By Reuters – Oct 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An Israeli soldier runs during confrontations with Palestinians in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on Monday (Reuters photo) RAMALLAH — Palestinians across the […]
Oct 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari The United States has been working meticulously to create a new security alliance comprised of the six Gulf Arab states, plus […]
Oct 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY If we have learned anything about US President Donald Trump, it is that for him words have no meaning, or at […]
Source: Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 27 people have died and more than 300 poisoned after drinking bootleg alcohol in Iran, the state emergency services said on Sunday, in […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The archbishop of York, John Sentamu, is to retire in June 2020, creating a vacancy for the number two position in the Church of England […]
Source: AlJazeera Thousands of rival demonstrators hit the streets of Cologne as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the country’s largest mosque at the end of his visit to Germany. […]
Source: Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s national broadcaster apologized Saturday after a studio camera operator interrupted a live TV debate on a referendum seeking to ban same-sex marriage. TVR1 said sorry to viewers after a broadcast was interrupted when a technical staff member used “inappropriate language,” during a […]
Source: DW Brazil once had the reputation of being the most Catholic country in the world. With the exception of General Ernesto Geisel, an evangelical Christian who ruled the country […]
Source: Reuters BY Greg Torode, Philip Pullella HONG KONG/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A landmark deal between China’s leaders and the Vatican over the appointment of bishops has been struck without Beijing […]
Source: The New York Times By Pascale Bonnefoy SANTIAGO, Chile — Pope Francis has defrocked a once-prominent priest whose case has been at the center of public outrage about clerical […]
Source: The Washington Post By Katherine Franke September 28 Katherine Franke is the Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Columbia University, where she also directs the Center for Gender […]
Source: The Guardian BY Kenan Malik Thirty years ago last week, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses was published. Rushdie was then perhaps the most celebrated British novelist of his generation. His new […]
Source: BBC News By Roland Hughes Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionA Muslim man leads the call to prayer in China’s Xinjiang province in 2008 China is facing growing criticism over its […]
Source: Boston Globe By Mark Arsenault GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 A member of the so-called Silent Generation and grandmother of 13, Mary Ann Keyes is the matriarch of a big Catholic family […]
Source: MSN Kelly McCleary, CNN Sarah Palin’s oldest son, Track Palin, was arrested Friday on domestic violence charges, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers responded to his home in Wasilla at […]
Source: CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN)Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons said in an interview that aired Sunday that if the FBI investigation into sexual assault and misconduct allegations […]
Source: BBC Two scientists who discovered how to fight cancer using the body’s immune system have won the 2018 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. The work by James P […]
NEWS OPINION Can Saudi Arabia play peacemaker in Afghanistan? RUPERT STONE The Saudis are making moves in Afghanistan, courting the Taliban and trying to cement its role as a […]
Rafi Ahmad In this essay, we will examine the concept of the khilafat, its rise, fall, and reemergence, and discuss its relevance in modern times. The Arabic word khalifa means successor. […]
After Prophethood, Khilafat is the most important institution in Islam. Khulafa are ultimately appointed by God through His Divine guidance. Though Khilafat had disappeared, it has been re-established as prophecied […]