Iran’s Zarif offers prayers for US synagogue victims
By AFP – Oct 29,2018 -JORDAN TIMES TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday his thoughts and prayers were with the victims of the fatal shooting […]
Saudi billionaire prince Al Waleed’s brother freed from detention
By AFP – Nov 04,2018 -JORDAN TIMES RIYADH — Saudi authorities have released the brother of billionaire Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal after nearly a year in detention, family members […]
In a strange twist of fate, now it’s Russian Jews praying for American Jews
Source: The Washington Post By Amie Ferris-Rotman MOSCOW — When hundreds of Jewish delegates from around the world convened in the Russian capital this week, their Russian hosts had prepared an […]
S. Korean court upholds conscientious objection to military
Source: Associated Press By HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that South Korean men can legally reject their mandatory military service on conscientious […]
Traitors or Russian agents? Clergy caught in Ukraine church row
Source: Reuters By Matthias Williams, Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Priests like Metropolitan Oleksandr face a choice: join Ukraine’s new independent church and be labeled a renegade by supporters of his […]
Europe torn over Islamic State children in Syria
Source: Reuters By Alissa de Carbonnel, Emmanuel Jarry ANTWERP/PARIS (Reuters) – For years, they heard little from daughters who went to join Islamic State. Now dozens of families across Europe have […]
Christian woman acquitted in Pakistan to leave country
Source: Associated Press By MUNIR AHMED and ASIM TANVEER ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Christian woman acquitted in Pakistan after eight years on death row for blasphemy plans to leave the […]
China aggressively increasing mass detention of Uighur Muslims
China Supersizes Internment Camps in Xinjiang Despite International Criticism Source: Wall Street Journal By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, Australia—Chinese authorities aggressively expanded the scale of internment camps in Xinjiang this year, […]
As Iranian sanctions deadline looms, ending the Qatar blockade might be the price Saudi Arabia pays for Khashoggi’s murder
Tolga TanisContributor,Yahoo News•November 3, 2018 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October. […]
China to help Pakistan avert fiscal crisis, ‘more talks needed’
Pakistan’s foreign reserves have dwindled, causing PM Khan to decry the financial situation he inherited. The last time Pakistan received an IMF bailout was in 2013, when it received $6.6bn […]
The Muslim community stands with Jewish families after Pittsburgh shooting
The tragic massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue should be condemned in the strongest terms. As an Ahmadi Muslim, my faith teaches me to honour the sanctity of life. […]
Pakistan: The Multifaceted Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Community
A “place of worship” for Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan cannot be called a mosque under Pakistani Law, which prohibits Ahmadis from “posing as Muslim.” Ahmadis are a persecuted Islamic group […]
Asia Bibi: Lawyer flees Pakistan in fear of his life
Protesters have been demanding Asia Bibi’s death penalty be reinstated The lawyer representing a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after eight years on death row has fled Pakistan in […]
Laid to rest – ‘Livable’ Swiss cemetery caters to all faiths
By Peter Siegenthaler This content was published on October 31, 2018 Under this majestic beech tree, one can sit and commemorate the deceased. (swissinfo.ch) The Bremgarten cemetery in Bern […]
There will be justice for Khashoggi, says Saudi crown prince
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addresses the Future Investment Initiative conference on Thursday. (SPA) BEN FLANAGAN NOOR NUGALI October 25, 2018 MBS pledges that no one will ever […]
Iran sanctions may end dollar’s domination of world economy
SADIK ÜNAY @sadikunay 3rd November, 2018 Washington’s hasty decision to abandon the Iran nuclear deal and impose comprehensive sanctions on companies trading Iranian crude as of Nov. 4 seems to […]
Birthplace, bloodline and beyond: A look at how citizenship is granted around the world
Daily Sabah Reklamı Kapat FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP PARIS 3rd November 2018 A baby reaches for an American flag held by her mother during naturalization ceremony at a […]
MBS central to new Middle East plans of Israel, US
YUSUF SELMAN İNANÇ @yusufsinanc Istanbul 3rd November 2018 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is under fire following the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi […]
Khashoggi murder ordered from highest levels of Saudi gov’t, Erdoğan says in Washington Post op-ed
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL 3rd November, 2018 The order to kill Jamal Khashoggi came from the highest levels of the Saudi government, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said late Friday in an […]
Asia Bibi isn’t the first victim of Pakistan’s outrageous blasphemy laws – yet the government refuses to take real action
In an ordeal that lasted for eight long years, many of which she spent in solitary confinement, Asia Bibi was a victim of religious bigotry and fabricated evidence, and […]