Arriving in Riyadh, Pompeo urges Gulf states to heal rift
By Reuters – Jan 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES DOHA/RIYADH — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that a rift between Qatar and its Gulf Arab neighbours […]
Urdu Video: ‘Muhammad A Mercy for All People’ Conference and PM Imran Khan
Suggested reading Muhammad: the Light for the Dark Ages of Europe! Video and Book Review: The Leadership of Muhammad by Prof. John Adair A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing […]
Democratic autocracy ?
Jan 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – ALI KASSAY As an avid watcher of the History Channel, I was fascinated by the programme: “The Making of a Dictator”, particularly that hate […]
Jordan: Egypt to supply Kingdom with half of its gas needs this year
‘Resumption of export to alleviate budget strain’ By JT – Jan 13,2019 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL AMMAN — Jordan and Egypt on Sunday signed agreements under which the Kingdom will be […]
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s refugee status is great news, but we’re in danger of settling for one happy ending
There are no doubt countless women with similar stories in Saudi Arabia, and they need an effective global feminist foreign policy that protects them Dahaba Ali Hussen @DahabaH The Independent […]
Trump Threatens to ‘Devastate Turkey Economically’ if It Attacks Kurds
By THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF Mr. Trump’s tweets threatened to upend negotiations between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened […]
How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
‘A Prophet’ creator takes on France’s war in Algeria
AFP news.france@thelocal.com @thelocalfrance 13 January 2019 One of France’s most celebrated screenwriters is taking on its biggest taboo, the bloody conflict in Algeria, in a new war film. Abdel […]
Man fined 210 Swiss francs for saying ‘Allahu akbar’
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 10 January 2019 Police in the Swiss city of Schaffhausen have defended their decision to fine a man who used the words “Allahu akbar” in public. […]
You Belong to God
Epigraph: I (Allah) have created men high and low, only to worship Me. (Al Quran 51:56/57) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles for interfaith tolerance among the […]
Commentary of Al-Dhariyyat: The Scatterers
Source: TheQuran.Love Introduction After attesting to the reality of the Day of Judgment (vv. 1-6) in the Islamic understanding, the surah discusses the intellectual fallacies that lie at the heart […]
How Islamic inventors changed the world
Epigraph: You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the […]
Two new beginnings
Jan 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – FARES BRAIZAT Recent shuttle diplomacy by American envoys in the region aims at solidifying a new regional order to confront Iran’s influence and expansionist […]
Israel needs a long-term vision
Jan 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI What Israel lacks more than anything else is a long-term vision for the future. Surely it must have dawned on Israel […]
Children are getting stabbed to death on our streets – we can do more to tackle these senseless tragedies
Jayden Moodie was a black child and, because of this, on social media and in the press, the words ‘gang-related’ have been scattered about with abandon – without evidence, and […]
Saudi teen’s asylum case being judged at lightning speed
Source: Yahoo News BY Andrew BEATTY Australian authorities are weighing a young Saudi woman’s asylum claim at unusual speed, several lawyers and legal experts have told AFP, contrasting her high-profile […]
‘If you enter a camp, you never come out’: inside China’s war on Islam
Source: The Guardian In Hotan, documents show officials are expanding detention camps and increasing surveillance by Lily Kuo in Luopu The Luopu County No 1 Vocational Skills Training Centre is hard to […]
‘Not acceptable’: Indian army backs gay sex ban despite decriminalisation
Source: The Guardian India’s army chief said on Thursday that gay sex and adultery would not be tolerated in the army’s ranks, months after a landmark court ruling struck down colonial-era […]
India slaps cases against critics of plan to grant citizenship to non-Muslims
Source: Reuters BY Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Indian police on Friday said they are investigating an academic, a journalist and a peasant leader for possible sedition for publicly […]
Maryland attorney general: Hotline for clergy abuse victims
Source: Associated Press By DAVID McFADDEN BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s top law enforcement official on Thursday announced a phone hotline for victims to report child sex abuse associated with a […]