Ankara overturns post-Cold War diplomacy
NAGEHAN ALÇI @Nagehanalci Ankara building ties with Russia does not mean it is moving away from the Western-bloc, but instead adopting a multiple-axis foreign policy Articles COLUMNS Washington needs […]
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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.
What are roots of anti-Islamism in the West?
MUHITTIN ATAMAN @MuhittinAtaman The Western world has been experiencing a dramatic increase of xenophobia and Islamophobia for the last several decades. The correct usage of this concept is […]
Rohingya crisis: Burma quotes Donald Trump in dismissing persecution of Muslim minority as ‘fake news’
State continues to deny genocide accusations and borrows US President’s most enduring catchphrase – despite White House condemnation of ‘ethnic cleansing’ Hannah Beech Rohingya refugees walk towards a refugee camp after […]
An Israeli dream might come true if Trump declares Jerusalem the capital – but so will an Arab nightmare
Could Trump expect another warm welcome and traditional sword dance in Riyadh? Would the Saudis choose to buy all those billions of weapons from the US if it hands Jerusalem […]
Qatar to meet milk needs by 2018 amid Gulf crisis
28 Nov 2017 – AFP Doha: Qatar will be self-sufficient in milk by next July, thanks to blockade-busting cows flown in to boost supplies after some neighbouring Gulf states severed […]
GCC summit cut short by a day
05 Dec 2017 – 14:26 Kuwaiti and foreign journalists gather in the media centre hall during the GCC summit in Kuwait City on December 5, 2017. / AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat Al Jazeera / Agencies Doha: A key regional summit of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has been […]
Anniversary: Ibn Rushd
Full name: Abū al-Walīd Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd Arabic name: أبو الوليد محمد بن أحمد بن رشد Latin name: Averroes Date of birth: 1126 Date of death: 10 Dec, […]
Organization of Islamic Cooperation says no compromise on Jerusalem
Arab News | Published — Tuesday 5 December 2017 JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has deplored attempts to change the historical and legal status of the occupied city of Jerusalem. In an extraordinary meeting of the OIC’s Committee of Permanent Representatives on Monday, a statement was issued expressing […]
Travel agencies can now issue Saudi tourist visas
ARAB NEWS | Published — Tuesday 5 December 2017 JEDDAH/RIYADH: Travel agencies in category D can now issue visas for tourists and for educational or medical treatment purposes inside and outside the Kingdom. The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) in Jeddah has issued the first license allowing […]
Syrian boy wins Children’s Peace Prize for building refugee school in Lebanon
Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A teenage Syrian refugee won a prestigious international prize on Monday for building a school and providing an education to hundreds of children […]
What the Russian Revolution can teach us about the Middle East today
The Bolshevik demonisation of the ‘White’ Russians in the ferocious anti-religious, anti-capitalist posters on display in Paris at the Musee de l’Armee are not dissimilar to the “war against terror” which Bashar al-Assad and the Russians think they are fighting in Syria today Robert Fisk Paris The casualty figures don’t […]
Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen’s former leader, killed in Sanaa
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed amid fighting between his supporters and their former allies, the Houthi rebel movement. Officials from Mr Saleh’s General People’s Congress party […]
Mehdi Hasan Rips Thomas Friedman’s “Nauseating” Column in NYT Praising Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince
StoryNovember 30, 2017 Watch Full Show Guests Mehdi Hasan award-winning British journalist and broadcaster at Al Jazeera English. He is host of the Al Jazeera interview program “UpFront” and a […]
Muhammad bin Kushner, Jared bin Salman, Daffy Duck & Co
by Hamid Dabashi Thomas Friedman is the latest in the long panoply of Lawrences of Arabia dashing in and out of the peninsula in search of their oriental fantasies, […]
“Introduction to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community” By Falahud Din Shams
source: http://www.muslimsunrise.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=1 In the 19th century, Islam as a religion and Muslims as a nation were helpless. Muslim empires were crumbling all over the world. In the subcontinent of […]
There’s no such thing as precise air strikes in modern warfare – just look at the civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria
In one sample of a residential area called Qaiyara, near Mosul city, in about a third of fatal strikes Isis had been in close proximity to the civilians, but […]
Ancient city from Urartu civilization discovered in Turkey’s eastern Erzurum
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published December 2, 2017 AA Photo Related Articles History Underwater ruins of 3,000-year-old castle discovered in Turkey History Construction workers find ancient sarcophagus cover in Turkey’s […]
Middle East leaders paint ‘dark picture’ at Rome conference
Reuters International This content was published on December 2, 2017 By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – When Italy organised a conference focussed on the Middle East, the Gulf and North […]
Homeland Insecurity: Palestine’s Refusal to Die Haunts Israeli Colonial Celebrations 0
29 November 2017 – Analysis As the world marks the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People, we spoke to Ali Abunimah (Electronic Intifada), Prof. William Robinson, and BDS […]
Tama’s Tales: Where there’s a will, there’s a way
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43710454&locale=en Embed code This content was published on November 30, 2017 5:00 PMNov 30, 2017 – 17:00 (To view video subtitles in English, click on the gear icon and turn captions “on”). Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she talks to Ola, who’s […]