Churches moving towards digital donations
Tap and pray: Churches using card readers for donations Source: Associated Press By JAMES BROOKS LONDON (AP) — Thousands of Christian churches across the world are now using portable card […]
20 years after al Qaeda’s first big attack, Kenyans still bear scars
Source: Reuters BY Cecilie Kallestrup NAIROBI (Reuters) – Just after 10:30 on a sunny August morning in downtown Nairobi, 48-year-old Ali Mwadama was walking toward a bank opposite the U.S. embassy, […]
Yemen War: Saudi Arabia led coalition backed by the US cut secret deals with Al-Qaida
‘Unite with the devil’: Yemen war binds US, allies, al-Qaida Source: Associated Press By MAGGIE MICHAEL, TRISH WILSON and LEE KEATH ATAQ, Yemen (AP) — Again and again over the […]
Lombok mosque searched for survivors after deadly quake
Rescuers search collapsed mosque for survivors Source: BBC News Rescue workers are searching the ruins of a mosque in Lombok, Indonesia, where it is feared people were trapped by Sunday’s […]
Boris Johnson accused of ‘dog-whistle’ Islamophobia over burqa comments
Source: The Guardian Inquiry into Islamophobia in Tory party called for amid condemnation for likening Muslim women to letterboxes By Jessica Elgot Boris Johnson said in his Telegraph column […]
Despite government restrictions on practicing their faith in China, the number of believers of all faiths have doubled in two decades
Christian heartland opens window into fight for China’s soul Source: Associated Press By YANAN WANG NANYANG, China (AP) — The 62-year-old Chinese shopkeeper had waited nearly his entire adult life […]
‘The retreat convinced me that contemplation can reproduce the effects of psychedelics, a claim I have long doubted’: a Buddhism critic’s retreat experience
A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat Source: Scientific American Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and skygazing By John Horgan on August […]
Boris Johnson ‘won’t apologise’ for burka comments
Boris Johnson has stood by his remarks about the burka after the Conservative Party chairman told him to apologise. The former foreign secretary has been criticised for saying Muslim […]
It’s a shame Boris Johnson never consulted Muslim women before speaking on our behalf
Letters The Independent Voices ‘If Johnson wanted to protect freedom of choice, then I am afraid he has done no favours to this cause’ ( Getty ) I have […]
Global warming: Our future is here
The Never-Ending Summer Is Germany’s Heat Wave a Preview of the Future? Germany is currently experiencing a state of meteorological emergency. Although many are enjoying the scorching summer, the heat […]
The craziest security ‘incident’ that I came across so far
Frankfurt airport partially evacuated after unauthorized entry COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL A Lufthansa airline logo is pictured in Frankfurt airport, Germany. (Reuters) Police evacuated part of a terminal at […]
A comparison of Hayy ibn Yaqdhan and Robinson Crusoe on the migration crisis
FERHAT KÜÇÜK PublishedAugust 6, 2018 Libyan fishermen throw a life jacket at a rubber boat full of migrants trying to reach Italy soils, Feb. 13, 2017. Fictional characters help us […]
Manuscript Review: Treatise on ‘The Alive Son of the Awake’, by Ibn Tufayl
By: N.A. Baloch Besides [Ibn Tufayl’s] contributions in medicine, he is best known for his treatise Ilayyu Ibn Yaqzan (‘The Alive’ son of ‘the Awake’)… Figure 1. Article image banner *** […]
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen under investigation for tax fraud -WSJ
Reuters International This content was published on August 7, 2018 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen exits his hotel in Manhattan, New York, U.S., July […]
No cover-up: Ticino burka ban hits football fans the hardest
This content was published on August 7, 2018 Masked supporters of Zurich club Grasshoppers during a match against FC Lausanne in April 2017 (Keystone) A ban on face-covering clothing […]
Palestinian refugees: Living without work is a slow death
1 / 3 Bakaa refugee camp, north of Amman. (AFP) 2 / 3 UNRWA staff protest job cuts at the agency’s Gaza City HQ. (AFP) 3 / 3 Palestinian boys […]
Trump says anyone doing business with Iran will not be doing business with the United States
Sanctions against Iran were reimposed by Donald Trump in an executive order this week. (AFP) AFP August 07, 2018 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that sanctions reimposed […]
The struggle for Palestinian rights: Then and now
Aug 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Forty years ago this month, I left a tenured teaching position and moved to Washington, DC to run the Palestine Human […]
Trump’s gambling problem
Aug 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK — At a summit with US President Donald Trump in Helsinki last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin proved that […]
Israeli minister says Egypt bears equal responsibility for Gaza
By Reuters – Aug 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian worker carries a cylinder to be filled with cooking gas imported from Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday […]