Mali’s Islamist conflict spreads as new militant group emerges By Reuters – Aug 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Malian Defence Minister Tieman Coulibaly (centre) surveys the damage after a hotel siege over the weekend in which 17 people died in Sevare, Mali in this August 11 file photo (Reuters photo) BAMAKO/SEVARE […]
By REUTERS PUBLISHED: , 20 August 2015 BERLIN, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Some 11 refugees and six police officers were hurt on Wednesday night during a fight among asylum seekers at a shelter in the town of Suhl in the eastern state of Thuringia, police said. A group of about […]
563. Commandment – O ye who believe! when you go forth in the cause of Allah, make proper investigation and say not to anyone who greets you with the greeting of peace, ‘Thou art not a believer.’ [4:95] O ye who believe! when you go forth in the cause of Allah, […]
A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran to Blame? Epigraph: This day all good things have been made lawful for you. … And lawful for you are chaste believing […]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD AUG. 19, 2015 THE NEW YORK TIMES More than 50 years after India and Pakistan were created in the partition of the British colonial empire, the disputed region of Kashmir remains a dangerous flash point. Cross-border violence has surged in recent months, […]
Epigraph: This day all good things have been made lawful for you. … And lawful for you are chaste believing women and chaste women from among those who were given […]
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than their advantage.’ (Al […]
Fighting Sectarianism in Islam By Sayeeda Warsi Aug 12 2015 I am a proud Muslim. I am patriotically British – indeed, one who is at her proudest when standing here in a part British-built mosque. Despite the oft asked unanswerable question as to which I am first – whether I […]
Account Of Ibrahim Noonan ‘I was born in a staunch Roman Catholic Family, a family who had priests and Missionary Nuns’ My Christian name was Michael Peter Dennis Noonan, I […]
Reliable sources informed Mr Ikramullah age 37 was shot dead in Taunsa Shareef Pakistan. He was at his medical store when 4 gunmen on two motor bikes came and shot at him. He scummed to his injuries. A Widow, daughter 5 years and an infant 18 have been left behind. […]
562. Commandment – And if they incline towards peace, incline thou also towards it, and put thy trust in Allah [8:62] And if they incline towards peace, incline thou also towards it, and put thy trust in Allah. Surely, it is He Who is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. [9:5] And when the […]
WEST BANK, August 19, 2015 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities demolished on Wednesday two residential units in Jerusalem and Ramallah, as well as notified to demolish the house of a prisoner in Hebron, according to local and media sources. Local sources said an Israeli police force accompanied by heavy machinery […]
ASYLUM POLITICS Amnesty says Switzerland should accept more refugees AUG 12, 2015 – 17:24 The UN says nearly a quarter million refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year (Keystone) The human rights organisation Amnesty International has submitted a petition to the federal government asking that it […]
An undated handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Wednesday shows the late 82-year old retired chief archaeologist of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, Khaled al-Assaad, giving a press conference at an unknown location in Syria. Daesh (Islamic State) members on Wednesdasy beheaded Al-Assaad, […]
In this June 24, 2007 file photo released by the Nature press service shows a ringlet butterfly (‘Aphantopus hyperantus’). (AFP) REUTERS Published — Wednesday 19 August 2015 ARABNEWS.COM ISTANBUL: A group of Islamic experts urged the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims on Tuesday to do more to fight global […]
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. (SPA) ABDULHADI HABTOR Published — Wednesday 19 August 2015 JEDDAH: An unmarried woman’s dowry has been officially fixed at SR50,000, (13’500 US$)while for a divorcee, it would be SR30,000. The move follows instructions from Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also adviser to […]
War begets refugees Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES On April 26, 2011, a meeting that can only be described as sinister took place between then-Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The most pressing issue discussed at the meeting in Rome was how to deal with African immigrants. […]
FATAH Liberals mum on Trudeau’s mosque visit 460 BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2015 07:02 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2015 07:25 PM EDT Liberal leader Justin Trudeau speaks at a party rally in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, with Regina-Wascana MP Ralph Goodale and candidates Lawrence Joseph for Desnethe […]
Calgary Liberal candidate steps down over Twitter outbursts Ala Buzreba, who told a Twitter user in 2011 to ‘go blow your brains out,’ has quit as candidate for Calgary-Nose Hill. Share on Facebook Ala Buzreba had been the Liberal candidate for Calgary–Nose Hill until she stepped down late Tuesday amid […]
UN backs Syria peace plan after deadly regime strikes By AFP – Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian emergency personnel carry a wounded man following air strikes by Syrian government forces on a marketplace in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on Sunday (AFP photo) […]