Is Indonesia winning its fight against Islamic extremism?
Source: BBC Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but are its local Islamic traditions in danger of being overtaken by fundamentalism? As I thread my way through crowds […]
China accuses US of B-52 ‘provocation’ over Spratly Islands
Source: BBC China has accused the US of “serious provocation” after it flew B-52 bombers near one of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Chinese military personnel […]
U.N. Agrees on Road Map for Peace in Syria
Source: Time (UNITED NATIONS) — U.N. Security Council members agreed Friday on a resolution on a peace process for Syria involving talks by representatives of the Damascus government and the […]
Khomeini grandson registers for Iran Assembly election: state media
Source: Reuters A grandson of Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini registered on Friday for February’s election of the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the supreme leader, state broadcaster […]
Dr. Abdus Salam 90th birthday memorial meeting
Dr. Abdus Salam 29th January 1926 died: 21 November 1996 Singapore: plans are underway to hold a grand meeting on the 90th birthday of Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam 29th January 2016. What is unique about this meeting is that there will be 4 Nobel Laureate speakers, and many mother […]
Pakistan is still trying to get a grip on its madrassa problem
Source: The Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a country that has more than 20,000 religious schools, Pakistani investigators say the madrassa where Tashfeen Malik studied the Koran doesn’t stand […]
Turkey largest refugee-hosting country as global numbers hit new record in 2015, UN says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published December 18, 2015 AFP Photo This year saw an unprecedented rise in the number of refugees fleeing conflicts and poverty, nearing above 60 million. Though the number continues to rise at an alarming rate, especially for those heading to Europe whose number approaches to 1 million […]
Remembering Rumi
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 Remembering Rumi today can go a long way in healing many of the spiritual wounds that we have inflicted upon ourselves. His teachings can liberate us from […]
The Ottoman caliphate: Straddling two worlds: Worldly, pluralist, hedonistic—and Muslim, too
Dec 19th 2015 | ISTANBUL Source: Economist ORHAN OSMANOGLU cradles a French handkerchief embossed with the letter H. “This is all I have left that’s my great-great-grandfather’s, the caliph’s,” he […]
Two countries had no idea they were in Saudi Arabia’s Muslim coalition to fight terrorism
The Independent Rebecca Flood © Provided by The Independent Mohammed bin Salman attends a summit of Arab and Latin American leaders in Riyadh (Picture: [copyright])Earlier this week Saudi Arabia announced a new 34-country coalition of Muslim nations to fight terrorism, but two of the key countries have said they had […]
The Ahmadi question
Source: ET It is as if the sectarian mobs have started taking turns targeting a different minority every month, putting Pakistan to shame internationally. This time, the Ahmadis are in the spotlight — again. First, we saw the disturbances in Jhelum and now there are hate posters at Hafeez Centre, […]
Let This Be an Opportunity for Business Unusual
Queen Rania al AbdullahHashemite Kingdom of Jordan Let This Be an Opportunity for Business Unusual Posted: 12/12/2015 The following speech was delivered after receiving an Honorary Doctorate in Science Development and International Cooperationon at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy on December 10, 2015. Buongiorno. It’s such a pleasure to return […]
WorldViews: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Islamic military alliance’ against terrorism makes no sense
By Adam Taylor – December 17, 20115 Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and defense minister Mohammed bin Salma on Tuesday announced the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism. (Reuters) This week, Saudi Arabia announced that it was forming a new “Islamic military alliance” devoted to fighting global […]
China summons US envoy over Taiwan arms deal
Source: BBC China has summoned a senior US envoy in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan. Vice-Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang made “solemn representations” with Kaye […]
Why is Indonesia not in the Saudi-led Sunni coalition against terror?
Source: The Independent Surely Indonesia, with a Sunni population of 200 million, would have an interest in joining Robert Fisk @indyvoices Tuesday 15 December 2015 The Saudis love coalitions. The Sunni monarchy had the Americans, the British, the French and sundry other oil importers on their side to drive Saddam’s […]
Zionists don’t have ‘enough evidence’ to try killers of Palestinian family
Four year-old Ahmed Dawabsha receives a visit from his maternal grandmother, Fakira, at the Tel Hashomer hospital on December 5, 2015, in Ramat Gan near the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv, where he is being treated for burns after his family house was firebombed by Jewish extremists on July […]
‘Convinced that Syria will survive’
Dec 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN A battered but stoic Damascus stands proud in spite of the war that has ravaged the country. The city and its people have weathered nearly five years of conflict, but remain themselves: generally kind and helpful. The city is even more of a […]
Stop providing cover for extremists at Al Aqsa, Jordan tells Israel
By JT – Dec 17,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Jewish extremists, some bare footed, are seen in the vicinity of Al Haram Al Sharif in Jerusalem earlier this week. The government […]
Jordan: World Bank sees economic inclusion as solution for Syrian refugee poverty
By Khetam Malkawi – Dec 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian refugee sells vegetables at the Zaatari Refugee Camp, some 90km northeast of Amman, earlier this year (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — The World Bank on Wednesday said it is working with the Jordanian and the UK governments to […]
New anti-terror alliance ‘sends right messages’
By Mohammad Ghazal , AFP – Dec 15,2015 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The formation of the Saudi-led military coalition of 34 Muslim countries to fight terrorism sends a strong message on how Muslims and Arabs in their countries and abroad are the main victims of terrorism, which seeks […]