Source: Dawn Good for him, good for Nawaz. The tree of democracy must be refreshed from time to time with a jalsa or two. Too late for Nawaz to save his job, but at least something different to the dire, soulless stuff that had come before. Sadly, now that it’s […]
Source: Dawn Officials feared the death toll may climb, as eight of the wounded were in critical condition. Condemning the terrorist attack, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa termed it an attempt to “mar Independence Day festivity” in the city and declared that “our resolve won’t succumb […]
Source: CNN President Donald Trump, a man known for his bluntness, was anything but on Saturday, failing to name the white supremacists or alt-right groups at the center of violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. Instead, the man whose vicious attacks against Hillary Clinton, John McCain, federal judges, fellow Republican leaders […]
A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched https://t.co/AHTev2hfQo via @wordpressdotcom — TheMuslimTimes (@TheMuslimTimes2) July 17, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times: […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A Muslim woman wearing a burkini who went to a community pool in Marseille, France was told to leave the pool and pay fees to clean the […]
Hundreds gather ahead of planned ‘Unite the Right’ rally at Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, as Trump condemns violence via Twitter Virginia’s governor declared a state of emergency amid violence in […]
Reuters International AUGUST 12, 2017 Rehana Khursheed Hashmi, 75, migrated from India with her family in 1960 and whose relatives, live in India, speaks with her grandson Zain Hashmi, 19 while looking family photo album at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By […]
Aug 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Maha Shah Pakistan celebrates its 70th independence day on August 14 following a judicial verdict that ousted its democratic leader. How will the change shape the future of the country? Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in as the prime minister of Pakistan on August 1 […]
Pundits laud achievement, urge anti-poverty, joblessness fight By Mohammad Ghazal – Aug 12,2017 – Jordan has a long track record as a safe a country, a fact highlighted by […]
The grown-ups in the US administration may think it wise to keep Donald Trump as far away from negotiations as possible Kim Sengupta 51 comments Donald Trump’s talk of annihilating North Korea with “fire and fury likes of which the world has never seen” – a threat delivered from his […]
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Published — Saturday 12 August 2017 Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, may he rest in peace, could have done what Qatar’s then-Crown Prince Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa did following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Back then, during a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Doha, Sheikh Hamad tried to […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kerry Walters, ContributorProfessor Emeritus of Philosophy, Gettysburg College; Catholic priest In his 2002 book War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, war correspondent Chris Hedges argued that […]
SAUDI ARABIA TARIQ AL-THQAFI | Published — Saturday 12 August 2017 A Saudi security officer sprays water over pilgrims to beat the heat in Makkah. (AP file photo) MAKKAH: Residents […]
Source: Time By Madeline Farber Aug 11, 2017 Millions of Americans will see a total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, and many of them will point their cameras skyward to capture the celestial event. […]
SAUDI ARABIA RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. | Published — Saturday 12 August 2017 Hundreds ofworshipperslisten toa Fridaysermon atthe GrandMosque inMakkah.(SPA) RIYADH: Preparations are complete for the arrival of 1,000 relatives of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to perform this year’s Hajj as guests of King Salman. Abdullah Al-Madalj, secretary-general of […]
Source: Time By Alan Fram / AP Updated: Aug 11, 2017 11:26 AM ET WASHINGTON — Message to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans: Stop trying to scuttle the Obama […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sahar Aziz, who is Professor at Rutgers Law School; Scholar at Institute for Social Policy & Understanding; Senior Fellow at Center for Global Policy And: Khaled […]
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suggested that parliament make the blasphemy law tougher by fixing the same punishment for any person misusing it or falsely accusing someone of blasphemy. In a detailed order issued on Friday, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also ordered a complete ban on the […]
Source: ET For the last few years, Rohingya Muslims have found themselves in the awkward place where some of the world’s stateless peoples have lived and subsisted — largely unnoticed and unassisted by the international community. Wedged uncomfortably between the borders of their native Myanmar and Bangladesh — their first […]
Source: NPR By Terry Gross Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so. Wright points out […]