Gambia: ‘BARROW WILL LOSE POWER IF HE PRAYS WITH AHMADIS’
February 12, 2018 Imam Abdoulie Fatty, the outspoken former State House Imam, has said that any day that President Adama Barrow prays in an Ahmadi mosque, he will lose his […]
Anti-Muslim protests in PyeongChang get Winter Olympics prayer room scrapped
By and large, PyeongChang has gone out of its way to welcome the world for the 2018 Winter Olympics. But not everyone in the South Korean host city is feeling the Olympic spirit. Read more: https://sports.yahoo.com/anti-muslim-protests-pyeongchang-get-winter-olympics-prayer-room-scrapped-141802474.html
Saudi Arabia set to open embassy in Nicosia
The cabinet is set to approve in its next meeting the opening of an embassy of Saudi Arabia in Cyprus, it was reported on Monday. Read more: http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/02/12/saudi-arabia-set-open-embassy-nicosia/
Imprisoned in style: How Saudi princes coughed up billions in ‘luxury jail’
As the Ritz-Carlton reopens after Riyadh used it to detain and probe elite Saudis in an antigraft campaign, questions linger over the rule of law Benoit Faucon Summer Said & […]
Saudi women need not wear abaya: senior cleric
Riyadh – Saudi women should not have to wear the abaya in public, a senior cleric said, in the latest sign of a far-reaching liberalisation drive. Read more: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-women-need-not-wear-abaya-senior-cleric-1.2171517
Saudi Arabia change: The women who are allowed to watch football
Saudi Arabia is undergoing the most unprecedented changes in its history. Sky News was among the first foreign news media to film one major change being implemented: women being allowed to go to football matches. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/saudi-arabia-change-the-women-who-are-allowed-to-watch-football-11247105
Geopolitical Laboratory How Djibouti Became China’s Gateway To Africa
Djibouti, one of Africa’s smallest countries, has become China’s “strategic partner.” The Chinese have built a military base and a port, and is currently constructing a free trade zone, […]
Today is the Birthday of Darwin; How He Leads to Islam
Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe for the Christians Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The National Museum of Natural […]
A low-intensity world war in the Middle East
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan Since the future of the Middle East seems highly blurred, Turkey, like other actors in the region, needs to accordingly take measures for its own security The proxy wars in the Middle East slowly give way to new confrontations that pit the real parties against each other. […]
As IS shrinks in Syria, U.S.-led coalition grapples with foreign detainees
Reuters International This content was published on February 11, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Men, who the Democratic Forces of Syria fighters claimed were Islamic State fighters, […]
UN Palestinian agency faces ‘existential crisis’
By AFP – Feb 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES UNITED NATIONS, United States — One month after the Trump administration announced a drastic funding cut to the UN agency for Palestinian […]
Jordan and US: where to agree and where to disagree
Feb 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Jordan appears to be running a political strategy of opposing the US position of Jerusalem as the […]
King, Bishop Azar discuss Israel’s new taxes on Jerusalem churches
His Majesty says Jordan to keep defending status quo of holy city By JT – Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Bishop of the Evangelical […]
Fetal Alcohol Disorder May Be More Common Than Previously Thought
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN In a new JAMA study of more than 6,000 first-graders, researchers estimate that between 1.1% and 9.8% of American children have developmental or neurological problems caused by fetal alcohol spectrum […]
What It’s Like To Live Through Cape Town’s Massive Water Crisis
Source: Time By ARYN BAKER Photographs by MIKHAEL SUBOTZKY and JOHNNY MILLER for TIME I knew we were in trouble when I found myself Googling dry composting toilets. That was on Feb. 1, just after […]
Food may influence cancer spread
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES There is mounting evidence the food on your plate can alter cancer’s growth and spread, say […]
Love is in the air, but not on airwaves as Pakistan bans Valentine’s Day
Source: The Reuters ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has banned events marking Valentine’s Day, and media coverage of them, for the second year in a row after a court ruled the […]
From holograms to Justin Bieber, Anne Frank’s stepsister is using any means to keep the Holocaust’s lessons alive
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein February 8 Email the author Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank and a Holocaust survivor herself, sits for an interview at George Mason University on Feb. […]
The complicated history of ‘In God We Trust’ and other examples Trump gives of American religion
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer President Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) In his address to the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday […]
Can this ancient Chinese philosophy save us from global chaos?
By Zhao Tingyang February 7 2018 A scroll shows court members of the Zhou dynasty, which brought the tianxia system to prominence. (Yan Liben/Wikimedia Commons) Zhao Tingyang is one […]