Jalsa Salana festival: A Muslim woman’s perspective
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
Rafiq A. Tschannen is a Swiss national. He converted to Islam and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the age of 16 after reading the German translation of the Holy Qur'an. He worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, first as Finance Director in the private industry and later as Chief Executive Officer of NGOs and International Governmental Organizations. He is now devoting his time to The Muslim Times as Editor for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Switzerland and as Associate Chief Editor.
Parenting dominates women’s session at Ahmadiyya convention in Hampshire
Date: Aug 06 , 2018 , 10:01 BY: Sebastian Syme The urgent need for parents to assume full responsibility in the upbringing of their children to shape their future growing […]
How the U.S. Is Empowering Iran in Yemen
Washington’s Policy Is a Strategic Blunder and a Humanitarian Disaster By Daniel Byman The Trump administration’s top goal in the Middle East is clear: counter Iran, which U.S. President Donald […]
What the Israelis wonder: Will Imran Khan change Pakistan’s relations with Israel?
Khan married the British socialite Jemima Goldsmith in 1995. Goldsmith is not Jewish, but has ethnic Jewish roots and recounts being “made familiar with Jewish tradition.” By CHARLES DUNST/JTA August […]
Melania Trump compliments LeBron James after husband’s insults
ASSOCIATED PRESS PublishedAugust 5, 2018 First lady the U.S. Melania Trump stepped away from her husband’s criticism of NBA star LeBron James to compliment his work on behalf of children […]
Hot dogs: Zurich police suggest dogs wear shoes
This content was published on July 31, 2018 The summer heat turns asphalt into a paw-burning torture. (Zurich City Police) Police in Zurich have launched a campaign to encourage […]
How a phone app and a database served up Imran Khan’s Pakistan poll win
Reuters International This content was published on August 5, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), speaks after voting in the general election in Islamabad, […]
Tens of thousands protest Israel’s ‘racist’ Jewish nation law in Tel Aviv
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA TEL AVIV Published August 4, 2018 AP Photo Tens of thousands of people rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest a new law that […]
Bali Lombok earthquake LIVE updates: Indonesia braces for powerful AFTERSHOCKS – 91 dead
AT LEAST 91 people have been killed after a massive earthquake struck Lombok in Indonesia yesterday, sending people screaming into the streets as the powerful jolt destroyed hundreds of homes. […]
PTI to formally announce Imran Khan as PM nominee tomorrow: Fawad Chaudhry
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will formally announce party chairman Imran Khan as candidate for the next prime minister of Pakistan on Monday. “A parliamentary meeting of the party will take […]
Huge Indonesia earthquake rocks Lombok island
A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake has hit the Indonesian island of Lombok. A tsunami warning was issued in its aftermath but it was lifted several hours later. The US Geological […]
Lombok Earthquake – the latest …
Indonesia earthquake update: Is there a tsunami warning in Lombok? Can you travel to Bali? LOMBOK is under threat from a second huge earthquake as a 7.0 magnitude tremor has […]
Prevent children from exposure of electronic devices
Parents are being admonished to control their children’s use of electronic devices The Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, says parents, who prevent their children from the uncontrolled exposure […]
UN mediation: Yemeni peace talks to be held in Geneva
This content was published on August 4, 2018 Yemeni government forces take position in the port town of Hodeida, July 30, 2018. (Keystone) The Yemeni government and rebel opposition Houthis […]
Hajj and Umrah Ministry approves plan to help African pilgrims
Hajj and Umrah Minister Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Banten presides over a meeting to discuss the operational plan of the National Tawafa Establishment for Pilgrims of the Non-Arab African Countries […]
The end of the pretended Israeli democracy
Source: Arab News At last, an end to the masquerade of Israel’s ‘democracy’ Yossi Mekelberg August 04, 2018 Initially one is pressed to find a single item of merit in […]
Global warming: Drought hits Iraq’s agriculture
Cultivated areas halve in Iraq as drought tightens grip By AFP – Aug 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An Iraqi man uses a shovel on a dry field in an […]
How Israel influences US elections – and gets away with it
Israel also weighs on US elections Aug 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi While Russia continues to dominate the news within and outside the US about its alleged […]
Russia confirms it sent Syrian refugee proposal to US
By AFP – Aug 04,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugees sit on a bench at the Azraq camp for Syrian refugees in northern Jordan on Thursday (AFP photo by Khalil Mazraawi) MOSCOW — Russia’s army on […]
Pakistan’s New Leader Is A Democratically Elected Populist-Visionary
Hybrid Wars, Pakistan Written by Andrew KORYBKO on 03/08/2018 Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which translates to the Pakistan Movement For Justice and is commonly known by its abbreviation as the […]