Islamic State: Where key countries stand
Source: BBC The lightning rise of Islamic State (IS), the jihadist militant group that has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq since 2014, has sent shockwaves around the Middle […]
Syria conflict: German cabinet approves IS mission
Source: BBC The German cabinet has backed plans for military support in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, a naval frigate and a 1,200-strong […]
Turkey challenges Russia over IS oil trade claim
Source: BBC Turkey has challenged Russia to prove its claim that Ankara shot down a Russian plane in order to protect its oil trade with Islamic State (IS). “If you […]
Intolerance Debate: Shahrukh Khan finally breaks silence on Aamir Khan
Mumbai, Dec 1: After a long debate and controversy, Aamir Khan finally received support from the King Khan of Bollywood — Shahrukh Khan (SRK). The superstar of Hindi cinema finally broke his silence on the controversy related to Aamir Khan and his statement on growing intolerance in the country. Shahrukh, […]
Misreading the Intifada
RAMZY BAROUD Published — Tuesday 1 December 2015 Israeli commentators, Yaron Friedman, of “Ynet News” and Haviv Rettig Gur, of the “Times of Israel” are clueless about the driving force behind the Palestinian mobilization and collective struggle. In two recent articles, and with unmistakable conceit, they attempted to […]
Further descent into madness
Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby The roots of our nation’s current descent into madness can be traced back to a series of unresolved catastrophic traumas Americans experienced during the Bush administration. In the short span of eight years, we suffered a collective loss of confidence in American […]
To lower Russian-Turkey tension
Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL It is encouraging to see that Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped short of taking military action against Ankara, which could have escalated into a much larger confrontation, a fear expressed by many these past days. To be sure, the punitive measures Moscow is […]
Climate change cannot be addressed in isolation — King of Jordan
By JT – Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah delivers an address at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Monday, attended by several world leaders (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said the war of “our […]
Abolishing Homophobia Would Uphold Islamic And Moroccan Values
Source: Huffington Post In a recent statement to CNN Arabic, Morocco’s minister of tourism Lahcen Haddad affirmed that he opposes the decriminalization of extramarital relations and that he is open […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Houston holds Thanksgiving Interfaith Service
Source: yourhoustonnews.com | By Petrina J. Johnson The recent terrorist attacks in Paris are bringing people from different religions together for united prayer. During a Thanksgiving Interfaith Service on Thursday, Nov. 19, by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Houston, victims of the attacks were remembered. The annual Thanksgiving meeting and dinner was sponsored […]
Pakistan: USCIRF Condemns Attack on Ahmadis
Source: uscirf.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the heinous attack on an Ahmadi […]
Thomas Piketty might have the most controversial theory for what’s behind the rise of ISIS
Businessinsider.com: A year after his 700-page opus“Capital in the Twenty-First Century” stormed to the top of America’s best-seller lists, Thomas Piketty is out with a new argument about income inequality. It may prove more controversial than his book, which continues to generate debate in political and economic circles. The new […]
Muhammad: the Light for the Dark Ages of Europe!
Source: Islam for the West By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times An honest study of the causes of the Dark Ages and European renaissance will lead […]
Switzerland bans the burqa, imposes £6,500 fine on Muslim women
wearing full-body garment in public Photo: Switzerland bans the burqua, imposes £6,500 fine on Muslim women wearing full-body garment in public Pregnant Muslim woman branded ‘terrorist’ on London bus while passengers looked on 27 November 2015 Women in many parts of the Middle East are prohibited from being seen […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association hosts Religious Founders Day in Montreal
Faiths come together to say Peace for All. Crossing boundaries of ethnicity, race and religion, Faith is building bridges in Montreal, Quebec On November 29, 2015 Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association […]
Intolerance versus legalised persecution
No parliament has the right, no matter how sovereign, to determine the faith of an individual citizen. This is not the job of a parliament. It is God’s job Yasser […]
The case of ‘The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ still isn’t closed
Source: Crux Three years ago, Harvard University professor Karen L. King showed the world a tiny fragment of ancient Egyptian papyrus whose eight partial lines of Coptic script included one […]
Witch burning rebels stoke Central African Republic violence
Source: Reuters BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rebels in Central African Republic have kidnapped, burnt and buried alive “witches” in public ceremonies, exploiting widely held superstitions to control areas in […]
From Indonesia, a Muslim Challenge to the Ideology of the Islamic State
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The scene is horrifyingly familiar. Islamic State soldiers march a line of prisoners to a riverbank, shoot them one by one and dump their bodies over a […]
After uproar, German town warms to refugees who took over church
Source: Reuters When Daniela Handwerk looked out of her window earlier this month and saw the church across the street being emptied out and turned into a refugee shelter, she […]