Muslim world in flux

Source: Dawn As Muslims worldwide have just performed another Haj and are now celebrating Eidul Azha, it is perhaps an opportune moment to reflect on the current state of that abstract construct — the ‘Muslim world’. While, indeed, the world as a whole is facing myriad challenges to the global […]

Muslim woman set on fire in New York

Source: ET The attack came just two days after a Brooklyn woman launched a sickening attack on two Muslim women pushing their babies in strollers — punching them in the face and trying to pull off their hijabs. Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, hurled Islamophobic insults as she pounced on the two […]

Securing the UN’s future

Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – KEVIN RUDD As the existing international order becomes more fragmented, strong global-governance institutions are crucial for addressing the world’s strategic, economic and sustainability challenges.  And yet, rarely have our existing institutions — including, above all, the United Nations — been frailer. The UN is […]

America’s true role in Syria

Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jeffrey D. Sachs Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet.  Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died; around 10 million Syrians have been displaced; Europe has been convulsed with Daesh terror and the political fallout of refugees; and […]