Celebrating human rights day — a call for civic engagement
Dec 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / By Natheer Al Awamleh and Dominik Bartsch December 10 marks Human Rights Day, commemorating the 74th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration […]
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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.
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Higher immigration or higher interest rates for America?
Dec 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ricardo Hausmann and Dany Bahar LONDON — The US economy is demanding too many workers. There are about twice as many job vacancies across […]
Despite Zionist-Israeli denial of their rights, Palestinians have not disappeared
Dec 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The BBC recently broadcast an hour-long programme about the struggle of US natives to secure their legal rights in the state of […]
Indonesia’s sex ‘morality’ laws are just one part of a broader, chilling crackdown on dissent
Analysis Helen Sullivan Analysis: the moralistic aspects of the new criminal code risk obscuring wider concerns about a stifling of protest and criticism of the state Wed 7 Dec 2022 […]
PDM chief raps US, IMF for pressurizing Pakistan
By News desk – December 6, 2022 Tariq Saeed Peshawar President of the ruling alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement and Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan-F Maulana Fazal Rehman Monday rapped the […]
Indonesia’s new sex laws and what they could mean for tourism
bbc.com By Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News Tourism operators in Indonesia are still trying to recover from the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the country’s parliament has passed new […]
Marriage in Islam
by Ata Ullah Kaleem Ata Ullah Kaleem, The Review of Religions, November 1992 In the beginning I am presenting below the English translation of the Arabic sermon which is delivered […]
Chastity – Essential for Preservation of the Institution of Marriage
by Nasir M. Malik National Tarbiyyat SecretaryUSA West Coast Jalsa Salana, Pomona, CA 12/24/06 Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High. Who creates and perfects, and Who designs […]
German police probe killing of Turkish girl
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AFP ISTANBUL DEC 06, 2022 – 4:13 PM GMT+3 Thomas Strobl (kneeling), interior minister of Baden-Württemberg, and Ahmet Başar Şen (R), Türkiye’s ambassador to Germany, lay a […]
1st Muslim World Cup host Qatar seeks to change views on Islam
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AFP ISTANBUL DEC 06, 2022 – 11:55 AM GMT+3 A football fan chats with Gulf residents inside Doha’s Blue Mosque, Doha, Qatar, Nov. 29, 2022. (AFP Photo) […]
Family life and marriage debated by human rights experts
Majed Al-Ghanmi (Twitter @MajedAlghanmi) Short Url Updated 14 sec ago ARAB NEWS December 06, 2022 JEDDAH: Family life and the institution of marriage are to be discussed at the next […]
Why the Nakba should never be forgotten
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB December 06, 2022 Short Url Netflix is currently streaming “Farha,” a movie about a teenager who witnesses the Nakba. Israelis have been left infuriated by the […]
’Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,’ warns UN chief
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the opening ceremony of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) at Plenary Hall of the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montreal, […]
Heroic Morocco make history to reach World Cup quarter-final
SPECIAL Morocco players celebrate after winning the penalty shoot-out against Spain at Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha, Dec. 6, 2022. (AFP) Short Url Updated 06 December 2022 […]
Disturbing developments in some Western countries
Dec 03,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh These developments are primarily at the political and social levels, which are more serious. Informed observers have noted, for decades, the […]
Amnesty International LUMS Chapter Told To ‘Drop The Ahmedi!’
“We were abruptly told to drop the Ahmedi representative we had called to speak last night” by News Desk December 6, 2022 in News In a series of tweets, Amnesty International LUMS Chapter told how they were ordered to ‘drop’ a guest they had invited to a talk they were hosting on […]
Palestine is more than an Arab cause
Dec 06,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external […]
Indonesia passes criminal code banning sex outside marriage
bbc.com By Frances Mao BBC News Indonesia’s parliament has approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country from having extramarital sex and restricts political freedoms. Sex outside […]
Anwar Ibrahim: Honeymoon as Malaysian PM will be brutally short
bbc.com By Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent The honeymoon – if there even is one – will be brutally short. Anwar Ibrahim became Malaysia’s 10th prime minister last week, […]