Shocking revelations about freed Chibok girls!
ON OCTOBER 15, 201612:23 Only 104 of the girls not married off Some died, some married off, radicalised into sect • Boko Haram tables demands to free 83 more […]
Terrorism Has As Much To Do With Islam As Rape Has To Do With Love
23.01.2015 DR. JUERGEN TODENHOEFER Dear friends, Today, heads of states and foreign ministers are discussing ISIS at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Have they really understood that phenomenon, called ISIS, and its root causes? 1. Terrorism has as little to do with Islam as rape has to do with […]
Terrorism was Never Justified by the Prophet Mohammadsa
No Comments | May 2016 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY AT THE 13TH NATIONAL PEACE SYMPOSIUM AT THE BAITUL FUTUH MOSQUE, UK. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said: “Bismillahir […]
How war drives terrorism
Editors’ Note: Terrorist groups don’t emerge out of nowhere, and wars are perhaps the richest soil for seeding and growing violent groups of all stripes, writes Dan Byman. This post originally appeared in the Washington Post. Study after study has found no common profile of a terrorist. It is […]
How to face new waves of terrorism
Jun 19,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Every day, the new tactics of Daesh prove more efficient in achieving two major goals — conducting terrorist attacks and piling pressure on the security apparatuses of many countries. Since the declaration of “the caliphate”, security challenges around the world have taken on […]
How do we separate the truth from the lies when reporting war crimes?
Each false atrocity bleeds into the body of evidence of other, real crimes, contaminating the truth for decades to come Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices We all know the problem. […]
We are close to solving Syria conflict: Iran
April 13, 2016 TEHRAN – “We are happy that we are getting close to a political solution of the [Syrian] crisis,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Tehran, […]
RCMP arrest Ontario man on terrorism fears
cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/terrorism-rcmp-1.3508257 Kevin Omar Mohamed is alleged to have encouraged terrorist activity through social media, his lawyer says A man has been detained in a “preventive” arrest on fears of terrorism following an RCMP national security investigation in Toronto that police say is unrelated to the attacks in Brussels. Kevin Omar […]
Fighting terrorism in the cyberspace
SAAD AL-DOSARI Published — Tuesday 23 February 2016 As the world governments and security agencies are stepping up their efforts to fight online terrorism, terrorist groups are actively changing and upgrading their tactics. Social media platforms have become their open playgrounds they use to recruit fighters, to communicate between cells, […]
How to fight terrorism
Feb 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL In his Friday speech to the 52nd Munich Security Conference, His Majesty King Abdullah outlined his views on the manner in which terrorism can be fought, which should be holistic and global. “Failed states, conflict zones and sectarian divisions are fertile grounds for terrorism,” […]
UK counter-terrorism laws ‘harming aid efforts of Islamic charities’
Source: The Guardian Two former international development secretaries have called for an inquiry into the way in which UK counter-terrorism laws are hampering the humanitarian work of Islamic charities, including […]
Consequences of some ‘pipe dreams’
Feb 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Turkey is using the ongoing build-up of Syrians fleeing fighting around Aleppo, on the Syrian side of its border to achieve three objectives. The immediate objective is to maintain Ankara’s recently adopted policy of allowing Syrians to enter Turkey only if they […]
Falling on deaf ears
Jan 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon used strong words against Israel’s latest plan to build yet 153 more housing units in the West Bank during a recent UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East. The UN head criticised Israel’s settlement activities, calling them “provocative […]
The Religious Sources of Christian Terrorism
Huff Post: by Babak Rahimi, Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Religion at University of California, San Diego — News reports live a short life in the media. Many seem to have already forgotten the militant organization that continues to occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. But then many […]
Key findings on Muslim population in US
A US-based think tank has conducted a study to answer some of key questions about Muslims and Islam in the United States Source: World Bulletin / News Desk The growth […]
Thinly veiled racism
By Khola Maryam Hübsch Our outrage over the sexist Muslim male reveals a need to feel superior. It expresses a brand of cultural chauvinism that co-opts feminism as a means […]
To end terrorism, we should follow the path of Prophet Mohammed: Dalai Lama
Source: The Siasat Daily Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama who is also a Nobel Laureate termed the Holy Quran as a Sacred Book which is a priceless Gift of God […]
‘Terrorism’ — the indefinable word
Dec 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES. The pictures have been added by the Muslim Times By John V. Whitbeck, who is an international lawyer who writes frequently on the Middle East […]
Mali hunts suspects after deadly hotel siege
By AFP – Nov 21,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Soldiers from the presidential patrol outside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, Saturday (AP photo) BAMAKO — Mali was hunting Saturday for suspects over the militant siege at a luxury hotel that left 19 people dead, mostly foreigners, as the president […]
Does ISIS really have nothing to do with Islam? Islamic apologetics carry serious risks.
Source: The Washington post Every time the Islamic State commits yet another attack or atrocity, Muslims, particularly Western Muslims, shudder. Attacks like the ones in Paris mean another round of […]