By Ed Payne, CNN (CNN) Calling Islamic extremism a disease, Saudi Arabia has announced the formation of a coalition of 34 predominately Muslim nations to fight terrorism. “This announcement comes from […]
Rosie Scammell | December 10, 2015 | 22 Comments VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has said that Catholics should witness to their faith but not undertake organized efforts to convert […]
By AFP – Dec 14,2015 – JORDAN TIMES ERBIL, Iraq — Turkey withdrew forces Monday from a north Iraq camp where Baghdad said they were deployed without its permission, a move that may help defuse a bitter diplomatic row with Ankara. It was not immediately clear how many soldiers […]
By Reuters – Dec 14,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – A Syrian photographer carries an injured girl following reported air strikes by regime forces on the town of Al Nashabiyah in the Eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, on Monday (AFP photo) PARIS — US Secretary […]
Dec 14,2015 – JORDAN TIMES We, in the Arab world, get indignant when American presidents or secretaries of state wear a yarmulke at a Jewish organisation, in a synagogue or at concentration camp memorial. We think that these American officials have stepped out of their way to please the Jewish […]
Source: Huffington Post By Gabriel Arana; Senior Media Editor, The Huffington Post It’s the media’s duty to be more informed than the general public about Islam and the diverse Muslim world. It […]
Source: Huffington Post Written by: Nadia El-Hillal I am a doctor. I studied and worked hard my entire life to have a career that would allow me to serve others […]
From Facebook: Kashif N Chaudhry added 2 new photos. The State gave in to the Mullahs. The guy who was held by police in an unprecedented move against hate speech […]
COP21: How one word nearly killed the climate deal ‘It took hard work, grit and guts’ Joby Warrick Paris A young woman is one of thousands of people demonstrating in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The final draft of the agreement at COP21 has received a largely positive […]
At the Broncos-Chargers game in San Diego last Sunday, a group of four Sikh Broncos fans were allegedly stopped by security guards before entering the stadium, asked to remove their turbans, and had their car searched by a bomb-sniffing dog, according toSan Diego ABC 10 News. Verinder Mahli and his […]
14th December 2015, 8:04 PM 0 LAHORE: A mob came out in the surrounding of Lahore’s Hafeez Center on Monday to protest against the detention of police’s arrest of a shopkeeper for pasting a hatful poster against Ahmadi communities. Consisted mainly of shopkeepers from Hafeez Center, Lahore’s largest electronic marketplace, […]
Source: Time Germany will reduce the influx of migrants coming in, Chancellor Angela Merkel promised her conservative party on Monday, insisting that she’s still confident her approach will work and […]
By Kamran Yousaf; Published: December 14, 2015 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India are likely to rely on ‘secret diplomacy’ to broker an elusive deal on the longstanding Kashmir dispute in a move that emulates the path adopted by the Musharraf-Manmohan administrations to find an ‘out of box’ solution to the […]
Source: Daily News By Shaun King For six months I’ve been saying that what Donald Trump is primarily offering America is a brash new form of white supremacy. The most […]
By Rabia Ali Published: December 10, 2015 PHOTO: AFP KARACHI: Pakistan is trying to do more for human rights but international covenants of United Nations have not been practically implemented. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Zohra Yusuf pointed this out while talking to The Express Tribune. Today’s Human Rights […]
The base would be Ankara’s first in the Gulf region Image Credit: EPA Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the parliament in Ankara on October 11. Published: 19:07 December 2, 2015 Gulf News Report Dubai: Turkey will establish a military base in Qatar, its President Recep Tayip Erdogan was […]
Source: Huffington Post As we race towards Christmas, our political climate puts us in danger of forgetting the radical significance of Jesus’ birth. But as we discover in this brief […]
Source: Time (RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Saudi voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results released to The Associated Press on Sunday, a day after women voted […]
Source: BBC Prominent tech executives have pledged $1bn (£659m) for OpenAI, a non-profit venture that aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) to benefit humanity. The venture’s backers include Tesla Motors […]
Source: BBC France’s far-right National Front (FN) has failed to win a single region in the second round of municipal polls. The party was beaten into third place, despite leading […]