Avoiding a cliffhanger showdown in Syria
Osama Al Sharif » Feb 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syria has become a congested arena for various state and no-state combatants, each with its own agenda. So much so […]
Iraq says reconstruction after war on Daesh to cost $88 billion
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Participants walk past brochures of previous funds collected by the International Islamic Relief Organisation (IIRO), during the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq on Monday, in Kuwait City (AFP photo) KUWAIT — Rebuilding Iraq after three years of […]
An overdue confession
Feb 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL President Donald Trump has at last recognised that Israel’s settlement policy is a significant impediment to peace between Israel and the Palestinians. During a rare interview with Israeli Hayom daily newspaper, published on Sunday, Trump has finally conceded that Israeli policies have a lot to do with […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rochester Hills gifts “Life of Muhammad (pbuh)” copies to Caro Library
“With this gift of the book “Life of Muhammad” to the citizens of Caro, I’m pretty sure that if anybody who reads this book will end his/her misunderstandings about Islam and Prophet Muhammad ( peace be on him)”, said Imam Shamshad of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Detroit. Report by Muhammad […]
Slippery wicket: Cricket on ice keeps Switzerland on Indian tourist radar
This content was published on February 9, 2018 Players need to wrap up in thermals, gloves and hats and have footwear with a good grip to stop them […]
Ayelet Shaked: Israel must safeguard Jewish majority
Source: Al Jazeerah Shaked said Israel must maintain a Jewish majority ‘at the price’ of rights violations [Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP] Israel must safeguard a Jewish majority even at the […]
In search of surrogates, foreign couples descend on Ukraine
Source: BBC News By Kevin Ponniah Ukraine, one of Europe’s poorest nations, is fast becoming the place to go for people desperate to find a surrogate to have their […]
‘I couldn’t mourn my grandmother because I had my period’
Source: BBC News By Megha Mohan Image captionMegha Mohan’s grandmother Although still a sensitive subject in many Indian families, menstruation had never been taboo in mine – until an emotional […]
Harvey Weinstein: New York state sues Weinstein Company
Source: BBC News New York prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, alleging that the studio failed to protect staff from Harvey Weinstein. The film producer is facing […]
‘Not the right kind of Catholic’: Private schoolteacher fired days after same-sex wedding
Source: Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Moriah Balingit Jocelyn Morffi and Natasha Hass had booked the Key Largo Lighthouse estate for three days starting Feb. 2, turning their wedding day into […]
Muslims like me don’t have theological beef with evangelicals. It’s the prejudice against us that’s the problem.
Source: The Washington Post By Ismail Royer February 12 fa(iStock) Last month, my wife and I joined a small group of Muslims and thousands of Christians at the annual March for Life […]
PM Modi launches project for first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi
Source: Times Of India DUBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday officially launched the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the first Hindu temple in the capital of the UAE, home to […]
First Pakistani woman from Hindu minority to become lawmaker
Source: Associated Press By ADIL JAWAD KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The first woman from Pakistan’s tiny minority Hindu community is poised to become lawmaker next month, after the country’s opposition […]
The Female Quran Experts Fighting Radical Islam in Morocco
Source: The Atlantic Morocco is in a region vulnerable to terrorist recruitment, but it hasn’t had a significant attack on its own soil since 2011, when terrorists bombed a Marrakesh […]
Long robes not necessary attire for Saudi women: senior cleric
Source: Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi women need not wear the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith – a senior member of the top Muslim clerical […]
Rob Porter, and Mormonism’s #MeToo Moment
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke and MJ Lee, CNN Updated 0639 GMT (1439 HKT) February 11, 2018 (CNN) Colbie Holderness says she met Rob Porter at a Mormon student congregation in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lifelong […]
Giving up control of Brussels mosque, Saudi Arabia sends a signal
Source: Reuters By Alissa de Carbonnel, Stephen Kalin BRUSSELS/RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has agreed to give up control of Belgium’s largest mosque in a sign that it is trying to […]
Emmanuel Macron to propose reorganization of Islam in France
Source: Politico The French president said he wants to ‘preserve national cohesion and the possibility of having free consciousness.’ By GIULIA PARAVICINI French President Emmanuel Macron wants to reorganize Islam in […]
Key facts about black immigrants in the U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center BY MONICA ANDERSON AND GUSTAVO LÓPEZ The United States has long had a sizable black population because of the transatlantic slave trade beginning in the 16th century. But significant voluntary black […]
Migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean sent a record amount of money to their home countries in 2016
Source: Pew Research Center BY ABBY BUDIMAN AND PHILLIP CONNOR (Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images) Remittance flows decreased worldwide for a second consecutive year in 2016, the […]