Egypt’s top cleric calls polygamy ‘injustice,’ draws debate
Source: Associated Press By SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top Muslim cleric has stirred up controversy after saying that polygamy is an “injustice” for women, but stopped short of […]
Human Psychology, Poverty and Religious Mindset
Epigraph: When man suffers some affliction, he prays to his Lord and turns to Him, but once he has been granted a favour from God, he forgets the One he […]
Street Preacher arrested in UK, he was making Islamophobic comments
Petition launched to protect free speech after street preacher’s arrest goes viral Source: Christianity Today A petition calling for the protection of free speech in Britain has been launched after […]
War horses: Syria’s Arabian beauties plod way to recovery
By AFP – Mar 03,2019 – Syrian mare Karen (left), which hails from the Hadbaa Enzahi strain of Arabian purebreds, stands at a stable in the town of Dimas, west […]
Tajikistan: Children barred from attending church, 5,000 Bible verse calendars burned
Source: CP Tajik authorities implementing a new religion law are barring children from attending religious services and have burned thousands of calendars with Bible verses. Amendments to Tajikistan’s Religion Law came into force in January last year, giving the state greater control over religious education, and increasing the amount of information religious […]
The Islamic Revolution at 40
Mar 03,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – DJAVAD SALEHI-ISFAHANI BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA — The Islamic Republic of Iran marked its 40th anniversary last month. But, with the country beset by a severe […]
Can MBS be the US partner for regional settlement?
Mar 03,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh News leaking from some of the closed meetings at the Warsaw Summit, as well as additional leaks from the recent summit […]
India and Pakistan edge towards conflict – but sense should prevail
The scope for an accidental proxy war breaking out is apparent. But the stakes being so high, there is probably more chance that the superpowers will restrain rather than egg […]
Rep Ayanna Pressley: The inhumane racism and death threats thrown at my friend Rep Ilhan Omar are acts of terrorism
The inhumane racism and death threats thrown at my friend Rep. @Ilhan are acts of terrorism. Period. We will overcome these threats to our humanity just like we’ve done time […]
Most Western Europeans favor restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing
Most Western Europeans favor restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/J22JsJIqJa — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) March 3, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Mother Mary is always with a Hijab in artist's […]
The Most Religious Americans are Least Compassionate?
% who say the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees: Religiously unaffiliated 65% Black Protestant 63% Catholic 50% White mainline Protestant 43% White evangelicals 25%https://t.co/t6c8hKJC1H pic.twitter.com/EOF22sn3MI — Pew Research […]
10 Muslim women that ruled 2015
By Maariyaah Shaheen It has certainly been one of the most difficult decisions to elect the top 10 Muslim Women of 2015: with success not far from revolutionary, Muslim women […]
What the holy Quran really says about women
What the Koran really says about women Source: The Telegraph By Carla Powers, Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Non-Fiction, 2016 When Middle East correspondent Carla Power began studying […]
Stork and fisherman’s friendship in Turkey’s Bursa to be featured in movie
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 02.03.2019 Adem Yılmaz and Yaren the stork pictured at Lake Uluabat in Turkey’s Bursa province, March 1, 2019 (IHA Photo) The story of the fabulous friendship […]
Kushner’s gamble in the Middle East
NAGEHAN ALÇI@Nagehanalci Published01.03.2019 23:45 White House senior advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner attend a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, rapper Kanye West and others to discuss criminal justice […]
An escalating dispute
Mar 02,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL India and Pakistan have traded aerial attacks on each other’s territory, with both sides claiming they shot down attacking warplanes. This may look […]
Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Daesh enclave
By Reuters – Mar 02,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Hareth Najem, an Iraqi orphan, lies under a blanket in a truck, near the village of Baghouz, Deir Ezzor province, Syria, on […]
As a South Korean living in America, it was clear to me why Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un’s summit failed
Hanoi was about Trump’s intention of getting re-elected and Kim’s desire to be seen on the world stage Lee Onyou New York When I first heard that the second United […]
On the streets of Pakistan people are resisting old-school warmongers to call loudly for peace
As tensions rose throughout the day, you had television news ablaze with patriotism. But the mood in the streets was palpably different Suddaf Chaudry @suddafchaudry I woke up in Islamabad […]
Israeli-made bombs used by India against Pakistan
(Dunya News) – British journalist Robert Fisk while unveiling the alliance between Israel and India has revealed that the Israeli-made Rafael Spice-2000 “smart bombs” were used by the Indian air […]