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 […]
Years after the fall of Gaddafi, Libya remains in the grip of foreign powers
A new decade has begun, but the country still has the same problems, writes Kim Sengupta Abdul Hakim Belhaj was doing very well. The former rebel commander who British […]
Thirty Plus Quotes from the Poet of Love
Selection of quotes by Mayukh Saha “Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.” “Wherever you are, and whatever you do, […]
Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of […]
Chinese Christians in the UK tell of racism as Churches urge prayer and caution over coronavirus
Source: CT Rev Kong Ching Hii, who leads the King’s Cross Methodist Church (KXMC) in London, told the Methodist podcast: “In the north east, one community has stopped the Sunday worship service and also the community in Birmingham, one of the ministers was shouted at: ‘you Chinese, go home’ and […]
World standing by as children harmed by conflict — charity
African children worst affected, with 170 million living in war zones — report By AFP – Feb 13,2020 – JORDAN TIMES In this photo taken on March 06, 2019, children believed to be from the Yazidi community, who were captured by Daesh group fighters, are pictured after being evacuated from […]
I spoke to experts on authoritarian rule about Trump’s behavior this week. They say 2020 could be our last free election
‘Inevitably, the people who last in the cabinet of an authoritarian leader are people who end up doing his personal-slash-official business, because you can no longer separate the two’ […]
Muslims Thank America with Nationwide Day of Service
Source: Press Release by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Muslims mark historic 100-year anniversary with community service projects February 15th marks a historic moment for the Muslim community in America as […]
Religious liberty has been eroded in Switzerland
Source: CT In an ironic and intellectually fraudulent move, Swiss government authorities assured voters that even though free speech is being curtailed it is not actually a curtailment of free speech, which according to the Swiss is an inviolable principle. In other words, they say that although there is speech […]
Church of England looks to sport to attract newcomers
Source: CT Sports and wellbeing-focused pilot projects like fitness classes and holiday football clubs are rolling out across seven dioceses as part of the new push into sports ministry. In Gloucester Diocese, plans are underway to launch a network of sport and wellbeing centres that will offer sporting activities while […]
Is love just a fleeting chemical high in the brain?
Source: BBC By Parashkev Nachev Romantic feelings rely on a complicated concoction of chemicals and psychology. But as part of our series on Life’s Big Questions with The Conversation, we […]
Antarctic island hits record temperature of 20.75C
Source: BBC Antarctica has exceeded 20C for the first time, after researchers logged a temperature of 20.75C on an island off the coast of the continent. Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer […]