Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque to reopen on Sunday
By AFP – May 27,2020 – JORDAN TIMES The Al Aqsa Mosque complex was shut for the Eid Al Fitr festival that marks the end of the holy fasting month […]
Italy considers charges over Malta’s ‘shocking’ refusal to rescue migrants
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: The Guardian Foreign ministry condemns Valletta […]
Donald Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is an unavoidable recognition of failure
America’s status as a superpower has been damaged by its inability to beat the Taliban in nearly 20 years of war Patrick Cockburn @indyworld 11 hours ago In October […]
In the Face of Racism in US — Selma: A Movie, Every Black, Brown and White Person Will Enjoy
Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel,[5][6] Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lewis. The […]
Zoom aims to be the next big platform for start-ups to build billion-dollar businesses
Source: CNBC By Matthew Winkler Jim Scheinman, founding managing partner of Maven Ventures and an early investor in Zoom Video Communications, is still betting on the videoconferencing company’s future and on the vision of its founder and CEO Eric Yuan. The company has been on a tear — stoked by the need for […]
The 7 most fascinating mosques in China
By Angelo Zinna CHINA HAS AN ambiguous stance in regards to institutionalized faith. On the one hand, the People’s Republic recognizes five religions — Buddhism, Catholicism, Daoism, Islam, and Protestantism […]
UK approves plan to develop the country’s largest solar farm in the south of England
Source: CNBC By Anmar Frangoul The U.K. government on Thursday gave the green-light for plans to develop the country’s largest solar park, a sprawling project which will cover a large […]
Trump to Rebuke China on Muslims After Hong Kong Row
Source: Bloomberg By Jordan Fabian and Daniel Flatley President is likely to sign legislation backed by both parties He hasn’t shown interest in human rights violation allegations President Donald Trump appears […]
Obey the Khulafa with true sincerity
Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II and Musleh-e-Maudra on 29 June 1917. After reciting Tashahud Ta‘awuz, and Surah al-Fatihah, the following verses were […]
Covid-19 study on hydroxychloroquine use questioned by 120 researchers and medical professionals
Source: The Guardian By Melissa Davey More than 120 researchers and medical professionals from around the world have written an open letter to the editor of the Lancet raising serious […]
450k Umrah pilgrims sent back home amid pandemic
Over 60,000 pilgrims were sent back to their home countries through special flights during the five-day Eid holiday. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/vgbft Around 1,500 pilgrims, who were stranded in the country, also left in April. JEDDAH: The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah facilitated the return of as many as 450,000 […]
Syria’s Rami Makhlouf relinquishes assets to charity
Short Url https://arab.news/9cb53 Arab News May 29, 202 Makhlouf said he was “very relieved and euphoric” The Syrian government said his company owes $77 million DUBAI: Rami Makhlouf, one of […]
Crossing Divides: The bomb maker turned peacemaker
By Rebecca Henschke and Endang Nurdin BBC World Service 28 May 2020 Ali Fauzi is now helping others turn their backs on extremism and intolerance “I am an expert bomb […]
The Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck had 18 previous complaints against him, police department says
(CNN) The former Minneapolis police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck had 18 prior complaints filed against him with the Minneapolis Police Department’s Internal […]
‘Ramy’ and the New American Muslims of TV
Even positive portrayals of Muslim Americans after 9/11 seemed burdened with a responsibility to explain and defend. But that burden is starting to be cast off. Ramy Youssef, left, with […]
Saudi Arabia to end curfew on June 21, except in Mecca
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will begin easing restrictions on movement and travel this week, more than two months after stringent measures were introduced to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Restrictions will be lifted in three phases, culminating in the curfew completely ending – with the exception […]
Poland shocked by documentary exposing church pedophilia
Source: DW The Primate of Poland has informed the Vatican about new cases of pedophilia uncovered in a recent documentary. The Church and government are both under pressure following the revelation of what happened to the victims. But when their parents’ backs were turned the brothers say Arkadiusz would cuddle, […]
Rise of the civilization state in post-nation-state Middle East
by Rabee Al-Hafidh Op-Ed May 29, 2020 During the COVID-19 crisis, Turkey was able to climb to new international heights in health and wellbeing as Turkey is now a source […]
Given the vacuum of moral responsibility across the Middle East, who can trivialise the trial of Benjamin Netanyahu?
Source: Independent UK We pick and choose who we want to stand trial among the leaders across the region – but the law is something that binds us all, writes […]
Glaxo to Make 1 Billion Doses of Pandemic Vaccine Booster
Source: Bloomberg By Marthe Fourcade and James Paton GlaxoSmithKline Plc plans to produce 1 billion doses of a vaccine adjuvant — a booster that can help any brand of shot — to support […]