Democratic autocracy ?
Jan 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – ALI KASSAY As an avid watcher of the History Channel, I was fascinated by the programme: “The Making of a Dictator”, particularly that hate […]
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s refugee status is great news, but we’re in danger of settling for one happy ending
There are no doubt countless women with similar stories in Saudi Arabia, and they need an effective global feminist foreign policy that protects them Dahaba Ali Hussen @DahabaH The Independent […]
Trump Threatens to ‘Devastate Turkey Economically’ if It Attacks Kurds
By THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF Mr. Trump’s tweets threatened to upend negotiations between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened […]
How Islamic inventors changed the world
Epigraph: You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the […]
Two new beginnings
Jan 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – FARES BRAIZAT Recent shuttle diplomacy by American envoys in the region aims at solidifying a new regional order to confront Iran’s influence and expansionist […]
Israel needs a long-term vision
Jan 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI What Israel lacks more than anything else is a long-term vision for the future. Surely it must have dawned on Israel […]
‘If you enter a camp, you never come out’: inside China’s war on Islam
Source: The Guardian In Hotan, documents show officials are expanding detention camps and increasing surveillance by Lily Kuo in Luopu The Luopu County No 1 Vocational Skills Training Centre is hard to […]
‘Not acceptable’: Indian army backs gay sex ban despite decriminalisation
Source: The Guardian India’s army chief said on Thursday that gay sex and adultery would not be tolerated in the army’s ranks, months after a landmark court ruling struck down colonial-era […]
India slaps cases against critics of plan to grant citizenship to non-Muslims
Source: Reuters BY Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Indian police on Friday said they are investigating an academic, a journalist and a peasant leader for possible sedition for publicly […]
Pakistan Wants To Reform Madrassas. Experts Advise Fixing Public Education First
Source: NPR BY Diaa Hadid Youths sporting peach fuzz sway as they chant parts of the Quran. They sit in the courtyard of a sprawling Islamic seminary, or madrassa, on […]
Philippine president renews attack on Catholic church
Source: Reuters (This Jan. 10 story corrects the priest’s comments and removes the words “played down”) MANILA (Reuters) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denounced bishops in the Catholic-majority country […]
Ottoman Music Therapy
By: Nil Sari Music has been used as a mean of therapy through the centuries to counter all kinds of disorders by various peoples. Physicians and musicians in the […]
Gulf states key to world that is now Asia First, says author Parag Khanna
Jennifer Bell January 10, 2019 In “The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict and Culture in the 21st Century,” Parag Khanna discusses the changing power dynamic that is resulting from […]
Malaysia state’s new sultan tipped to be country’s next king
January 12, 2019 Sultan Muhammad V suddenly abdicated after just two years on the throne The monarch’s role is largely ceremonial, since administrative power is vested in the prime […]
Refugees – ‘Real risk’ of refugees freezing to death in Syria after rains destroy shelters
As temperatures fall, aid workers warn of danger to at least 11,000 people across Idlib, with storms also battering camps in Lebanon Rebecca Ratcliffe Sat 12 Jan 2019 At […]
Refugees in the Channel are risking everything because of western intervention in the Middle East
Though the US and its allies are unlikely to win victories against Iran or Bashar al-Assad, by keeping a permanent crisis simmering they ensure many civilians risk everything to flee […]
Saudi teenager Rahaf offers a blueprint for others – but there will be frustration at the back of the asylum queue
Will the powerful use of social media by one savvy woman change our attitude to asylum seekers fleeing abusive families or regimes? Janet Street-Porter The Independent Voices Months on from […]
Chinese businessman arrested in Poland for spying
Source: BBC News Poland’s security services say a Chinese businessman and a Polish man, both employed in telecoms, have been arrested for spying. The Chinese national, Wang Weijing, works for […]
China says pace of Xinjiang ‘education’ will slow, but defends camps
Source: Reuters BY Ben Blanchard Beijing has faced an outcry from activists, scholars, foreign governments and U.N. rights experts over what they call mass detentions and strict surveillance of the […]
‘Buddha boy’ under investigation in Nepal over missing devotees
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu A Nepali spiritual leader believed by his followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha is under investigation over the disappearance of several devotees, […]