Yousuf Deedat – Son of noted Muslim preacher shot in South Africa
Yousuf Deedat in critical condition after being shot by an unknown assailant. 16 Jan 2020 A South African activist and son of a deceased prominent Muslim preacher is fighting […]
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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.
Opinion: The UAE’s philanthropy boom
By Maram Ahmed // 09 April 2019 The United Arab Emirates is an emerging philanthropic power. For over a decade now, the number of philanthropic organizations has been booming in […]
Jan. 17, 1961: Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was Executed
https://www.democracynow.org/embed/story/2011/1/21/patrice_lumumba_50_years_later_remembering On Jan. 17, 1961, democratically elected prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was executed with the assistance of the governments of Belgium and the […]
Championing the higher path of peace – King of Jordan
Jan 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – In his address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, His Majesty King Abdullah shed light on several issues and crises plaguing the Middle […]
Haftar ‘agrees to abide by’ ceasefire, ready to join Libya talks — Germany
By AFP – Jan 16,2020 -JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has agreed to abide by a ceasefire and said he was ready to participate in an international conference in Berlin on Sunday, Germany’s foreign minister said. Libya’s UN-recognised government in Tripoli has been under attack since April […]
Iraq ouster of foreign troops would show US ‘failure’ — analysts
By AFP – Jan 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — When it invaded in 2003, the United States promised “Iraqi freedom,” democracy, and prosperity. But 17 years later, its […]
Trump floats expanding NATO to add Middle East
Jan 9, 2020 – 19:50 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North American Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations, as the […]
Iran has been changed forever by admitting its great mistake – yet the west ignores its own deceits
Source: Independent The irony is that, when the US first claimed the Iranians were behind attacks on their soldiers in Iraq, they were likely not By Robert Fisk; @indyvoices “In wartime,” Churchill famously told Stalin, “truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” […]
A Saudi Man who donated “$16 Billion” In Charity and kicked himself out of the billionaires club
Source: Islamtics.com Yet Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi revealed in an interview that he’s no stranger to poverty, having been penniless on two separate occasions in his life. Sulaiman […]
Hamas calls for mass attendance at Al-Aqsa, Cave of the Patriarchs prayers
By TZVI JOFFRE JANUARY 16, 2020 13:41 PALESTINIAN MEN pray on the Temple Mount as they mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on August 11. (photo credit: AMMAR AWAD […]
Fears over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are unfounded
The huge hullabaloo over the CAA is difficult to understand unless it is a cynical campaign to rouse communal passions under the garb of protecting the secular nature of the Constitution. POLITICS 16-01-2020 Kanwal Sibal The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been passed by Parliament after a thorough debate in […]
Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya mosque, houses attacked in Brahmanbaria
Source: New Age Bangladesh Islamists demand declaring them non-Muslim Staff Correspondent | Published: Jan 16,2020 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangladesh on Wednesday expressed concern over Tuesday evening’s attacks on its mosque […]
Joel Osteen Very Articulate about Avoiding Pork
Joel Osteen Very Articulate about Avoiding Pork https://t.co/ErsLkud5eh via @wordpressdotcom — TheMuslimTimes (@TheMuslimTimes2) February 22, 2018 Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times about […]
Talk of A ‘Clash Of Civilisations’ Between Islam And The West Is Extremely Dangerous And Irresponsible – Head of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
October 24, 2019 Press Releases His Holiness says that atheism is undermining Western traditions and heritage Caliph says Islam is no threat to Western civilisation Muslim leader condemns modern day ‘economic slavery’ and warns of risk of nuclear warfare4 On 22 October 2019, the World Head of the […]
Iran’s Islamic regime will be in deep trouble if it doesn’t reform
Date 1/14/2020 4:22:25 AM Tweet on Twitter (MENAFN – NewsIn.Asia) By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror The United States’ 40-year sanctions-based economic war against the radical Islamic regime in Iran may end […]
Killing of Soleimani evokes history of political assassinations in the formative days of Shiite Islam
By Deina Abdelkader Posted on Tuesday, 14 January 2020 Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with covert […]
Turkey edges toward Islamic law with new finance rules
Orhan Kemal Cengiz January 14, 2020 Article Summary Turkey’s ruling party has imposed religious rules in the public sphere, a move that could have major implications for the country’s […]
Bali bombers’ brother, bomb widow become friends, seek peace
Posted Wednesday, January 8, 2020 6:00 am By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press TENGGULUN, Indonesia – The young Balinese widow stared across the courthouse at the man who had murdered her husband and 201 others, and longed to see him suffer. Ever since that horrible night, when she realized amid […]
The Kazakh Muslims detained in China’s camps
Since 2017, thousands of Kazakh Muslims have been detained in China’s infamous re-education camps. Survivors who have returned to Kazakhstan, say during months of incarceration they were tortured, beaten and […]
How anti-Muslim war makes US democracy impossible
Source: MONDOWEISS By Edward Curtis, who is professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is author of Muslim American Politics and the Future of U.S. Democracy (NYU Press, 2019). […]
