This is how Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump could start World War III
In the whole of human history there has never been a bigger powder keg. Nor men so strange playing with a box of matches near to it Sean O’Grady 62 […]
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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.
Problems faced by Egypt’s Coptic Christians run far deeper than Isis attacks
As a minority, Christians naturally need the regime to protect them. Their fear has drawn them closer and closer to Sisi. They have become associated with the regime itself Robert […]
‘Jihadists were going to burn it all’: the amazing story of Timbuktu’s book smugglers
In 2012, tens of thousands of artefacts from the golden age of Timbuktu were at risk in Mali’s civil war. This exclusive extract describes the race to save them from […]
Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi the Great Surgeon
by: Ibrahim Shaikh Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE), also known in the West as Albucasis, was an Andalusian physician. He is considered as the greatest surgeon in […]
Why American calls to escalate militarily against Iran are dangerous
Adam Weinstein Thursday 27 April 2017 Proponents of Iranian regime change in Washington should look carefully at America’s intervention track record over past 20 years Don’t be fooled, there will be no US-imposed regime change in Iran without a bloody, drawn out and costly war. Washington’s peddlers of regime change […]
The French Election and Europe’s Future
JOSCHKA FISCHER Joschka Fischer was German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998-2005, a term marked by Germany’s strong support for NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999, followed by its opposition to the war in Iraq. Fischer entered electoral politics after participating in the anti-establishment protest… READ MORE APR 29, […]
1001 Inventions New Children’s Book Selected as Best Biography
by: 1001 Inventions Junior Library Guild Honours National Geographic Readers Book on Ibn al-Haytham Junior Library Guild (JLG) Honours National Geographic Readers Book on Ibn al-Haytham 1001 Inventions is delighted that it’s new children book “Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How we See”, published in partnership with National Geographic […]
Refugee and Soldier: The Double Life of a Right-Wing Terror Suspect
A suspected right-wing extremist German army officer is thought to have been planning an attack. As part of his preparation, he registered as a refugee from Syria. Now, Franco A. has been arrested in a perplexing case full of riddles. By Jörg Diehl and Matthias Gebauer DPA A German army […]
Algeria defends Ahmadiyah sect arrests, community says vilified
By Reuters PUBLISHED: 16:31 BST, 28 April 2017 By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS, April 28 (Reuters) – Algeria’s government has rejected accusations from rights groups that it persecuted the Ahmadiyah religious sect during a recent spate of arrests, saying those detained were targeted for breaking the law not for their beliefs. […]
NATO’s Stoltenberg praises Turkey’s contribution to EU security
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presents NATO’s annual report for 2016 during a press conference at alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 13 March 2017. (EPA Photo) North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised Saturday Turkey’s contribution to the security in Europe. “NATO would undoubtedly be […]
Tensions rise between Turkey, US along Syrian border
ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SARAH EL DEEB | AP | Published — Saturday 29 April 2017 US forces, accompanied by Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters, drive their armored vehicles near the northern Syrian village of Darbasiyah, on the border with Turkey on April 28, 2017. (AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN) ISTANBUL: […]
First direct Britain-China train completes run
AFP | Published — Sunday 30 April 2017 A freight train transporting containers laden with goods from London, arrives at Yiwu railway port station in Yiwu, east China’s Zhejiang province on April 29, 2017. (AFP) BEIJING: The first freight train linking China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern […]
Hijab Cosplay
Click To View Photos 12 photos Muslim cosplay enthusiasts take part in the “Hijab Cosplay” event in Subang Jaya, outside of Kuala Lumpur, on April 29, 2017. The event, the […]
Turkey, US can turn Raqqa into ‘graveyard’ for Daesh — Erdogan
By AFP – Apr 29,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A displaced Syrian child, who fled the countryside surrounding the Deash group stronghold of Raqqa, looks on as he is being held by a woman at a temporary camp in the village of Ain Issa on Friday (AFP photo) ISTANBUL […]
UK: Horse riding club started by Ahmadiyya Caliph hopes to attract new riders
The organization was started on the 17th July 2011, by the present Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community and hopes that more people take advantage of this amazing opportunity. Times of Ahmad | […]
Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea
REPORT Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea John R. Allen, Richard C. Bush, Robert Einhorn, Steven Pifer, Jonathan D. Pollack, Evans J.R. Revere, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce JonesApril 2017 Download the full report BruceBrookings On April 18, 2017, Bruce Jones, director of the Brookings Foreign Policy Program, convened […]
France, Germany want new Turkey ties but dodge EU membership
Reuters International APR 28, 2017 – 16:54 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (3rd L) talks with Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec (2nd L), as German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (4th L) and European Commissioner Johannes Hahn (R) talk, after a meeting between European Union and candidate country Foreign Ministers in […]
Sisi apparently believes that the Pope’s visit to Cairo will prove Egypt is safe for Christians – Isis has other ideas
Robert Fisk @indyvoices It must be the most dangerous trip Pope Francis has ever made, into the very heart of the capital of the largest Arab nation whose Isis tormentors […]
Fateful decisions from Saudi-Egyptian summitry
Apr 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – It is bizarre but telling of the modRami G. Khouriern Arab world that one of the most important meetings that could shape the future condition of hundreds of millions of Arabs and others in this region — the two-day Egyptian-Saudi Arabian summit in Riyadh […]