The battle of Idlib and its regional implications
Sep 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES –Amer Al Sabaileh The battle of Idlib could be the final chapter of the ongoing Syrian crisis. In hindsight, the beginning of the end was […]
China: Religious Freedom, Secularism and Patriotism?
Epigraph: Jesus said “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” (Matthew 22:21) With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi’s China seeks to […]
Pressing pope to accept his resignation, Cardinal Wuerl does the right thing
Source: Religion News Service By Thomas Reese (RNS) — Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., has done the right thing. He has asked Pope Francis to accept his resignation, which he […]
Scientists Are Developing New Ways to Treat Disease With Cells, Not Drugs
Source: Time By ALICE PARK When Nichelle Obar learned she was pregnant with her second child last year, she never expected that her pregnancy, or her baby, would make history. But […]
Inside a Millennial Women’s Quran Study Group
Source: Time By Lucy Feldman | Photographs by Miranda Barnes for TIME A few minutes past 3 p.m., after Henna Qureshi and Adeela Khan take a moment to pray, they settle on a living room […]
Worldwide Head of Ahmadiyya Muslims Inaugurates Baitur Raheem Mosque in Belgium
During his address, His Holiness said that the responsibilities of the local Ahmadi Muslims to practice and preach Islam’s true message of peace and inclusion had increased now that they […]
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: UK pays respect to former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan
Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad represented the UK Government at the funeral of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Ghana on 13 September. Published 14 September 2018 From: Foreign […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. | REP SPEIER STATEMENT FOR MUSLIMS FOR LIFE BLOOD DRIVE
09/11/2018 BY WAQAR NAWAZ Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus, released the following statement today in honor of the annual Muslims […]
Being Ahmadi
Zofeen T. Ebrahim September 16, 2018 Here are real life stories of persecution of their daily life on the basis of faith… “What happened to Dr Atif is nothing new […]
Indonesia’s quake-hit Lombok battles with malaria, 137 infected
AFP September 16, 2018 The quakes and aftershocks since July have killed about 500 people and forced hundreds of thousands into evacuation shelters or tents Among the 137 infected […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi says in hindsight could have handled Rakhine issue better
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN […]
Switzerland: CRACKDOWN: Government seeks harsher sentences for terrorism
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga (right) and the director of the Federal Justice Office, Martin Dumermuth, presented the bill to the media. (Keystone) […]
Ethiopia, Eritrea leaders celebrate peace and new year at border where war raged
By Reuters – Sep 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES FILE PHOTO: Eritrea’s President, Isaias Afwerki talks to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed during the Inauguration ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean […]
Arsenal star launches new coaching programme in Zaatari camp
By Camille Dupire – Sep 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Former Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker launches the ‘Coaching for Life’ programme in Zaatari camp recently (Photo courtesy of Save the Children) […]
I’m not surprised most terror suspects in the UK are white – we’ve been expecting to see this change for a while
Many of the materials now used by far-right groups such as National Action mirror the tactics of Isis, asking recruits to join ‘white jihad’ to ‘cleanse Britain of parasites’ Muna […]
Dr Abdus Salam’s biopic is a happy film… if you don’t have a conscience
Source: Dawn News BY Zainab Imam The documentary took 14 years to make and is sourced using rare interviews and painstakingly obtained archival material Salam, a 75-minute documentary that stays […]
To use religious sentiment for worldly gain is now firmly part of Pakistan’s political culture
Religious bias okayed Source: Dawn By Pervez Hoodbhoy IT’S always been easy for power-seeking Pakistani clerics and politicians to set our simple-minded religious masses on fire. But, as Prime Minister Imran […]
Pope meets with leaders of US Catholic Church ‘lacerated’ by abuse scandal
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, CNN Rome: Struggling to contain one of the most serious crises of his papacy, Pope Francis met Thursday in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, […]
Chile authorities raid 4 dioceses in clerical abuse probe
Source: Associated Press By EVA VERGARA SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities raided four dioceses on Thursday as part of an investigation into clerical sex abuse of minors and alleged […]
Steve Bannon drafting curriculum for right-wing Catholic institute in Italy
Source: Reuters By Mark Hosenball (Reuters) – Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon is helping to craft the curriculum for a leadership course at a right-wing Roman Catholic institute […]