Global Affairs DECEMBER 12, 2015 | (Stratfor) By Anisa Mehdi As the world reacts to the host of Islamic State terrorist attacks that brought tragedy and death to Paris, Muslim scholars, clerics and lay people alike are speaking up about the troubles within the house of Islam. They are asserting, as […]
December 13, 2015, 1:00 pm 23 people died, 60 were left injured in a blast in Landa Bazar, Parachinar, Waqt News reported. “The area is highly sensitive and it has been targeted before by terrorists,” media reported. According to sources security forces have surrounded and sealed the area. “Rescue teams […]
Saudi woman wins council seat in the country’s first ever election open to female voters and candidates A Saudi woman casts her vote for the municipal elections at a polling station in Jeddah Photo: Getty By AFP 9:24AM GMT 13 Dec 2015 A Saudi woman won a municipal council seat in […]
by Assia Sabi , December 3, 2015 Islamic banking has the potential to promote financial stability, boost SMEs, and contribute to greater financial inclusion. But the IMF recently stressed on the numerous challenges the industry has to face to unlock these potentials. Islamic finance has experienced a swift expansion: Islamic […]
By Reuters – Dec 12,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Yemeni students clean a street as they participate in a cleanup campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday (AP photo) DUBAI — A 7-day ceasefire in Yemen will start on Monday, the day before planned UN-sponsored peace talks in Switzerland, senior officials on […]
Brajraj Mahapatra came to the throne in 1943 and became known for his hedonistic lifestyle Image Credit: Courtesy: The Telegraph Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh Mahapatra was the last surviving Indian king from the days of British rule. Published: 14:50 December 12, 2015 BRAJRAJ KHYATRIYA BIRABARA CHAMPATI SINGH MAHAPATRA, the […]
Published on 10:51 December 13, 2015 These women are following in the footsteps of Syria’s other main female forces battling Daesh nextprevExpand next Syriac Christian women members of the battalion called the ‘Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers’ fighting the Daesh, take part in a training […]
By JT – Dec 12,2015 – JORDAN TIMES University of Jordan President Ekhleif Tarawneh speaks at a meeting organised by the Jerusalem Endowment Fund in Amman on Friday (Petra photo) AMMAN — Attendees of the Jerusalem Endowment Fund’s meeting held in Amman on Friday called for unifying efforts and […]
Saudi prince slams Trump as ‘a disgrace’ to USA as backlash grows France 24 Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has called Donald Trump a disgrace to the United States following his call for a ban on Muslims entering the country, and demanded the Republican front-runner withdraw from the US […]
Source: Time Negotiators from India came to international climate talks in Paris this month walking a tightrope. On the one hand, officials wanted to show that the world’s fourth-biggest carbon […]
Published December 10th, 2015 – 08:13 GMT via SyndiGate.info A file photo of Blackwater member surveying a city in 2005. (AFP/File) Follow > Blackwater Worldwide The chief of Blackwater mercenaries in Yemen has been killed in clashes with Houthi Ansarullah fighters and allied forces in the country’s southwest, reports say. […]
Ahmadi bookstore owner and manager arrested under blasphemy law Pakistani authorities have arrested two Ahmadi Muslim men for alleged Blasphemy. Bookstore owner Abul Shukoor and manager Mazhar Ahmad were arrested Wednesday, Dec. 2 from Ahmadiyya Book Depot in Rabwah. Both men were taken to an unknown location after their arrest. […]
Source: Huffington Post By Lynne Peeples; Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post After two weeks of tense talks, word-wrangling and marathon overnight meetings, diplomats in Paris agreed to a global […]
By Shahid Parvez Badruddin, Sec. Dawat-ilallah, Bangalore Alhumdullilah Thumma Alhumdullilah, We had 3 full days of successful interactions with more than 180 intellectuals, academicians and Religious Leaders in Bangalore. To […]
Interview by Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Christoph Scheuermann Andrew Testa / DER SPIEGEL Turkish author Elif Shafak is concerned about polarization in her country: “Erdogan is, in my eyes, the most polarizing politician in recent Turkish political history.” Turkish author Elif Shafak sees her country as a “wobbly democracy,” increasingly […]
Source: The Express Tribune LAHORE: The district administration in Lahore on Thursday removed anti-Ahmadi posters and stickers from the city’s largest mobile and computer equipment market. Numerous shopkeepers in Lahore’s Hafeez Centre, […]
Source: BBC One of China’s richest men, Guo Guangchang, has been detained by police. His company, Fosun International, confirmed on Friday that he was assisting authorities with an investigation. The […]
By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights activist Source: Huffington Post I am a Pakistani immigrant to the United States. With the recent rise of Islamophobia here in […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar with input from Pradyot Debbaraman, The Northeast Today DEC 10, 2015 – The watch was purchased at an auction and is now in the Jaeger-LeCoultre museum (Jaeger-LeCoultre) […]
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The continuing stream of recent terror attacks against targets in several countries across four continents continues to vex governments and other institutions that seek desperately to counter and eventually stop this dangerous trend. The evidence of policy actions and new research […]