The façade of materialism shackling the youth
18th December 20200 Society has sewn social media, celebrity culture and materialism into the fabric of modern life. A culture of imitating celebrities and swiping through illusory perfect lives is […]
Anti-extremism plan is law of freedom, says France PM
By AFP – Dec 09,2020 – JORDAN TIMES French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti waves after a press conference at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Wednesday (AFP photo) PARIS […]
Thomas Jefferson and his slave girl
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Who knows about Sally Hemings? She was Thomas Jefferson’s slave. Called his “mistress,” […]
Bigotry mars return of Italy hostage who converted to Islam
SOURCE: THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, ONE PICTURE FROM DAILY SABAH Rome: A right-wing lawmaker in Italy was reprimanded Wednesday after he called a young Italian woman who converted to Islam […]
A 117-strong group doctors and psychologists has called for an end to what it calls the “psychological torture” and “medical neglect” of Julian Assange.
see also: (Video by Sky News) The WikiLeaks founder is being held in Belmarsh Prison awaiting a hearing on February 24 which could see him extradited to the […]
How slaves ended slavery
While slavery would be reviled by secular and religious interests, slaves themselves finally overthrew it Fri, Jun 7, 2019, James Walvin Frederick Douglass, the towering figure in the history of […]
The CIA Sent Warnings to at Least 3 Khashoggi Associates About New Threats From Saudi Arabia
A general manager of Alarab TV, Jamal Khashoggi, looks on during a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama, on December 15, 2014. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH—AFP/Getty Images BY JOSH MEYER UPDATED: […]
Tolerance – Its Importance in Social Life
13th April 2018 Junaid Ahmad Waraich, Pakistan Society is formed by groups of individuals who possess different elements that make them human. We all have our unique characteristics and […]
BBC Page: Slavery in Islam
Slaves were owned in all Islamic societies, both sedentary and nomadic, ranging from Arabia in the centre to North Africa in the west and to what is now Pakistan and […]
Temple University owes Marc Lamont Hill an apology
Dec 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Because I have a long and complicated history with Temple University, I have closely followed the story of the backlash against Temple […]
Testimonies of Flotilla activists: Israel was trying to break us
The Israeli navy illegally boarded the 2018 Freedom Flotilla sailing to Gaza to break the blockade imposed on the territory since 2007 August 16, 2018 People greet the Freedom Flotilla […]
Shutting Arab minds and mouths may lead to disaster
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Is there a single thing that helps us understand why the Arab world has turned into such a horror show of dictatorships and authoritarian governments, state and private political violence, corruption on a massive scale, social polarisation, state fragmentation, and the […]
To burkini or not to burkini
Source: Dawn By Aisha Sarwari, who is a freelance writer based in Islamabad. She blogs at http://www.aishasarwari.wordpress.com. She can be followed on Twitter @AishaFsarwari Remember that dream where you wake […]
Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach
Photo: Screen shot/Ouest France Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach Published: 29 Aug 2016 Protesters in Brittany take to the sea fully clothed after video emerges of a veil-wearing Muslim woman being asked to leave the beach in Nice, despite France’s top court ruling burqini-bans are […]
Switzerland: President of Locarno Film Festival defends burka ban
FACE COVERINGS By swissinfo.ch and agencies AUG 2, 2016 – 21:33 Police in Locarno cautioning a member of the Islamic Central Council Switzerland on July 1, the day a ban on face coverings in canton Ticino came into effect (Keystone) Banning the wearing of face coverings is a question of […]
Time to recognise the state of Palestine
May 12,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh This time around, presidential candidates from both parties in the US seem to attach as much importance to foreign policy as to local. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees respectively, have demonstrated their discredited positions on the […]
Murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni paid the ultimate price for his investigation into Al-Sisi’s Egypt
The Cambridge student had spotted that trade unionism is the greatest threat to dictatorship Robert Fisk @indyvoices Saturday 16 April 2016 We’ve all grown so used to the “Muslim terror” […]
Salman Rushdie: Iranian state media renew fatwa on Satanic Verses author with $600,000 bounty
Source: Independent Forty state-run Iranian media outlets have jointly offered a new $600,000 bounty for the death of British Indian author Salman Rushdie, according to the state-run Fars News Agency. Fars […]
Two Palestinians stab two women in West Bank settlement, shot dead
January 25 2016 Two wounded, two assailants killed in West Bank stabbings Two attempted stabbings near Israeli settlements, attackers shot Two shot dead after latest attacks on Israel soldiers AFP/ West Bank Two Palestinians stabbed two women Monday at a grocery in an Israeli settlement of the West Bank before […]
How does the prohibition of burqa dress fit in with pluralism, and does it stem from an undercurrent of prejudice?
Bigotry veiled as liberation Source: Middle East Eye By Adam Walker Earlier this month, the European court of human rights (ECHR) issued a judgment in which it rejected a challenge to the controversial 2011 French law banning the wearing of face veils in public. The ruling has since sparked […]
