Significant changes in Arab public opinion
Feb 17,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Across the Middle East and North Africa, 2019 provided an eventful end to a tumultuous decade. There were unsettling developments on […]
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10bn to save Earth’s environment
Source: The Guardian By Richard Luscombe; @richlusc Move comes a month after Amazon threatened to fire employees who spoke out about company’s role in the climate crisis Jeff Bezos, the […]
Boris Johnson’s approach to immigration doesn’t just reek of racism, it makes no economic sense
Source: Independent, UK The perceived costs of relaxing rules are often myths. In financial terms, free movement of people is a huge benefit to us all, writes Phil Thornton Why […]
Every Thing You Wanted to Know about Compilation and Preservation of the Holy Quran
Epigraph: Indeed, We (Allah) Ourself have sent down this Quran, and most surely We will be its Guardian. (Al Quran 15:9/10) New Light on the History of the Quranic Text? […]
This Day in History, on Feb 17, Giordano Bruno Burnt Alive, at the Stake in Rome
Promoted post: Who Has a Greater Claim to Science: Judaism, Christianity or Islam — The Bible or the Quran? Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
ISIS bride Shamima Begum says life ‘fell apart’ as she was stripped of UK citizenship
Shamima Begum said her life ‘fell apart’ when she was stripped of UK citizenship. The former UK schoolgirl, 20, was one of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria […]
Growing Islamophobia ‘intolerable,’ UN chief Guterres says
Source: Daily Sabah AP — The U.N. chief on Sunday voiced his concern over rising Islamophobia in the world, calling it “intolerable.” Antonio Guterres’ remarks came during a joint news […]
Crypto spying affair : How manipulated Swiss tech shaped world politics
By Swiss public television, SRF Feb 12, 2020 – From left to right: Sadat, Carter, Begin sign the Camp David Peace Accords between Egypt and Israel in March 1979. […]
Including Ahmadiyyas would trigger reaction among Indian Muslims: Ravi Shankar Prasad on CAA
Monday, February 17, 2020 On giving Indian citizenship to Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that doing so could trigger a reaction from Indian Muslims. Speaking […]
Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya regional convention ends in Sunderbans
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Bangladesh on Saturday concluded its regional convention for Satkhira, Khulna, Jashore and Chuadanga region with a call to spread the ideals of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM). The […]
‘Westlessness’: is the west really in a state of peril?
The Guardian Top diplomats disagreed over the global relevance of the west at the Munich security conference Patrick Wintour diplomatic editor Sun 16 Feb 2020 The chosen theme of […]
The Ottoman Empire: 600 Years of Domination
Source: Ancient Origins 16 February, 2020 – The Ottoman Empire was one of history’s largest and longest-lasting empires. It was founded around the end of the 13th / beginning of […]
The ICJ’s Rohingya ruling could affect the geopolitical global order
Source: Arab News By Dr. Azeem Ibrahim The ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January calling on Myanmar to undertake a set of Provisional Measures to protect […]
‘The deal of the century’ and its hidden secrets
Feb 15,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – HAZIM EL NASER We oppose and reject the US-Israeli peace plan, or the so-called “deal of the century”, for many political, economic, social and […]
Morocco: Struggling Morocco oasis risks becoming mirage
By AFP – Feb 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES SKOURA, Morocco — Dead palm trees lie on dry, yellowish earth near an abandoned adobe house in Morocco’s arid southeast, […]
Master of false news gives right-wing Americans headlines they believe
An AFP journalist looks at websites that are part of Christopher Blair’s “America’s Last Line of Defense” network in Washington, D,C, on Feb, 13, 2020. (AFP / Eric Baradat) Short […]
Indonesia: Ahmadi opponent apologises for his actions
7th February 2020 ALHAKAM.ORG Hafizurrahman, Indonesia Correspondent On 17 to 19 January 2020, a few Jamaats held their regional Jalsa at the main headquarters. It was the first regional […]
‘The only uncertainty is how long we’ll last’: a worst case scenario for the climate in 2050
The Future We Choose, a new book by the architects of the Paris climate accords, offers two contrasting visions for how the world might look in thirty years (read the […]
Over 400 Dalits Converted to Islam
The sudden spate of conversions of Dalits to Islam has been attributed to a wall collapse incident in Mettupalayam, where 17 people lost their lives. By Poornima Murali | CNN-News18 […]
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
Source: The Atlantic David Brooks The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure […]