Muslim leaders begin European tour to protest against terror
Reuters International JULY 8, 2017 French-Jewish writer Marek Halter (2nd R), Imam Hassen Chalghoumi (L) and other Imams, are seen during the start of a European tour to the […]
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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.
The G-20 and the inequality crisis
Jul 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Helle Thorning-Schmidt Almost a decade ago, facing a near-collapse of the financial system and the risk of a depression, the world needed a new form of leadership to navigate and restore confidence in the global economy. That is why, in 2009, at his first global […]
Mosul becomes ‘graveyard’ for foreign extremists
By AFP – Jul 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Members of the Iraqi federal police pose for a picture with an upside down Daesh group flag in the Old City […]
Gloomy scenario
Jul 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi On the occasion of his 75th birthday, the internationally famed physicist and astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, of Cambridge University, expressed gloom and doom about the future of planet Earth and the people living on it. In a rare television interview conducted with him […]
Facebook meets with Chaudhry Nisar Over Blasphemy Death Sentence
Source: Pakistan Today BY SYED M MURTAZA Pakistan’s social media crack-down is officially aimed at weeding out blasphemy and shutting down accounts promoting terrorism, but civil rights activists say it […]
Highlighting Indonesian culture by revisiting the past, glimpsing the future
ART & CULTURE TUNGGUL WIRAJUDAA MEDIA PRACTITIONER FOR OVER 10 YEARS IN BOTH TV AND PRINT. Jakarta | Fri, July 7, 2017 | A female visitor marveling at one of T. Sutanto’s works. (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda) The figure sat atop the horse, both man and beast resplendent in their rich […]
G20 communique agreed apart from climate issue: EU officials
Delegates attend the official dinner at the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.REUTERS/Kay Nietfeld By Paul Carrel and Noah Barkin | HAMBURG World leaders meeting for a summit in Germany have agreed every aspect of a joint statement apart from the section on […]
Post-deadline Gulf crisis
KILIÇ BUĞRA KANAT@KilicKanat The Trump administration seems to be taking some initiatives now that the deadline has passed in the Gulf crisis Articles COLUMNSThe future of Qatar crisis remains vague COLUMNSAre Gulf states on the same side as the US in the Qatar rift? COLUMNSUrgent need for active […]
Turkey takes control of nearly 1,000 companies since failed coup – deputy PM
Reuters International JULY 7, 2017 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have seized or appointed an administrator to 965 companies with total annual sales of some 21.9 billion lira (£4.7 billion) in the year since an attempted coup in July 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said […]
UNHCR chief urges Myanmar to grant Rohingya citizenship
Reuters International JULY 7, 2017 UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi gestures during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (reuters_tickers) By Donna Airoldi BANGKOK (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. refugee agency urged Myanmar on Friday to grant citizenship […]
We should have learned after Iraq – but Brexit shows we are still willing to blindly follow politicians into disaster
Sir John Chilcot’s new comments on Tony Blair relying on ‘belief rather than fact’ has chilling parallels with our present day political dilemma James Moore @JimMooreJourno In a wide ranging interview with the BBC, Sir John Chilcot said Tony Blair was “not straight with the nation” and relied on belief rather than fact […]
Here in Iraq, Isis is being defeated – but with US policy in disarray, it doesn’t feel any safer
‘We don’t have a policy in Syria,’ one former US State Department official told me. ‘Everybody in the Middle East knows that whatever is said by the Pentagon, State Department or National Security Council lacks authority because whatever assurances they give may be contradicted within the hour by a presidential tweet or […]
‘Jordan has key interest in restoring security in Syria’
Gov’t downplays accusations of hampering opposition’s participation in Astana talks By Mohammad Ghazal – Jul 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian girl carries a large jug of water on her back while on her way home, in the Kallaseh district of the northern city of Aleppo, on Wednesday (AFP […]
Victoria & Abdul: The story of the unlikely friendship between a queen and her munshi
LivingRohini Nair Jun, 04 2017 In 1887, a young Indian orderly was brought to England to serve at Queen Victoria’s court, during her Golden Jubilee Celebrations. Something about the “tall, […]
Blue Mosque to undergo biggest restoration in its history
Source: DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Sultanahmet or the Blue Mosque, arguably Istanbul’s most famous landmark, is set to undergo what officials describe as the biggest restoration work in its 400-year history. […]
US dominance over Gulf region
HILAL KAPLAN@hilal_kaplan (Editor: View from Turkey) Every crisis and intervention instigated by the U.S.-Israel partnership in our region has been conducted through a chain of lies and manipulation Articles COLUMNSCIA: 1, Trump: 0, Democracy: -1 COLUMNSAs Trump mirrors the Left COLUMNSTurkey’s jurisdiction after the constitutional amendment […]
Unesco puts Hebron on its heritage in danger list
UN’s cultural arm votes 12 to three — with six abstentions — in a secret ballot to give heritage status to Hebron An Israeli border policeman stands guard as […]
India: Tabloid media in overdrive after Arab-Israeli Ahmadiyya Muslim leader welcomes P.M. Modi in Tel Aviv
Indian news agency, ANI, explained that Ahmadi Muslims, a religious minority, have been subject to various forms of persecution and discrimination as they are marked as heretics and considered not-Muslims […]
‘Commission to resolve sensitive religious issues’
LAHORE: The scope of newly-established Inter Faith Consultative Commission (IFCC) for resolving issues among different religious communities and assisting promotion of religious harmony in the country will be expanded all over the country very soon. The offices of IFCC would be set up in all four provincial capitals and Azad […]
The Qatar crisis has nothing to do with Al Jazeera and everything to do with the war in Syria
It is about taming the one Gulf nation which has the potential to outshine the Saudi kingdom and dictate the outcome of the Syria war Robert Fisk @indyvoices 18 hours ago “Babies – they are just babies,” a veteran Al Jazeera man roared last weekend about the Gulf states. “They […]