By CARLOTTA GALLFEB. 6, 2016 The funeral of Saeed Jawad Hossini, 29, who was killed in a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul in January. Credit Shah Marai/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images TUNIS — PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI of Afghanistan has warned in several recent interviews that unless peace talks with Pakistan […]
FATIMA AL-FIHRI –THE GLOBAL PIONEER IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION By Moin Qazi, PhD (Economics), PhD (English), Nagpur India moinqazi123@gmail.com The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: “If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, God will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise. The angels will lower their wings […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pope Francis will hold a historic first meeting with Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russian Orthodox Church, […]
Yemen Houthis, Saudis and jihadis The three-way war in Yemen is not going well IF EVER a war caused pointless death and destruction, it is the one in Yemen. The Houthis, a rebel force, ousted the government from Sana’a, the capital, earlier this year but are nowhere near their aim […]
In Shia Muslims’ holiest site, a new openness to other faiths Dec 5th 2015 CORDIAL encounters between representatives of different creeds are common enough in the Western world, whether the organisers are universities, governments or NGOs. (In the latter case, inter-faith activity is often aimed at building bridges by tackling […]
Epigraph: All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and […]
The government’s new ‘jewellery law’ takes effect on Friday. Photo: Claus Fisker/Scanpix Published: 05 Feb 2016 Beginning Friday, Danish police now have the authority to take cash and valuables from refugees – here’s how it will work in practice. NY Times blasts ‘Denmark’s cruelty toward refugees’ (02 Feb 16) Denmark […]
French riot police at the Calais ferry terminal. Photo: Philippe Huguen/AFP Anti-Islam protestors clash with police in Calais Published: 06 Feb 2016 – http://www.thelocal.fr Around 150 protesters gathered in central Calais carrying signs such as “This is our home,” waving the French flag and singing the French national […]
Cardinal Reinhard Marx said the response to the migrant crisis should not solely be a matter of “charity but also reason.” Photo: DPA Published: 06 Feb 2016 The German Catholic Church called for a reduction in the influx of refugees arriving in Germany, saying the country cannot take in “all […]
Several thousand Pegida supporters turned up in Dresden. Photo: DPA Published: 06 Feb 2016 A march by Germany’s anti-Islamic organisation Pegida drew thousands to the eastern city of Dresden on Saturday on a day that saw rallies across Europe in support of the movement. ‘Germany must take fewer refugees’ – […]
Catastrophic failure of institutions the real culprit, not individual heroes or villains Amanda Taub By the time it became clear to the world that Egypt’s Arab Spring had gone […]
A crowded mataf is seen in the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (AN photo by Ahmad Hashad) ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 7 February 2016 MADINAH/JEDDAH: Pilgrims and visitors performing tawaf […]
Feb 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jacek Rostowski The first challenge to the Western hegemony that followed the collapse of communism in Europe was the emergence of the so-called BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — in the 2000s. Rapidly growing and collectively accounting for nearly […]
By AFP – Feb 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holding the UN report, speaks on the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy in London, Friday (AP photo) LONDON […]
By AFP – Feb 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Kurdish women hold flags and shout slogans during a demonstration against the exclusion of the Syrian Kurds from the Geneva talks, in the northeast Syrian Kurdish city of Qamishli, on Thursday (Reuters photo) QAMISHLI, Syria — Syrian Kurdish separatists have announced […]
Feb 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah recently issued directives to concerned Royal Palace officials to continue implementing Royal initiatives extending help to underprivileged families, charity societies, orphanages, the elderly and people with disabilities. These most vulnerable groups of people will benefit from the Royal directives, which […]
By AP – Feb 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Aerial view of the solar plant of Ouarzazate, central Morocco, on Thursday (AP photo) OUARZAZATE, Morocco — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI […]
Source: Time By Muhammed A. Chaudhry is CEO of Silicon Valley Education Foundation and Communications Director for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. ‘If you’ve ever demanded Muslims stand up to extremism, […]
Voices The tables have turned and now it is the rebels who find themselves surrounded, along with the tens of thousands of civilians in their sector of the city Robert Fisk Middle East correspondent @indyvoices Friday 5 February 2016 61 comments A Syrian man comforts a boy amid the rubble […]
The Independent Adam Withnall © Provided by The Independent An aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp on the Jordan-Syrian border, which houses 80,000 people (Picture: [copyright])The king of Jordan has warned his country could stop taking refugees from Syria if it is not offered more support by the international […]