If Trump returns
Jun 01,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE — As the 2024 US presidential primary campaign season begins, the most likely final contest is a rematch between President […]
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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.
UN tries to save Ukraine grain deal with new proposal
BY REUTERS KYIV MAY 31, 2023 – DAILY SABAH The cargo ship Mehmet Bey waits to pass through the Bosporus off the shores of Yenikapı during a misty morning in Istanbul, […]
Dehumanising migrants ‘deeply troubling’, says incoming chief of UN body
DISCRIMINATION AN HOUR AGO trt.com Amy Pope pointed, who was elected to head the International Organization for Migration, said that she was deeply concerned over the way some countries and […]
Sikh pilgrims to arrive for death anniversaries of Guru Arjun Dev Ji, Ranjit Singh
UN rapporteurs write to govt of Pakistan over protection of religious minorities Asif Mehmood June 01, 2023 LAHORE: Sikh pilgrims from various countries are due to begin arriving in Pakistan […]
Saudi authorities reveal plans for biggest Hajj organizational operation in history
Previous 1 / 2 Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, noted that the focus for this year’s pilgrimage related to the […]
Weaponization of the refugee crisis must be addressed
KHALED ABOU ZAHR June 01, 2023 During the Turkiye presidential elections, the status of Syrian refugees became a central topic. The winner of the election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took a […]
Lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir picked up in Karachi. Wife
Lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir picked up in Karachi: wife Dawn.com Published June 2, 2023 Updated about 7 hours ago Lawyer and rights activist Jibran Nasir has been “picked up by unidentified men” […]
Arab opinion reflects regional changes
Jun 01,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The Arab World has seen a significant juggling of relationships. After the debacle of Iraq and 20 years of dizzying, often […]
The Syrian refugee who became mayor of a German village
By AFP – Jun 02,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Ryyan Alshebl, mayor of the community of Ostelsheim in Baden-Wuerttemberg, southwestern Germany, addresses a press talk with the Association of the Foreign Press in […]
UN Rapporteurs Highlight Hate Crimes Against Ahmadis
Concerns over rising atrocities, violence, and discrimination against Ahmadi religious minority in Pakistan highlighted by 4 UN special rapporteurs. Hate speech, attacks on places of worship, and lack of effective […]
Ben Roberts-Smith: Top Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case
Share By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. […]
Mossad Mystery and Conspiracy Theories: The Questions Still Rocking a Capsized Boat Full of Israeli and Italian Spies
Analysis | A cloud of cover-stories and confusion fed by partial scraps of information surround a freak accident in Italy’s Lake Maggiore. Though Israel has named the Mossad agent that died, […]
THE DEADLIEST RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN HISTORY EXPLAINED
BY MICHELE GAMA SOSA/JAN. 24, 2022 Religious conflict is a defining feature of today’s world, and it has been for millennia. Often, religion is just one factor in conflicts that result […]
Imran Khan’s miscalculation
Game of political engineering Zahid Hussain Published May 31, 2023 THEY all appeared to be reading from the same script as they renounced their affiliation with the PTI. They left in […]
Hajj officials review services and facilities for Hajj season
Hajj officials review services and facilities that will be provided during the season. (SPA) ARAB NEWS May 30, 2023 JEDDAH: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance conducted the first […]
A more courageous, smarter humanitarianism is needed to ease Sudan’s pain
Thursday . June 01, 2023 MUKESH KAPILA May 31, 2023 I hovered at the ill-defined Sudan-South Sudan border watching the Nuba Mountains being firebombed. It was 2013 and the region […]
The royal couple: A closer look at Rajwa Al-Saif and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II
Rajwa Al-Saif and Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah are getting married on June 1. (Instagram) Updated 31 May 2023 HAMS SALEH AND SHYAMA KRISHNA KUMAR May 25, 2023 DUBAI: […]
AI ‘godfather’ Yoshua Bengio feels ‘lost’ over life’s work
By Zoe Kleinman, for BBC Technology editor One of the so-called “godfathers” of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has said he would have prioritised safety over usefulness had he realised the pace […]
Muslims in Switzerland
22 languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Islam in Europeby percentage of country population[1] 90–100% AzerbaijanKosovoTurkey 70–90% AlbaniaKazakhstan 50–70% Bosnia and Herzegovina 30–40% North Macedonia 10–20% BulgariaCyprusGeorgiaMontenegroRussia 5–10% AustriaSwedenBelgiumFranceGermanyGreeceLiechtensteinNetherlandsSwitzerlandUnited KingdomNorwayDenmark […]
Spilling the beans: The Islamic history of coffee
PostedMay 14, 2021 Author Before there were Starbucks and the quirky coffeeshops masquerading as cozy work corners for many of us, there was the mid-17th century coffeeshop boom in England. During the […]