France says planned EU mechanism to enable Iran trade may have wider use
By Reuters – Oct 18,2018 -JORDAN TIMES A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Arab Gulf, […]
The other shoe
Oct 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – GWYNNE DYER They still have not dropped the other shoe. The “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC” contains terrifying forecasts about what will […]
America’s ongoing civil war
Oct 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – JEFFREY D. SACHS NEW YORK — America continues to be in a state of civil war. Not just a civil war, but the civil […]
Who’s to say it wasn’t the Belgians who are responsible for Khashoggi’s disappearance? Let’s not jump to conclusions
Trump has stayed as friendly as ever with the Saudi prince, and if he was shown film of the Saudis executing Khashoggi, he’d probably say, ‘Well, let’s not jump to […]
The story of the Armenian Legion is finally being told – and it is a dark tale of anger and revenge
One Armenian woman was discovered on a train by soldiers, but refused to be separated from her companions. She was removed from the carriage and ‘married to the legionnaire who had rescued her’ Robert […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community arrives in Philadelphia
USA Tour 2018 Share on Facebook Share on WhatsApp Share on Twitter Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad travels to inaugurate Baitul Aafiyat Mosque On 17 October 2018, the World Head of […]
Recent Chinese dealings with faith groups reflect a pattern of government restrictions on religion
Source: Pew Research Center BY SAMIRAH MAJUMDAR Police patrol as Muslims leave after morning prayers at a mosque in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. (Eisele/AFP/Getty Images) While the Chinese government asserts that it […]
Excavation Of Lithuania’s Great Synagogue Highlights A ‘Painful Page’ From History
Source: NPR For decades, the principals at a boxy, two-story kindergarten in downtown Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, unwittingly pored over their lesson plans just a few feet above one of the […]
Water pollution in Iraq threatens Mandaean religious rites
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP ISSA BAGHDAD (AP) — Every Sunday in Iraq, along a strip of embankment on the Tigris River reserved for followers of the obscure and ancient […]
Chaldean cardinal says promised US aid for Iraq hasn’t come
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and SUSANNAH GEORGE VATICAN CITY (AP) — The head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church complained on Tuesday that promised U.S. aid for religious minorities […]
Jailed preacher Anjem Choudary faces strict controls after release
Source: The Guardian BY Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Convicted Isis supporter Anjem Choudary will be in effect banned from any public statements after his release from prison this week, as […]
Bishops calls for urgent action on UK welfare program
Source: Associated Press By DANICA KIRKA LONDON (AP) — Church of England bishops on Tuesday called for urgent action to improve Britain’s new comprehensive welfare program, known as universal credit, […]
U.S. general says conditions for Islamist extremism still linger
Source: Reuters By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ top military officer said on Tuesday that little progress had been made in dealing with the underlying conditions that […]
‘Acknowledging reality,’ a splinter church in Kenya ordains married Catholic priests
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – At the Renewed Universal Catholic Church in Nyeri, in central Kenya, celebratory ululations filled the air last spring after Bishop […]
‘It’s part of who I am’: proposed Quebec law could push hijab-wearers out of jobs
Source: The Guardian BY Martin Patriquin in Montreal As an elementary school teacher in Montreal, Maha Kassef should be in high demand: the city is in the midst of a […]
Tensions rise at Indian temple over entry of menstrual-age women
Source: Reuters BY Jose Devasia NILAKKAL, India (Reuters) – Tensions rose at an Indian hill temple on Tuesday before an expected face-off between women of menstrual age who can enter […]
The Muslim Sunrise: Prayer and Meditation
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; the longest running Islamic magazine since 1921: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2018 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The word ‘course,’ […]
Pew Research Center’s Video: Being Muslim in the U.S.
This video offers a look inside the beliefs and attitudes of Muslims in America; it features data from Pew Research Center’s 2017 survey, as well as the personal stories of […]
India: Minister M.J. Akbar resigns amid allegations of sexual misconduct
(NEW DELHI) — M.J. Akbar, India’s junior external affairs minister, resigned Wednesday amid accusations by 20 women of sexual harassment during his previous career as one of the country’s most prominent news editors, becoming the most powerful man to fall in India’s burgeoning #MeToo movement. Akbar said in a statement […]
‘There is no God,’ says Stephen Hawking in final book
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 […]