Turkey edges toward Islamic law with new finance rules
Orhan Kemal Cengiz January 14, 2020 Article Summary Turkey’s ruling party has imposed religious rules in the public sphere, a move that could have major implications for the country’s […]
Bali bombers’ brother, bomb widow become friends, seek peace
Posted Wednesday, January 8, 2020 6:00 am By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press TENGGULUN, Indonesia – The young Balinese widow stared across the courthouse at the man who had murdered her husband and 201 others, and longed to see him suffer. Ever since that horrible night, when she realized amid […]
The Kazakh Muslims detained in China’s camps
Since 2017, thousands of Kazakh Muslims have been detained in China’s infamous re-education camps. Survivors who have returned to Kazakhstan, say during months of incarceration they were tortured, beaten and […]
How anti-Muslim war makes US democracy impossible
Source: MONDOWEISS By Edward Curtis, who is professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is author of Muslim American Politics and the Future of U.S. Democracy (NYU Press, 2019). […]
Jewish history: A tale of passports, profiteers and escaping Nazi persecution
By Andrea Tognina (text) and Helen James (picture editor) The Jewish community in Switzerland regularly collected donations to help fellow Jews fleeing Nazi persecution and those already seeking refuge in […]
THE GAMBIA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at supports more KM disaster victims
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, The Gambia, last Friday supported six more fire and flood disaster victims in the Kanifing Municipality with food items and cash. Each of […]
Egypt needs to agree Renaissance Dam deal
Dr. Abdellatif El-Menawy January 14, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/5vb3b There are just hours left until the results of the latest crucial round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam […]
What’s behind Haftar’s refusal to sign Libya deal?
By AFP – Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — Military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s reluctance to sign up to a Turkish-Russian orchestrated ceasefire accord underlines the complexity of Libya’s conflict […]
What you should know about Israel’s ‘firing zones’ in the West Bank
Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: […]
India: My Ph.D Journey – from Kashmir to Aligarh Muslim University
Our favorite posts: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China My Ph.D. […]
Germany officially recognizes ‘InshAllah’ as Deutsch word
Source: Dunya News The Arabic word ‘InshAllah’ has officially made it to the Germany’s most authoritative dictionary, the Duden. According to Sputnik International, the new entry is spelled as “inschallah” […]
Criminal Brigade’s findings ‘clear’ Professor Tariq Ramadan
Posted by: Hamad Momin in News, News Europe, News France, News Politics, News UK, News Views 07/09/2019 11 Comments Findings from the new Criminal Brigade’s investigations claim to clear […]
Book Review | The Muslim Art of Science
The Muslim Art of Science By John Noble Wilford May 20, 2011 In the thousand years between the decline of Rome and the springtime of the Renaissance, science […]
Muslim Traveling Judge The account of the travels of the Muslim legal scholar Ibn Battuta in the first half of the 14th century reveals the wide scope of the Muslim world at that time.
The Abode of Islam During the life of Ibn Battuta (sometimes spelled Battutah), Islamic civilization stretched from the Atlantic coast of West Africa across northern Africa, the Middle East, […]
Esper Says He Did Not See Specific Evidence Soleimani Was Planning Embassy Attacks
HeadlineJan 13, 2020 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has acknowledged he did not see specific evidence that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was planning attacks against U.S. embassies at the time […]
Turkey demands compensation for debts owed since 2011 collapse
Arab News Tuesday . January 14, 2020 JEDDAH: Recep Tayyip Erdogan has struck a deal with the UN-backed Libyan government for Tripoli to pay $2.7bn in compensation for debts owed […]
Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Winter-2016 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori […]
Arab conventional media in the digital age
Jan 13,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – Shehab Al Makahleh I have attended a seminar recently on the role of Arab conventional media in the era of digital media age where some […]
JORDAN: King receives Archbishop of Canterbury and leaders of Anglican churches from around the world
By JT – Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday received Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who is head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, […]
A story of how US’ power crumbled before its very own eyes
The author takes you on a journey of how the US lost its hold over the world and how its hegemony ended after so long when Russia and China […]