Jerusalem: It’s Tense, Crowded and Can Feel Like a Jail
Source: The New York Times By DAVID M. HALBFINGER DEC. 9, 2017 JERUSALEM — This is a tense city on a good day. You feel it behind the wheel: The traffic signals […]
Pakistan : Silence of the Lambs
Silence of the Lambs Anwaar Hussain November 16, 2017 Disclaimer: The Eqbal Ahmad Centre for Public Education (EACPE) encourages critical and independent thinking and believes in a free expression of one’s opinion. However, the views expressed in contributed articles are solely those of their respective authors and do not necessarily reflect […]
How clerics are using an ancient privilege to fight the German state on refugees
Holly Young news@thelocal.de @holly_young88 5 December 2017 How clerics are using an ancient privilege to fight the German state on refugees Authorities in Bavaria have started to act against the church when it shields people the state wants to deport. But clerics say they are unbending in their determination to […]
Trump’s Jerusalem Folly Time for Europe to Take the Lead on Peace
U.S. President Donald Trump prides himself on being a deal-maker. But his decision to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem will produce only losers. It is time […]
EU tells Netanyahu it rejects Trump’s Jerusalem move
By Reuters – Dec 11,2017 -JORDAN TIMES Lebanese demonstrators march with a model of the Dome of the Rock, along with their national flags and Palestinian flags as well as […]
Saudi corruption: Who’s being released and who’s going to court?
A sweeping roundup last month of Saudi princes and businessmen aimed at purging corruption has caused initial concern among potential investors, but many viewed this as a positive development. Minister […]
President Trump’s Jerusalem decision risks uniting the entire Arab world against the US
The recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital will make it easier for Tehran to call for all Muslims, Shia and Sunni, to stand together in defence of the Palestinians […]
What else to talk about ?
Dec 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jawad Anani After the unsurprising announcement of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, of his decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s […]
Germans could learn a lot from their new immigrant neighbours
Firstly, they need to abandon the idea ouperiority, however fast their Audis and BWMs are Wissam Hojaiban After having travelled half the globe and headed numerous German cultural institutions around […]
Syrian Ahmadiyya refugees find refuge in Ghana
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Ghana has kindly assisted a group of Syrian Ahmadis to resettle in Ghana. Please check out this very interesting video! Please check out more similar videos on you tube !
BBC Debate: Do we misrepresent Islam?
Suggested Reading Defensive War in the Holy Quran in 600 Words Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran ‘Islamic Law’: A Myopic Reading of the Quran The Purpose And Context […]
Saudi Arabia to Lift Ban on Movie Theaters After 35 Years
Source: Time By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI AND AYA BATRAWY/ AP 10:30 AM EST (RIYADH) — Saudi Arabia announced on Monday it will allow movie theaters to open in the conservative kingdom next […]
Huntington’s breakthrough may stop disease
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightJAMES GALLAGHERImage captionPeter has Huntington’s disease and his siblings Sandy and Frank also have the gene The […]
New York Port Authority attack: Man held after Manhattan blast
Source: BBC News A man is being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City’s main bus terminal, officials say. “Terrorists won’t win,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said […]
Wildfires Are The ‘New Reality’ For California, Gov. Brown Warns
Source: Huffington Post By Nina Golgowski California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) toured some of the destruction left by unrelenting wildfires across his state on Saturday and warned that climate change is creating […]
Inside The Voucher Schools That Teach L. Ron Hubbard, But Say They’re Not Scientologist
Source: Huffington Post By Rebecca Klein CLEARWATER, Fla. ― It was a weekday afternoon here in early December, and a gaggle of kids outside of Clearwater Academy International were playing with […]
Harassment survey: ‘I’m a waitress but I feel like a sex worker’
Source: BBC News Nilufer Guler is a waitress, but says she feels more like a sex worker at times. On the second day in a new job, a table of […]
Google’s ‘superhuman’ DeepMind AI claims chess crown
Source: BBC News Google says its AlphaGo Zero artificial intelligence program has triumphed at chess against world-leading specialist software within hours of teaching itself the game from scratch. The firm’s […]
Saudi Arabia To Allow Movie Theaters To Open For First Time In 35 Years
Source: Reuters and Huffington Post Cinemas were banned in the early 1980s under pressure from Islamists as Saudi society turned towards a restrictive form of the religion. DUBAI, Dec 11 […]
Islam in the modern age
Daily Times: His Highness Aga Khan-IV, the hereditary imam of the Ismaili Aga Khani community, is on a visit to Pakistan. To my mind he represents the true spirit of Islam: progress, humanity, education, and economic progress as ethical imperatives and dictates of Islamic doctrine. As a religious leader can […]