Happiness is in the eye of the beholder
Mar 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi The international effort to judge which country is the “happiest” to live in, and which one is the least is like a […]
What legacy do Muslims, all of us want to leave for future generations? We must choose peace | Opinion
Source: Penn Live By Guest Editorial Editor’s Note: The op-Ed below is a condensed version of the keynote address delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, during a March 17 […]
HIJAB ( khimar ) for THE ARABIAN SAND STORM & VEIL (JILBAB) FOR THE PRIVACY OF TOILET TIME
Source: Academia.edu By T.O. SHANAVAS According to the current perception in Muslim society a head-cover (Hijab) for women is one of the Islamic obligations. Many Muslims believe that the head-cover is not enough to […]
Jordan: A nation of minorities?
Mar 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Nermeen Murad You only have to be slightly more sociable talking to people that are not usually situated in your private and professional […]
Jordan: Landmark summit to address impact of forced migration on children
Monday’s Second Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit 2018 will be held under Royal patronage By Rana Husseini – Mar 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES HRH Prince Ali holds a joint press […]
A Muslim Celebrating Palm Sunday, Today
Epigraph: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water. (Al […]
Toronto man is home after travelling 12,000 km in Africa
He may have contracted malaria and dodged bullets with government soldiers, but the incredible warmth and compassion from so many people he met left the biggest impression on Mario Rigby MARIO RIGBY HANDOUT Mario Rigby says his journey took him to some breathtaking sites in Africa. Here he is in […]
Hadhrat Khalifa-tul-Masih V re-launches AL HAKAM
Al Hakam Al Hakam, in its first phase, was launched in 1897 by the Promised Messiah in Qadian, India. Relaunched now in the era of his fifth successor, Hazrat Mirza […]
‘My crew saved 218 migrants from drowning – so why are we the enemy?’
Captain Marc Reig’s ship is stuck in a Sicilian port, and a hostage to Italy’s resurgent right, as charities become a target for their role in rescuing refugees Lorenzo Tondo […]
Australian migrants among the happiest in the world
By Matt Wade 23 March 2018 — Malcolm Turnbull likes to say Australia is the world’s most successful multicultural country and he might be right. Photo: Andrew Meares People are […]
Norway proposes bill to ban full-face veils in education
Source: Swiss Info By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – The Norwegian government proposed on Friday a nationwide ban on the wearing of full-face veils, such as the burqa and the […]
Amnesty denounces Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and allies in Yemen war
Reuters International This content was published on March 23, 2018 DUBAI (Reuters) – Amnesty International on Friday denounced Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its allies in a […]
Merkel ally defiant in row over Islam’s place in Germany
Reuters International This content was published on March 23, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Interior Minister Horst Seehofer during a session of the lower house of parliament […]
India: Air India flight crosses Saudi airspace to Israel
Air India on Thursday launched the first scheduled service to Israel to be allowed to cross Saudi airspace, a sign of a behind-the-scenes improvement in ties between the Arab kingdom and the Jewish state. Flight AI 139 landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport about 30 minutes after its scheduled […]
Messages of support keep flooding in for this mosque after it was vandalised
by Mimi Launder in offbeat Two women were arrested after horrifying videos showed them breaking into and vandalising a mosque in Arizona with three children in tow. Ahmad Al-Koum, the […]
Boko Haram kept one Dapchi girl who refused to deny her Christianity
Source: The Guardian Ruth Maclean west Africa correspondent and Isaac Abrak in Dapchi The only Christian girl among the Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month could have been freed along […]
March For Our Lives: Huge gun-control rallies sweep US
Source: BBC News Mass student-led protests calling for tighter gun control are under way across the United States. The protests – under the banner March For Our Lives – have […]
Freed Filipino priest says airstrikes routed IS extremists
Source: Associated Press By JIM GOMEZ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino Roman Catholic priest taken hostage last year by Islamic State group-linked militants recounted Friday how military airstrikes helped […]
US pastor Andrew Brunson accused of using Christianity as part of a terrorist plot
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron A photo of the Rev. Andrew Brunson during his time in prison. Photo courtesy of World Witness (RNS) — A North Carolina pastor who has […]
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
Source: Associated Press By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Simon Slama and his family are the only Jews left in the Tunisian city of Monastir, once home to […]