Isis intent on 'house of blood': UN rights chief
Published: 08 Sep 2014 THELOCAL.CH The jihadist militants who have seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria are intent upon creating “a house of blood”, the UN’s new human rights […]
Isis intent on ‘house of blood’: UN rights chief
Published: 08 Sep 2014 THELOCAL.CH The jihadist militants who have seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria are intent upon creating “a house of blood”, the UN’s new human rights […]
Prince Hassan urges int’l justice community to play active role in resolving Mideast conflicts
AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan has called on the international justice community to play a more active role in helping resolve conflicts in the Middle East. Delivering the keynote address at a high-level meeting of experts on Global Issues and Their Impact on the Future of Human Rights and International […]
Prince Zeid of Jordan sworn in as UN human rights commissioner
by Jordan Times | Sep 06, 2014 AMMAN — HH Prince Zeid on Thursday took the oath before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the UN high commissioner for human rights. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Prince […]
Humanity First Opens its First School in Mafraq, Jordan
HUMANITY FIRST has opened its first school in MAFRAQ, JORDAN with 75 Syrian Refugee children and 25 needy Jordanian children. We are starting this school in Kindergarten level and – […]
JORDAN: THE GEOPOLITICAL SERVICE PROVIDER by Emmanuel Comolet
An interesting study on Jordan, by the Brookings Institute: (February 2014) Click to access arab%20econpaper4comolet%20v2.pdf Editor’s note: What the researchers did not realize: Why is Jordan ‘a island of peace’ among ‘troubled nations’? The main reason, as understood ‘in the streets of Amman’, is the fact that the neighbours (Israel) […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on the World Wide Web
Source: ahmadiyya-islam.org | alislam.org ONLINE NETWORK Al Islam (International) Countries in Africa Mauritius (English) Tanzania (Swahili) Countries in Asia Bangladesh China India India (Gurmukhi, Punjabi) India (Malayalam) India (Tamil) Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Iran Pakistan Russia Saudi Arabia Turkey Uzbekistan Countries in Europe Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria France Germany Greece Iceland Italy […]
Religious leaders call for returning to religion as means of dialogue
AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan has joined Christian and Jewish leaders in a joint appeal to “the leaders and brokers of power” in the Middle East and the world to turn holy spaces into venues for dialogue and conversation. Instead of devolving “into venues that separate us from each other”, […]
Gaza: The Makings of a Modern Day Dystopia
Queen Rania of Jordan Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan dys·to·pia [ dis-ˈtō-pē-ə] noun: an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated […]
Jordan proposes ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council
by Khetam Malkawi | Agencies | Jul 23, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire of the Israeli aggression in […]
Jordan renews support for Gaza, condemnation of Israeli assault
by Khaled Neimat | Petra | Jul 22, 2014 | 23:27 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday discussed with the Japanese Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign […]
Jordanian volunteer doctors denied entry to Gaza via Rafah
by Merza Noghai | Jul 21, 2014 | 23:35 AMMAN — Egyptian authorities have refused to allow a Jordanian medical delegation to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, Jordan Medical Association council member Bassem Kiswani said Monday. The five Jordanian doctors were part of a European delegation […]
What the West Can Do If It’s Really Serious About Middle East Peace
by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal A member of the Hashemite Royal Family working to address issues such as regional integration, inter-faith dialogues, water, energy and the human environment and human dignity. After weeks of rapid expansion in Syria and Iraq, ISIS announced the establishment of an Islamic caliphate. […]
What the West Can Do If It's Really Serious About Middle East Peace
by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal A member of the Hashemite Royal Family working to address issues such as regional integration, inter-faith dialogues, water, energy and the human environment and human dignity. After weeks of rapid expansion in Syria and Iraq, ISIS announced the establishment of an Islamic caliphate. […]
How our region is preparing for suicide
Summary It was obvious several years ago, when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Iran’s president and the Islamic Republic was expanding its power in Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian areas and Yemen, that this endeavor would provoke a backlash from the Sunni Arab states. And it was just as clear that this backlash, […]
Jordan ‘cool to Syria rebel training plan’ US sources say kingdom reluctant to host expanded programme proposed by President Obama for fear of violent retaliation.
Jordan, where the US Central Intelligence Agency has been covertly training Syrian rebels for more than a year, is reluctant to host an expanded rebel instruction programme, US officials say. Jordan’s reticence, confirmed by four US officials, is a potentially serious setback for President Barack Obama’s proposed $500m initiative, announced […]
Jordan 'cool to Syria rebel training plan' US sources say kingdom reluctant to host expanded programme proposed by President Obama for fear of violent retaliation.
Jordan, where the US Central Intelligence Agency has been covertly training Syrian rebels for more than a year, is reluctant to host an expanded rebel instruction programme, US officials say. Jordan’s reticence, confirmed by four US officials, is a potentially serious setback for President Barack Obama’s proposed $500m initiative, announced […]
Jordan does not fear ISIL militants — interior minister
by Khaled Neimat | Jun 30, 2014 | 23:49 AMMAN — A security buffer zone of around 400 kilometres separates Jordan’s border from the military operations in Iraq, an MP who attended a closed-door meeting with the government said on Monday. Deputy Yihya Saud (Amman, 2nd District) quoted Interior Minister […]
Mideast church leaders urge immediate int’l support for Iraq
AMMAN — Presidents of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) have warned of the “deteriorating situation” in Iraq, calling for immediate international measures to support the Iraqi people. “The […]
Mideastern stability requires a new security consensus
June 19, 2014 12:11 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Let’s look at the reality on the ground in the Middle East: Iraq and Syria are effectively partitioned along sectarian lines; Lebanon and Yemen are close to fracturing; Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia survive intact, but as […]