French troops patrol alongside US soldiers in Manbij
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL It has been reported that there are approximately 250 French soldiers in regions that are under the control of the SDF, including Kobane, Raqqa and Deir […]
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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.
The Windrush generation are the ‘right kind’ of immigrants, otherwise we wouldn’t care
Source: The Independent Would the consensus binding the Labour front bench to the Daily Mail in Windrush outrage stretch to Muslims of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin? Matthew Norman @IndyVoices Protesters hold placards about the […]
Thanks Netanyahu, but we didn’t need a PowerPoint presentation to convince us that you don’t support the Iran nuclear deal
On the relatively sane listener, Netanyahu’s presentation will have had the opposite effect to the one intended. So it was that Trump responded within minutes with a tweet: ‘What we’ve […]
Vision 2030 aims to improve pilgrim experience: Saudi Hajj minister
Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Benten. (SPA) Arab News May 02, 2018 JEDDAH: The Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Benten, affirmed that work continues in accordance with the […]
Trump won’t apologize for harsh rhetoric aimed at Muslims By Bob Fredericks
By Bob Fredericks April 30, 2018 | Modal Trigger Getty Images President Trump on Monday declined to apologize for his incendiary comments about Muslims and calls for a Muslim immigration […]
Discrimination, intolerance against Muslims on the decline but general situation worrisome: OIC report
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Reuters File Photo For quite some time, Islamophobia has been growing strongly in the West and has continued to take root through intensive campaigns and public discourses […]
Similar financing methods for different terrorist groups
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Scholarly articles on the fight against terrorism emphasize the economic aspect of the issue more and more. The financing of terrorism is indeed a critical subject and should be thoroughly discussed in the context of the fight against terrorism. According to a news report I saw on […]
Netanyahu granted authority to declare war with only defense minister’s approval
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL EPA Photo Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was granted the authority to declare war by the Knesset with only the defense minister’s approval, the […]
Saudi Arabia has lion’s share of regional philanthropy
Bill Gates(right) and Melinda Gates (left) attends the New Sustainable Development Goals meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Philanthropy is on the rise globally. Updated 27 April […]
Female candidates shake up Iraq election
Around 7,000 candidates have registered to contest the May 12 election, with 329 parliamentary seats up for grabs. (AFP) Updated 27 April 2018 SUADAD AL-SALHY April 27, 2018 ‘I will […]
Saudi trial of two Arabs accused of spying for Mossad begins
A Special Criminal Court in Riyadh began the trial of two Palestinians accused of spying for Israel. (SPA) Updated 18 sec ago Mohammed Al-Sulami May 01, 2018 The prosecutor […]
Tunisian Islamist party endorses Jewish candidate
By AFP – Apr 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Simon Slama (centre), the only Jewish candidate on the Islamist Ennahdha Party’s list for the municipal elections in the central coastal city […]
US pushes Riyadh to confront Tehran, stirs crisis — Iran leader
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Apr 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo provided by the office of Iran’s supreme leader on Monday shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivering a speech […]
Countering terrorism
Apr 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The Aqaba meetings on ways and means to sustain the efforts against global and regional terrorism ended on Sunday, with a broad meeting […]
The Inter-Korean Summit, in Summary
Apr 27, 2018 | (KOREA SUMMIT PRESS POOL/Getty Images) Highlights The highly symbolic meeting between the two Korean leaders produced a declaration with long-expected agreements on nonaggression, humanitarian exchanges, peace-building […]
A refugee family’s integration into Greek education
COMMUNITY 23.04.2018 SARA ABDEL-RAHIM Photo: Ryan Lucas-Henderson TAGS: Migration, Education, Society “Muslims are terrorists, and refugees might bring terrorism to Greece,” a seventh-grader says loudly to her friends during a […]
Muslim community invites teachers into mosque, asking for ‘peace through understanding’
The goal was to break misconceptions of Islam Sanjay Maru · CBC News · Posted: Apr 27, 2018 Aleem Khan participated in a door-to-door campaign in 2013, informing people that […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Holds Peace Symposium In Reykjavik
ws Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Holds Peace Symposium In Reykjavik Words by Alice Demurtas Photos by Madiha Malik Published April 27, 2018 The Ahmadyya Muslim community of Iceland held the 3rd […]
Rethinking minority status for Lingayats
Monday, 30 April 2018 | Priyadarshi Dutta | in Oped ‘Lingayatism’ is about shunning pretention and leading a sincere and spiritual life while staying engaged with the world. Hindu society […]
Foreign case law and Ahmadis
Op-Ed Foreign case law and Ahmadis The question that the CJP must address at some point is whether, given his antipathy to foreign case law, he would be willing to […]