Democracies in trouble around the world
EMRE GÖNEN A child is carried following at Qalaat al-Madiq, some 45 kilometers northwest of the central city of Hama, after being evacuated from Eastern Ghouta, April, 2. Washington’s […]
Discrimination Survey: foreign names can be an electoral handicap
This content was published on March 22, 2018 In most Swiss cantons, voters can amend electoral lists by striking off candidates they don’t want to support (Keystone) Under the Swiss […]
Jordan secures international pro-Palestine parliamentary decision
By JT – Mar 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Inter-Parliamentary Union on Sunday, in its 138th session currently held in Geneva, voted for supporting the Palestinians’ right of Jerusalem as the capital of their state. The vote followed efforts by the Jordanian parliamentary delegation to the meeting […]
Bigoted Election Campaigns, Not Terror Attacks, Drive Anti-Muslim Activity
Murtaza Hussain, Maryam Saleh March 11 2018, An upsurge in anti-Muslim activities across the United States in recent years has tracked closely with changes in the political cycle, according to […]
Egypt’s election and continued Arab degradation
Feb 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri For most of the past two centuries, Egypt has been the epicentre, litmus test, proving ground, and mother of cultural and […]
Revisiting Dictatorship in Indonesia: The “Good Old Days”?
December 12, 2017 Endy Bayuni The late Soeharto has become something of a poster boy for leadership as the nation searches for a president who can effectively deliver the […]
The Migrant Crisis Upended Europe
by Giulio Meotti November 6, 2017 https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11282/migrant-crisis-europe “The migrant crisis is the 9/11 of the European Union… That day in 2001, everything changed in the US. In a minute, […]
Opinion: Independent Kurdistan Looks Like a Zimbabwe in the Making
The image of Kurdistan as a democratic, progressive, prosperous state is illusory. The Kurds should get their house in order before they get their state David Rosenberg Sep 28, […]
‘The Palestine Exception’: War on BDS is now a war on American democracy
Aug 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – There is something immoral in WaRamzy Baroudshington DC, and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The fight to defeat BDS […]
The truth about whether Islamic values are compatible with Western values
Time and again Islam’s teachings uphold religious and personal freedoms. If dictators in the Middle East or radical Muslim preachers oppose the Prophet Mohammed in their words and actions, then they’re solely to blame Atif Rashid @tif_49 Sunday 17 July 2016 996 comments A recent poll published by the BBC […]
Rouhani: S.Arabia needs ballot boxes not arms
May 22, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran’s newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani on Monday criticized Saudi Arabia after it signed a huge arms deal with the U.S., saying “ballot boxes” […]
Indonesia: EDITORIAL: The test of our democracy
EDITORIAL: The test of our democracy EDITORIALThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Fri, May 12, 2017 | Inactive Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama attends the final hearing of his blasphemy trial at the North Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The panel of judges declare him guilty for […]
LIBERAL GLARUS: Ancient form of assembly rejects burka ban
//tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:43164502 https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43164502&locale=en EMBED CODE MAY 8, 2017 – 11:18 By a traditional show of hands at an outdoor assembly, voters in Glarus on Sunday voted against a proposal to ban the burka in public places in the mountain canton. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The plan was backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, […]
Democracy – Justice: How are they related? (update)
Democracy – Justice: How are they related? by Hakan Erten INTRODUCTION Welcome to democracy-justice.com, dedicated to explaining the relationship between democracy and justice, based on two specific […]
French Muslim party to run in parliamentary elections
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Anadolu Agency Photo The Turkish-Muslim Equality and Justice Party (PEJ), which mainly consists of young immigrants, will participate in France’s June parliamentary elections. The party was founded in January 2015, however some of its members had previously run in Municipal elections as independents. The […]
Book Review: Democracy – Justice: How are they related?
Book written by Hakan Erten – a Turkish Swiss businessman and author Book Review: The complete book is at the moment available only in Turkish, English translation to follow, Inshallah […]
Politics, not theology, at root of Islamism, says French scholar
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Feb 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Francois Burgat AMMAN — “Never in our recent history [has] the gap between the politically correct discourse about political Islam in France and in the Arab world been so profound,” said Francois Burgat. A French political scientist, Arabist and senior […]
The ten flops of democracy in 2016
TRUMP, BREXIT The ten flops of democracy in 2016 By Claude Longchamp, founder and chairman of the GfS Bern research instituteReuse article DEC 26, 2016 Donald Trump won the race for US president even though his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton obtained a majority of votes. The reason is the electoral […]
We are not living in a ‘post-truth’ world, we are living the lies of others
Nigel Farage is not a Nazi and nor is Donald Trump. But what is terrifying – and deeply akin to fascism – is our ability to ‘think’ our way from truth into lies Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 29 December 2016 We do not live in a “post-truth” world, neither in the Middle East nor in […]
Kuwaiti opposition win big in anti-austerity vote
Reuters International NOV 27, 2016 – A Kuwaiti woman casts her vote during parliamentary election in a polling station in Kuwait City, Kuwait, November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) By Sami Aboudi and Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) – Opposition candidates are estimated to have won around 20 seats out of […]