Playing politics with the dead
Mar 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has now extended its oppression of the Palestinians to their dead, when the Israeli Knesset adopted a draconian legislation that won 48 votes […]
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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.
Trump fires chief diplomat Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo
By Reuters – Mar 13,2018 -JORDAN TIMES FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018, and Central Intelligence […]
German arson attacks: community centre the latest in string of hits targeting Turks
Over the weekend mosques were razed by Molotoc cocktails in Berlin PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 13 March, 2018, Agence France-Presse 8 Mar 2018 German security agencies are on alert for signs […]
Zamzam renovation work to be completed next month
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH – Prince Abdullah Bin Bandar, acting emir of Makkah, on Monday inspected the ongoing renovation work of the Zamzam well in Makkah. About 90 percent of […]
Another controversial decision
The judgement itself is in violation of Article 5, since it gives the impression of bias and partiality against a specific community Yasser Latif Hamdani@theRealYLH March 12, 2018 The second Amendment to the Pakistani Constitution of 1973 was the last nail in the coffin of Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Pakistan. The […]
Why Ahmadi Muslims are doomed in Pakistan
Source: Daily O By Mehr Tarar, a former op-ed editor of Daily Times, Pakistan, and a freelance columnist. There are no sounds of a Sunday mass, bells of a temple, […]
Shock: The First Crusade and the Conquest of Jerusalem
Background to the holy wars and the First Crusade’s conquest of Jerusalem, a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims. 07 Dec 2016 https://players.brightcove.net/665003303001/SJg0bzqkZ_default/index.html?videoId=5237374177001 The Crusades: An Arab Perspective is a four-part documentary series telling the dramatic story of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes, from the seizing of […]
Islam in Russia
By 2020, Muslims are expected to account for one-fifth of the population. 7 Mar 2018 Grand Mufti of Russia Sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin speaks during an interview in Moscow, Russia on […]
The better half
Mar 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ali Kassay When my better half and I came to sign our marriage certificate, I wanted to include in it a clause giving her equal right of divorce, which women do not have in Sharia courts. I was almost universally declared a certifiable lunatic […]
UAE says will have rail link with Saudi Arabia by the end of December 2021
By Reuters – Mar 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates will have a rail link with Saudi Arabia by the end of December 2021, a senior […]
“An Ordinary Muslim” and the Clichés of Culture Clash on Stage
Aviva Stahl March 11 2018, Representation matters, on the stage as in the rest of the arts and popular culture, and both the United States and the United Kingdom desperately need […]
Bigoted Election Campaigns, Not Terror Attacks, Drive Anti-Muslim Activity
Murtaza Hussain, Maryam Saleh March 11 2018, An upsurge in anti-Muslim activities across the United States in recent years has tracked closely with changes in the political cycle, according to […]
Malika I: Khayzuran & Zubayda
By: Tom Verde From Indonesia to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey, it is not particularly rare in our own times for women in Muslim-majority countries to be […]
Berlin mosque erupts in flames after suspected arson attack
Published time: 11 Mar, 2018 A man walks inside Koca Sinan Camii mosque, the scene of a suspected arson attack in Berlin. © Inke Kappeler / Reuters Firefighters were deployed […]
‘Punish a Muslim Day’ Letters Rattle U.K. Communities
By YONETTE JOSEPH MARCH 11, 2018 Photo Muslims praying outside a mosque in Barking, England. Anonymous hate letters targeting Muslims have spurred fear and police investigations. Credit Andrew Testa for […]
Lost tablet of Seljuk Sultan Kayqubad I found in Turkey’s Antalya
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The lost tablet of Seljuk Sultan Kayqubad I found in Turkey’s Antalya province (AA Photo) Related Articles Feature 13th century complex offers a glimpse of Seljuk […]
Chinese official warns against creeping Islamisation
Reuters International This content was published on March 10, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Men talk on a street in China’s Linxia, Gansu province, home to a large population of ethnic […]
Senior UAE official says Turkey-Arab relations ‘not in best state’
Reuters International This content was published on March 10, 2018 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Gargash, speaks at an event at Chatham […]
Austria plans to put immigration and borders at heart of EU presidency
Reuters International This content was published on March 9, 2018 Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and EU Minister Gernot Bluemel attend a news conference in Vienna, […]
Sri Lankan police ask who promoted violence against Muslims
Reuters International This content was published on March 9, 2018 Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force and Police officers stand guard near a burnt house after a clash between two communities […]