Erdogan says new Israeli law fascist, Hitler’s spirit reemerging
By Reuters – Jul 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Tuesday shows a view of ongoing construction works at Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish settlement in the mainly Palestinian […]
Israel rules Palestine as land of Jews!
Jul 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Finally, the Israeli Knesset had passed a law declaring Israel as a Jewish state, in fact declaring the land on which […]
The Ottoman caliphs: Why European Islam’s current problems might reflect a 100-year-old mistake
Europe’s move to undermine the caliphate shifted the centre of theological influence Erasmus Jul 26th 2016 by ERASMUS EVERY time a European city is shaken by an act of mass violence, the […]
Thai cave boys ordained in Buddhist ceremony
Source: BBC News Most members of the Thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave have had their heads shaved as part of a Buddhist ceremony to ordain them […]
Laos dam collapse: Many feared dead as floods hit villages
Source: BBC News At least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing in flooding following the collapse of an under-construction dam in south-east Laos. Workers found […]
Japan heatwave declared natural disaster as death toll mounts
Source: BBC News Japan’s weather agency has declared a heatwave sweeping the country a natural disaster, with at least 65 deaths recorded in the past week. An agency spokesman warned […]
Seduced by Hate, Indian Politician Embraces a Lynch Mob
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar HAZARIBAGH, India — Jayant Sinha is a Celtics fan. He graduated from Harvard. He worked for McKinsey. Born and raised in India but […]
Mob lynches Muslim man over cow smuggling charges in India
Source: Associated Press By AIJAZ HUSSAIN NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in western India over allegations of smuggling cows, police said […]
Indonesia: Ahmadis’ hopes dashed by Constitutional Court
Karina M. TehusijaranaThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, July 24 2018 | The Constitutional Court once again rejected a judicial review petition to strike down the 1965 Blasphemy Law as […]
Trump tells Iran ‘never, ever threaten’ US, or suffer consequences
Tehran tells Pompeo not to interfere in its state affairs By Reuters – Jul 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This combination of photos created on Monday shows US President Donald Trump […]
The ‘Jewish nation-state’ bill
Jul 23,2018 – JORDANIAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This past week by a vote of 62 to 55, Israel’s Knesset passed legislation called “Israel as a Nation-State of the […]
I traced missile casings in Syria back to their original sellers, so it’s time for the west to reveal who they sell arms to
I don’t think either Nato or the EU has the slightest interest in chasing the provenance of weapons in the hands of Islamist fighters in Syria or anywhere else in […]
Hindus and other minorities face big challenge in Pakistan elections
It’s an uphill struggle for Pakistani Christians, Sikhs, Ahmadis and others. Minority religions make up just 4 percent of Pakistan’s 200 million people; Shiites account for about 15 to 20 […]
Pakistan General Election 2018: Secular candidate Jibran Nasir targeted by mobs for not declaring religion publicly
World Reuters Jul 24, 2018 Islamabad: It began with an audience member asking Pakistani parliamentary candidate Jibran Nasir to declare his religion at a public forum, a request he politely […]
Unease as Imran Khan invokes blasphemy in Pakistan election
Asia image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan says his PTI party supports the blasphemy law ‘and will defend it’ AFP/AAMIR QURESHI 24 Jul 2018 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s politicians, including PM hopeful […]
Hardline Islamists push religion to center of Pakistan election
Source: Reuters BY Asif Shahzad, Kay Johnson LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani cleric Hafiz Saeed is one of the United States’ most-wanted terrorist suspects, accused over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that […]
Pakistan’s date with democracy
With Nawaz Sharif, the former PM disqualified from contesting the election and jailed, there is a chance former cricket star Imran Khan will lead the country if his party performs […]
Ahmedis and the 2018 elections
Op-Ed Ahmadi voters were not disfranchised in Pakistani elections when the country was founded. There was a time we voted — or at least, my grandparents and their parents did […]
HSBC, Credit Suisse to advise on Kuwait’s KFH, Bahrain’s AUB merger talks
The deal provides a non-binding framework to explore the creation of “a major regional banking institution. (REUTERS) Reuters July 23, 2018 KFH declined as much as 1.3 percent for a […]
China moves slowly into the Middle East
Yasar Yakis July 23, 2018 A forum was organized last week in Beijing by Tsinghua University, under the title “Constructing a security community: Equality, equity and justice.” There were four plenaries […]