New Egypt court ruling backs islands’ transfer to Saudi Arabia
Reuters | Published — Sunday 2 April 2017 (AFP) RELATED ARTICLES CAIRO: Egypt’s Court of Urgent Matters ruled that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea […]
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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.
Britain apologizes for attack on Saudi Gen. Al-Assiri
AFP | Published — Monday 3 April 2017 Britain’s Foreign Minister Boris. (AP) RELATED ARTICLES RIYADH: Britain has apologized after an egg was thrown at a Saudi military official during […]
REVOLUTIONARIES AND SPIES: When Swiss neutrality hurt the Indian freedom struggle
By Anand Chandrasekhar APR 2, 2017 – The Café de la Couronne along with Hotel Bristol in Geneva were favoured hangouts for anti-colonial activists and foreign agents(by courtesy) A forgotten […]
As ideologies shift in Europe
Apr 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The world is facing several crises today. In the Middle East, so far, there is a security crisis; other countries around the world are facing a serious ideological threat. Europe’s problems are, in part, related to external factors such as refugees, but […]
Ghosts of Mosul stalk Iraq’s fleeing children
By AFP – Apr 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi people who fled their homes stand in a queue to receive aid in the city of Mosul, Iraq, on […]
Croydon ‘hate crime’: Teenage girl among three more arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after attack on asylum seeker boy
The 17-year-old among three more people picked up by police, bringing the total number of arrests to nine Chantal Da Silva @chantaladasilva A teenage girl was among three more people arrested over a “brutal” suspected hate crime which left a teenage asylum seeker with a fractured skull and a blood […]
What life is like for Isis’s 400,000 ‘human shields’ in west Mosul
Endgames: inside Iraq In an exclusive dispatch on the climax of the battle for Mosul, Patrick Cockburn speaks to one of 400,000 desperate civilians for whom the besieged city has become like an underground prison Patrick Cockburn Irbil, Iraq @indyworld Isolated in their houses and short of food and water, […]
One-state solution would ruin Israel
One-state solution would ruin Israel By Staff Reports – 3/15/17 6:55 PM The simmering conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has been a thorn in every American president’s side since Truman, and there is no reason to assume that will change under the Trump administration. The president’s recent comments in a […]
‘No reasonable alternative’ to the two-state solution says Merkel to Abbas
Source: i24NEWS La Chancelière allemande Angela Merkel, le 19 mars 2017 à Hanovre Merkel says Palestinians also adding to lack of progress in peace process by ‘unilaterally denouncing’ Israel In […]
TURKISH VOTERS IN SWITZERLAND: Erdogan: a hero for some, a dictator for others
By Peter Siegenthaler APR 1, 2017 The well-protected Turkish embassy in Bern. The green container on the left is where voters have to identify themselves(Keystone) He’s brought the country […]
Jordan: How to end ’honour’ killings in Jordan
Apr 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL “We want to send a strong message to the people that killing women in the name of family honour will no longer be […]
IOM expects to fly up to 10,000 migrants out of Libya in 2017
Libya is main departure point for Europe By Reuters – Apr 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Illegal African migrants arrive at Mitiga International Airport before their voluntary return to their […]
Refugee children in Sweden are falling into coma-like states on learning their families will be deported
Resignation syndrome, or uppgivenhetssyndrom, has been diagnosed in 60 children this year Will Worley @willrworley Police stand with refugee children in Sweden. The country has for years experienced the unique […]
How will Turkey change if it votes ‘Yes’ on April 16?
Compare current structure of executive, judiciary and legislative branches with what they might become after referendum. Umut Uras, Yarno Ritzen | 02 Apr 2017 Turkish citizens will vote on April […]
Islam and the sceptred isle: Britain courts the Muslim world as European ties fray
History repeats itself Apr 1st 2017 GOVERNING a country polarised, uncertain and isolated from Europe, its female leader seeks salvation in faraway lands. Cutting loose from Europe, she […]
A Pious Soul in the Land of Guatemala
A Pious Soul in the Land of Guatemala Upon the instructions of the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I arrived in Guatemala in February 2007. It had only […]
Israel is world’s leading practitioner of water apartheid
Adri Nieuwhof Rights and Accountability 29 March 2017 Palestinian children fill containers with water at a public tap in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, July 2014.Ashraf AmraAPA images Israel markets its water […]
Attack on humanity
By: DailyTimes 01-Apr-17 The killing of a senior lawyer and a prominent member of Ahmadiyya community, Malik Saleem Latif is a reminder of how this minority group continues to be […]
23rd March special: The resolutions after the Resolution
NADEEM F. PARACHA UPDATED MAR 24, 2017 Picture: Archive 150 The first resolve: Head of the All India Muslim League (AIML), Muhammad Ali Jinnah, speaking to party members in Lahore on March 23, 1940. Jinnah was presiding a party session in which the AIML passed a resolution that demanded the creation […]
The Asian poor are left behind
Mar 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power The Asian economies are picking up speed again. After the big hit from Wall Street when the bank Lehman Brothers collapsed in a heap in 2008, sending shock waves everywhere, a recovery is now in the works. How many child deaths in the […]