20 years after Iraq: No accountability and no lessons learned
Apr 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby It is tragic and deeply distressing that twenty years after the US launched its disastrous invasion of Iraq that the ignorance, […]
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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.
End of ideology
End of ideology Muhammad Amir Rana Published April 2, 2023 LISTEN TO ARTICLE1x1.2×1.5x THE Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the world’s second-largest Muslim-majority state and the self-declared fortress of Islam. It has the world’s […]
Saving Pakistan
Saving Pakistan Ashraf Jehangir Qazi Published March 30, 2023 LISTEN TO ARTICLE1x1.2×1.5x PAKISTAN is imploding. The president and prime minister are at war. The judiciary is divided and the military is considering its options. […]
Ramadan: Coastal communities help Muslims celebrate
bbc.com Related Topics By Sanjana Idnani BBC News Cultural awareness of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is growing in coastal communities, Muslim families have said. Ramadan, the Islamic holy […]
UN calls for children’s repatriation from PKK-held camps in Syria
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL APR 02, 2023 Children sit on the ground at al-Hol Camp, in Hasakeh, Syria, Mar. 18, 2021. (AFP Photo) It has been five years since […]
Home Secretary accused of ‘parroting far-right myths’ about British Pakistani men
2nd April 2023 By Abbi Garton-Crosbie@agc_reports Multimedia Political Reporter Suella Braverman blamed ‘political correctness’ for authorities failing to tackle grooming gangs during a media round on Sunday morning. (Image: PA) HOME […]
British Library hosts ‘Open Iftar’ for interfaith unity in Ramadan
BY ANADOLU AGENCY LONDON APR 02, 2023 – DAILY SABAH EDITED BY BUSE KESKIN Mass iftar program held in British Library, London, U.K., March 31, 2023. (AA Photo) The British Library […]
Ramadan ‘good opportunity’ to quit smoking: Turkish health expert
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL MAR 31, 2023 – Doctors do not recommend smoking directly after breaking a daylong fast and even suggest Ramadan could be a perfect time to […]
Pogroms, paramilitaries, and Israel’s future as a pariah state
BARIA ALAMUDDIN April 03, 2023 Netanyahu’s neo-fascist Cabinet colleagues took a look at Tehran’s paramilitary armies around the region, and decided they wanted one too. After hundreds of thousands of […]
The beginning of de-escalation in Yemen, but certainly not the end
Apr 02,2023 – JORDAN TIMES . Amer Al Sabaileh Expectations following the Chinese mediated reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia were that Yemen would be the first front to see […]
Initiative staves off defaulters’ imprisonment through debt forgiveness
Many risk jail time after expiration of Defence Order No. 28 By Rayya Al Muheisen – Apr 02,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Representative image (Photo courtesy of unsplash/Towfiqu Barbhuiya) AMMAN — “Sameh Le […]
Suella Braverman admits she didn’t know refugees were shot at by police in Rwanda in 2018
Suella Braverman insists Rwanda is a ‘safe country’ to send migrants although Home Secretary admits she didn’t know refugees were shot at by police in African country in 2018 By GREG […]
The Vatican repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ which was used to justify colonialism
RELIGION March 30, 2023 By Bill Chappell People protest as Pope Francis meets young people and elders at Nakasuk Elementary School Square in Iqaluit, Canada, last July. The Vatican on […]
Vatican rejects ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ justifying colonialism
After decades of demands by Indigenous people, Vatican ‘repudiates’ theories that backed colonial-era seizure of lands. Published On 30 Mar 2023 The Vatican has rejected the “Doctrine of Discovery”, a 15th-century concept laid out in so-called “papal bulls” that were used to justify European Christian colonialists’ seizure of Indigenous lands […]
On the Turkish earthquake: The question of mercy
BY EKREM DEMIRLI MAR 31, 2023 – daily sabah Fevzi Anli, 53, carries his three-year-old grand-son Fevzi in his arms as they wait to receive food in Orhanlı tent city […]
French referees ordered not to pause games for Muslim players
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL MAR 31, 2023 – Daily Sabah French strikers Kylian Mbappe (2nd L), Moussa Diaby (L) and Antoine Griezmann (2nd R), and defender Ibrahima Konate (R) applaud fans on […]
KSrelief donation of dates to reach poorest Afghans during Ramadan
An Afghan fruit seller displays local dates at a market in Kabul on April 1, 2023, but few are able to afford the Ramadan staple amid skyrocketing prices of […]
Allah’s Mercy, Forgiveness and Rewarding
Friday Sermon delivered byHazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad(at) URDU Video Audio More Languages NOTE: Alislam Team takes full responsibility for any errors or miscommunication in this Synopsis of the Friday Sermon. With the […]
The Second Ashra of Ramadhan – Ten Days of Forgiveness
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6BsWw05VDTY?rel=0&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alislam.org&widgetid=1 An English documentary on the second Ashra of Ramadhan. source https://www.alislam.org/video/second-ashra-of-ramadhan-ten-days-of-forgiveness/
DUAS FOR THREE ASHRA OF RAMADAN
According to Hadith narrated by Salman Farsi (R.A.), who said that Prophet (S.A.W.) said: “Ramadan is a month whose beginning is mercy, its middle is forgiveness and its end is […]