Source: BBC Brunei’s foreign ministry has said implementing Sharia law is about prevention rather than punishment, after intense criticism of its decision to implement the strict Islamic code. Under the […]
Staff Correspondent | Published: 20:58, Apr 10,2019 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Bangladesh organises an exhibition of translations of the holy Quran at its headquarters at Bakshibazar.– New Age photo Translations of […]
ON APRIL 11, 2019 The National President/Amir Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Nigeria, Dr. Mashu’ud Adenrele Fashola will today lead other members across the country to the 4th Eastern Regional Conference of […]
Apr 11,2019 – JORDAN TIMES By Volker Perthes BERLIN — How, and to what extent, can Europe rely on itself for its well-being, security and international influence? Global power shifts, […]
By AFP – Apr 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES People walk amidst the debris following a reported air strike on a plastic factory in Sanaa’s Jeraf district on Wednesday (AFP photo) […]
Editorial The WikiLeaks founder must be held accountable for skipping bail. But extradition to America over this case would be wrong Thu 11 Apr 2019 Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor of […]
Julian Assange Simon Jenkins Forces more dangerous to public liberty than WikiLeaks are intruding on our lives. We need proper protection Thu 11 Apr 2019 ‘Julian Assange saw himself […]
Rare manuscripts thought to have been looted from Bonn library by Belgian soldiers Kate Connolly in Berlin Thu 11 Apr 2019 One of the biggest returns of cultural […]
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters The Independent Voices Now that the circumstances have changed, we deserve the right to have our say ( Alamy Live News. ) With […]
The collapse of the Bouteflika and Bashir regimes is sending reverberations across the world. On social media, people are warning Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and other African rulers that their turns are coming Borzou Daragahi @borzou […]
Ed KrassensteinFort Myers, Florida Early this morning, news broke that WikiLeaks’ co-founder Julian Assange had been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police Service at the Ecuadorian embassy. It was later announced […]
Source: Independent By Robert Fisk If the west can forgive an Arab government that bombs Yemen, they can go on forgiving an Israeli government that bombs Gaza So now I […]
The essay below is an expanded version of an article first published at the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. By Sam Weston – City Journal In 2018, the first two Muslim women elected to Congress – Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib – did so with the help of both Islamist and progressivist […]
Pope Francis says the Catholic Church should support women’s rights Source: Washington Post Pope Francis said it’s time for the Catholic Church to acknowledge its history of male authoritarianism and […]
Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli ROME — Breaking years of silence on major church affairs, Pope Emeritus Benedict […]
Benedict Speaks Source: First Things By RR Reno Sex, scandal, the Church, and a general atmosphere of disintegration: That’s the main focus of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s unexpected intervention into today’s unhappy […]
Source: Time By Malcolm Ritter (NEW YORK) — Fossil bones and teeth found in the Philippines have revealed a long-lost cousin of modern people, which evidently lived around the time […]
ARAB NEWS April 11, 20190 Sudan’s state security agency: Authorities are releasing all political detainees Consultations to form a transitional council ongoing KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir is under ‘house […]
Ramadan The holiest month for Muslims where they go hungry from dawn to dusk, but what is the true philosophy behind fasting? Introduction Every year, as the blessed month of […]
If you are visiting Istanbul, you should at least for once experience commuting by a ferry and admire the beautiful view as you cross the Bosphorus, drink a hot cup […]