India-Pakistan: Maybe war, but not a water war
Feb 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES -Gwynne Dyer After the terrorist attack on Indian troops in Kashmir two weeks ago that killed 40 Indian soldiers, but before Tuesday’s retaliatory air strikes […]
Debunking the myth that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitic
Source: The Forward By Peter Beinart It’s a bewildering and alarming time to be a Jew, both because anti-Semitism is rising and because so many politicians are responding to it […]
Citing internal security, Centre bans J&K chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami
The Union Home ministry on Thursday banned the J&K chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami for five years for allegedly indulging in activities “prejudicial to internal security and public order” and said […]
Award-Winning Film on Controversial Pakistani Physicist to Screen March 7
March 01, 2019 Photo provided by Anand Kamalakar FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Anand Kamalakar, a Brooklyn-based documentary editor, will present his film Salam at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the Graduate Education […]
The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe
Below are all our tweets about this article, applauding different aspects of our nature pictorially, click on any of them to read the article: The anesthesia of familiarity: There should […]
Israel is playing a big role in India’s escalating conflict with Pakistan
Source: Independent Signing up to the ‘war on terror’ – especially ‘Islamist terror’ – may seem natural for two states built on colonial partition whose security is threatened by Muslim neighbour By […]
PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONCEPT OF LOVE IN ISLAM
Introduction by the Author Divine Love Love as the Highest Reason for Creation God’s Love for Himself God’s Love for Creatures God’s Love for Perfect Human Beings Human Love Love […]
Mob attacks 200 Christian families in Pakistan after 4 women falsely accused of blasphemy
Source: Christian Post An angry Muslim mob in Pakistan displaced about 200 Christian families from their homes after four Christian women were falsely accused of blasphemy last week. The Christian […]
Pakistan ‘to free Indian pilot on Friday’
Source: BBC Captured Indian pilot to be freed Friday as a peace gesture, Pakistani PM Imran Khan says, amid tension over Kashmir. More:
Abhinandan: Eyewitnesses recount dramatic capture of pilot
Source: BBC Dramatic new details have emerged about the capture of Indian air force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman by Pakistani forces. People in Horran village threw stones at the pilot, who fired several warning shots, eyewitnesses told the BBC. The jet was shot down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday after a […]
Thousands of flights disrupted worldwide as Pakistan airspace closed for second day
Source: CNN (CNN)Pakistan airspace remained closed Thursday morning local time as the country’s increasingly fraught tensions with India disrupted thousands of flights worldwide for the second straight day. All international and domestic commercial flights in and out of Pakistan were canceled “until further notice,” Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority told CNN. […]
India-Pakistan-And we have some reasonably decent news, hopefully that’s going to be coming to an end,” said Trump.
Source: CNN Meanwhile, hot off the heals of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump addressed the crisis in Kashmir and alluded to possible US attempts to deescalate the situation. “They’ve been going at it, and we’ve been involved in trying to have them stop. […]
American families of missing Uighurs speak out at DC event
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTINA LARSON WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after the Chinese government began to detain members of Muslim minority groups in western China, a growing number […]
Is Saudi Arabia Pulling Pakistan Into War With Iran?
Source: The Atlantic Council BY FATEMEH AMAN For years, the Pakistani government has avoided taking sides between rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, but now it may be forced to choose. […]
Change in Israel has proved impossible over the decades
Feb 27,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN A leftist Israeli singer warned during a performance last weekend that the next Israeli leader could be Yigal Amir, the man serving a life […]
Address root causes of refugee problem
Feb 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The Warsaw meeting on the refugee crisis in the Middle East and, indeed, elsewhere in the world ended on a positive note, calling for […]
After ‘caliphate’ debacle, wives of militants cling to children
By AFP – Feb 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Civilians evacuated from the Daesh group’s embattled holdout of Baghouz wait at a screening area held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces during […]
Chagos Islanders remind us that Britain is a shameful coloniser, not a colony
Afua Hirsch A court victory by dispossessed people strikes at the heart of British delusions of grandeur Wed 27 Feb 2019 ‘Wrongs stretching back centuries.’ Chagos islanders protest outside […]
Who will pull India and Pakistan back from the edge this time?
The US has usually been the decisive voice of calm, but its influence has waned under Trump Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Wed 27 Feb 2019 Pakistani protesters burn an […]
Urdu Video: PM Imran Khan Extending an Olive Branch to India
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