US, coalition forces attacked 10 times in Iraq, 3 times in Syria: Pentagon
Pentagon says response to attacks on US forces in Iraq, Syria would be ‘at a time and place of our choosing’ Rabia İclal Turan |24.10.2023 – Update : 24.10.2023 […]
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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.
How Qatar is at the centre of Israeli hostage talks
By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The abduction by Hamas of over 200 hostages seized from southern Israel on 7 October has propelled the small, gas-rich Arab Gulf state of […]
Record number of Swiss leave Catholic Church
Almost 34,600 people left the Catholic Church in Switzerland last year. That’s 300 more departures than the previous record figure from 2021. This content was published on October 29, 2023 […]
An Islamic view of magic and occult sciences
29th October 2023 Oyekola Nabeel-Ahmad, Student, Jamia Ahmadiyya International, Ghana Recently, a British University, the University of Exeter, has started a postgraduate course in Magic and Occult Sciences. According to The Guardian, […]
Is Islam Antisemitic? A brief study in Quran and Hadith
29th October 2023 Asif M Basit, Ahmadiyya Archive & Research The term antisemitism has evolved in its meaning over many decades and is now only understood to be any statement, […]
Israel-Palestine war: For UK mainstream media, what Israel says goes
el-Palestine War Tim Llewellyn 29 October 2023 The media coverage of the genocidal war on Gaza shows that it is still ingrained in the western psyche that Israel, not its […]
Netanyahu declares holy war against Gaza, citing the Bible
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been slammed as calling for ‘a holy war of annihilation’ against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip after he invoked the ‘Amalek’, […]
The West’s refusal to call for a ceasefire is a green light to Israel’s ethnic cleansing
Richard Falk 24 October 2023 11:04 BST | Last update: 1 day 17 hours ago Western states have provided cover for Israel’s lawless extremism and possible end goal of massive dispossession and ethnic cleansing […]
Israel-Palestine war: Why the UK Labour Party is no longer a safe home for Muslims
Ismail Patel 26 October 2023 Starmer’s pro-Israel rhetoric in recent days comes against a backdrop of Islamophobia within the party British Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks in Liverpool on 10 […]
Baroness Warsi: Netanyahu bolstered Hamas to thwart a Palestinian state
Speaking on BBC Question Time, British Conservative Peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi highlighted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s past support and funding of Hamas as a means of keeping Palestinians […]
Friday Sermon Summary 27th October 2023: ‘A Call for Justice During the Hamas-Israel War & Incidents from the Life of the Holy Prophet (sa)’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SA) 27th October 2023 After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that he had been […]
Afghanistan: the battle to save the sick from sanctions
SOURCE https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-battle-to-save-the-sick-from-sanctions/48905250 Banks are reluctant to process funding to sanctioned regimes for fear of breaching the rules. This leads to often dramatic consequences for local populations. Switzerland has been trying to address […]
Rise of theo-politics: Crusade-crescent clash and Isaiah’s prophecy
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN OCT 27, 2023 – DAILY SABAH “As a valuable component of identity, faith occasionally influences official policy. Yet, a dangerous brand of theo-politics emerges when expansionism, occupation and war-oriented discourse and ideology determine how states behave.” (Getty Images Photo) Erdoğan’s call to action underscores the importance of […]
The Israeli war against Hamas must not be a war against Gaza and its people
YOSSI MEKELBERG October 28, 2023 The past three weeks have been a sheer nightmare for Israelis and Palestinians, with unprecedented bloodshed and destruction in a very short period of time […]
Saudi Arabia leads condemnation of any Israeli ground operation that threatens Palestinian civilian lives
Israeli air strikes destroyed hundreds of buildings in Gaza overnight, the civil defense service said on Oct. 28, 2023. (AFP) ARAB NEWS October 28, 2023 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia condemned any […]
Biden’s vision of pacifying Arab world shattered as region descends in turmoil
Oct 25,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Surging violence and tensions in this region could have been avoided if the main actors had seriously considered their responses to Hamas’ […]
The question to ask!
Oct 28,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh Matthew Arnold distinguished in several of his prose works between “facts” and “truths”. Facts, in his view, are subject to change; […]
‘There’s still goodness in this world,’ says Palestine envoy as 121 nations rally to call to end war
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly called for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas. (Screenshot/UNTV)Next Updated 12 sec ago EPHREM KOSSAIFY October 27, 2023 […]
Targeted ads: millions spent on Israel’s bid for Western influence
Amid the barrage of airstrikes killing Palestinians, Israeli authorities are pushing to shape public discourse on the Israel-Gaza escalations. The Israeli government has spent an estimated $7.1 million on influencing […]
America’s ‘dual’ concerns for Israel-Gaza victims driven by hypocrisy
RAY HANANIA October 26, 2023 No word defines the American approach to policy, violence or peace in the Middle East more than “dual.” That is because America long ago decided […]