Terror has no religion, acceptance and tolerance must prevail
BASHDAR PUSHO ISMAEEL Published 02.05.2019 A wave of deadly bombings on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter left 290 dead and over 500 wounded. The attack, as […]
The only way to defeat Daesh
Mar 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) captured, finally, the last Daesh enclave in Deir Ezzor province in Syria, near Baghouz town, after weeks of stiff resistance by the […]
Tale of two brothers reflects Syrian rebel unity and divisions
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 14, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Fighters from a coalition of rebel groups called “Jaish al Fateh”, also known as “Army of Fatah” […]
Pakistan’s Islamist Party Warns Government of Countrywide Protests on Blasphemy Verdict
October 14, 2018 Madeeha Anwar FILE – Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Islamist political party raise their hands as they listen to the speech of their leader during […]
When the battle for Idlib is over, where will the fighters who have sworn never to surrender go next?
VoicesThe Syrian army was trained to fight in hills – for the final battle for Israeli-occupied Golan, rather than the final battle for Nusrah-held Idlib. Golan is presumably still to come Robert Fisk in […]
Islamic State chief, in rare speech, urges followers to fight on
Reuters International This content was published on August 22, 2018 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at a mosque in […]
Britain shows it is becoming a weaker state by failing to put the Isis ‘Beatles’ on trial
Isis benefits from the imbroglio over the ‘Beatles’ because its atrocities have always aimed to provoke an overreaction by those it targets. This strategy worked well for al-Qaeda after 9/11 when US judicial credibility was […]
Pakistan’s 2018 election, explained
The election has been threatened by violence and the looming presence of the country’s military. By Madeleine Ngo@maddietngomaddie.ngo@vox.com Updated Jul 25, 2018, More than 105 million Pakistani voters will decide […]
Hardline Islamists push religion to centre of Pakistan election
Reuters International This content was published on July 22, 2018 FILE PHOTO: People hold signs as they chant slogans against the participation of banned outfits to take part in general […]
Parties play religious cards as Pakistan poll looms
Islamist groups threaten to deepen social divisions and further discriminate against minorities, women A vendor arranges election party symbols, including lions for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of Shahbaz […]
‘Terrorists — disguised as women — are among displaced Syrians’
By Raed Omari – Jul 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Jordanian soldier keeps watch at the border between Syria and Jordan on Monday (AFP photo) AMMAN — There are hundreds of armed […]
JORDAN: Can Islamists be electable?
May 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari The conference on “post-Islamism” organised by Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Centre for Strategic Studies last week did enrich our understanding on the changing dynamics of political Islam in general. Scholars, who came from abroad to participate in the conference, offered […]
As Syria rebels quit Douma, questions linger over detainees, activists
By AFP – Apr 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A vehicle carrying Jaish Al Islam fighters and their family members, evacuated from the Eastern Ghouta town of Douma, arrives at the […]
How rebels and civilians survived near total destruction of eastern Ghouta through huge network of tunnels
Most reports estimate 1,500 civilians have been killed in the bombardment by Russia and the Syrian government, but many more – and the Islamist fighters opposing the regime – would have died without this once […]
Watching on as Islamist fighters are evacuated from war-torn Eastern Ghouta
I watched them stand beneath those shattered trees to pray. They had long scraggly beards, most of them uncombed, cheap track suits, dusty plastic sandals. I suppose it was a […]
Pakistan: Of mullahs and mullahism
BY AMINAH SUHAIL QURESHI Who will answer these questions? Show contempt or lack of reverence to God and you are a blasphemer. Speak anything sacrilegious in nature against a person or thing revered in a particular religion and you are a blasphemer. These two sentences define all the possible literal dimensions of blasphemy, […]
Sinai tribes vow to eliminate extremist militancy after Friday mosque massacre
We only have death for IS militants, not trials or prisons: say Sinai tribes Taha Sakr November 26, 2017 3:03 pm Following the attack on the al-Rawda mosque in the […]
Sufis well-rooted in al-Rawda, but is there an all-out war on them?
People gather at al-Rawda Mosque in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshippers.. (AP) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 26 November 2017 Al-Rawda […]
Pakistan: Police clash with Islamist protesters, 6 killed
News of the police intervention spread quickly, prompting sympathizers in cities round the country to take to the streets in a show of solidarity with the Islamabad protesters. Pakistani police cracked down on hundreds of Islamist protesters in a section of Islamabad where the protesters had camped out for weeks, […]
Egypt’s President al-Sisi facing serious questions about strategy to bring Isis hotspot Sinai province under control
Civilians and police and security forces have repeatedly been targeted in recent years Robert Fisk The Sinai mosque massacre proves what many have suspected for months in Egypt: that Isis – even without a direct claim yet – is taking over the peninsula, targeting more and more of President Abdel […]