Kuwait says US Mideast peace plan should weigh regional considerations
Kuwait minister meets with US Secretary of State Pompeo By Reuters – Mar 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) is welcomed by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh […]
A united Arab, Muslim front urgently needed
Mar 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The meeting between Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Secretary General of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s Executive Committee Saeb Erekat on Monday was convened at the right time, given the […]
Shamima Begum family challenge Javid’s citizenship decision
Relatives say it was unfair to remove UK citizenship when others who went to Isis territory were allowed back Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Wed 20 Mar 2019 […]
New Zealand shooting: Jacinda Ardern bans all military-style semi-automatic guns and assault rifles – live updates
Prime minister announces gun buyback and says parts that can be converted into semi-automatic weapons are also now banned. Follow it live … LIVE Updated 15m ago New Zealand’s Prime […]
Jews, Christians, Sikhs And Others Mourn With Muslims After New Zealand Attack
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Interfaith allies are pledging to stand with Muslims in words and actions after the Christchurch massacre. Interfaith allies expressed grief and solidarity with Muslims […]
Cartoonist Redraws New Zealand’s Silver Fern In Poignant Tribute To Mosque Victims
Source: Huffington Post The artist said he “certainly didn’t expect” his tribute to those slain in Christchurch to go viral. An Australian cartoonist reimagined New Zealand’s national floral emblem in […]
INTERNATIONAL GENEVA: Red Cross develops war video games – with rules
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:44823126&locale=en EMBED CODE THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 17, 2019 12:00 PMMAR 17, 2019 – 12:00 The idea that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is […]
A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
New Zealand to broadcast Muslim call for prayer on national TV and radio on Friday
Source: The Express Tribune New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday announced that the Muslim call for prayer – the Azaan – would be broadcast on national television and radio […]
Extreme prejudice
Source: Dawn HOW does the psychopath who sought to massacre congregations at two mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand, differ from those who perpetrate comparable atrocities in the name of Islam? A toxic ideology based on the misanthropic notion that only a particular type of people — based […]
More Catholics considering leaving the Church over sexual abuse scandal
Source: CT A growing number of Catholics are now questioning their commitment to the Church in the wake of the recent sexual abuse scandal involving young people and priests, a new Gallup poll has found. The poll, which was published on Tuesday, shows that 37 percent of U.S. Catholics, a 15 […]
NZ Women will be Wearing Hijab
New Zealand women will be wearing hijab this Friday to show solidarity with Muslim women in the wake of the Christchurch shootings. 🇳🇿 🧕 ❤️ https://t.co/i36clE5mHU pic.twitter.com/voIAKXE5Df — Anna Fifield […]
Bangladesh: Shafi calls Ahmadiyyas infidels, urges followers to boycott them
Source: Dhaka Tribune By Monjur Hossain, Madaripur The Hefazat leader demands once again that the government declare the community as non-Muslim Leader of the fundamentalist group Hefazat-e-Islam Shah Ahmed Shafi […]
Abdul Shakoor (RELEASED) : Alhamdolillah.
Country: Pakistan Key Fact: 82-year-old Ahmadi manager of a bookshop and optician store Detained Since: December 2, 2015. Abdul Shakoor was released on March 18, 2019. Charges: Propagating the Ahmadiyya […]
EU and partners hope to bring peace and stability to the Sahel
DR. THEODORE KARASIK March 19, 2019 Soldiers from Burkina Faso take part in a training with Austrian army instructors at the Kamboinse – General Bila Zagre military camp near Ouagadougo […]
“I am your mother now”: NZ mosque shootings hit tight-knit Bangladesh community hard
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 19, 2019 Al Noor mosque shooting survivor Farhid Ahmed poses with a photo of his wife Husna, who was killed in the attack, […]
INSIDE GENEVA: UN Human Rights Council: an answer to burning injustice?
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 19, 2019 Delegates in the main UN conference room await the start of the 40th session of the […]
UN experts urge Israel to rein in security forces
By Reuters – Mar 18,2019 – JORDAN TIMES An Israeli soldier stands guard in the northern West Bank village of Salem, east of Nablus, on Monday during a search operation for a Palestinian suspect (AFP photo) GENEVA — UN war crimes investigators called on Israel on Monday to stop its […]
Trump’s ultimate peace deal unlikely to further Palestinian self-determination
Mar 19,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – SAMIA KARBATI Little, if anything, has been revealed about the Trump administration’s peace plan for the Middle East, except the occasional statement that it […]
Need to end speculation about ‘deal of the century’
Mar 18,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israeli measures in Jerusalem are aggravating the situation further to a degree that is affecting not only the Palestinian territories, but also the local […]