Weaponization of the refugee crisis must be addressed
KHALED ABOU ZAHR June 01, 2023 During the Turkiye presidential elections, the status of Syrian refugees became a central topic. The winner of the election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took a […]
Lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir picked up in Karachi. Wife
Lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir picked up in Karachi: wife Dawn.com Published June 2, 2023 Updated about 7 hours ago Lawyer and rights activist Jibran Nasir has been “picked up by unidentified men” […]
Arab opinion reflects regional changes
Jun 01,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The Arab World has seen a significant juggling of relationships. After the debacle of Iraq and 20 years of dizzying, often […]
The Syrian refugee who became mayor of a German village
By AFP – Jun 02,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Ryyan Alshebl, mayor of the community of Ostelsheim in Baden-Wuerttemberg, southwestern Germany, addresses a press talk with the Association of the Foreign Press in […]
The Quran: ‘Glory be to God, the Best of Creators!’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January […]
UN Rapporteurs Highlight Hate Crimes Against Ahmadis
Concerns over rising atrocities, violence, and discrimination against Ahmadi religious minority in Pakistan highlighted by 4 UN special rapporteurs. Hate speech, attacks on places of worship, and lack of effective […]
Ben Roberts-Smith: Top Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case
Share By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. […]
Mossad Mystery and Conspiracy Theories: The Questions Still Rocking a Capsized Boat Full of Israeli and Italian Spies
Analysis | A cloud of cover-stories and confusion fed by partial scraps of information surround a freak accident in Italy’s Lake Maggiore. Though Israel has named the Mossad agent that died, […]
THE DEADLIEST RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN HISTORY EXPLAINED
BY MICHELE GAMA SOSA/JAN. 24, 2022 Religious conflict is a defining feature of today’s world, and it has been for millennia. Often, religion is just one factor in conflicts that result […]
Imran Khan’s miscalculation
Game of political engineering Zahid Hussain Published May 31, 2023 THEY all appeared to be reading from the same script as they renounced their affiliation with the PTI. They left in […]
Hajj officials review services and facilities for Hajj season
Hajj officials review services and facilities that will be provided during the season. (SPA) ARAB NEWS May 30, 2023 JEDDAH: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance conducted the first […]
A more courageous, smarter humanitarianism is needed to ease Sudan’s pain
Thursday . June 01, 2023 MUKESH KAPILA May 31, 2023 I hovered at the ill-defined Sudan-South Sudan border watching the Nuba Mountains being firebombed. It was 2013 and the region […]
The royal couple: A closer look at Rajwa Al-Saif and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II
Rajwa Al-Saif and Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah are getting married on June 1. (Instagram) Updated 31 May 2023 HAMS SALEH AND SHYAMA KRISHNA KUMAR May 25, 2023 DUBAI: […]
AI ‘godfather’ Yoshua Bengio feels ‘lost’ over life’s work
By Zoe Kleinman, for BBC Technology editor One of the so-called “godfathers” of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has said he would have prioritised safety over usefulness had he realised the pace […]
Muslims in Switzerland
22 languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Islam in Europeby percentage of country population[1] 90–100% AzerbaijanKosovoTurkey 70–90% AlbaniaKazakhstan 50–70% Bosnia and Herzegovina 30–40% North Macedonia 10–20% BulgariaCyprusGeorgiaMontenegroRussia 5–10% AustriaSwedenBelgiumFranceGermanyGreeceLiechtensteinNetherlandsSwitzerlandUnited KingdomNorwayDenmark […]
Spilling the beans: The Islamic history of coffee
PostedMay 14, 2021 Author Before there were Starbucks and the quirky coffeeshops masquerading as cozy work corners for many of us, there was the mid-17th century coffeeshop boom in England. During the […]
Now it is really getting serious…
Coffee and chocolate help drive supermarket prices higher By Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News The rate of price rises at UK supermarkets hit a new high in the year […]
Why is Karim Khan Silent on Palestine: The ICC and Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
May 29, 2023 Articles, Commentary, Editorials By Romana Rubeo & Ramzy Baroud Considering that the ICC is one of the most important platforms for victims of war crimes to receive some degree of justice, […]
What the rest of the world thinks about the Russia Ukraine war
OPINIONOPINION, Opinions Biden’s five mistakes in Ukraine Washington’s miscalculations in the Ukrainian conflict can have devastating consequences for the world. Published On 30 May 20233 Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of […]
How do NU Figures View Ahmadiyya from a State Aspect?
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) often promotes interfaith tolerance. Ironically, in several regions a number of NU figures patronized minority groups such as the Ahmadiyya based on the SKB regulations of three ministers (Minister of Home Affairs, Attorney General and Minister of Religion) on 9 June 2008 and statements of deviance. Why? […]