri to be rebuilt
The United Arab Emirates is to give $50m (£36m) to help rebuild a landmark mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul blown up by Islamic State militants. The UN’s cultural […]
‘A vigilante state’: Aceh’s citizens take sharia law into their own hands
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb in Kayee Lee People have started raiding, arresting and shaming anyone accused of violating the Indonesia region’s militant moral laws A young couple is doused in […]
India institutes death penalty for child rape in wake of 8-year-old’s brutal death
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen April 21 Email the author NEW DELHI — Offenders who rape girls under 12 may now be subject to the death penalty in India, according to an […]
Video: Lessons From Al Andalus – Leading in a Pluralistic Society
01/02/2018 Dr. Craig Considine 2nd Annual National Latino Muslim Convention – left to right: Dr. Craig Considine, Mujahid Fletcher, Dr. Ibrahim Dremali, Adnan Jalali, Jalil Navarro On December 31st, I […]
What Will Middle East Studies Do without Alwaleed bin Talal?
A.J. Caschetta The Jerusalem Post March 21, 2018 What will become of Alwaleed bin Talal’s influence on western academia in light of the crackdown against him and other Saudi royals […]
King of Jordan receives Pakistani army chief
Amman, April 24 (Petra)– His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday received Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Zubair Mahmud Hayat and an accompanying delegation to […]
Measures to End the Institution of Slavery – the Islamic view
Articles from alislam.org: Measures to End the Institution of Slavery It should be remembered that the basic source of unnatural and iniquitous treatment — which existed since time immemorial and […]
Saudi Arabia and the Vatican preach message of peace and tolerance
Maha Akeel April 23, 2018 There is no doubt the meeting between King Salman and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, in Riyadh last week […]
Iraqi shrine tablets offer blessings, cures and a living
Reuters International This content was published on April 22, 2018 A piece of molded clay made of local soil, known as ”turba,” in seen in Kerbala, Iraq April 2, […]
Facing death in Iraq, European extremists will not get help from home
By AFP – Jan 24,2018 -JORDAN TIMES PARIS — European nations rarely miss a chance to slam the use of the death penalty by others, but they have largely turned […]
It is bigger than Gaza
Apr 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari It is not clear how killing a Palestinian child by an Israeli sniper would help Israel in its desperate attempt to […]
World’s first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Pioneering effort to collect debris that kills wildlife about to begin after teenager made his dream come true Jane Dalton @JournoJane Scientists are preparing to launch the world’s first machine to clean up […]
Opposition to interfaith marriage in India puts many couples at risk
Source: Religion News Service By Bhavya Dore | April 20, 2018 Hadiya, right, converted to Islam to marry Shafin Jahan. Their marriage has been the center of a large court case and referred […]
Afghanistan: Kabul voter centre suicide attack kills 57
Source: BBC News A suicide bomb attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 57 people, officials say. The dead include 21 women and five children, killed when the blast hit the queue outside. A further 119 people were injured. The Islamic State […]
Mormonism’s Global Future
Source: The Wall Street Journal By John G. Turner It took a long time for a quintessentially American church to go global. In April 1853 Hosea Stout and two other Mormon missionaries stepped off a boat in Hong Kong. They expected immediate success: Their church’s apostles had promised they […]
Breathtaking library opens in Qatar
Source: CNN With today’s digital reading habits, it’d be easy to assume that libraries are on the verge of becoming redundant. But as a new wave of these buildings open around the world, the humble library is reinventing itself as an establishment for the modern age. In Doha, the Qatar […]
How Islamic does Brunei want to be?
Source: Asis Times: Though no organized opposition group has ever openly challenged the state’s religious stance, some observers believe the laws aim to placate Islamists who may otherwise be put off by the monarchy’s ostentatious displays of wealth. Some analysts regard Brunei’s adoption of sharia law as a bid to […]
The slippery slope of intolerance
Source: DT Bangladesh is not and cannot be allowed to be a land of persecution. To that end, the recent anti-Ahmadiyya rally organized by Islamist group Khatme Nobuat is a dangerously regressive development, that should be cause for serious concern. This is not the first time, unfortunately, that Bangladesh has […]
