Food insecurity threatens the Middle East
BY IRFAN ASHRAF OCT 14, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Illustration by Reuters. RECOMMENDED What’s happening in climate change negotiations? CLIMATE-CHANGE The Middle East is beatified with the highest rate of […]
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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.
NATO in the Turkish-Greek conflict
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN OCT 12, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3 Illustration by Shutterstock. RECOMMENDED Türkiye’s repositioning of Asia in new world order TÜRKIYE Türkiye and Greece have been in a conflictual relationship since the emergence of the Cyprus question, which is at the heart of the strained Turkish-Greek bilateral relations, […]
Türkiye criticizes Greece for ‘slander, defamation’ campaign
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL OCT 17, 2022 – Turkish Coast Guard units rescue irregular migrants pushed back by Greece off Aegean Sea on Sept. 13, 2022. (Interior Ministry Handout) RECOMMENDED Top […]
Settlers attacking Palestinians with impunity as elections loom
CHRIS DOYLE October 17, 2022 Short Url The last week has seen arguably one of the most intense bouts of Israeli army and settler violence against Palestinians since the height […]
Palestinians fed up with Israeli occupation and their own leadership
RAMZY BAROUD October 17, 2022 Short Url This headline in Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post only tells part of the story: “The Lions’ Den, other Palestinian groups are endless headache […]
UN condemns ‘deeply distressing’ discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border
bbc.com By Alex Binley BBC News The United Nations’ refugee agency has said it is “deeply distressed” by the discovery of almost 100 naked men at the border between Greece […]
UK to provide additional £10 million aid for Pakistan’s flood relief efforts
Web Desk OCTOBER 14, 2022 The United Kingdom (UK) will give an additional £10 million of life-saving humanitarian support for Pakistan’s flood relief efforts. The additional humanitarian aid was announced by Lord Tariq […]
Assistant Foreign Minister meets UK Minister of State for Middle East
Published: 16 Oct 2022 – Photo: Twitter / Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of WimbledonFollow usnewsCopyA+A- QNA | The Peninsula Online DOHA: Assistant Foreign Minister HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater met […]
Friday Sermon Summary 14th October 2022: ‘Recognising & Being Grateful for the Favours of God’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)AHMADIYYAT 14th October 2022 Add Comment Summary of the Friday Sermon delivered by the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from Baitur […]
Huzoor’s departure from Dallas, arrival in Silver Spring, Maryland and other activities
15th October 2022 Faran Rabbani, USA Correspondent 9 October 2022 was the day for Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V’saa departure from Dallas, Texas. The day began with the Fajr prayer, afterwards, Huzooraa went […]
As it ‘teeters on the brink of disaster’, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V guides the world towards peace at reception of Bait-ul-Ikram Mosque, Allen, Texas
10th October 2022 Last Updated on 14th October 2022 During the second phase of his historical tour of the United States of America, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih Vaa blessed […]
Nigeria election: Dangers of being religious in a religious nation
bbc.com By Chiagozie Nwonwu BBC News, Lagos Religious intolerance – in one of the most religious countries in Africa if not the world – is one of the issues dominating […]
Cracking the Rosetta code: How a black slab of stone unlocked a world to an ancient Egyptian civilization
SPECIAL A new British Museum exhibition marks 200 years since scholars cracked the code of the Rosetta Stone, pictured. (© The Trustees of the British Museum) Short Url Updated 14 […]
Concern grows over expanding settler attacks in occupied West Bank
SPECIAL Palestinian men confront Israeli settlers while soldiers stand by during recent clashes in the town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank. (AFP) Short Url Updated 16 October 2022 […]
Back to the brink in Iran
Oct 15,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amin Saikal PERTH — In the 43 years since its founding, Iran’s Islamic Republic has overcome numerous internal and foreign policy challenges. But the […]
Preparing for the long war
Oct 15,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Mark Leonard BERLIN — A nuclear specter is haunting Europe once again. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered last month a mobilisation of some […]
Greek archaeology colloquium discusses Biblical city from story of Lot
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Oct 16,2022 – JORDAN TIES Ghawr as Safi, lower area in front (north) of the sugar presses. Sugar juice conduit on the right of photo, leading to the […]
A Ted Talk As Commentary of A Verse of the Quran
Epigraph: “I have created men, high and low, but to worship Me.” (Al Quran 51:56) Jonathan Haidt’s Ted Talk: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks […]
Breaking Laws at the Borders. Why DER SPIEGEL Is Publishing the EU Investigative Report on Pushbacks
The EU border agency Frontex has sought to cover up human rights violations for several years, but an investigation by the European anti-fraud office OLAF has exposed the treatment of […]
Was the British King Offa a Muslim? (776 A.D.)
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