Member of Pakistan’s Ahmadi Minority Stabbed to Death
August 12, 2022 VOICE OF AMERICA Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — A member of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community was stabbed to death in central Punjab province Friday after refusing to chant […]
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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.
The librarian who defied the Taliban
Published1 day ago bbc.com Wahida Amiri worked as an ordinary librarian before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last August. But when the militants started to strip women of their rights, […]
Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator and unable to speak, agent says
By Sam Cabral in Washington & Matt Murphy in LondonBBC News Published28 minutes ago Salman Rushdie’s agent has said “the news is not good” after the author was stabbed at […]
Salman Rushdie and the Khalifa
Epigraph: Say, produce your proof, if what you say is true. (Al Quran 2:111, 27:64) Promoted post: In the Face of the Cartoon Row: Collection of Articles: Freedom of Speech — […]
Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, on Friday at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. (AP) Short Url Updated 41 sec ago […]
Lutfur Rahman: How an Islamophobic media witch-hunt plagued my political career
Perspectives 8 min read Lutfur Rahman 09 Aug, 2022 Newly re-elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, explains how a racist media campaign against him played a central role in […]
An Israeli Journalist in Mecca, a Rabbi in Medina: Saudi’s path to normalisation?
Voices Emad Moussa THE NEW ARAB 08 Aug, 2022 The Israeli journalist sneaking into Mecca was, for some, a ‘stunt’ by the Saudi government to test the waters for normalisation, […]
15 years of failed experiments: Myths and facts about the Israeli siege on Gaza
July 5, 2022 at 8:59 am | Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine Palestinians in Gaza protest against the closures imposed by Israeli occupation on 22 July 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor] Dr […]
Why is the abandonment of Palestine justified by using Iran as a pretext?
August 10, 2022 at 3:32 pm | Published in: Article, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine A view of destruction after Israeli attack on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on August 7, 2022 [Abed Rahim […]
Don’t write off the Arabs yet: Palestine is still an Arab cause
August 8, 2022 at 5:15 pm | Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US Smoke and flames rise as Israel carries out air strikes in Gaza on 5 August 2022 [Abed Zagout/Anadolu […]
At 75 years, Pakistan is viewed as the sick man of South Asia. Can it heal over the next 25?
At 75 years, Pakistan is viewed as the sick man of South Asia. Can it heal over the next 25? Without enriching the many, not just the few, Pakistan can […]
Another murder in Rabwah, Pakistan
Yusuf Chris Pender 39m · A 62 year old Ahmadi Naseer Ahmad sahab was stabbed to death at Rabwah’s main bus stop by a fanatic. Naseer Sahab leaves behind a widow […]
Pakem Tanah Bumbu Asks Indonesian Ahmadiyya Congregation to Stop Construction of Worship Facilities and Not to Spread Teachings
Thursday, 11 August 2022 – WARTABANJAR.COM, BATULICIN – The Tanah Bumbu Regency Government (Tanbu Regency Government) through the National and Political Unity Agency (Bakesbangpol) held a Coordination Meeting for the Supervisory […]
US government watchdog warns of ‘systematic’ threats to religious freedom in Pakistan
By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter A United States government watchdog is recommending that the State Department once again designate Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for what […]
Israel tampers with Palestinian education in occupied East Jerusalem
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN AUG 11, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Palestinian high school students celebrate after receiving their exam results in a convoy of cars on the streets of Hebron, […]
Türkiye says ready to start using its Black Sea gas by next March
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL AUG 11, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Türkiye’s Yavuz drillship departs Filyos Port in northern province of Zonguldak, April 8, 2022. (AA Photo) RECOMMENDED Abu Dhabi’s […]
Tourist visa holders can now perform Umrah
Pilgrims arrive at King Abdulaziz International Airport as Saudi Arabia allows vaccinated foreigners to make the off-season Umrah pilgrimage. (AFP) Short Url Updated 11 August 2022 ARAB NEWS August 11, […]
As fears of nuclear conflict grow, what can be done to reduce the threat?
DR. DIANA GALEEVA August 11, 2022 Short Url The threat of a nuclear war has been discussed since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began in February but in recent […]
Solutions to Yemen crisis should address root cause — foreign minister
By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Aug 11,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak speaks during a lecture at the World Affairs Council in Amman on Tuesday […]
Shiite Muslims throng Iraqi shrine city to mark Ashura
By AFP – Aug 09,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Shiite Muslims attend an Ashura mourning session at the shrine of the reverred Imam in Iraq’s holy city of Karbala, on Tuesday (AFP photo) KARBALA, […]