By JT – Oct 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Freihat at the army headquarters on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to start a working visit to […]
Her Majesty urges Germany to support refugees by investing in Jordan By JT – Oct 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Her Majesty Queen Rania delivers a speech at the Day of German Industry in Berlin on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — Her Majesty Queen Rania on Thursday […]
30 Years of The Independent Face to face with Bin Laden Speaking exclusively – and chillingly – to Robert Fisk, the ‘rebel leader’ openly plotted terror against the West Robert Fisk 10 July 1996 Osama bin Laden, the fiercest opponent of the Saudi regime and of America’s presence in the […]
The Atlantic Monthly: Ben Affleck has become an unlikely spokesman for a view on Islam held by many on the American left. In 2014, the actor made a now-famous stand against Bill Maher and Sam Harris in defense of Muslims, arguing that it’s wrong to make generalizations about the religion based on ideological extremists and […]
Published: Oct 5, 2016 DAVID WALDMAN WASHINGTON — Technology will fuel an increase of up to 3% in the gross domestic product of every country over the next decade, the executive chairman of Cisco Systems said at an International Monetary Fund panel Wednesday. “If you look at what is […]
UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) WRITTEN BY Cassie Werber A senior member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which was instrumental in the campaign for Brexit, was hospitalized in serious condition after reportedly being punched by a colleague at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today (Oct. 6). Steven […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kashif N Chaudhry; Physician, Writer, Human Rights Activist Gary Miller via Getty ImagesPresident of the United States Barack Obama looks on as prayers are given by […]
Source: Time By Munir Ahmed / AP Pakistan’s Prime Minister blamed India for the rising tensions between the two countries but said he wanted to resolve the Kashmir dispute through talks (ISLAMABAD) — Pakistan’smilitary on Wednesday accused India of another “unprovoked” attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, saying it […]
Source: Time Parliament closed a loophole that allowed “honor” killers to go free (ISLAMABAD) — Pakistani lawmakers have passed a law that stiffens the penalty for convicted “honor” killers and […]
Source: Time By Amy Forliti / AP (ST. CLOUD, Minn.) — The man who stabbed 10 people at Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged female relatives to be more religious, the FBI said Thursday. “We were told (he) had […]
Source: Aljazeera Hurricane which has already killed at least 65 people in Haiti could have “catastrophic” impact, Florida governor says. The fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade slammed into the Bahamas early on Thursday, intensifying as it barrelled towards the southeast US coast where millions of residents heeded warnings […]
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 5 October 2016 As she speaks, Madeleine Lancaster rests her hand on her pregnant belly. “Oh they’re about six or seven months along now”. At […]
Source: BBC Playboy has for the first time featured a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. The BBC’s Hanan Razek met Libyan-American journalist Noor Tagouri to find out why she wanted […]
Source: Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — A religious rights organization has filed a complaint with federal authorities against Southwest Airlines for what the group says was racial and […]
Source: Philly.com By Michael Matza, Staff Writer Ez-Zohra Baidouri, 73, emigrated from Morocco in 1986, settled with her family in Northeast Philadelphia, and embraced U.S. citizenship 15 years ago. On […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Using just nine words from the Bible, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine condemned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments that he wanted to […]
Source: Yahoo News Oslo (AFP) – Norway’s right-wing government on Wednesday announced plans to ban the full-face Islamic veil from classrooms and university lecture halls. Education Minister Torbjorn Roe Isaksen, […]
Epigraph: It is Allah Who created you in a state of weakness, and after weakness gave strength; then, after strength, caused weakness and old age. He creates what He pleases. […]
Column: Politics Seymour Hersh has risked much over his decades of journalism. He is a true journalist who has been attacked, slandered, and shunned by all sides simply because he seems to resist taking any side. When he reported on US atrocities in Vietnam, he was first attacked and denounced […]
By GPD on June 17, 2016 The Zionist intelligence Chief, Major General Herzi Halevy, said that the last three months have been the most difficult for ISIS since its inception.In […]