One in five Arab Mediterranean youths hopes to emigrate — study
By AFP – Mar 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES MADRID — One in five youths in several North African countries and Lebanon would like to emigrate in search of better prospects, […]
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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.
Erdogan says Turkey may hold referendum on EU accession bid
Reuters International MAR 25, 2017 Football Soccer – Turkey v Finland – 2018 World Cup Qualifying European Zone – Antalya arena, Antalya, Turkey – 24/3/17 Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan reacts […]
Muslims come together to condemn ‘barbaric’ terror attack as a ‘violation of Islam’
Evening Standard Robin De Peyer A global Muslim leader told followers that the Westminster terror attack was a “violation of everything Islam stands for”.His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the […]
Egypt’s former leader Mubarak walks free for first time in six years: lawyer
Published: 2017-03-24 Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, walked free on Friday […]
Why is Pakistan’s Musharraf on TV?
By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, Islamabad 21 March 2017 Image captionMr Musharraf has his own show – but what do Pakistanis make of it? Pakistan’s controversial former military ruler, Pervez […]
Woman photographed in hijab on Westminster Bridge responds to online abuse
Muslim woman shocked at those who ‘draw conclusions based on hate and xenophobia’ after anti-Islam blogs circulated her image A second photo (above) shows the woman visibly distressed as she […]
Husain Haqqani given special powers so he could renew visa for 36 known CIA agents, new leaked documents reveal
Pakistan by Hamza Rao | Published on March 25, 2017 🔗 ISLAMABAD – A new letter that harks back to 2010 has revealed that the former Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani was given exclusive powers to renew visas for 36 CIA agents despite instructions from Foreign Ministry to not review the visas […]
Pakistan allows Raheel Sharif to lead Saudi-led military alliance
by Sarfraz Ali | Published on March 25, 2017 🔗 ISLAMABAD – Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan government has formally permitted ex-army chief Gen Raheel Sharif (r) to lead Saudi military alliance to fight militancy. The minster on Saturday revealed this during an interview with Geo TV […]
Tanks, suicide bombs and bayonets: On the front line in the battles around Damascus
Endgames: inside Syria and Iraq In the first in a series of exclusive dispatches from the crucible of war, Robert Fisk reports from Syria’s capital, where regime soldiers are fighting hand to hand with opposition fighters Robert Fisk Damascus @indyvoices Opposition forces members clash with Assad regime forces in Jobar and […]
Khalid Masood was a convert with a criminal past. So far, so familiar
Attackers inspired by Islamic extremism have rarely lived puritanical lives, but one surprising thing about Masood was his age The Westminster attacker Khalid Masood in his school days, left and right, and recently, centre. Composite: Huntley school/Met police Jason Burke Saturday 25 March 2017 So we now know that Khalid […]
I set up the Muslim-led fund for the victims of the Westminster attack – this is what I want to say to my fellow Londoners
Prevent is being reviewed and relaunched. The temptation to resist and reject, given past failures, is understandable – but it is not workable. We British Muslims need to be part of the new strategy Muddassar Ahmed “This can’t be real”. Those are the words I heard over and over as […]
The Republican health care plan is dead, handing Trump a stunning legislative defeat
By Emily C. Singer March 24, 2017 The Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare is officially dead, after Republicans failed to garner enough support within their party for the legislation, multiple members of Congress told Mic on Friday. The death of the American Health Care Act — the GOP‘s plan to […]
Jewish Center Bomb Threat Suspect Is Arrested in Israel
By ISABEL KERSHNER, ADAM GOLDMAN, ALAN BLINDER and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA MARCH 23, 2017 The teenager accused of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers hid his face before the start of a court hearing in Israel. His name has not been released. CreditBaz Ratner/Reuters JERUSALEM — A monthslong wave of […]
Kufr fatwa issued against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for speaking at Holi festival
Source: Daily Pakistan By Hamza Rao | Published on March 21, 2017 ISLAMABAD – A religious scholar has issued a fatwa against Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif for ‘blaspheming’ against Islam […]
U.N. launches probe of crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar
Reuters International MAR 24, 2017 – A Rohingya refugee girl peeks through a hole made in a plastic wall dividing the shelters at Balu Kali Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) GENEVA (Reuters) – The top United Nations human rights body agreed on Friday to […]
Israel — the price of appeasement
The withdrawal last week of a UN agency report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state will not change the stark findings and harsh conclusions reached by two distinguished researchers. The report, entitled “Israeli Practices Toward the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid,” was solicited by the UN’s Economic […]
Why India can’t defeat Pakistan or China in a war
By John Cheeran Published: March 23, 2017 Narendra Modi. PHOTO: REUTERS To provoke a somnolent establishment into action, your message has to be blunt. There cannot be a more blunt warning to India’s political leadership and defence establishment than what Pravin Sawhney and Ghazala Wahab have delivered in their admirable […]
‘Mosul parents sedate children, fearing discovery by Daesh’
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Mar 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi civilians flee the city of Mosul as Iraqi forces advance in their massive operation to retake Iraq’s second city from Daesh extremists on Wednesday (AFP photo) LONDON — Terrified Iraqi families fleeing fierce fighting in Mosul are drugging […]
The many Arab issues to be tackled
Mar 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The date for the Arab summit, to be held in Amman, is fast approaching, and many are hoping that the Palestinian problem will take centre stage in the deliberations of the Arab heads of state. It is no secret that Jordan is seeking to bring […]
Where homegrown terrorism is concerned, there’s something to be said for letting British jihadis go to Syria
Hundreds of Muslims now find themselves trapped in the UK, frustrated that they can’t travel to Islamist and rebel strongholds and perform what they regard as their religious duty. Britain’s zero-tolerance policy on Syria has filled our prisons with young jihadists already marginalised and isolated inside mainstream society Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik1 The […]