Half of Scotland’s adults say they are not religious
Source: BBC Half of adults in Scotland say they are not religious, according to new statistics. The latest Scottish Household Survey reveals that 49.8% of those surveyed said they did […]
China prepares for Dalai Lama’s death by looking to its own top Tibetan cleric
Source: The Washington Post By Simon Denyer LHASA, China — In the contest for Tibetan hearts and minds, a 26-year-old Buddhist monk is emerging into the spotlight. He is the […]
Preacher found guilty after telling woman she would burn in hell
Source: The Guardian A street preacher who told a Muslim woman she would “burn in hell” for wearing tight jeans has been found guilty of religiously aggravated threatening behaviour. Krissoni […]
Pakistan assembly passes marriage bill protecting Hindu women’s rights
Source: BBC By Asad Hashim Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women’s rights. Activists say that Hindu women have been disproportionately targeted […]
The secret costs of Islamophobia
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)With Adele’s song “All I Ask” playing in the background, a Maryland teenager opened her computer and wrote an emotional letter to […]
Diligent Hillary Clinton Upstages Donald Trump at Crucial Moment
Source: Time By Zeke J Miller / Hempstead, N.Y. @ZekeJMiller&Philip Elliott Perhaps you can’t wing your way to the White House. At the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, authenticity proved to be no substitution for preparation. Strong words faded in the face of solid experience. And, in a […]
Colombian Government and FARC Rebels Sign Peace Accord Ending Five Decades of Conflict
Source: Time By Joshua Goodman and Andrea Rodriguez / AP The 2,500 guests at the ceremony were asked to wear white as a sign of peace (CARTAGENA, Colombia) — Colombia’s government […]
US election: Who won the first debate?
Source: BBC By Anthony Zurcher; North America reporter It was a battle between the lawyer and the salesman, and for the most part the lawyer came out on top. It […]
The US has ‘no plan B’ in Syria to stop Russia operating without accountability, experts warn
US Secretary of State defends diplomatic efforts as Aleppo burns under a ferocious Russian-backed attack by the Syrian regime Bethan McKernan Beirut The US has been boxed into a corner in the face of a huge Russian-backed military escalation in the Syrian civil war, several experts have said. US Secretary […]
Israel prevents Palestinian woman from leaving Gaza for cancer treatment
SEPT. 26, 2016 GAZA (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have prevented a Palestinian woman from leaving the blockaded Gaza Strip through the Erez crossing for a medical exam at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv.According to statement from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PHCR) released Monday, 52-year […]
Houston Gunman Dead After Opening Fire at a Strip Mall
Source: Time (HOUSTON) — A disgruntled lawyer wearing military-style apparel with old Nazi emblems had two weapons and more than 2,500 rounds of live ammunition when he randomly shot at drivers in a Houston neighborhood Monday before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Nine people were injured […]
While your attention is on Aleppo: Israeli authorities carry out spate of demolitions across occupied territory
SEPT. 27, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities carried out a large number of demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank on Tuesday, destroying two family apartment buildings, a classroom, a restaurant, four water cisterns, and parts of a home in the latest instances of a policy which […]
Don’t Defeat ISIS, Yet
By RAMZY MARDINISEPT. 27, 2016 Photo Peshmerga forces during an operation to liberate villages under the control of the Islamic State southeast of Mosul, Iraq, in August. CreditAndrea Dicenzo/European Pressphoto Agency ERBIL, Iraq — A military push to recapture Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, and the rest of Nineveh Province […]
Canadian Muslim Community Prepares to Welcome the Caliph
Press Release: The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at, the Caliph, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad set to arrive in Canada The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada is excited […]
Donald Trump said 34 false things at first presidential debate
Source: Toronto Star Trump continues his pattern of unprecedented serial lying while Hillary Clinton makes four false claims. WASHINGTON—Again, there was no contest: Donald Trump was by far more dishonest than […]
6 takeaways from the first presidential debate
Source: CNN Hempstead, New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton stepped onto the debate stage Monday night determined to show that only one candidate is ready to be president. Clinton poked, prodded and […]
Do Ahmadi Muslims have Fun? Meet Yousef Lateef beacon of inspiration to the music world
http://yuseflateef.com; “Yusef Lateef has been a beacon of inspiration to the music world for many years. A devout (Ahmadi) Muslim, Yusef is beloved by Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, and people of every stripe all over the world. He has had an enormous spiritual impact on all of us and has […]
Jordan signs deal to buy gas from Israel
By Raed Omari – Sep 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The government-owned National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) on Monday signed an agreement with Noble Energy under which the latter will provide 40 per cent of the Kingdom’s electricity-generating needs. In remarks to The Jordan Times on Monday, NEPCO […]
Different protagonists, and objectives, in Syria
Sep 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh A new phase in the Syrian crisis was triggered by the Turkish intervention in the north of the country. While there are many reasons for this Turkish move, it very quickly ended the dream of a Kurdish state, which has been floated recently. […]
‘Do not play politics with Syrian Christians’
Sep 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY Elliott Abrams, a former Reagan and Bush administration official and a former colleague on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), wrote the article “The United States bars Christian, not Muslim, refugees from Syria”, provocative, as its title suggests, but […]