Syria’s regime on path to come in from the cold
By AFP – Dec 30,2018 -JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Almost eight years into Syria’s civil war, President Bashar Assad seems closer than ever to securing a comeback at home and […]
Malaysia files charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB scandal
By Peter Symonds 22 December 2018 Malaysian authorities on Monday filed criminal charges against the giant US investment bank, Goldman Sachs, over its involvement in the scandal surrounding the 1Malaysia […]
Senior rabbis urged to resign after contempt of court ruling upheld
Source: The Guardian BY Melissa Davey Senior rabbis have been described by a child sexual abuse survivor as a “law unto themselves” and urged to resign from the peak body […]
Vatican official urges Iraq’s Christians to forgive, rebuild
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state urged Iraqi Christians who have endured years of Islamic extremist persecution to forgive, reconcile and […]
Islamists kill at least 10 in bid to capture northeast Nigerian lake town: residents
Source: Reuters BY Ahmed Kingimi, Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist militants and Nigerian troops have been fighting around a fishing town on Lake Chad as the insurgents step up […]
India’s lower house OKs end to instant divorce for Muslims
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The lower house of India’s Parliament on Thursday approved a bill to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling that found the Muslim practice of […]
SNP MPs call on UK to grant Asia Bibi and her family asylum
Source: The Guardian BY Dan Sabbagh Scottish National party MPs have written to Theresa May calling on the UK to grant asylum to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi and her family, […]
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
Source: Associated Press By SAM MCNEIL JINAN, China (AP) — Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his people’s oppression under Mao Zedong. The 39-year-old poet was […]
Bomb at Greek church injures 2 after no warning given
Source: Associated Press By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ELENA BECATOROS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A crudely-made bomb exploded outside one of Athens’ most important churches early Thursday, injuring its caretaker and […]
Taliban seeks image makeover as Afghan peace talks gain momentum
Source: Reuters BY Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Jibran Ahmad KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – As moves toward peace pick up in Afghanistan, the Taliban are trying to show they have changed since the […]
Muslim leaders raise gambling harm awareness
Source: Australasian Muslim Times The Muslim Leaders Forum for Gambling Harm Awareness was held on Wednesday 5 December in Melbourne equipping them with resources to help families experiencing gambling harm. The […]
A fight over Republican leadership in Texas becomes a test of the limits of Muslims in the GOP
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Jaweed Kaleem Muslim Americans will reach a milestone next week when Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar join the House of Representatives. The Democrats from Michigan […]
Free to offer namaz in India, say Pakistani Ahmadiyya Muslim ..
Editor’s Note: Sorry, this Indian newspaper is too […]
Americans Trust Clergy Less Than Ever, Gallup Poll Finds
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Americans’ confidence in religious leaders’ honesty and ethical standards has been tanking in recent years. The level of trust Americans have in clergy members […]
Ahmadis in Guniea Bissau hold ‘Jalsa Salana’
December 27, 2018 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Guinea Bissau on Friday held its 9th annual convention known as ‘Jalsa Salana’ at a Resort settlement of Saffine 8km from the capital […]
Let down by US, Syrian Kurdish leaders look to Russia, Assad
By Reuters – Dec 27,2018 -JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Alarmed by a US decision to leave Syria, Kurdish leaders who run much of the north are urging Russia and […]
With support from Steve Bannon, a medieval monastery could become a populist training ground
Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan December 25 COLLEPARDO, Italy — Inside the stone walls of the Trisulti monastery, for more than eight centuries, monks have lived in quiet seclusion, praying, […]
Sister Wendy Beckett, Nun Who Became a BBC Star, Dies at 88
Source: The New York Times By Robert D. McFadden Sister Wendy Beckett, a Roman Catholic nun who interrupted a cloistered life of prayer in England in 1991 and soared to […]
‘It’s God’s plan’: the man who dreams of bringing intensive chicken farming to Africa
Source: The Guardian By John Vidal On the evening of 7 August 2018, a KLM charter flight left Amsterdam, landing 11 hours later at Kilimanjaro airport in northern Tanzania. Its young occupants […]