Israel rearrests Palestinian Jerusalem governor
By AFP – Nov 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli forces arrested the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem for the second time in as many months on Sunday […]
No winners in Yemen war
Nov 25,2018 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL There is now a glimmer of hope of bringing the two warring sides in Yemen to the negotiating table with a view to ending the […]
Indonesian app to report ‘misguided’ religion ‘risks dividing neighbours’
Reuters International Nov 26, 2018 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s national human rights agency said on Monday it was concerned about the launch of a mobile application by the Jakarta Prosecutor’s […]
Seven wonders of Switzerland – Switzerland: home to one of Europe’s oldest monasteries
Nov 22, 2018 In the east of Switzerland, in Val Müstair, is one of the oldest churches in Europe. Here, in the Middle Ages, Charlemagne was venerated as a saint. […]
Education exchange. What’s the secret to Finnish school success?
By Isobel Leybold-Johnson in Bern This content was published on November 20, 2018 At a Swiss event, a top Finnish education official explains why the country’s schools are so good – and what the Finns could learn from Switzerland. Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education […]
UAE pardons British academic sentenced to life for spying
Reuters International Nov 26, 2018 – 10:06 By Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI/DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying […]
Of course God isn’t a man – ignore this cynical attempt by the Church of England to fill empty pews
Source: The Independent Voices A church that attempts to appear modern and hip in attempts to lure in millennials is as embarrassing as it is off-putting, like a drunk uncle […]
Trump hints could make first visit to Afghanistan
Reuters International Nov 22, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks via video teleconference with troops from Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (reuters_tickers) By […]
Forgiveness and Forbearance
Hazrat Aisha, Allah be pleased with her, narrates that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, never struck anyone with his hands, neither a servant nor […]
Saudi Prince Turki says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi
Prince Turki al-Faisal says CIA is not necessarily the highest standard of veracity or accuracy in assessing situations Khashoggi worked under Prince Turki (pictured) as a spokesperson for Saudi embassies […]
Switzerland: Swiss people vote to defend human rights in referendum
25 November 2018, Responding to the emphatic referendum defeat of the so-called ‘initiative for self-determination’, a proposal to put Swiss law above international law, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Kumi Naidoo […]
Key facts about the migrant and refugee caravans making their way to the USA
16 November 2018, Groups of families, including many young people and small children escaping violence, poverty and persecution in Central America, are not a new phenomenon. For several years, people […]
END OF THE WORLD: Jerusalem third temple ‘fulfils Biblical prophecy’ of the end times
FEARS of the approaching end times were fuelled by calls to build a third Jewish Holy Temple in Jerusalem, which some believe will happen before the end of the world. […]
World War 3 WARNING: Iran’s leader calls for Muslim nations to UNITE in fight against US
IRAN’S President Hassan Rouhani has sent a stark warning to the US, claiming that all Muslim nations should unite to stand against Washington and Israel. By Martina Bet PUBLISHED: 05:32, […]
One country at a time, Africa is opening its doors to Africans
by Mildred Europa Taylor, at 07:30 am, November 23, 2018 Visa-free travel for Africans in Africa is scheduled to start by the end of 2018 but with just about […]
Book Review: Looking at Muslims through a ‘Journey into Europe’
Book review by Dunia El-Zobaidi is an Arab Weekly correspondent in London. Book by Akbar Ahmed, who is Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University and former Pakistani […]
Muslims Have Raised Lots Of Money For Jews Recently. Here’s Where It’s Going.
Aiden PinkNovember 25, 2018 CelebrateMercy is a small Muslim not-for-profit with only three full-time staffers, but in the past year and a half, it has created crowdfunding campaigns that have […]
Pakistan’s first Nobel winner was shunned for being Ahmadi. A documentary brings him back
By Aastha Singh, 21 November, 2018 Dr Abdus Salam won the 1979 Nobel Prize for physics. But in his home country Pakistan, he is all but forgotten because of his […]
The rise of Ahmadi exceptionalism
Ali Usman Qasmi November 25, 2018 A historic overview of how a religious group went from being a minority to a fitna. This is the first of a two part […]
One million Chinese people ‘move into Muslim homes to report on Islamic or unpatriotic beliefs’
‘Had a Uighur host just greeted a neighbour in Arabic with the words ‘Assalamu Alaykum’? That would need to go in the notebook,” says Dr Darren Byler By Chiara Giordano […]