Source: Reuters An Italian doctor working as a missionary was shot and wounded in the neck in an attack by three assailants in northern Bangladesh on Wednesday, police and a medic said, the latest assault on foreigners in the country. The attack on the doctor, identified by Italian newspapers as […]
Nominating Karen Armstrong for Literature Nobel Prize Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Karen Armstrong FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a […]
Nov 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB In fighting the scourge of radicalism and religious fundamentalism, one of the strategies is to use religion. Proponents of this approach vary from those who insist that Daesh and its ideology is simply built on a warped understanding of religion to those who […]
We immigrated to Canada fourteen years ago. It was the year that affected world peace in the worst way possible; it was the year 9/11 happened. A bunch of suicide bombers claiming to be “Muslims” hijacked a plane that eventually crashed into the Twin Towers. Hundreds of people lost their […]
By Jordan Times – Nov 17,2015 – Last updated at Nov 17,2015 His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga in Pristina on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday started a European working tour in Kosovo, where he met […]
Huff Post: by Dave Norman — Early Saturday morning I was sitting in a meeting with leaders of the church that I pastor. We discussed the painful acts of terrorism […]
Huff Post: by Rev Dr. Chuck Currie — “Nous sommes tous des Français aujourd’hui.” Across the world, we watch with sadness the news from Paris. The people of France are hurting and so we are hurting too. Nothing can justify the attacks which occurred today. They are, as President Obama […]
By Reuters – Nov 14,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu speak as they stand on the Bosphorus in Istanbul, on Saturday (AP photo) BELEK, Turkey — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged world leaders on Saturday to prioritise the fight against […]
The black Isis flag can be seen in Tripoli and Sidon, but the attack on its old antagonists suggests it is under pressure Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Friday 13 November 2015 3 comments Mourners carry the coffin of the Shia Amal Movement party’s Hussein Hojeij, who died in […]
TERRORISM Task force wants travel ban for Swiss jihadis NOV 2, 2015 – 11:53 A photo from a militant website showing Islamic State fighters in Syria (Keystone) The Swiss intelligence services are monitoring 70 Swiss alleged to have travelled to conflict zones to join jihadi groups. Given the scale of […]
By Alexander Osang spiegel.de Maurice Weiss At the end of June, 37 guests of a Tunisian resort hotel died in a hail of terrorist gunfire. Since then, tourists have stayed away, and the tragedy has only just begun. Above the terrace gate at the Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba in […]
Sep 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The Iraqi delegation to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that arrived in Geneva Tuesday for the consideration of Iraq’s fourth periodic report on the extent of the country’s adherence to the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights took […]
Gurdaspur, July 27: Dressed in army uniform, three gunmen opened fire at a police station in Gurdaspur. The gunmen who were said to be carrying AK-47 rifles, first opened fire on a Punjab state road transport bus before attacking the police station. Seven persons including three civilians and four police […]
ISIS, PKK and the uses of terrorism İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 Although acting with different motivations, ISIS and the PKK both employ similar tactics and goals to maintain their presence in the region, carrying out terrorist attacks A series of terrorist attacks claimed close to 40 lives this week in Turkey. […]
Source: Sunday Express A LEADING Muslim has said that families who radicalise their children should be shunned by the community. By James Murray Sat, Jul 4, 2015 MOSQUE’S APPEAL FOR […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Because of the ferocious reputation of Isis – created by the “Islamic Caliphate” but assiduously cultivated in the West – we forget thatWednesday’s attack is a mere copy of the far more ruthless assault on foreign tourists launched by Egyptian Islamists during the Mubarak era. […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Because of the ferocious reputation of Isis – created by the “Islamic Caliphate” but assiduously cultivated in the West – we forget thatWednesday’s attack is a mere copy of the far more ruthless assault on foreign tourists launched by Egyptian Islamists during the Mubarak era. […]
by Mohammad Ghazal, Jordan Times, Mar.16, 2015 AMMAN — Scholars convening in the capital have issued the Amman Declaration, which urges the UN to draft a resolution penalising contempt of religions, prophets and sacred beliefs. At the conclusion of the International Conference on the “Role of Moderation in Confronting Terrorism […]
TERRORISM Human rights under threat, says foreign minister By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAR 2, 2015 – 12:01 Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter urged the international community to root out terrorism (Keystone) The fight against terrorism was the focus of the opening speech by Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter at the […]