The battle of Idlib and its regional implications
Sep 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES –Amer Al Sabaileh The battle of Idlib could be the final chapter of the ongoing Syrian crisis. In hindsight, the beginning of the end was […]
China: Religious Freedom, Secularism and Patriotism?
Epigraph: Jesus said “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” (Matthew 22:21) With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi’s China seeks to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. | REP SPEIER STATEMENT FOR MUSLIMS FOR LIFE BLOOD DRIVE
09/11/2018 BY WAQAR NAWAZ Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus, released the following statement today in honor of the annual Muslims […]
Being Ahmadi
Zofeen T. Ebrahim September 16, 2018 Here are real life stories of persecution of their daily life on the basis of faith… “What happened to Dr Atif is nothing new […]
Indonesia’s quake-hit Lombok battles with malaria, 137 infected
AFP September 16, 2018 The quakes and aftershocks since July have killed about 500 people and forced hundreds of thousands into evacuation shelters or tents Among the 137 infected […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi says in hindsight could have handled Rakhine issue better
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN […]
Arsenal star launches new coaching programme in Zaatari camp
By Camille Dupire – Sep 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Former Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker launches the ‘Coaching for Life’ programme in Zaatari camp recently (Photo courtesy of Save the Children) […]
To use religious sentiment for worldly gain is now firmly part of Pakistan’s political culture
Religious bias okayed Source: Dawn By Pervez Hoodbhoy IT’S always been easy for power-seeking Pakistani clerics and politicians to set our simple-minded religious masses on fire. But, as Prime Minister Imran […]
Pakistan and Ahmadis
OP-ED Pakistan and Ahmadis Concrete policy needs to be developed which provides substantive relief to Ahmadis Ishtiaq Ahmed SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 In the light of the clumsy and awkward decision […]
Book Review: Leo Africans
Amin Maalouf, Author W. W. Norton & Company $17.95 (360p) ISBN 978-0-393-02630-6 Through the adventures of a wise, courageous traveler, this excellent historical novel re-creates the era when the Moors […]
America’s Arab authors
Sep 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES -Marwan M. Obeidat A key element of American culture is the Arab American component, a somewhat newfangled term suggesting a diverse group of people who vary […]
Trump’s personal crusade
Sep 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US President Donald Trump continues to tighten the noose around the neck of the Palestinians in East Jerusalem to make their life difficult by […]
A murder in Aleppo shows the Syrian war is not over yet
Whatever the fate of Mosul or Raqqa or the future of Idlib, Isis and Nusrah are still in conflict – just when the conflict was supposed to be about to end […]
Indian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighur Muslims
Source: Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — About 150 Muslims protested in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, on Friday to demand that China stop detaining thousands of minority Uighur Muslims in […]
India: Muslim Youths from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hyderabad are on the front lines for flood-hit Kerala
News Courtesy: Musavir Ahmed, MKA Hyderabad As the deadliest deluge hit Kerala with devastating floods, a group of young Muslim men from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community came down to help. More than 100 members of Humanity First, and an additional 20 members of the Khidmat-E-Khalq from Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, Hyderabad have […]
In the Wake of Sectarian Debate in Social Media, Rising Out of Pakistan Politics — Urgent Need for a New Paradigm
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Muslim Times is rising to the challenge, by the Grace of Allah, with the following collection from […]
Singapore DJ files court challenge against gay sex ban after India ruling
Source: Reuters BY Fathin Ungku SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Singapore DJ has filed a court challenge against a colonial-era law that bans gay sex in the conservative city-state, his lawyers […]
Indian nuns demand arrest of bishop accused of rape
Source: Associated Press KOCHI, India (AP) — A group of Catholic nuns is holding a public protest in south India, demanding the arrest of a bishop whom one nun accused […]
Movement by Chinese activists hoping to legalize same-sex marriage
Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage in their thousands Source: Reuters By Christian Shepherd BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Chinese activists are rallying in their thousands to renew a […]
Bangladesh says it won’t assimilate Rohingya Muslims
Source: Reuters HANOI (Reuters) – Bangladesh has no plans to take in hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees permanently, its foreign secretary said on Wednesday, adding that they “belong” […]