Norway party to seek ban on Islamic call to prayer
The Local news@thelocal.no @thelocalnorway 25 April 2018 Norway party to seek ban on Islamic call to prayer Oslo’s Jamaat Ahle Sunnat mosque does not at present issue the call […]
Islamic Scholars To Meet In July On Afghan War
HPC says Islamic scholars will come together in Jeddah in July and will announce a joint statement on the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia and the Organization of Islamic […]
Istanbul ready for reshape amid incoming refugees, earthquake risk: city planners
REUTERS BONN Sabah File Photo Faced with a fast-growing population and risks from earthquakes and flooding, Istanbul must take bold steps to adapt and improve the quality of life […]
Israeli gunfire in spotlight after hundreds wounded, 44 killed in Gaza
By AFP – Apr 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES British vascular surgeon John Wolfe, who was invited to Gaza by the International Committee of the Red Cross, checks a wounded Palestinian […]
Starbucks case highlights need to continue fight against discrimination
Apr 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi The case of the two “black Americans” who were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks coffee shop on April 12 caught my […]
Muslim Ahmadiyya Medical Organisation (MAMO) and Humanity First join hands for Humanitarian Project in Madagascar.
Source: Dr Mohammad Sarfraz Baloch On 28.04.2018 it was an extremely inspiring and motivational atmosphere at departure lounge of Frankfurt International Airport. A team provided by Muslim Ahmadiyya Medical Association MAMO, comprising of Dr Mohammad Mohsin Bhatti, Doctor Irfan Azam, Dr Hafiz Slman Ahmad Rana and Tariq Karim Arif of […]
Canada: Poet Rupi Kaur comes full circle with Brampton Performance
At the Rose Theatre in Brampton on Thursday April 26th Brampton, Ontario On Thursday night Aril 26th, in Brampton, Rupi Kaur returned to the same stage she’d walked across at her high-school graduation. Instead of a diploma, she now held her two books of bestselling poetry and the attention of […]
A court ruling makes it harder for faith-based employers to discriminate
Source: The Economist IT IS a problem that arises in every liberal democracy that upholds liberty of belief (and hence, the freedom of religious bodies to manage their own affairs) […]
Supporters of El Salvador’s Abortion Ban Foil Efforts to Soften It
Source: The New York Times By ELISABETH MALKIN Demonstrators participated in a march against abortion in San Salvador earlier this month.CreditFred Ramos for The New York Times MEXICO CITY — El Salvador’s national legislature adjourned Thursday without voting on proposals to allow exceptions to the country’s total ban on abortion, thwarting […]
A Muslim and a Hindu thought they could be a couple. Then came the ‘love jihad’ hit list.
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen KOLKATA, India — The 21-year-old Hindu college student was having a quiet breakfast with her mother when her phone pinged with a terrifying message. Her […]
Kenya bans lesbian love story film ‘Rafiki’ set to open at Cannes
Source: Reuters By Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities have banned a film that tells the love story of two women on the grounds that it promotes lesbianism but […]
US-owned Christian radio station in Rwanda shut down for saying women are evil
Source: CNN By Munachim Amah, CNN (CNN)A US-owned local radio station has been shut down for insulting women in Rwanda, authorities say. The Amazing Grace Christian Radio, a radio station that […]
More than 70 countries commit to combat terror financing
Source: Associated Press By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — More than 70 countries committed Thursday to bolster efforts in the fight against terrorism financing associated with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida. Participants at an international conference in Paris agreed to “fully criminalize” terror financing through effective and proportionate sanctions […]
UNHCR programme: Syrian refugees ‘resettle in’ to Switzerland
By Roger Wehrli (images and text) Day in the life of refugees This content was published on April 28, 2018 The Monjids – a family of four – are […]
The inter-Korean summit and the long road to peace
SADIK ÜNAY @sadikunay As Presidents Moon and Kim conduct early rounds of peace negotiations, the issues of denuclearization and drawing up a formal peace treaty to officially end […]
Zakat: Trickle-up economics! (from the Turkish press)
HATEM BAZIAN @hatembazian The commentaries on Quranic and Hadith texts extol the benefits of Zakat and provide an extensive rationalization for its institution as a pillar of Islam. Some benefits include Zakat’s impacts on fostering social cohesion, providing a safety net for the poor, and forcing capital circulation in […]
Erdoğan says Kanal Istanbul is a post-election priority
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday that the first initiative of his government after winning elections would be the construction of Kanal Istanbul, an […]
Ending war in Syria possible without outside intervention
Apr 19,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power A total of 500,000 dead and counting. President Bashar Assad is going full blast at reducing the parts of his country still standing, […]
Will America go to war?
Apr 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power A speech of General George Patton, a famous World War II warrior, has an uncanny resemblance to the philosophy of Donald Trump. […]