Many Catholics Struggle to Keep the Faith
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett Megan McCabe was born into a Catholic family, attended Catholic high school and college, and now teaches at a Catholic university. But […]
Man claiming to be ’11th caliph’ in Khanewal held over blasphemy charges
Source: The Express Tribune Police in Khanewal on Monday arrested a man claiming to be a pir (faith healer) and put him behind bars on the charges of blasphemy. The arrest […]
Final call to save the world from ‘climate catastrophe’
Source: BBC News By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Incheon, South Korea It’s the final call, say scientists, the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures. Their dramatic report […]
Satan is attacking the Catholic Church
Source: CT The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis and deep divisions racking the Church that he has asked Catholics around the […]
Western countries must give Asia Bibi asylum, say Christian campaigners
Source: CT ReutersBibi’s daughters pose with an image of their mother while standing outside their residence in Sheikhupura located in Pakistan’s Punjab Province. Christians campaigning for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy, are calling upon Western countries to offer her asylum. The […]
Khashoggi and bin Laden’s paths diverged
Source: CNN I first came to know Khashoggi when I was reporting on Osama bin Laden. As young men, Khashoggi and bin Laden knew each other well because Khashoggi was the first journalist from a major Arab news organization to profile bin Laden when he was fighting the Soviets in […]
Gadhafi’s Gold-money Plan Would Have Devastated Dollar
Written by Alex Newman It remains unclear exactly why or how the Gadhafi regime went from “a model” and an “important ally” to the next target for regime change […]
Islamic Finance A Potential Boost For Gold’s ‘Safe Haven’ Status
Leslie Shaffer in Singapore | @leslieshaffer1 | October 8, 2018 Gold has long been viewed as a safe-haven play, but despite recent geopolitical turmoil and market fluctuations, the precious metal […]
I was an Isis sex slave. I tell my story because it is the best weapon I have
Source: The Guardian By Nadia Murad Nobel peace prize winner Nadia Murad describes her extraordinary journey from suffering at the hands of Islamic State to human rights campaigner The slave market […]
Constantine the African and the Qayrawani doctors
Constantine the African and the Qayrawani doctors: Contribution of the ‘Phoenicians’ of North Africa to Latin Medicine in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by: Charles Burnett When a sixteenth-century medical […]
Outstanding Muslim Women’s Contribution to Islamic Civilisation
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics 20216. by: Salim Al-Hassani While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and […]
Nasir Hospital, Guatemala – Flagship Hospital of Humanity First inauguration coming up !
Nasir Hospital @HFNasirHospital FollowFollow @HFNasirHospital More With the Grace and limitless Blessings of God, we are nearing the inauguration of Nasir Hospital! It is our humble request that everyone pray for […]
Amazon scheme supports Islamic extremists
Source: The Times. Haitham al-Haddad is particularly admired by young, politically active Muslims Amazon has agreed to fund a hardline British charity whose leading ideologue supports child marriage, female genital mutilation and stoning people to death for adultery. Under its charitable programme, the internet giant will make donations to the […]
Kavanaugh seeks new tone after bitter court confirmation fight
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 9, 2018 U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh speaks during his ceremonial public swearing-in, in the East Room of the White […]
Disaster relief: what really works?
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 Volunteers unload aid from a truck before it is distributed to displaced people in Petobo […]
Brainstorming with Avi Shlaim
Oct 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – JAWAD ANANI Avi Shlaim is an Israeli British neo-historian who had criticised the Zionist movement. He is originally a rich Iraqi who migrated to […]
Criticism of Israeli policy is not anti-Semitic
James J. Zogby 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES I was provoked to write this discussion of what is and what isn’t anti-Semitism by an article in Haaretz on the “controversy” created by […]
King of Jordan renews position on Mideast as he meets Israeli Labour leader
Avi Gabbay vows to work for two-state solution By JT – Oct 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli forces at Palestinians during a protest calling for […]
Erdogan asks Riyadh to ‘prove’ journalist left consulate
By AFP – Oct 09,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yemeni Tawakkol Karman (centre) holds pictures of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi as she speaks to the press during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on Monday (AFP photo) ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Saudi Arabia’s Defenders Offer Conspiracy Theories About Missing Journalist
A mix of public accusations and victimhood helps draw attention away from the central question: Where is Jamal Khashoggi? By Akbar Shahid Ahmed Close to two days after Turkish government […]