Power struggle in East Med and Turkey’s position
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN COLUMNS JUN 17, 2020 12:05 AM GMT+3 Turkey’s drilling vessel, Fatih, sails through the Bosporus as it leaves for the Black Sea, Istanbul, Turkey, May 29, 2020. (Reuters […]
The ‘Palestinian Chair’: Exposing Israel’s direct role in US violence
Jun 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD The banning of deadly police practices by many American states and cities following the murder of an African American man, George Floyd, […]
Twenty Indian soldiers dead after clash with China along disputed border
Source: CNN At least 20 Indian soldiers have died after a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late Monday, the Indian army has said.The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in the disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh area, where […]
Israel’s destructive annexation moves
Jun 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH Within the next few weeks we will know for sure what parts of the occupied West Bank Israel is going to […]
West Bank plan will create ‘apartheid’ – UN experts
By AFP – Jun 16,2020 -JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian child stands at his family land east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley on Monday (AFP photo) GENEVA — Israel’s plan […]
Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste
Solving the issue of waste in our seas turned out to be more complex than scrounging for bottles off the beach, Laura Trethewey found Seascape: the state of our oceans […]
Donald Trump and uses and misuses of the Bible
Source: The New Yorker By Ian Frazier, who is a staff writer at The New Yorker and most recently published “Hogs Wild: Selected Reporting Pieces.” In extreme circumstances like the […]
For Sale: The Hair of the Virgin Mary
Source: New York Times By Mattia Ferraresi What does a supposedly secular world want with the creepy (and probably fake) remains of medieval saints? For a little more than $2,000, you […]
Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC By Michelle Roberts; Health editor, […]
Sahar Esfandiari / Reclaiming Rumi: How Islam was erased from the Persian poet’s work
Sahar Esfandiari A new online campaign, Rumi Was Muslim, seeks to rectify the whitewashing and mistranslations of the renowned 13th-century Persian poet and Muslim scholar. Founded by researchers and translators Sharghzadeh and Zirrar, […]
Here’s what the science says about the links between religion and health
Source: Deseret News By Erica Evans; @Erica_Lee_Evans Scientists say stress levels, healthy habits and community support could be key to beating the virus SALT LAKE CITY — In April, a Virginia […]
Opinion: Ad hominem and red herrings, the garlic in anti-Ahmadiyya rhetoric
15th June 2020 Ataul Fatir, London Social media platforms – unfortunately – have become cesspits of hate. We all enjoy benefits of connecting and “staying in the loop”, but the […]
How Saudi Arabia’s King Fahad National Library is preserving Islamic history for posterity
Previous 1 / 7 King Fahad National Library has been playing a key role in ensuring that present and future generations continue to benefit from Islam’s contributions to civilization. (Supplied) 2 / […]
Iran’s beautiful palaces and holy sites – in pictures
Ahead of new BBC series Art of Persia, starting on 15 June, Christopher Wilton-Steer looks up at the intricate ceilings of Iran’s mosques, mausoleums and palaces Mon 15 Jun 2020 more:
Muslims join to demand police reforms, back black-led groups
By Mariam Fam In the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, dozens of American Muslim organizations have come together to call for reform to policing practices, and to […]
A generation of children could be scarred by the coronavirus pandemic
Gaby Hinsliff Open the schools, by all means – but that will not be enough to combat the emotional aftershocks of the Covid-19 crisis Sat 13 Jun 2020 ‘The truth […]
UN Links Items in Arms Shipments and Missile Attacks to Iran
Source: HAARETZ The United Nations says it has determined that Iran was the source for several items in two arms shipments seized by the United States and for debris left by attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations and an international airport, according to a new report.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said […]
The jokes in parliament prove British leaders have no idea how bad slavery was – and why people are protesting
One way to understand what it was really like is to recall how Isis enslaved the Yazidis in northern Iraq and Syria in 2014, murdering men, women and children and […]
How the Battle of Gallipoli was hijacked by religion
Angels, Muslim saints, and soldiers disappearing into fluffy white clouds. The tour guides are rewriting history and the secularists are none too happy, Robert Fisk reports @indyvoices 11 hours ago […]