Jordan: Female domestic workers
Counterproductive decisions Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to the Ministry of Labour (MoL), there are some 58,262 guest domestic workers in the Kingdom who come from Africa, Asia […]
Bringing people into the politics of aid
Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – FARES BRAIZAT Jordan has been a beneficiary of economic and military aid since its inception. Although aid currently constitutes around 10 per cent of […]
UNICEF slashes services to Syrian refugees due to shortfall
Agency has been forced to leave out 45,000 vulnerable Syrian refugee children in Jordan from a cash aid programme By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES […]
Pakistan’s new government removes Ahmadi from economic council
Pakistan removes minority Ahmadi from economic council Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The government of Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister removed a minority Ahmadi Muslim from a recently established […]
Navjot Singh Sidhu Credits Pakistan for Opening Kartarpur Sahib Corridor For Indian Sikh Pilgrims
Navjot Singh Sidhu thanked Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s decision of keeping politics separate from religion and hoped that the decision will lessen the gap between the two countries. News18.com Updated:September […]
Imran Rasul resigns from EAC in protest over Atif Mian’s removal
Source: News.com ISLAMABAD: In less than 24 hours since the removal of Atif Mian from the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC), two members of the body has resigned in […]
Mediterranean sun gives new life to old carpets in Turkey’s Antalya
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL The carpet fields of Antalya offer a colorful sight for photographers and draws a huge number of visitors. Antalya offers a fascinating sight […]
A New Pakistan Government, a New Way to Persecute Ahmadis
Source: The Diplomat By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid The PTI government picked Atif Mian as an economic adviser — then dropped him once his faith became an issue. On Friday, the Pakistan […]
Atif Mian’s removal: Govt slammed for ‘succumbing to bigotry’
Source: Pakistan Today Social media users on Friday called out the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for “succumbing to bigotry” following the government’s decision of removing Atif R Mian from the Economic […]
Imran Khan’s government caves in to pressure over minority economic adviser
Updated 07 September 2018 AFP September 07, 2018 Atif Mian, an MIT-educated Pakistani-American economics professor at Princeton University, was recently named member of a new economic advisory council Mian is […]
PM Imran appeals overseas Pakistanis to wage ‘dam jihad’
Updated 07 September 2018 NAIMAT KHAN September 07, 2018 Analysts and experts are skeptical and say the call for voluntary donations may not leave any impact “The problem of water […]
London show hosts the first Saudi woman specializing in Islamic designs
ARAB NEWS September 08, 2018 The exhibition showcases the work of leading designers and innovators from 40 countries Al-Homoud: My presence at the London Design Biennale is a great responsibility […]
Iraq’s Sadr urges ‘radical’ solutions after deadly unrest
By AFP – Sep 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi protesters stand on concrete blast walls during a protest near the building of the government office in Basra, Iraq, on Wednesday […]
Love Pakistan a great deal, deeply desired to serve it: Atif Mian
Source: Dawn News Celebrated economist Atif Mian, who was asked to resign earlier on Friday from the government’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) for his adherence to the Ahmadiyya faith, tweeted […]
Malaysian PM says caning of lesbians counter to ‘compassion of Islam’
Source: Reuters KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and […]
Twin Bombings in Afghanistan Hit Shiite Enclave
Source: Wall Street Journal By Craig Nelson, Ehsanullah Amiri and Habib Khan Totakhil KABUL—Two bomb blasts just minutes apart tore through a mainly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the Afghan capital on […]
The Princeton University Press Wants the Muslim Times to Review this Book, for Our Commitment to Interfaith Tolerance
Christian Martyrs under Islam Publisher: Princeton University Press By Christian C. Sahner, who is associate professor of Islamic history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St Cross […]
Lombok reconstruction to start in early September: Minister
Reporter: antara 24th August 2018 Illustration. rubble of houses collapsed after the earthquake in Labuan Pandan Tengak Hamlet, Padak Guar Village, Sambelia District, East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). (ANTARA […]
Sadly, already ‘out of date’ : OP-ED: Imran Khan’s government takes a bold stand
No Pakistani government in its right senses would dare antagonising both the Sunni and Shia Ulema Ishtiaq Ahmed SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary’s statement that the new government […]