Why Pakistan is blacklisted for religious rights violations
By Imad Zafar December 12, 2018 In a recent development, the US government added Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia along with a few other countries to a blacklist of […]
Pakistan rejects US blacklist for religious freedom violations
12 Dec 2018 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected Washington’s decision to place it on a blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom, branding it “politically motivated” and defending its […]
Time’s ‘Person of Year’ goes to journalists, including Reuters pair
Dec 11, 2018 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Gina Cherelus NEW YORK (Reuters) – Time on Tuesday named a group of journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and two Reuters […]
UN seeks $5.5b to help countries hosting Syria refugees
By AFP – Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugee children ride their bicycles at Azraq refugee camp, near Al Azraq city, Jordan, December 8 (Reuters photo) AMMAN — The United […]
2019: Predictions for Europe, the US and the region (Middle East)
Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Political analysts like to make predictions. This is, after all, what they are expected to do. This commentator is no exception. As […]
The real face of Justin Trudeau: Are Palestinians Canada’s new Jews?
Dec 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES How does one explain Canada’s contradictory foreign policy regarding Palestine and Israel? On December 4, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Saeb […]
The $3bn art collection hidden in vaults
A new book reveals a collection bought by the wife of the Shah of Iran in the 1970s. Alastair Sooke talks to Farah Pahlavi, who was known as the […]
Not all child brides are Muslim
Letters Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 WE refer to the article by Sandhya Menon headlined “Yeoh: Keeping them in school till 17 can put a lid on child marriages” (Nation, […]
The Rise of Islamic Soft Power
Religion and Foreign Policy in the Muslim World By Peter Mandaville and Shadi Hamid Islam has become a major, even obsessive, topic of public debate over the past two […]
Early history of Islam needs fresh appraisal.
Madani, Azad, Maududi and their posterity have the same vision of Islam with minor variations. This should not be surprising because they had received traditional madrassa-based education and associated upbringing […]
Rumi and his holistic human rights theory
ERGIN ERGÜL Published Human rights, although largely described as a modern term, are indeed as old as the history of mankind. The age we live has been deemed the […]
West hypocritical on defending human rights, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at an event in Istanbul titled, ‘Civilization of Humanity,’ marking the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human […]
Chinese Police Detain Prominent Pastor and Over 100 Protestants
Source: The New York Times By Ian Johnson The Chinese police have detained one of the country’s most prominent Protestant pastors along with more than 100 members of his independent congregation, […]
Twitter CEO criticized for no mention of Rohingya plight in Myanmar tweets
Source: Reuters SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has come under fire for tweets about his meditation retreat in Myanmar and encouraging people to visit the country without mentioning […]
Ayodhya: Thousands rally in Delhi over disputed religious site
Source: BBC News Tens of thousands of Hindus have marched in the Indian capital, Delhi, to call for a temple to be built on a hotly contested religious site. Organisers […]
Believe It or Not, Pope Gregory XIII Is In the Daily Life of Every Muslim
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In a few weeks, every one at least in the Western world, Muslim or non-Muslim, will be […]
Questions about Mary, Miraculous Birth of Jesus, Christmas, Atonement, Old Scriptures
Faith Matters 31 December 2009. Tags: Faith Matters Mary Jesus Christmas Atonement Scriptures Q1 @ 01:00 May I know how did Mary face the society which must be very hostile towards pregnancy out of wedlock. Her interaction with God was a personal experience which the Temple people did not believe. […]
Tourism in Bethlehem booming as Christmas nears
(Dec 10, 2018 10:10AM ET) By Rami Ayyub BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – Bethlehem is enjoying its busiest Christmas season on record, the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism said on Monday, […]
After Trump’s letter to Imran, US tirade against Pakistan continues
ISLAMABAD: Despite President Donald Trump’s acknowledgment of Pakistan’s vital role in Afghan peace in a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Washington’s envoy to UN Nikki Haley has repeated […]
Blogs, Pakistan: Pakistan’s charity-oriented governance — II
Sajid Mahmood Sajid December 10, 2018 Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar returned Pakistan on 29 November 2018 after completing his nine-days long visit to United Kingdom. […]