New South African church celebrates drinking alcohol
Source: Associated Press By ANDREW MELDRUM ORANGE FARM, South Africa (AP) — Dressed in a red robe and a gold-trimmed bishop’s miter, the clergyman pours whiskey into his cupped hand […]
‘A vigilante state’: Aceh’s citizens take sharia law into their own hands
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb in Kayee Lee People have started raiding, arresting and shaming anyone accused of violating the Indonesia region’s militant moral laws A young couple is doused in […]
India institutes death penalty for child rape in wake of 8-year-old’s brutal death
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen April 21 Email the author NEW DELHI — Offenders who rape girls under 12 may now be subject to the death penalty in India, according to an […]
ISIS Spokesman Calls for Attacks on Arab Nations
Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Photo Young men taking selfies atop the ruins of Nebi Yunus shrine in east Mosul, Iraq, after it was liberated from the Islamic […]
Video: Lessons From Al Andalus – Leading in a Pluralistic Society
01/02/2018 Dr. Craig Considine 2nd Annual National Latino Muslim Convention – left to right: Dr. Craig Considine, Mujahid Fletcher, Dr. Ibrahim Dremali, Adnan Jalali, Jalil Navarro On December 31st, I […]
What Will Middle East Studies Do without Alwaleed bin Talal?
A.J. Caschetta The Jerusalem Post March 21, 2018 What will become of Alwaleed bin Talal’s influence on western academia in light of the crackdown against him and other Saudi royals […]
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 […]