Sri Lanka shops, mosque damaged in Buddhist-Muslim clash
Reuters International This content was published on February 27, 2018 COLOMBO (Reuters) – At least five people were wounded and several shops and a mosque damaged in a clash […]
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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.
India, has always been shrouded in controversy and Britain is not without its share of the blame
In 1919 a British general gave orders to fire into a huge crowd of peaceful demonstrators. This may seem like an anachronism, but beneath the surface not that much as really […]
Pakistan’s ruling party picks ousted PM’s brother as president
Reuters International This content was published on February 27, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Punjab Province and brother of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, gestures after appearing […]
The Iraq debate we should have had 15 years ago
Feb 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Fifteen years ago this week, while the Bush administration was busy beating the drums for an invasion of Iraq, I submitted a resolution calling on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to oppose this rush to war. The resolution, which was also […]
Testing Gulshan = No amount of tragedy — be it war, illness or mass shooting — could stop her from following her dream.
By Jeremy Redmon The Atlanta Journal-Constitution February 18, 2018 Dr. Gulshan Harjee stands in the middle of a crowded waiting room at the Clarkston Community Health Center, which she co-founded to serve refugees and immigrants The Atlanta police chaplain appeared calm and composed as he stepped through the door of […]
Pakistan’s critical role in the New Cold War
M. K. Bhadrakumar – February 23, 2018 1.8k SHARES ShareTweetPrintMail M K Bhadrakumar | Afghanistan, no doubt, was what brought Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to Moscow on a ‘working […]
Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra). – The purpose of The Fadl-I-‘Umar Foundation
he purpose of The Fadl-I-‘Umar Foundation is to honour the loving memory of the late Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmadra Book: Fazl-e-Umar – The Life of Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud […]
U.S. trying to ’embarrass’ Pakistan with terror financing list – minister
. Reuters International This content was published on February 26, 2018 By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s de facto finance minister, Miftah Ismail, has brushed off concerns that economic growth will suffer because of the country’s re-inclusion on a terrorist financing watch list, and lashed out against the […]
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor challenges blasphemy conviction
Reuters International This content was published on February 26, 2018 A hard-line Muslim group member shouts slogans during a protest against former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama in front of […]
True Talk: I wear a headscarf but I am not a terrorist!
//tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:43574578 Feb 22, 2018 – “True Talk” puts people in front of the camera who are fighting prejudice. They answer questions that nobody would normally dare to ask directly. This week, we speak […]
US escalation in the Middle East
Feb 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh It is clear that the Trump administration in the US is adopting a new strategy in the Middle East that is […]
Jordan condemns Israeli occupation’s heavy taxes on churches
Christian leaders close iconic church in protest of measure, related bills By JT – Feb 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement […]
Christian Missions and the Construction of South SudanEvangelization, Humanitarian Work, and International Activism in Wau
bySébastien Fath Sébastien Fath is a historian affiliated with the CNRS and the Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités research center (EPHE/CNRS). He has taught at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE – Sorbonne) and at the University of Edinburgh (2004–2005). His area of specialization is the study of Evangelical Protestantism. Within […]
Jerusalem Church Where Jesus Is Said to be Buried Closed After Tax Dispute With Israeli Government
Source: Newsweeklar By Tom Porter Christian leaders have closed the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, said to be built on the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, in a […]
‘How I joined the jihadis by mistake’
Source: BBC More than 300 people from Kosovo went to join Islamists fighting “holy war” in Syria and Iraq – per capita the highest number in Europe. But not all […]
As Muslim women we don’t need you to speak for us, and we don’t need to be saved
Ghena Krayem We face an ongoing struggle to be heard. This denies us the very agency that is claimed we don’t have in the first place Fri 23 Feb 2018 […]
Armed man detained ahead of Israel rally in support of migrants
Hundreds of asylum-seekers at detention centre in southern Israel launch an open-ended hunger strike By AFP – Feb 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES African migrants hold signs reading in Hebrew […]
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 […]
Tensions flare in east Mediterranean gas scramble
By AFP – Feb 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on July 30, 2015, shows an aerial view of the Tamar Israeli gas-drill platform in the Mediterranean Sea […]
BANGLADESH: Bomb thrown at Ahmadiyya Jamaat imam’s house
Our Correspondent, Jamalpur Criminals hurled a bomb at the residence of the imam of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Jame mosque at Hosnabad village in Sarishabari upazila on Friday night. However, none […]