What to do about Daesh

May 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER “ISIS [Daesh] is not an existential threat to the United States,” President Barack Obama told Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic magazine recently.  What becomes clear in that long article, much of it Obama’s own words, is that Obama shies away from the […]

Pakistan Ideology Council says: Husbands can beat their wives lightly

Pakistani husbands can ‘lightly beat’ their wives, Islamic council says – The Washington Post Pakistani husbands can ‘lightly beat’ their wives, Islamic council says – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/26/pakistani-husbands-can-lightly-beat-their-wives-islamic-council-says/<!– <!– When Pakistan’s most populated province approved a law this year that gives women protection – and a potential escape – from […]

100 Years Of Hijab Styles Video Brings A Century Of Fashion And Politics To Life

Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmuslimgirlarmy%2Fvideos%2Fvb.117231523398%2F10154183065558399%2F%3Ftype%3D3&show_text=0&width=560 Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder and editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl, told The Huffington Post that her team dreamed up the video after realizing that […]

The battle for iconic Fallujah

May 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Fallujah was a centre of the Iraqi uprising against British occupation in 1920, the first city in Iraq to revolt against the US occupation in 2003 and the first Iraqi city to submit to Daesh rule in 2014. Consequently, Fallujah cannot be […]