The Quad: A beginner’s guide to Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting
By Omar Said Posted: May 19, 2018 (Daily Bruin file photo) “Not even water?” This is one of the more persistent questions people ask me – and many other Muslims […]
Britain’s Ahmadis under fire in battle for the soul of Islam
Source: The Sunday Times By Tim Wyatt Followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad preach peace and tolerance, but many mainstream Muslims regard them as heretics Eight hundred people recently assembled in […]
Ecumenical pilgrimage Why is the pope visiting the Geneva-based World Council of Churches?
By Simon Bradley This content was published on May 15, 2018 Pope Francis (right) with Bishop Angelo De Donatis as he meets with the bishops, priests, religious and lay […]
Italy close to forming first anti-establishment government
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL PublishedMay 18, 2018 Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right party “Lega” (League) speaks to the press at the Quirinale palace, Rome, May 14. Following more than two months of political deadlock, Italian anti-establishment and far-right parties took a step closer to forming a government by […]
A wake up call for the Muslim world
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published May 18, 2018 It was only five days ago that 62 innocent people were viciously murdered in Gaza. On Friday, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) […]
Keeping the torch of the Palestinian cause burning
May 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi Jordan at various levels of government never failed to make the Palestinian conflict a core regional crisis and the continued epicentre […]
Turkey’s Erdogan says to raise Gaza violence at UN General Assembly
By Reuters – May 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Demonstrators wave flags during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move […]
The antidote to US actions on Jerusalem
May 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL During a recent meeting with EU ambassadors in Amman, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi called on EU countries to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital […]
Breaking News: Houses of new members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at attacked in East Lombok, Indonesia
Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times: Why the Muslim World Needs to Follow Pope Francis? A Radical Group Attacked Indonesian Citizens of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Minority Group in East Lombok While we […]
Muslim leaders call for international protection force for Palestinians
Source: Reuters BY Ali Kucukgocmen, Tulay Karadeniz ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Muslim leaders called on Friday for an international force to be deployed to protect Palestinians after dozens of protesters were shot […]
These self-flying drones keep a constant eye on your business
Source: CNN When Ran Krauss co-founded Airobotics in 2014, he wanted to help miners, farmers and port managers get better data about their businesses. The Israeli start-up makes self-flying drones, […]
Royal wedding 2018: Prince Charles to walk Meghan down the aisle
Source: BBC News Prince Charles will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle on Saturday when she marries Prince Harry, Kensington Palace has said. Ms Markle’s father, Thomas, is unable to […]
Israel’s Gaza response ‘wholly disproportionate’ – UN rights chief
Source: BBC News The UN human rights chief says Israel used “wholly disproportionate” force against Palestinian border protests which have left over 100 people dead. Zeid Raad al-Hussein told a […]
The ‘not-yet-disappeared’ in Pakistan
Rafia Zakaria DAWN.COM – Updated May 16, 2018 The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law and political philosophy. IT’S the stuff of nightmares: the sudden arrival of a number of men into the privacy of one’s home, a search, and then a family member taken away. This is what reportedly […]
Mapping Erik Prince’s Private Mercenary Empire
Published May 8th, 2018 – 08:37 GMT via SyndiGate.info Erik Prince (Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba) Erik Prince is the modern architect of private military firms His latest venture is in training security personnel in China But he’s been all over the world, outsourcing militaries to cheap labor markets Al Bawaba has […]
No justice, no peace
May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh Tuesday, May 15 marked the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the forced migration of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from […]
Trump and Iran : Time for Europe to Join the Resistance
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal marks the temporary suspension of the trans-Atlantic alliance. What now? A DER SPIEGEL Editorial by Klaus Brinkbäumer […]
Donald Trump cares more about re-election than the lives and rights of Palestinians
This week, as the US controversially moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and scores of Palestinian protesters were shot dead by Israeli snipers, the evangelicals received their reward […]
King urges world to shoulder responsibility in protecting Palestinians
His Majesty tells OIC summit no peace without just solution to Mideast conflict By JT – May 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah joins Muslim world’s leaders at […]
Judging militants in Syrian Kurdistan: political hot potato
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A general view shows a camp where detained Daesh families are held in Ain Issa in the Syrian northern Kurdish region on […]