Where is Daesh leader Baghdadi?
Daesh leader Baghdadi, world’s ‘most wanted’, sought in Syria offensive By AFP – Sep 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Leader of the Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, addressing Muslim […]
Their churches were attacked, but Indonesia’s Christians showed the power of forgiveness
Source: The Catholic Herald By Benedict Rogers Almost three months after suicide bombers attacked three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city, I stood at the very spot where the […]
New trend of terrorism requires innovative prevention, intervention plans
Aug 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The recent attacks in Fuheis and Salt completely change the anti-terrorism battleground. The approach to anti-terrorism must be reevaluated given that we are dealing with terrorists who have managed to hide their radicalism by listening to music, smoking in coffee shops […]
Son of slain anti-Taliban politician among 20 dead in Pakistan blast
Reuters International This content was published on July 11, 2018 Men and relatives carry a coffin of a victim, who was killed with others in Tuesday’s suicide attack during an […]
Put back on terror-financing watch list, Pakistan vows to improve
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers on patrol near the site of an attack by Pakistani Taliban on February 14, which killed four paramilitary policemen. (AFP) Reuters June 30, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Placed back […]
Nominees of terror groups plan to run in Pakistani election
Source: AT Another contestant is Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, which bears the legacy of Mumtaz Qadri, a security guard of the former Punjab governor Salman Taseer. The governor was killed in 2011 by Qadri for allegedly demanding changes to the draconian blasphemy law. Qadri, who was hanged in 2016, has become a […]
Activists: Indonesian Counterterrorism Law Threatens Civil Liberties
May 30, 2018 Krithika Varagur FILE – A security vehicle is seen following an attack at the entrance of a police station in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, May 16, 2018. JAKARTA, […]
Whether Armenia, the Nazis or Isis – if you’re going to commit genocide, you can’t do it without the help of local people
This is not something new – but it is something we too often forget Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 24 May 2018 Up to 1.5 million of its people were killed during the First World War Getty How do you organise a successful genocide – in Turkish Armenia a century ago, […]
Countering terrorism
Apr 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The Aqaba meetings on ways and means to sustain the efforts against global and regional terrorism ended on Sunday, with a broad meeting […]
8 journalists, 4 policemen among 25 people killed in twin Kabul blasts
Source: Dawn A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, killing 25 people and wounding 45 others. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai confirmed that four policemen were killed, while an Afghan media watchdog, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), confirmed that eight journalists were also killed. The […]
The policeman who didn’t shoot at Alek Minassian in Toronto is proof that real heroes aren’t trigger-happy
We’re conditioned from the moment we turn on the television to admire and respect the supreme authority of uber-masculine, gun-toting ‘heroes’. We’re subconsciously schooled in the art of violent revenge […]
Malala returns to home town in Pakistan for first time since shooting
Media captionMalala Yousafzai: “My focus is only working for the good” Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to her hometown in Pakistan for the first time since […]
Austin bomber: ‘Challenged young man’ or ‘terrorist’?
Source: Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt For weeks, the 23-year-old suspected bomber terrorized the city of Austin with a string of explosions that killed two and injured several others. But […]
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 […]
War on terror is all faiths’ fight against ideology of hatred – King of Jordan
Source: Jordan Times – March 2, 2018 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday underlined that the global anti-terrorism war is not a fight between different religions or peoples […]
True definition of terrorism
Feb 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Walid M. Sadi The conflict, or much rather conflicts, in Syria have exploded a flurry of definitions for terrorism with practically all fighting factions in the wider armed conflict in the war-torn country calling their “enemies” terrorists to justify their carpet bombings, barrel bombings, rocket […]
Exclusive: U.S. pushes motion to put Pakistan on global terrorist – financing watchlist
Drazen Jorgic, Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The United States has put forward a motion to place Pakistan on a global terrorist-financing watchlist with an anti-money-laundering monitoring group, according to […]
Muslim singer forced to quit French ‘The Voice’ show over terror posts
AFP news.france@thelocal.com @thelocalfrance 10 February 2018 Screenshot from a video Mennel Ibitssem posted to Facebook. A French Muslim singer who became an overnight star after dazzling judges on a TV […]
Nearly 100 killed in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul
By Reuters – Jan 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An injured man receives medical assistance after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday (Reuters photo) KABUL — A bomb hidden in […]
Several people killed after gunmen attack luxury hotel in Kabul
Afghan special forces kill two of the four attackers and surround building as night falls Emma Graham-Harrison, Haroon Janjua in Peshawar and agencies Sat 20 Jan 2018 Several people were […]