Modern technology unlocks secrets of a damaged biblical scroll
Source: The New York Times By NICHOLAS WADE Nearly half a century ago, archaeologists found a charred ancient scroll in the ark of a synagogue on the western shore of the […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting organised a World Peace Day prayer at Broadway station
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting organised a World Peace Day prayer at Tooting Broadway station. On 21st Sep 2016 Ahmadiyya Muslim Tooting Chapter did peace prayer to promote Peace, Loyalty, Freedom and Respect in celebration of International Peace Day. Event was well attended & appreciated by Tooting residents. Local president of […]
Wanted: high-skilled, non-Muslim asylum seekers
ASYLUM STUDY SEP 23, 2016 – 09:14 Europe is in the grip of a migration crisis. Here, Italian officers rescue a woman from a crowded wooden boat carrying more than 700 migrants (Keystone) Europeans are more likely to accept asylum seekers who have a higher employability, have been persecuted […]
America, the threatened?
Sep 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER The French ambassador to the US from 1902 to 1924, Jean-Jules Jusserand, observed that distant powers could not easily threaten the US because “on the north, she has a weak neighbour; on the south, another weak neighbour; on the east fish and […]
The Russians are coming… to Israel and Palestine
Sep 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER Russia recently announced that it has decided to go where angels fear to tread: into the whirlpool of negotiations between Palestine and Israel. Long a preserve of the Americans and the French, the attempt to bring peace between the two and to […]
Good intentions turned into dreadful mistakes
Sep 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN US President Barack Obama should give back the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded a few months after taking office in 2009. Instead of making peace, he has waged war in this region and the Indian subcontinent, and sold more arms to […]
‘Why US aid to Israel endangers us all’
Sep 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Many dramatic, significant, even historic events have occurred in the world in the last few days, including barbaric wars, broken ceasefires, terrorism in several American and Middle Eastern cities, global summits on refugees and migrants, and other such scourges. So why […]
After the unravelling of the Syrian ceasefire can the US and Russia ever get along?
Any settlement in Syria will probably look more like the Russian version (with a weakened Assad) than the Western version (without him). This has nothing in common with the era of the Cold War; far more with the shifting sands of the Middle East today Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices A […]
For the first time, Saudi Arabia is being attacked by both Sunni and Shia leaders
What, the Saudis must be asking themselves, has happened to the fawning leaders who would normally grovel to the Kingdom? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Iran boycotted the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, this year after rising tensions between the nations AP The Saudis step deeper into trouble almost by the […]
Pope Francis: journalism based on gossip and lies a form of terrorism
Source: The Guardian Pontiff says journalists must go the extra mile to seek the truth and ensure they don’t spread rumours which can ‘kill a person with your tongue’ Journalism […]
World’s oldest library reopens in Fez: ‘You can hurt us, but you can’t hurt the books’
Guardian: The caretaker stares at the wrought iron door and its four ancient locks with a gleam in his eyes. Outside, the Moroccan sun shines down upon the ornate coloured tiles of Khizanat al-Qarawiyyin, located in the old medina of Fez. This, it is widely believed, is the oldest library […]
Laughter is the Best Cure for Trump
In youtube search daily show, Colbert, Seth Meyers and SNL to continue to laugh all the way to November 8th, the day of election in USA.
A herpetologist in the making
By Prof. Muhammad Sharif Khan Since 1963, when I started working in field of herpetology, I enjoyed support of my family. None except me, were lovers of frogs and lizards, especially my late wife Rashida Tasnim (Professor of Persian language), with neat and clean habits, tolerated the smell of formalin, […]
AfD caught in Nazi scandal as members’ activities revealed
Source: The Local AfD candidate Kay Nerstheimer was elected on Sunday to Berlin’s state parliament, but quickly came under pressure over controversial posts he made on Facebook as well as his background as a former member of the far-right German Defence League. After labelling Syrian refugees “disgusting worms” last year, […]
US cops killed 100 times more than German police in 2015
Source: The Local According to the Washington Post’s database of fatal police shootings, 990 people were killed in 2015. In Germany, ten people were killed by police last year, according to a report on Thursday by publishing groupFunke Mediengruppe, citing figures from the German Police University. That means that while […]
A 10-month Umrah season proposed
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 17 September 2016 The expansion of the holy mosques takes into account the expected surge in Muslim population worldwide by 2030. (AN photo by Ahmed Hashad) RIYADH: A government proposal to extend the Umrah season from the current eight months to 10 is […]
Iranian Leader warns against insulting Sunni figures
September 20, 2016 TEHRAN – Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday underscored the importance of unity across the Islamic world, calling on the Shiite Muslims to avoid making vituperative comments about the Sunni figures. The Supreme Leader made the remarks as he received thousands of people from all walks […]
Iran-Islam scriptural heritage studies center opens in St. Petersburg
September 21, 2016 TEHRAN – The Center for Scriptural Heritage Studies of Iran and Islam was inaugurated in the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday. The ceremony, which took place in the Green Hall of the institute, was attended by the […]
Ghana: Call to remove Gandhi statue over ‘racist views’
Source: Aljazeera BY Teo Kermeliotis A group of Ghanaian academics, students and artists is calling for the removal of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from a university campus, saying that the […]
Poll: Most US voters ‘disgusted’ with presidential race
Source: Aljazeera Feelings of frustration, disgust and fear are mounting among US voters, a poll has found, as many Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump supporters say their presidential choice is […]