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 […]
Saudi Arabia vows new Islamic alliance ‘will wipe terrorists from the earth’
Sunday’s meeting coincides with escalation in tensions between Riyadh, Tehran By AFP – Nov 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed Bin Salman (centre) motions […]
The Nigeria mosque attack should remind us that the people most likely to be victims of terrorism are Muslims
This vile attack has, once again, shown that although terrorists may use religious rhetoric they neither follow Islam nor represent the 1.5 billion Muslims across the world Imam Qari Asim […]
Al-Azhar’s grand imam meets pope, vows to fight terrorism
Middle East Nov. 08, 2017 | 01:14 AM Agencies ROME: The Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar institution Ahmed al-Tayeb, one of the Muslim world’s leading religious scholars, met Pope Francis […]
Yes, Daesh is beaten, but religious extremism is not
Osama Al-Sharif | Published — Tuesday 7 November 2017 Time is running out fast for Daesh, the terrorist group that first appeared in late 2013 and within months was able to claim vast swaths of Iraqi and Syrian territories on which it proclaimed its so-called caliphate. In recent days Iraqi […]
Muslims Once Again Are Being Targeted For An Attack They Had Nothing To Do With
Mosques in New Jersey are receiving terrifying voicemails, including death threats. By Rowaida Abdelaziz “We’re going to burn your mosque down,” a voice said angrily in a voicemail left […]
After Daesh, ruined Raqqa fears new strife
Rebuilding city to take years By Reuters – Oct 26,2017 -JORDAN TIMES Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces dance along a street in Raqqa, Syria, on October 18 (Reuters photo) RAQQA, Syria — The morning after the Daesh extremist group’s defeat in Raqqa, a local militia fighter stood in a […]
View from Turkey: US funds ‘Turkey’s al-Qaida’
HILAL KAPLAN @hilal_kaplan On July 21, U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Thomas, the head of Special Operations Command, said that he was the one advising the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to rebrand itself in order to produce an argument against Turkey’s rightful accusation that the U.S. is working with a […]
By killing Isis fighters instead of bringing them to justice, we become as guilty as our enemies
For decades, we have been condemning the dictators of the Middle East for their drumhead courts and their mass hangings. But how can we condemn them now, when we are announcing, quite publicly, that we want our own citizens dead if they joined Isis Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices […]
Get to know a Muslim to help dispel myths about Islam: Zohaib Zafar (Opinion)
Updated on October 8, 2017 Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a member of the Muslim Writers Guild of America, writes that by getting to know a Muslim, myths surrounding Islam will […]
‘Gunman killed after attack near Jeddah palace’
By Agencies – Oct 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES RIYADH — Two Saudi guards were shot dead and three others injured on Saturday morning after a man drove up to […]
The White Privilege of the “Lone Wolf” Shooter
Shaun King October 3 2017, Last night, the United States experienced the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. At least 58 people are dead and over 500 more wounded. No, that’s not a typo: More than 500 people were injured in one single incident. As tens of thousands enjoyed a […]
Wives of IS Fighters: A German Love Story Goes Awry in the ‘Caliphate’
A student from Germany followed her husband to Syria to join Islamic State. Now the 29 year old is stuck in an Iraqi army camp for prisoners of war with her three children as she awaits her fate: either a return to Germany or draconian punishment. By Katrin Kuntz (Text) […]
US moves closer to designating Pakistan a terrorist state (Yes, News from India)
Chidanand Rajghatta | TNN | Updated: Sep 19, 2017 Highlights Islamabad readies tit-for-tat measures, may block access for Nato supplies to Afghanistan. Pakistan has also warned that it will not buy any more F-16s from the US. The Trump administration has indicated it has more weapons up its sleeve. WASHINGTON: […]
Muslims at haj are worried about Trump’s policies towards them
Reuters International PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 Muslim pilgrims leave after casting stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mena, Saudi Arabia September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Mahmoud Mourad and Stephen Kalin MECCA/RIYADH (Reuters) – Even at Islam’s holiest sites and […]
Video shows touching moment father of youngest victim of Spain terror attacks hugs imam
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The father of the youngest victim of last week’s tragic terror attacks in Cambrils and Barcelona hugged a local imam in an emotional protest against terror and Islamophobia. Xavier Martinez, who lost his three-year-old son Xavi in the attack on Las Ramblas avenue, embraced Spanish imam Driss […]
This is why young European Muslims are joining Isis
One factor common amongst these attackers is their youth: the alleged offender in the Barcelona attack, Younes Abouyaaqoub, is 22 years old. The suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils were aged between 17 and 24 Imam Qari Asim 330 comments This week has seen three terror attacks in […]
Mosul and Aleppo : insider information from Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer
Jürgen Todenhöfer 18 hrs · Dear friends, are you allowed to speak openly? The destruction of Mosul was also a terror. Over 20.000 civilians were killed by the west and his allies alone in Mosul. But only 2.000 terrorists. For every terrorist, 10 civilians. 10:1. That’s shame number 1. SHAME […]
Don’t underestimate Iraq’s historic victory against Isis – though the human cost was great
The crass response of the leaders of the US-led coalition who orchestrated the attack on west Mosul shows that we are back in the Vietnam era when American officers were happy to volunteer that they were destroying populated areas in order to save them Patrick Cockburn Erbil @indyworld Northern Iraq is […]