A Novice Imran’s Wild Promises & Pakistan’s Off-Track Governance
CYRIL ALMEIDA Look at what Imran Khan said at the remembrance ceremony. See who the PTI has left to twist in the wind, again. Behold the embarrassment of the dam-water […]
Reality check: Atif Mian did not need the post – the EAC and Pakistan needed him
By Raza Habib Raja Published: September 10, 2018 Several days ago, when the controversy around Atif Mian’s appointment was beginning to erupt, a friend sent me a brief clip of […]
Urdu Video: Altaf Hussain of MQM Speaks for Interfaith Tolerance and Secularism in Pakistan
Altaf Hussain (Urdu: الطاف حسین; pronounced [əlt̪aːf ɦʊseːn]; born 17 September 1953 in Karachi) is a politician from Pakistan and the founder of party MQM.[1] Since 2015, he has been […]
India Can Double Its Per Capita GDP In 30 Years By Turning More Secular: Study
If India discards religious beliefs that perpetuate caste and gender inequalities, it could more than double its per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth of the last 60 years in half the time, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of a new study. Secularisation precedes economic development and not the other way around as […]
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, […]
Sweden faces political impasse after far-right election gains
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Akesson arrives at the headquarters of a Swedish television the morning after the general election, […]
Haramain railway between holy cities ready for inauguration soon
GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN September 10, 2018 Protective materials were used to shield some components from sand and extreme temperatures in Saudi Arabia RIYADH: The Haramain high-speed railway running between Makkah, […]
UAE banks chief calls for transparency in Muslim giving
REBECCA SPONG September 10, 2018 Abdul Aziz Al-Ghurair: The Muslim world is very generous but the real challenge is what we donate and how do we do it It is […]
Italy’s Salvini hits out after UN migrant criticism
By AFP – Sep 10,2018 -JORDAN TIMES A boat carrying 157 migrants is stranded in the Strait of Gibraltar before being rescued by the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Salvamento […]
US ups pressure on Palestinians, closing Washington mission
By AFP – Sep 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo taken on September 13, 1993, US president Bill Clinton (centre) stands between PLO leader Yasser Arafat (right) and […]
After warnings of mass murder and catastrophe in Idlib, I prowled the front lines for two days. I didn’t find what I’d expected
The only massed forces I came across were vast herds of sheep and, close to Aleppo, a string of camels. War might be coming, but not yet Robert Fisk Kansafet, […]
Saving the Muslims From Exorcisms and Jinns
Epigraph: And remember the day, when Allah will gather them all together; then He will say to the angels: ‘Was it you that they worshiped?’ They will say, ‘Holy are […]
Virgin Mary With Turquoise Hair? Church Statues Get an Eye-Popping Paint Job
Source: The New York Times By Raphael Minder MADRID — St. Anne, the patron saint of the village of Rañadorio in northwestern Spain, has fuchsia lips, black eyeliner and a […]
43 suspects in deadly Philippine bombings face criminal raps
Source: Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Criminal complaints have been filed against 43 Muslim militants from two armed groups linked to the Islamic State group for two bomb attacks […]
Hailing from the strictest ultra orthodox Jewish community Sabiner aspires to become a doctor
‘I want to be a doctor, not a rabbi’: how Israeli ultra-Orthodox are being drawn into work Source: The Guardian From the age of three, Yehuda Sabiner harboured a secret […]
Jewish group in Germany condemns ‘strongly rooted’ extremism
Source: Associated Press By DAVID RISING BERLIN (AP) — An attack on a kosher restaurant by masked neo-Nazis on the sidelines of an anti-migrant protest in an eastern German city […]
Coptic abbot’s murder points to strains over ecumenism in Egypt
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter CAIRO – The Coptic Orthodox community in Egypt is reeling from the recent murder of the abbot of St. Macarius Monastery, apparently by traditionalists […]
Indian Catholic nuns protest against bishop accused of rape
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi Indian Catholic sisters have broken ranks with the church by openly protesting in the streets of the Keralan state capital against a bishop accused […]
Pope Francis advises new Bishops to reject all forms of abuse
Pope tells bishops to fight abuse, culture behind it Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis told newly ordained bishops Saturday that they must reject […]
Muslim minority in China’s Xinjiang face ‘political indoctrination’: Human Rights Watch
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – The Turkic mostly Muslim Uighur minority in China’s Xinjiang region face arbitrary detentions, daily restrictions on religious practice and “forced political indoctrination” in a mass […]