Pope’s briefing system under scrutiny after Chile gaffe
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Just how well informed is Pope Francis about the goings-on in his 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church? That question is making […]
Far-right AfD member converted to Islam in protest at acceptance of gay marriage in the church
Source: Telegraph By Justin Huggler, berlin 31 JANUARY 2018 • 3:54PM Apolitician from the nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD) who shocked colleagues by converting to Islam says he did so because […]
Register Islamic marriages under civil law, sharia review says
Source: The Guardian By Harriet SherwoodReligion correspondent Muslim couples should undergo a civil marriage as well as a religious ceremony to give women protection under the law, an independent review of sharia […]
Ted Talks: How to be Happy?
Epigraph: By the fleeting Time, surely, man is in a state of loss, except those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to accept truth, and exhort […]
Time has come to consider values of secularism
Source: JORDAN TIMES By Kamal Naffa, who is former professor of philosophy at California State University, Fullerton The time has come to consider the values and practices of secularism as […]
Pakistan Is Losing the Space Race
As India’s space program surges ahead, Pakistan’s remains an afterthought. By Raja Mansoor February 01, 2018 India’s space program is thriving as one of the […]
As my recent trip to Syria proved, wars can be at their most dangerous when they’re coming to an end
Debts will have to be paid for the casualties of this war, and some soldiers are becoming rather too over-confident Robert Fisk Hama, Syria @indyvoices Thursday 1 February 2018 A […]
No party can remove constitutional provision linked with Islam, SC told
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: A senior counsel told the Supreme Court on Thursday that no political party was currently in a position to muster strength and remove any provision from the Constitution that had a slight link with Islamic injunctions. “The situation in the country today is such that it is […]
Tweet calling for killing of Muslims in India doesn’t violate rules, says Twitter
India Today: A journalist on Monday tweeted, without naming them directly, that “they” need to be “killed” before “they kill us”. Although interpretations of the tweet may differ from person to person, many saw it as a tweet advocating violence against members of a particular community — Muslims — and […]
Black History Month Starts Today and Ends on February 28
‘We Can Be a Better Country If We Know These Stories.’ The Complicated History of African Americans in the Military Source: Time There are as many different kinds of war […]
Ahmadiyya & Humanity First Complete an-other Project in Croatia
Source.www.czn.hr By Zubair Khan International Humanitarian Organization Humanity First Germany donated Caritas of the Zagreb Archdiocese to transport children and adolescents with physical and mental disabilities. National TV Croatia HRT was generous and kind enough to broadcast live the donation event in its morning popular program Dobro Jutro, means Good […]
Women unite for World Hijab Day, which is Today
Women unite for World Hijab Day Source: Al Jazeera By Saba Aziz Growing up in the Bronx in New York City with a hijab covering her head, Nazma Khan says […]
We must look to the past, not Isis, for the true meaning of Islam
Emir Abdelkader was a Muslim, Sufi, sheikh, humanist, protector of his people against Western barbarism, protector of Christians against Muslim barbarism, so noble that Abe Lincoln sent him a pair […]
Turkey: Head of leading business group proposes interest-free financing model for investment projects
ELIF BINICI @elifebinici ISTANBUL Chairman of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) Abdurrahman Kaan. The burden of interest rates on investors, which harms competitiveness of investors in international markets […]
Jordan: Woman gives domestic workers a voice in court
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A disappointing gathering in Sochi
Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The Russian-brokered Sochi “peace conference” on Syria dubbed as the Syrian Congress of National Dialogue held on Tuesday was off to a disappointing start and ended […]
Religion in Switzerland: Non-believers make up a quarter of Swiss population
This content was published on January 31, 2018 The proportion of Protestants declined the most of all religious groups (Keystone) According to data released by the Federal Statistical Office […]
Trump’s self-deluding generals
Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen When Donald Trump ceded his authority over military operations to commanders on the ground and, even, pilots in the air over Afghanistan, […]
Palestinians need freedom, independence as much as they need economic support — Safadi
FM takes part in donor countries meeting to support Palestinian economy By JT – Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL An excavator demolishes a building after Israeli forces’ wide-scaled operations in Isawiya district of East Jerusalem on Tuesday (Anadolu Agency photo) AMMAN — Jordan has reiterated that ending the Israeli […]
Egypt court asks Mufti to weigh in on death sentences for 10
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has referred the case of 10 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members held on terrorism charges to the country’s top religious authority, the […]