Jan 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The sight of hungry, emaciated Syrians drew attention to the fact that the warring parties in this Arab country resort to starvation as a weapon of war. The UN Security Council acted against this, at last, recently adopting a resolution calling on all […]
Analysis: Iran has escaped years of isolation and the threat of war without sustaining much damage Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Sunday 17 January 2016 21:03 BST The war in Syria may end up weakening Iran’s regional rivals more than Iran itself Reuters Iran is politically and economically stronger because of the agreement […]
The world’s richest are getting richer while the wealth of the poorest is being spread more thinly Jon Stone @joncstone Sunday 17 January 2016 Slums in Colombia, one of the world’s most unequal countries Rex features Wealth inequality has grown to the stage where 62 of the world’s richest people […]
Source: AlJazeera Karachi, Pakistan – On the evening of April 24, 2015, Sabeen Mahmud, the director of The Second Floor, a beloved cafe and communal space in Karachi, was shot and […]
Voices As a strange development in an age when developers have probably destroyed as many old Beirut houses as the civil war did Robert Fisk @indyvoices All pictures copyright: Tom Young Tom Young Just when you thought the heritage of the Middle East was being destroyed, here’s a tale to prove […]
Source: Al Jazeera Pakistani police have arrested the imam of a mosque for inciting violence after a 15-year-old boy, who was told by the religious leader that he was a […]
Studies actually show immigrants seem less likely to commit crime than native populations, despite tending to have lower incomes and live in deprived areas Ian Birrell @ianbirrell Police use pepper spray to control supporters of Pegida, Hogesa (Hooligans against Salafists) and other right-wing populist groups as they protest against the […]
© Provided by IBNLive In his final state of the Union address, US President, Barack Obama mentioned that the ISIS does not pose a threat to the US. This comes at a time when we have witnessed two back to back attacks, one in Istanbul and another in Jakarta. […]
© Provided by AFP Pakistan Information minister Pervez Rashid told AFP Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (pictured) Sharif would travel to Riyadh on Monday and Tehran on TuesdayPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lead a high-level delegation to Saudi Arabia and Iran this week to try to ease tension between the […]
Pune, India *Launch MStartups.Biz, First Startup and Incubator program for Muslim Entrepreneurs *Networking Opportunities with Entrepreneurs *Startup Showcase (MStartups.Biz) *Awards to recognize the Individuals The First Indian Muslim Entrepreneurs Networking (IMEN) Conference will held on February 7th, 2016 8.30 AM to 5.30 PPM at Sun N Sand Hotel, Pune, INDIA. […]
Iraqi security forces clear the Soufiya neighborhood of Daesh fighters in central Ramadi, 115 kilometers west of Baghdad, on Jan. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed SUSANNAH GEORGE | AP Published — Sunday 17 January 2016 BAGHDAD: A United Nations report published Saturday said that the ongoing battle for the […]
“O our Lord, You have not created this without meaning and purpose. Limitless art You in Your glory…” (Qur’an, 3:190-191) IMAM KAMIL MUFTI Published — Friday 15 January 2016 What is the meaning and purpose of life?’ Throughout the ages, philosophers have considered it to be the most fundamental question. […]
Brahamdagh Bugti AGENCIES Published — Sunday 17 January 2016 KARACHI: Citing sources in Switzerland, a private local broadcaster said that a request by the self-exiled Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti for political asylum had been turned down by Swiss authorities, a claim which local sources did not corroborate. Sources confirmed that […]
Source: Arab News: JEDDAH: A 70-year-old citizen of Taif got the surprise of his life when his two wives egged him on to get married a third time, and that too to a younger woman. They not only made the suggestion but also offered help in the form of arranging […]
TOM ESSLEMONT | REUTERS Published — Sunday 17 January 2016 LONDON: A $15 billion shortfall in global humanitarian aid could be addressed by tapping into innovative sources of finance, such as smartphone apps, the football industry and wealthy Islamic donors, a United Nations panel of experts said on Sunday. Despite […]
By Suzanna Goussous – Jan 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES A view of Rmeimeen town north of Amman on Friday where a mosque stands next to a church in the mixed Muslim-Christian community (Petra photo) AMMAN — Church bells rang in Balqa’s Rmeimeen town on Friday in celebration of the opening […]
Source: ET It is time our parliamentarians started making laws that reflect the country’s realities instead of being browbeaten by the pronouncements of a body that is only supposed to have an advisory role. PHOTO: AFP The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is a constitutional body that advises the legislature […]
Jan 17,2016 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah drew a distinction between Daesh and khawarej (outlaws of Islam), making clear that the former, called by most of the West ISIS in Syria and Iraq, “can be defeated fairly quickly”, but the latter, “what I call the third world war by […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Jan 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A cartoon published by Her Majesty Queen Rania in response to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s mocking of the three-year-old Syrian boy found dead on a Turkish beach last year went viral over the weekend. On her Facebook […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) By Don Melvin and Michael Martinez (CNN) Iran has completed the necessary steps in a deal […]