Exhibition highlights the endless struggle for Syrian refugees
OLIVIA CUTHBERT September 27, 2018 The world is turning away from millions left stranded by the situation in Syria 24 Hours on Hamra Street explores the plight of Syrian refugees […]
American travel writing about the Middle East
Sep 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – MARWAN M. OBEIDAT From the 1850s through the 1950s, nothing was more vital for the interpretation of the Arab-Muslim Middle East than the traveller […]
Abbas rejects ‘biased’ US as sole Mideast mediator
By AFP – Sep 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians wave Palestinian flags and photo of President Mahmoud Abbas during a demonstration in a square in the West Bank city of […]
One-state solution a disaster to region, including Israel — King of Jordan
His Majesty outlines key regional concerns in Fox News interview Sep 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to Fox News’ Bret Baier in an interview the network […]
Is the fascinating West Bank home of Munib Musri a shrine – or a gift to a Palestinian state that may never exist?
Musri has himself turned down the presidency of Palestine, although he has been both a Palestinian and Jordanian minister. So what does he believe the future of the Arab world […]
Here’s what I found out when I spent the day with Israel’s most controversial journalist, Gideon Levy
Journalism and Israel can be combined in the Levy story. His love-hate relationship with the one can get mixed up with his horror of the path down which his country is […]
Danish police investigate officer who hugged niqab-wearing protester
Source: Reuters COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A Copenhagen policewoman is being investigated for embracing a niqab-wearing protestor during a demonstration against a ban on face veils, the force’s complaints body said […]
Egypt prosecutors probing monk’s death in desert monastery
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — In an incident that brought the woes of one of the world’s oldest churches back under the spotlight, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox […]
Saudi Arabia opens high-speed train linking Islam’s holiest cities
Source: Reuters BY Stephen Kalin JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Tuesday inaugurated a 6.7 billion euro ($7.87 billion) high-speed rail linking the two holiest cities […]
Far-right German party’s plans for Jewish section criticized
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany party has announced it will create a Jewish section within the party, drawing widespread criticism by […]
Exclusive: Turkey’s Erdogan says court will decide fate of detained U.S. pastor
Source: Reuters By Stephen Adler, Parisa Hafezi NEW YORK (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said a Turkish court, not politicians, will decide the fate of an American pastor whose detention […]
A Homage to Chinese Communism Is Destroyed in Taiwan
Source: The New York Times By Amy Qin and Karoline Kan HONG KONG — For the last two years, tensions have been brewing in a sleepy Taiwan village after a contractor hired to […]
Pope asks China to show ‘trust, courage and farsightedness’ in new relationship
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged China’s leaders on Wednesday to move ahead with “trust, courage and farsightedness” after Beijing and the Vatican struck […]
Pope acknowledges China bishop deal will cause suffering
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis acknowledged Tuesday that his landmark deal with China over bishop nominations will cause suffering among the […]
One expert’s plan to stop radicalization in France: Start teaching Arabic in schools
Source: Quartz By Annabelle Timsit France has tried several controversial tactics to stop the rise of Islamism in the country, thus far with little success. Now, a former French government official has a […]
A step towards full diplomatic relations between China and the Vatican
Source: The Economist MANY recent reports about religion in China have concerned repression, from the mass internment of Muslims in the north-west to the demolition or closure of Protestant churches. […]
Imran has managed to fool even the educated middle class.
Source:Dawn Pakistan has mostly seen traditional populism where politicians rail against non-identity-based elites. Bhutto was partly a populist, for he mixed serious socialist ideology with populist gimmicks. Benazir and Nawaz often used populist themes to fool the people. But Imran is Pakistan’s first purely populist leader. No leader since Bhutto […]
India’s top court says adultery no longer criminal offence
Source. Dawn Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s top court ruled on Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail time unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. The more than century-old law prescribed that any man who slept with a married woman without her husband’s permission had […]
The Latest Attack on Islam: It’s Not a Religion
Suggested Reading: The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles promoting secularism in every country of the world and refuting Islamophobia Source: New York Times By Asma T. Uddin, […]
Muslim Marriages in the Western World: A Decade Review
Manijeh Daneshpour[1] alliant international university Elham Fathi[2] allameh tabataba’i university Abstract This paper reviews research studies that have examined Muslim marriage trends in the western world for the past ten […]