King of Jordan receives Pakistani army chief
Amman, April 24 (Petra)– His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday received Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Zubair Mahmud Hayat and an accompanying delegation to […]
Measures to End the Institution of Slavery – the Islamic view
Articles from alislam.org: Measures to End the Institution of Slavery It should be remembered that the basic source of unnatural and iniquitous treatment — which existed since time immemorial and […]
Saudi Arabia and the Vatican preach message of peace and tolerance
Maha Akeel April 23, 2018 There is no doubt the meeting between King Salman and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, in Riyadh last week […]
Toronto van tragedy bonds city in blood. But no one will say the word ‘terrorism’
Source: The Star How naive we have been, whistling by the graveyard as carnage was wrought in European and American cities, Rosie DiManno writes. A sneaker. A purse. A tiny […]
Iraqi shrine tablets offer blessings, cures and a living
Reuters International This content was published on April 22, 2018 A piece of molded clay made of local soil, known as ”turba,” in seen in Kerbala, Iraq April 2, […]
Facing death in Iraq, European extremists will not get help from home
By AFP – Jan 24,2018 -JORDAN TIMES PARIS — European nations rarely miss a chance to slam the use of the death penalty by others, but they have largely turned […]
Egypt’s rice farmers see rough times downstream of new Nile mega-dam
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Apr 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Farmer Mohamed Abdelkhaleq speaks during an interview with Reuters in a field in the Beheira Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt, […]
It is bigger than Gaza
Apr 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari It is not clear how killing a Palestinian child by an Israeli sniper would help Israel in its desperate attempt to […]
Audio: Be the Miracle for Someone Today
Suggested Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible True Fasting: A Message of Compassion and Love from […]
Arab Slave Trade
Slavery December 10, 2016 Alik Shahadah The History of Arab Slavery in Africa Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those […]
World’s first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Pioneering effort to collect debris that kills wildlife about to begin after teenager made his dream come true Jane Dalton @JournoJane Scientists are preparing to launch the world’s first machine to clean up […]
Home Office agencies at heart of Windrush scandal rife with discrimination and harassment, employees say
Exclusive: MPs demand independent review amid claims ‘deeply alarming’ findings cast doubts over organisations’ ability to handle immigration cases Benjamin Kentish Political Correspondent @BenKentish The government immigration agencies at the […]
Opposition to interfaith marriage in India puts many couples at risk
Source: Religion News Service By Bhavya Dore | April 20, 2018 Hadiya, right, converted to Islam to marry Shafin Jahan. Their marriage has been the center of a large court case and referred […]
Iran police’s assault on woman over headscarf stirs debate
Source: Associated Press By NASSER KARIMI and MOHAMMAD NASIRI TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A grainy video of female officers from Iran’s morality police assaulting a young woman whose headscarf only […]
Afghanistan: Kabul voter centre suicide attack kills 57
Source: BBC News A suicide bomb attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 57 people, officials say. The dead include 21 women and five children, killed when the blast hit the queue outside. A further 119 people were injured. The Islamic State […]
The world’s most powerful MRI machine
Source: BBC News Nikola Tesla’s last name isn’t just a car brand. Tesla is also the metric for the magnetic strength of MRI machines. Whereas historically powerful MRI machines have registered around 7-10 tesla, a new generation of machines are breaking the mold and registering up to 11.7 Tesla. Along […]
The words that change what colors we see
Source: BBC News By Aina Casaponsa and Panos Athanasopoulos, Lancaster University From The Conversation 23 April 2018 The human eye can physically perceive millions of colours. But we don’t all recognise these colours in the same way. Some people can’t see differences in colours – so called colour blindness – due to a […]
Are these evangelicals ready to topple the idol of politics?
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Gerson Opinion writer April 19 Email the author If the stages of a social movement are emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization and decline, the reaction against the Trump evangelicals among […]
What is Hell?
Source: The Conversation The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide attention. This isn’t surprising, since the belief in an afterlife, where the virtuous are rewarded with a place in heaven and the wicked are punished in hell, is a core teaching […]
5 faith facts about Mike Pompeo: A divisive devotion
Source: RNS By Jack Jenkins | April 19, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo, nominated to be the next secretary of state, pauses while speaking during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pompeo’s remarks were the first chance for lawmakers and the public to […]