2019: A golden year for Islamic culture
Rawan Radwan January 03, 2019 Four cities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East will be celebrated for their historical significance JEDDAH: Three cities in Africa, Asia and […]
Erdogan: Intl. bodies failed Muslim world in Palestine issue
Wed Nov 28, 2018 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says international organizations have disappointed the Muslim world regarding the issue of Palestine, urging freedom-seeking people to defend Palestinian struggles against […]
Israel rearrests Palestinian Jerusalem governor
By AFP – Nov 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli forces arrested the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem for the second time in as many months on Sunday […]
Architects, activists slam Jerusalem Old City cable car plan
Israel plans to build a cable car to relieve traffic in Jerusalem’s Old City. (AP) AP November 14, 2018 Critics said the project is a ploy to entrench Israeli […]
Palestinian president vows to thwart Trump peace plan
By AFP – Oct 29,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the meeting of the Central Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation in Ramallah, in the occupied West […]
PROFILE – Salahuddin: Iconic Muslim ruler, commander
Inspirational Muslim leader led army that recaptured Jerusalem t02.10.2018 By Faruk Zorlu ANKARA Salahuddin al-Ayyubi, popularly known in the West as Saladin, is a revered figure in Islam best known […]
Jordan’s unwavering faith in peace
Sep 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s speech at the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly not only focused on the Palestinian problem as the main […]
No more Palestinian refugees
Sep 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – GWYNNE DYER Who said this? “The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. […]
Changing the rules of the game
What lies beneath: The US-Israeli plot to ‘save’ Gaza Sep 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES –Ramzy Baroud Israel wants to change the rules of the game entirely. With unconditional support from […]
Dangerous diversion
Sep 04,2018 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL While the Palestinian leadership may have discussed the federation or confederation idea between Jordan and the West Bank, Jordan is on record, and has been […]
Muslims at haj blame Arab disunity for Jerusalem embassy move
Reuters International This content was published on August 20, 2018 Muslim pilgrims arrive to pray outside Namira Mosque on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the […]
Jordan’s role over holy sites in East Jerusalem legal and sovereignty-related
Aug 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi Jordan’s custodianship over the Islamic and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem is resting on several pillars, including the 1994 Jordanian-Israeli Wadi Araba Peace Treaty. Not enough […]
Israeli police raid al-Aqsa mosque after clashes; two dead in Gaza
Reuters International This content was published on July 27, 2018 Palestinian demonstrators gather during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, in the southern Gaza Strip July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu […]
Israel launches smear campaign against Turkey to cut off aid to Jerusalem
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Palestinian Muslim worshipers walk in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in the Jerusalem’s Old City on Dec. 8, […]
Palestine: The right and only solution
Jun 20,2018 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Amman on Monday were yet another occasion to impress upon the Israeli leader […]
Holy Land churches cry foul over Israeli legislation on lands
By AFP – Jun 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Christian woman prays by the closed door of the main entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old […]
Plans for holy land tour in limbo as Israel imposes blanket ban on Indonesian visitors
Muslim Indonesians from the Prosperous Justice Party carry a replica of the Aqso mosque during an anti-Israel rally in Jakarta. (File Photo: AFP) ISMIRA LUTFIA TISNADIBRATA June 03, 2018 Israel […]
US says ambassador ‘tricked’ over provocative Jerusalem picture
By AFP – May 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian man reads the Koran in Al Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday […]
With the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, Trump proved it: we need a new country to lead the free world
Trump has brought the problem into terrifyingly sharp focus. A world in which ultimate power can be entrusted to a ranting, vindictive, hyper-simplistic moron by evangelicals is a world in […]
Jerusalem fund a pressing need
May 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL It is good that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) recognised and appreciated during its recent extraordinary summit in Istanbul the noble role […]