Indonesia to Share Peacebuilding Experience at Kabul Process Meeting
By : Sheany | on February 27, 2018 Jakarta. Vice President Jusuf Kalla is set to attend the Kabul Process meeting in the Afghan capital as a […]
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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.
Saudi Arabia is building a $500 billion mega-city that’s 33 times the size of New York City
Source: Business insider, UK By Leanna Garfield The Saudi Arabian government says it will build a $500 billion mega-city, with the goal of diversifying its economy to focus less on […]
The untold story of Pakistan’s blasphemy law
Editor’s Note: This is an old article, but we give you the link as the discussion about this subject seems to be continuing. Arafat Mazhar Updated December 09, 2014 Facebook Count Note: This blog was first published on Dawn.com on January 15, 2015. A few […]
Tougher regulations: Is adoption in Switzerland on its way out?
By Sibilla Bondolfi This content was published on February 21, 2018 This child was adopted – the photo comes from guardianship authority files from the City of Bern Archives (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone) The boom days of adopting children from abroad are over – nowadays hardly anyone is adopting in Switzerland. There […]
Poland considers educating refugee children apart from public schools
Reuters International This content was published on February 26, 2018 By Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland could start educating children of refugees at the centres where they live rather than in public schools under a plan the government says will help all students but a newspaper said it […]
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 […]
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 […]