UN seeks $5.5b to help countries hosting Syria refugees
By AFP – Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugee children ride their bicycles at Azraq refugee camp, near Al Azraq city, Jordan, December 8 (Reuters photo) AMMAN — The United […]
2019: Predictions for Europe, the US and the region (Middle East)
Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Political analysts like to make predictions. This is, after all, what they are expected to do. This commentator is no exception. As […]
The real face of Justin Trudeau: Are Palestinians Canada’s new Jews?
Dec 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES How does one explain Canada’s contradictory foreign policy regarding Palestine and Israel? On December 4, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Saeb […]
Making ‘the Guardians’ Time person of the year is courageous – but it ignores America’s relationship with power
The osmotic-parasitic relationship which still exists between power and the American media is as powerful as ever – it’s merely more discreet under the Trump regime Robert Fisk @indyvoices The […]
The $3bn art collection hidden in vaults
A new book reveals a collection bought by the wife of the Shah of Iran in the 1970s. Alastair Sooke talks to Farah Pahlavi, who was known as the […]
How can we improve the integration of foreigners in Bratislava?
Municipalities recognise there is a lack of outreach on the part of administrators to foreigners, but the problem goes both ways. Several foreigners attended the latest round table hosted by […]
Belize: Ahmadiyya Basketball League captures gold in Copa Gatorade Bacalar Tournament
By Johnelle McKenzie Yesterday, the Ahmadiyya Basketball League returned from Chetumal where both their teams captured gold in the Copa Gatorade Bacalar Tournament. Love news spoke with Naveed Mangla, the […]
Beneath the Official Lies and Sordid Story Leading up to the War on Iraq: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski’s Sam Adams Award Acceptance
Global Research, December 10, 2018 Here is Karen Kwiatowski’s acceptance speech for the 2018 Sam Adams Award at a ceremony in Washington on Saturday night, preceded by the citation, that […]
Islamophobia and media stigma is having real effects on Muslim mothers in maternity services
December 10, 2018 Author Shaima Hassan Research Associate , University of Liverpool Many Muslim women say prejudice stops them from talking about their religion with healthcare staff. shutterstock Negative […]
Not all child brides are Muslim
Letters Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 WE refer to the article by Sandhya Menon headlined “Yeoh: Keeping them in school till 17 can put a lid on child marriages” (Nation, […]
The Rise of Islamic Soft Power
Religion and Foreign Policy in the Muslim World By Peter Mandaville and Shadi Hamid Islam has become a major, even obsessive, topic of public debate over the past two […]
Anti-Islam activists get key roles in ‘family-friendly’ Brexit march
Roles go to ‘proudly anti-Islam’ Avi Yemini and YouTuber Carl Benjamin, who sent rape tweet to Labour MP Josh Halliday North of England correspondent Fri 7 Dec 2018 Tommy Robinson, […]
Early history of Islam needs fresh appraisal.
Madani, Azad, Maududi and their posterity have the same vision of Islam with minor variations. This should not be surprising because they had received traditional madrassa-based education and associated upbringing […]
Rumi and his holistic human rights theory
ERGIN ERGÜL Published Human rights, although largely described as a modern term, are indeed as old as the history of mankind. The age we live has been deemed the […]
West hypocritical on defending human rights, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at an event in Istanbul titled, ‘Civilization of Humanity,’ marking the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human […]
To Protect Migrants From Police, a Dutch Church Service Never Ends
Source: The New York Times By Patrick Kingsley THE HAGUE — Jessa van der Vaart and Rosaliene Israel, two Dutch pastors, usually get to church by cycling through the streets […]
Chinese Police Detain Prominent Pastor and Over 100 Protestants
Source: The New York Times By Ian Johnson The Chinese police have detained one of the country’s most prominent Protestant pastors along with more than 100 members of his independent congregation, […]
Twitter CEO criticized for no mention of Rohingya plight in Myanmar tweets
Source: Reuters SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has come under fire for tweets about his meditation retreat in Myanmar and encouraging people to visit the country without mentioning […]
Battle of wills: Tiny order of French nuns takes on Vatican
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has an unusual dilemma on its hands after nearly all the nuns in a tiny French religious order […]
Ayodhya: Thousands rally in Delhi over disputed religious site
Source: BBC News Tens of thousands of Hindus have marched in the Indian capital, Delhi, to call for a temple to be built on a hotly contested religious site. Organisers […]