Don’t believe the hype, Isis has not yet been defeated – here’s why
If the Americans are in fact leaving at last, the Kurds are still going to be betrayed and left to the mercy of their enemies – be this Turkey or […]
Russia: Golan Heights Status Change Would Violate UN Decisions – RIA
By Reuters Druze Arabs on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold an anti-election protest outside a municipal polling station in Majdal ShamsAmmar Awad / Reuters Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday […]
Mueller report: special counsel delivers findings of Trump-Russia inquiry
rump-Russia investigation Submission to attorney general signals end of criminal inquiry Barr: ‘I remain committed to as much transparency as possible’ Robert Mueller submits report – live updates Support the […]
Laila Lalami: ‘White supremacists target Muslims but the threat isn’t taken as seriously as other forms of terror’
Interview Hadley Freeman The Moroccan-born author talks about finding her voice, who gets control of the narrative and how it feels to be a Muslim in America today @HadleyFreeman Fri […]
White Supremacism and Wahhabist-Driven Terrorism
White Supremacism and Wahhabist-Driven Terrorism Have Fed the Hate of Extremists and Caused a Crisis in New Zealand By Mohammed Ayoob March 19, 2019 The recent act of white supremacist terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left fifty Muslim worshippers dead and an equal number wounded has once again dramatically […]
Trump opened Pandora’s box, freeing white supremacists
Mar 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN It is not surprising that the horrific attack on innocent Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand was perpetrated by Australian […]
Kuwait says US Mideast peace plan should weigh regional considerations
Kuwait minister meets with US Secretary of State Pompeo By Reuters – Mar 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) is welcomed by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh […]
Abdul Shakoor (RELEASED) : Alhamdolillah.
Country: Pakistan Key Fact: 82-year-old Ahmadi manager of a bookshop and optician store Detained Since: December 2, 2015. Abdul Shakoor was released on March 18, 2019. Charges: Propagating the Ahmadiyya […]
UN experts urge Israel to rein in security forces
By Reuters – Mar 18,2019 – JORDAN TIMES An Israeli soldier stands guard in the northern West Bank village of Salem, east of Nablus, on Monday during a search operation for a Palestinian suspect (AFP photo) GENEVA — UN war crimes investigators called on Israel on Monday to stop its […]
Trump’s ultimate peace deal unlikely to further Palestinian self-determination
Mar 19,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – SAMIA KARBATI Little, if anything, has been revealed about the Trump administration’s peace plan for the Middle East, except the occasional statement that it […]
We Have To End War
We Have To End War We Have To End War: Part IV Of “War No More: The Case For Abolition” By David Swanson IV. WE HAVE TO END WARIf we […]
Scott Horton on Why the U.S. War in Afghanistan is Unwinnable
ELAINE PASQUINI MUSIC AND ARTS Scott Horton, author of Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, gives a riveting book talk. [Staff photo Phil Pasquini] The U.S. war […]
New Zealand is bringing in gun control after one mass shooting. Why doesn’t America value its citizens in the same way?
I still remember when my older brother wrote to us from US Marine Corps bootcamp to tell us that he’d earned the expert rifleman badge for his firearm. We had been taught […]
American Muslims deal with being targets of hate
By John N. Mitchell, The Philadelphia Tribune March 16, 2019 Harris Zafar, national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, preaches a message of tolerance in response to anti-Muslim hate. […]
A history of recent attacks linked to white supremacy
Christchurch appears to be the latest in a global series of rightwing terror Lois Beckett @loisbeckett Fri 15 Mar 2019 People arrive for Sunday services at the Mother Emanuel […]
US to deny visas for ICC members investigating alleged war crimes
Washington also threatened economic sanctions if war crimes court goes ahead with inquiry into US troops in Afghanistan AFP in Washington Fri 15 Mar 2019 The International Criminal Court […]
Mission accomplished: The Cheney doctrine and Daesh
HILAL KAPLAN @hilal_kaplan Published15.03.2019 When Dick Cheney, while serving under George H. W. Bush’s administration, was asked why they did not topple Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War, he upheld […]
Defying Trump, Senate votes to end US support for Yemen war
By AFP – Mar 14,2019 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo taken on April 13, 2017, activists take part in a rally in front of the White House in […]
US Remains Top Country for Refugee Resettlement – 2017: 24,559; 2018: 17,113
Editor’s Note: Is that not a rather misleading headline, considering the small numbers? By Nayla Rush | March 14, 2019 | 2:42 PM EDT (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images) New […]
U.S. says China’s treatment of Muslim minority worst abuses ‘since the 1930s’
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 13, 2019 A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous […]