Source: Reuters Ankara (Reuters) – Iran and Turkey will work together to confront the disintegration of Iraq and Syria to ease tension in the crisis-hit region, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani […]
DAILY SABAH WITH DOGAN NEWS AGENCY ISTANBUL AA Photo A Van Cat named Kartopu (Snowball) won this year’s feline beauty contest held in Van, eastern Turkey. In the competition […]
Source: Huffington Post As the nation reels from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, some people have noticed a double standard in how the media has portrayed 64-year-old Stephen […]
Source: BBC News By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for improving images made of biological molecules. […]
Source: BBC News Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC. In his first interview since a […]
Source: CNN By Holly Yan, Madison Park and Darran Simon, CNN (CNN)Every detail of this indiscriminate mass murder seemed meticulously planned. The selection of a hotel room overlooking a music festival, days before […]
Source: BBC News The girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock has arrived in the United States, where she is due to be questioned by police. Marilou Danley was met […]
Source: CNN By Marijke Vroomen Durning, RN Asthma touches so many people—if you don’t have it yourself, there’s a good chance you know at least one person who does. According […]
Extract from the book: Among The Dervishes – by O.M. Burke 1973 – Page 111 and 112 of the 1988 pocket book edition The Followers of Jesus (in Afghanistan) The […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, fast growing international revival movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, it spans over 200 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. Its current […]
Schools of Islamic thought (madhahib) are the paths people follow to the Noble Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad. Obviously, these schools of thought were founded considerably after the death of the Prophet; in fact, they never took shape until the time of the Umayyid Caliphate. The common phrase ahl al-sunnah wal-jama΄ah, […]
Epigraph: “Goodness does not consist in turning your face towards East or West. The truly good are those who believe in God and the Last Day, in the angels, the […]
By Ahmed Bani Mustafa – Oct 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES The bedouin way of life is closely connected to the desert and its creatures, and their livelihood depends on camels […]
Recapture of city slowed by presence of civilian hostages By Reuters – Oct 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians displaced from the city of Deir Ezzor prepare to leave the area […]
Oct 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud The BDS movement (boycott, divestment and sanctions), was the outcome of several events that shaped the Palestinian national struggle and international solidarity with the Palestinian people following the second Intifada in 2000. Building on a decades-long tradition of civil disobedience and popular […]
(Editor: if they can prove they are Myanmar citizens…) By AFP – Oct 02,2017 – Jordan Times In this photo taken on Sunday, a Rohingya Muslim refugee holds her child as she waits to see a doctor at a medical centre at Balukhali refugee camp near the town of […]
I was greatly grieved to hear of the full-face veil ban being criminalised in Austria. It is estimated that of the nearly 9 million people of Austria, this will actually apply to a mere 150 women. Certainly forcefully removing the garment from these 150 women will not solve Austria’s problems. […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood; Religion correspondent Most of 43 countries with a state religion are in Middle East and North Africa with majority Muslim, according to research More […]
Epigraph: Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then He settled Himself on the Throne. And He pressed the sun and the […]
Source: BBC As details emerge about the Las Vegas gunman who killed at least 59 people and injured more than 500 others, an online debate has begun about why Stephen […]