Lebanon’s politicians ineffectual amid public misery
ZAID M. BELBAGI September 07, 2022 Short Url Lebanon’s nonstate actors, charities and international donors have always had an important role to play in picking up the government’s slack. Ever […]
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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 must facilitate regional Rohingya burden-sharing scheme
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM September 07, 2022 Short Url The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, last month made a demand of the outgoing UN high commissioner for human rights. She […]
Israel rebuffs US call for West Bank tactics review
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has said that its security forces never ‘intentionally shoot at innocent people.’ (AFP) Short Url Updated 17 sec ago REUTERS September 08, 2022 JERUSALEM: Israel […]
Do not let young Pakistanis’ futures be washed away
Sep 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By Yasmine Sherif and Gordon Brown EDINBURGH — Following this year’s catastrophic flooding in Pakistan, millions of young Pakistanis’ life opportunities are hanging by a […]
Israel should be demoted from full UN membership
Sep 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES . Michael Jansen The Palestinian Authority has once again called for the admission of Palestine to full United Nations membership and has been warned off […]
Border Lawlessness. Greece’s Slide Toward Authoritarianism
A Commentary By Maximilian Popp Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis poses as a reformer. But his leadership methods are more reminiscent of an autocracy. It is time for the EU to […]
No room for love in Apartheid Israel
The right to intimacy serves as both a realm of domination as well as a form of resistance under Israeli settler-colonialism. BY IZZEDDIN ARAJ SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 ‘AMBASSADORS OF FREEDOM – PALESTINE’ […]
Netflix: Saudi Arabia and GCC warn streaming giant over violating ‘Islamic values’
By David GrittenBBC News Gulf states have demanded that Netflix remove all content deemed to violate “Islamic and societal values and principles”, Saudi media report. Recent material, including that made […]
Pakistan floods: Time running out for families in Sindh
By Pumza FihlaniBBC News, Dadu Related Topics People in southern Pakistan face yet more devastation after record floods blamed on climate change submerged a third of the country, killing more […]
East Mediterranean especially at risk as world heats up, report warns
With 4 million people, Alexandria is Egypt’s second-largest city and also one of the Middle East’s cities most at risk from rising sea levels due to global warming. (Reuters) Short […]
Israel increasingly resorting to administrative detention of Palestinians
YOSSI MEKELBERG September 06, 2022 Short Url Last week, Khalil Awawdeh, a 40-year-old Palestinian father of four from the occupied West Bank, ended a six-month hunger strike after Israeli authorities […]
Israel’s security officials warn of West Bank eruption, and they are right
OSAMA AL-SHARIF September 06, 2022 Short Url The attack by three armed Palestinians on a bus carrying Israeli soldiers in the occupied Jordan Valley on Sunday should come as no […]
Human rights hold the key to protecting biodiversity
Sep 06,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Project Syndicate By Sofia Monsalve and Georgina Catacora-Vargas HEIDELBERG/LA PAZ — In October 2021, two tractors with a large chain stretched between them cleared more […]
‘Painful March for freedom’: The triumphant legacy of Palestinian prisoners
Sep 06,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud “As soon as I left prison, I went to Nael’s grave. It is adorned with the colors of the Palestinian flag and […]
London Ministerial: What We Have Learned about China, Pakistan, and the World
07/16/2022RUTH INGRAM The international Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief taught us that religious liberty is more threatened than even before, and only a global coalition can hope […]
UN Xinjiang Report Published: Fake Organizations Behind the Pressures Not to Publish It
09/01/2022KOK BAYRAQA+ | A- Bachelet alluded to the fact that more than 900 “civil organizations” asked her not to publish the report. But these “organizations” either do not exist or are just […]
Grave of Seven-Month-Old Ahmadi Child Desecrated in Pakistan
09/07/2022 MASSIMO INTROVIGNE The total number of graves of members of the Ahmadiyya community attacked in 2022 has risen to 185. by Massimo Introvigne Not even the human piety towards […]
Seeing the harmony of life of the Ahmadiyya Community in Motoboi Besar, Indonesia
The existence of adherents of Ahmadiyah teachings in Kotamobagu has existed since 1952, and until now they live in harmony with other groups. Neno Karlina Paputungan| Diversity | 19 Minutes VEHICLES began to move […]
Future uncertain for Pakistan’s blasphemy victims
Government, Church need rehabilitation plan to integrate into society those freed by the judiciary Pakistani Catholic lawyer Aneeqa Maria with Indrias Rehmat (right), father of Patras Masih, in Lahore on Sept. 3. […]
The Iron Lady’s vision for UK: No place for Asians
Vivek Gumaste Margaret Thatcher The anchor’s crestfallen face after interviewing Margaret Thatcher embodied the plight of the Asians in Britain then: permanent rejection from British society after having spent a […]