Book Review: Money Logging
THE BOOK Money Logging investigates what former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called ‘probably the biggest environmental crime of our times’—the massive destruction of the Borneo rainforest by Malaysian […]
Corruption the biggest problem – survey
Oct. 15, 2018, By VICTOR AMADALA @itsamadala “Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) estimates corruption takes away at least Sh600 billion of the country’s budget every year.” /FILE Corruption is the […]
Can Europe defeat a palm oil ‘monster’ of its own making?
ENVIRONMENT The EU’s biofuel policy was meant to help the climate. Instead it’s been linked to loss of rainforest because of its reliance on palm oil. New rules aim to […]
Armageddon Postponed: Syria’s Idlib Province Gets New Lease on Life
The looming military offensive on the Idlib province in Syria has been called off for now. People there are yearning to return to normal life and rapidly planning for the […]
Germany’s Extremism ProblemOfficials Zero In on Neo-Nazi Terror Cell
In the wake of far-right unrest in the eastern German city of Chemnitz, investigators have uncovered a suspected neo-Nazi terror cell thought to have been planning a major attack. The arrests […]
Second Ahmadiyya Charity Walk in Wittlich, Germany
Wittlich. Last Sunday, the 2nd Ahmadiyya Charity Walk took place in Wittlich despite the bad weather. Mayor Joachim Rodenkirch gave the starting signal for the runners and walkers at the […]
Pakistan’s Islamist Party Warns Government of Countrywide Protests on Blasphemy Verdict
October 14, 2018 Madeeha Anwar FILE – Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Islamist political party raise their hands as they listen to the speech of their leader during […]
US threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe war crimes
By AFP – Sep 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) if […]
Turkey changes road name for new US embassy to ‘Malcolm X Street’
ANKARA — Turkey on Saturday renamed the road where the new US embassy is to be located after the American black Muslim civil rights campaigner Malcolm X, its latest use […]
A prayer for secularism
Oct 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – ALI KASSAY The other day I indulged in the long-delayed pleasure of seeing the film “Darkest Hour”, in which Gary Oldman ably played the […]
Jordan, Syria to reopen border today
By JT – Oct 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson Jumana Ghunaimat on Sunday announced that the Jaber/Nasib border crossing between […]
Robot soldiers and ‘enhanced’ humans will fight future wars, defence experts say
Ministry of Defence report suggests technological advances will see new frontiers for warfare opening up in space and cyberspace Josh GabbatissScience Correspondent @josh_gabbatiss Future warfare will likely be conducted by […]
Saudi Arabia’s missing princes
By Reda El Mawy; BBC World Service 15 August 2017 The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Note: This article is from last year, however, in view of the ‘Khashoggi affair’ may […]
Escaping Pakistani persecution, Ahmadi activist finds refuge — and purpose — in US
August 1, 2017 Members of the Ahmadi Muslim community hold the names of victims as they stand over their graves in Chenab Nagar, located in Punjab’s Chiniot District, about 125 […]
Khashoggi Case Raises Tensions Between Saudi Prince and Turkish President
Source: The New York Times By David D. Kirkpatrick and Ben Hubbard ANKARA, Turkey — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has long cast himself as a champion of the Arab Spring […]
Poland vetoes EU rights report not citing Christians, Jews
Source: Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it is vetoing the adoption of an annual report on the European Union’s guiding civil rights document because it did […]
Celebrity Jewish-Arab wedding stirs mixed feelings in Israel
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A surprise celebrity wedding bridging Israel’s Jewish-Muslim divide drew mixed public reaction on Thursday in a country where such inter-marriage is extremely rare. Wednesday’s nuptials […]
Islamists rally in Pakistan for death sentence for Christian
Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of supporters from an extremist Islamist party have rallied in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore to pressure judges to uphold a death […]
Egypt sentences 17 to death for Coptic Christian church attacks
Source: BBC News Seventeen people have been sentenced to death by an Egyptian military court over their involvement in bomb attacks on Coptic Christian churches. A further 19 people were […]
IS reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate
Source: Associated Press By BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT (AP) — After being nearly defeated on the battlefields of its would-be caliphate, the Islamic State group has reverted to what it was […]