China opens a new university every week
Source: BBC China has outstripped the US and Europe in graduate numbers and the gap is growing wider Global education Tuition fees: Is England more expensive than US? Top 10 […]
Europe’s ‘warehouse of souls’
MAHIR ALI WWW.ARABNEWS.COM Published — Wednesday 16 March 2016 IT is wise of Angela Merkel not to have panicked in the wake of setbacks for her Christian Democrats (CDU) in Sunday’s three regional elections. The German chancellor acknowledged the blow, but discounted the likelihood of abrupt changes to […]
A moral threshold to combat racism in Israel
Mar 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZI BAROUD Condemnations of the boycott of Israel seem to have fallen on deaf ears. Calls from Western governments, originating from the UK, the US, Canada and others, to criminalise the boycott of Israel have hardly slowed down the momentum of the pro-Palestinian boycott, […]
Israel seizes land in occupied W. Bank — radio
By Reuters – Mar 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has appropriated large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank near the Dead Sea and the Palestinian city of Jericho, Israeli Army Radio said on Tuesday. Israel’s Peace Now movement, which tracks and opposes Israeli settlement […]
New US peace proposal
Mar 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah US President Barack Obama seems to be considering ideas that could facilitate a deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis, not while still in office, as time is running short for that, but for the benefit of his successors. “Middle East peace […]
25 countries to participate in maiden Ahmadiyya Muslim Games
http://theeagleonline.com.ng: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Nigeria said on Tuesday that about 20 African countries would participate in its maiden youth games tagged: “Ahmadi Youths All African Games 2016.” Adedokun […]
Is Europe becoming islamophobic?
http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr: Public discussion on the place of Islam and Muslim populations in European societies is becoming increasingly hysterical. In the absence of precise information and research, we draw general conclusions on the capacity or the desire of tens of millions of people to integrate and live together from events which […]
Could Hillary Clinton face the same fate as David Petraeus?
Source: BBC Could Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information while secretary of state sink her presidential hopes? It’s a question that has dogged her campaign for over a year – […]
Saudi Arabia: All female Brunei crew in historic flight
Source: BBC Three Royal Brunei Airlines pilots have made history by being the company’s first all-female flight crew, making their first journey to Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed […]
What Donald Trump Can Teach You About the Narcissists in Your Life
Source: Time The GOP front-runner may or may not be a walking case of narcissism, but there’s a lot we can learn from him either way It’s a pretty safe […]
Sanders wrongly assumes town hall questioner is Muslim
Source: Politico During an MSNBC town hall event in Columbus, Ohio, Bernie Sanders falsely assumed an audience member who asked a question about violence against religious and ethnic minorities was […]
Joel Osteen denies Twitter rumors of Trump endorsement
Source: USA Today HOUSTON — A Texas megapastor is under fire for \comments he made about Donald Trump during a book tour six months ago. On Twitter, some people have said Joel Osteen, the pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, has endorsed the Republican presidential candidate. Church officials say it’s simply […]
Donald Trump has a Mormon problem
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune It’s not just Mitt Romney who has a problem with Donald Trump. Polls and election results from Idaho and Wyoming show that Mormons generally don’t […]
Pro-Trump pastor: Bernie Sanders ‘gotta get saved’
Source: CNN (CNN)A pastor backing Donald Trump said at a rally in North Carolina Monday that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders “doesn’t believe in God” and needs to be “saved.” “Listen, Bernie gotta get saved, he gotta meet Jesus,” the South Carolina televangelist Mark Burns told audience members at Lenoir-Rhyne […]
The U.S. House just voted unanimously that the Islamic State commits ‘genocide.’ Now what?
Source: The Washington Post The U.S. House of Representative voted 393 to 0 Monday night that the Islamic State’s assaults on religious minorities in Iraq and Syria constitute genocide, a rare designation […]
SKIING IN KASHMIR: Going off-piste in a conflict zone
By Anand Chandrasekhar with input from Surbhi Kaul, Verbier MAR 15, 2016 – 11:00 It is estimated that between 300,000 to 500,000 military and paramilitary soldiers are deployed in Kashmir, mainly along the border with Pakistan (Keystone) Lured by virgin snow, adventurous skiers are ignoring travel advisories to stay away […]
Jordan to attempt artificial rainmaking this spring
By Hana Namrouqa – Mar 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES MCT illustration AMMAN — Jordan’s first experiment in artificial rainmaking is scheduled to take place during spring in the Jordan Valley over the catchment area of King Talal Dam, a government official said on Sunday. The first experiment will be […]
Palestinian teacher wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize
By AP – Mar 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian primary school teacher Hanan Al Hroub reacts after she won the second annual Global Teacher Prize in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday (AP photo) DUBAI — A Palestinian primary school teacher who grew up in a refugee camp won […]
There is huge room for more collaboration between Jordan, Indonesia — Marsudi
By Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Muslims can and need to do more to empower the moderate and counter the narrative of terrorists and radical groups, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said in an exclusive interview with The Jordan Times during her visit to […]
Syrian civil war: West failed to factor in Bashar al-Assad’s Iranian backers as the conflict developed
Five years ago, we were high on Arab revolutions, and journalists were growing used to ‘liberating’ Arab capitals Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 13 March 2016 Just before I left Syria last month, a tall and eloquent Franco-Lebanese man walked up to me in a Damascus coffee shop and introduced himself […]