As US sanctions near, Europe fails to protect Iran deal
By Reuters – Sep 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES UNITED NATIONS/BRUSSELS — At a meeting in Washington after Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in May, a senior […]
World leaders are sidelining an extremely important issue at the UN General Assembly, and it affects the lives of millions
https://players.brightcove.net/624246174001/BJXA5Px6f_default/index.html?videoId=5838203230001&customParams=videoID%3A5838203230001%3BarticleId%3A8552281%3Bgs_channels%3ANONE%3Bplayertype%3Aautoplay%3Btopictags%3Aungeneral_assembly%2Cinternallydisplaced_people%2Ctyphoonmangkhut&customTargeting=%2F71347885%2F_main_independent%2Fin_voices%2Fin_voices_article&playsinline=true In 2005, my stepfather in Zambia, David Busiku Mainza contributed to a pamphlet on the Tonga people, some 57,000 of whom were resettled in 1957 and 1958 from the Zambezi […]
Harmful innovations in religion
Friday Sermon: Harmful innovations in religion October 29th, 2010 Hudhur gave an exposition on harmful innovations in religion in his Friday Sermon today. He began by reciting the following Quranic […]
Swiss region of St Gallen votes to ban ‘burqa’ in public places
Source: Aljazeera.com The Swiss region of St Gallen has voted in favour of a “burqa ban”, prohibiting all face-covering garments in public spaces, a decision that a local Islamic organisation has termed “Islamophobic”. In a referendum on Sunday in the northeastern canton of St Gallen, nearly 67 percent of voters approved […]
The European day of action against Islamophobia and religious intolerance
FARID HAFEZ@ferithafez Published September 21, 2018 A Turkish-run mosque damaged by an explosion in Dresden, Germany, which is one of many attacks in the country that comes amid concerns of rising […]
Macron honours Algerians who fought for colonial France
By AFP – Sep 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced honours on Friday for Algerians who fought alongside French troops in Algeria’s war of independence, […]
Hungary slams UN, insists it will ‘never be a country of migrants’
By AFP – Sep 19,2018 -JORDAN TIMES People attend a demonstration against Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday (Reuters photo) GENEVA — Hungary’s foreign minister accused […]
In Private Letters, Benedict Rebukes Critics of Pope Francis
Source: The New York Times By Jason Horowitz ROME — The remarkable letter last month calling on Pope Francis to resign for allegedly shielding an abusive American cardinal also served […]
Catholic priest in Slovakia challenges celibacy rules
Source: Associated Press By KAREL JANICEK KLAK, Slovakia (AP) — A priest in the conservative Roman Catholic stronghold of Slovakia has challenged the church’s celibacy rules, voicing his dissent at […]
An Other Way to Introduce Ahmadiyya Islam.
By: Zubair Khan. Pictures: Mobashar Khan. On 20.09.2018 in Ahmadiyya Basheer Mosque Bensheim was a special day. Entirely a different approach was opted to introduce the Ahmadiyya Community. Main guests came from a local school which takes care of children with special needs. Executive Board, teachers and parents included the […]
DIPLOMACY: Wettstein – the first Swiss diplomat had the city of Basel in mind
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1594-1666) was the only Swiss envoy at the peace conference of Westphalia ending a major 17th religious […]
CHILD MARRIAGES: When children forced to marry stay married
By Katy Romy THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 This 16-year-old married in 2017 in a refugee camp for Rohingya in Bangladesh. Her parents said they […]
#SWISSHISTORYPICS: Annemarie Schwarzenbach: Winter’s journey to the Near East
By Catherine Waibel Village woman, Syria, 1933 Street scene, Aleppo/Syria, 1933 Mosque, Persia, 1934 Children, Varamin/Persia, 1934 Columns of the Apadana palace, Persepolis/Persia, 1934 Children, Istanbul/Turkey, 1933 Shoeshine boy, […]
Saudi Arabia taking lead in interfaith dialogue
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Don’t be blinded by Syria – Putin’s recent foreign policy moves show he’s more interested in peace than war
Russian foreign policy craves respect, and seeks to demonstrate that it can hold its own alongside the biggest and the best – including the military sphere Mary Dejevsky Voronezh, Russia @IndyVoices The […]
Should dogs join you in being vegan?
Just because you’re vegan, it doesn’t mean your dog should be Dogs should be able to manage on vegetarian diets as long as the essential nutrients they would normally get from meat […]
Direct democracy: Regional ‘burqa ban’ up for vote in Switzerland
AFP/The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 21 September 2018 The government of St Gallen says the proposed ‘burqa vote’ is unnecessary. File photo: Patrick Denker A second Swiss canton will vote Sunday […]
Feminism: From Ancient Rome to the Women’s March
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica By Adam Augustyn Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster chose feminism as its 2017 Word of the Year, in response to both the massive Women’s Marches in American cities over the weekend following President […]
Blackpool Tower rainbow lights to greet anti-LGBT US preacher
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Blackpool Tower will light up in rainbow colours this weekend in solidarity with LGBT people as Franklin Graham, the US conservative evangelical with links to […]
The Safra Dynasty: The Mysterious Family Of The Richest Banker In The World
Flickr.com Joseph Safra is the richest banker in the world, according to Forbes. And, incidentally, the name Safra means yellow, or gold, in Arabic. Convenient. Especially since the illustrious family […]