Letter shows a fearful Einstein long before Nazis’ rise
Source: Associated Press By ARON HELLER 1 of 3 FILE – This June, 1954, file photo shows renowned physicist Albert Einstein in Princeton, N.J. More than a decade before the […]
Overcoming Islamophobia in UK
My Salam Is For Everyone Source: Patheo By Farouq Peru I am your Muslim neighbour in London. As there are almost a million of us here (almost one in eight […]
Bermuda’s government fights against same-sex marriage in Court of Appeal
Source: CNN By Esan Swan Linda Bogle-Mienzer is one of the few Bermudians to have married someone of the same sex. Story highlights Same-sex marriage was legalized in Bermuda, then […]
Exclusive: ‘Can’t eat, can’t sleep’ – Rohingya on Myanmar repatriation list
Source: Reuters By Ruma Paul COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – For Nurul Amin, a Rohingya Muslim living in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the days since learning he and his […]
Tibetan dies of self-immolation in protest of China
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Tibetan man set himself on fire and died in a protest earlier this week calling for the return of the region’s exiled Buddhist […]
Melbourne attack: Suspect was inspired by ISIS but had no direct contact, police say
Source: CNN By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN)A man who stabbed three people after his pickup truck burst into flames in a Melbourne street was known to authorities for his radical views […]
Kristallnacht anniversary: France warns of steep rise in anti-Semitism
Source: BBC News On the 80th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht attack on Germany’s Jews, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has revealed a 69% increase in anti-Semitic incidents this year. […]
Merkel marks Nazi ‘Kristallnacht’ against Jews with synagogue speech
Source: Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has a moral duty to fight rising anti-Semitism, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday in an emotional speech at a Berlin synagogue to mark […]
Factbox – The knowns and unknowns of U.S. Iran oil sanction waivers Business
Reuters International Nov 9, 2018 – 02:15 FILE PHOTO: Gas flares from an oil production platform at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, south of the capital Tehran, […]
Why world powers are unlikely to start another great war
by Andrew Hammond The US mid-term elections occupied many of the political headlines last week, but another landmark event awaited Donald Trump as he headed to Europe at the weekend. […]
Political links before railway
Nov 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel is busy marketing a master plan to link itself by rail with neighbouring Arab countries, notably Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf […]
Floods ‘only beginning’ of severe climate change impacts on Jordan
By Hana Namrouqa – Nov 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As Jordan was still licking its wounds after last month’s Dead Sea tragedy, flashfloods struck again this weekend, claiming new lives in what experts on climate change described as “only the beginning” of severe manifestations of climate change […]
Middle East: Rail tracks for regional peace?
Nov 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Fares Braizat Despite the deep sense of pessimism in the region about a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the Israelis are proposing […]
Arms trade. Jamal Khashoggi murder fails to stop Britain selling arms to the Saudis
As a Foreign Office minister spoke out on the killing, trade officials were in the kingdom promoting closer military links Jamie Doward Sun 11 Nov 2018 Sales of Typhoon jets […]
Democrats Had a Better Election Night Than It First Appeared
Source: Time By PHILIP ELLIOTT The “blue wave” took a little longer to crest than usual, but after several days of vote counting it looks like Democrats beat the historical average […]
Malaysia: Why We Need A #NoHijabDay
Source: Patheos By Farouq Peru I believe the Muslim world needs a #NoHijabDay to return the power of choice to Muslim women! The hijab, more than any other cultural signal, […]
Forgotten Muslim soldiers of World War I
Forgotten Muslim soldiers of World War One ‘silence’ far right BBC.COM A hundred years since the end of World War One, historians think recognising the contribution of Muslims can help tackle contemporary issues such as Islamophobia. “Muslim soldiers have been forgotten about over time,” Hayyan Bhabha, from the Muslim Experience, […]
Cannabis: An Unstoppable War?
THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS | August 2018 Syed Amer Safir – UK What does Islam say about the use of drugs such as cannabis, especially for recreational purposes, at […]
Australia: Work on Narrabundah mosque could start next year
By Andrew Brown 11 November 2018 The ACT government confirmed a site in Narrabundah was chosen for the mosque It ends a five-year search for a site for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association The association says a DA could be submitted as early as January Mosques have previously been […]
When universities tackle taboos in Pakistan
Students’ solidarity trip to Ahmadi headquarters in Pakistan sparks outcry Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore Pakistan November 6, 2018 “Seek knowledge even if you have to go as far as China,” […]