What to expect from the peace deal?
Aug 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh In his latest tour to the Middle East, US President Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner is working on moving to […]
Hashtag campaign against Pakistani religious minority group during PM Khan’s US visit
Posted 4 August 2019 Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya community has been subject to persecution since the 1953 Anti-Ahmadiyya Riots in Lahore when religiopolitical parties, including Jamaat-i-Isami, Majlis-i-Ahrarul Islam, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, agitated […]
Saudi Arabia executes its own citizens with impunity. It is abhorrent that the UK will not label it a pariah state
The next G20 summit is in Riyadh in 2020. The international community must end its indifference to Saudi’s flagrant abuse of human rights and refuse to attend Helena Kennedy The […]
What comes next after demise of ‘deal of the century?’
Aug 03,2019 – JORAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi There is a unanimity in the Arab world, especially among the Palestinians, to reject the so-called “deal of the century” that […]
US to deploy missiles in Asia soon, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says
ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA Published 03.08.2019 The U.S. wants to deploy an intermediate-range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, it announced only a day after quitting a major arms […]
Istanbul’s new Assyrian church to be completed in 2 years, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL 03.08.2019 “I see Mor Ephrem (Saint Ephraim) Assyrian Church as a new richness for Istanbul,” the president said in the city’s Yeşilköy district on the European […]
Japanese historian converts to Islam at Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine
Source: ABNA News A young Japanese historian has converted to Islam after extensive research on Islam, on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Mohammad Taqi (AS). The 21-year-old Japanese, who chose […]
US-Iran brinkmanship: The view from Iraq
OP-ED Daily Sabah > GIORGIO CAFIERO Published 02.08.2019 As a neighbor of Iran, Iraq is the country most threatened by a possible Iran-U.S. war in the Gulf. With close ties […]
Trump, Kushner and Netanyahu are hellbent on destroying the two-state solution – the EU must not let them
In typical Trump style, Kushner is pushing a $50bn Middle East ‘deal of the century’ to solve the Israel-Palestinian question. It won’t work and so the European Union should step […]
Facebook removed Urdu ‘Photo Frame’ that called for death of Ahmadis and went viral in Pakistan
By Sajeel Syed on August 2, 2019 Since last week, a Facebook profile picture frame targeting Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community designed in Urdu language was going viral on social media […]
Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From Camps
Source: The New York Times By Chris Buckley and Edward Wong BEIJING — Chinese officials said Tuesday that most of the inmates in re-education camps for Muslim minorities — a vast network […]
Sign of the times: China’s capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down
Source: Reuters By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their […]
President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is ‘tolerant’ as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism
Source: CNN By Anna Coren, Jane Sit and Helen Regan Jakarta (CNN)In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his […]
Resistant malaria spreading in South East Asia
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Malaria parasites resistant to key drugs have spread rapidly in South East Asia, researchers from the UK and […]
Iran says new sanctions show US ‘afraid’ of top diplomat Zarif
US says to freeze Zarif’s assets, squeeze his ability to function as globe-trotting diplomat By AFP – Aug 01,2019 – JORDAN TIMES TEHRAN — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday […]
How genetics is settling the Aryan migration debate
Tony Joseph June 16, 2017 New DNA evidence is solving the most fought-over question in Indian history. And you will be surprised at how sure-footed the answer is, writes […]
Have archaeologists found the church of the apostles of Jesus
Archaeologists have searched for the Church of the Apostles for years. They say they’ve found it near the Sea of Galilee By Doug Criss (CNN) — An ancient church long-rumored […]
King asserts Jordan’s stance on Palestine at talks with Kushner
Senior adviser to US president visiting Kingdom as part of regional tour By JT – Aug 01,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, on Wednesday at Al Husseiniya […]
Lies and buffoonery: How Boris Johnson’s fantasy world casts dark shadows in the Middle East
Arab dictators have much in common with the British prime minister. They too know how to deal with ‘doomsters and gloomsters’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices I’ve worked out […]
RITE OF PASSAGE Incredible pics show Muslims gathering in Mecca where TWO MILLION worshippers will descend for the annual Hajj pilgrimage
Guy Birchall 1 Aug 2019, More than two million are expected to arrive in the desert kingdom for one of the most important rites of passage for followers of […]