Syria’s fate risks repeating the catastrophe of 1920 Aug 20,2015 – by Rami G. Khouri – Jordan Times As has long been the case throughout history, developments in Syria today reflect significant trends that pertain to other parts of the Arab world, especially Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Somalia, Palestine and […]
Imams from more than 50 countries will be present together with 30,000 delegates from far afield as South Asia, New Zealand, North America, Africa and many countries in the EU to reaffirm Islam’s rejection of fanaticisms. Tight security will be in place for the event that will challenge head on […]
Source: Huffington Post By Martha Bellisle An anti-Muslim group cannot post ads on buses in Washington state showing photos of wanted terrorists and wrongly claiming the FBI offers a $25 […]
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison; Mormon mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife,’ Princeton PhD, nationally ranked triathlete This Sunday, I attended a Methodist worship service as […]
Palestinian Christians scuffle with Israeli forces over divisive wall By AFP – Aug 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian Christian worshippers and priests arrive for an open-air mass to protest against the building of Israel’s controversial barrier in the Cremisan Valley, which lies between the sprawling settlement of Gilo in occupied […]
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, […]