RED ZONE FILES: Leaking capitals in a diplomatic monsoon
RED ZONE FILES: Leaking capitals in a diplomatic monsoon Fahd Husain Published June 10, 2021 It is the season for leaks. No wonder Washington DC and Islamabad are dripping wet. With […]
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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.
Agreement reached over burials in Sheikhupura village after mob obstructs Ahmadi funeral
Dawn.com Published June 9, 2021 An agreement was reached regarding the burial of members of the Ahmadi community between local ulema and the district administration in Punjab’s Sheikhupura district on Wednesday, […]
Places of Worship – Potala Palace
MAGAZINE: EDITION APRIL 2021World Religions 8th June 2021 The Potala Palace complex in Lhasa (altitude 3,700 metres), Tibet, has been home to the Dalai Lama for centuries. The construction of […]
Outrage over Islamophobic attack on woman in Istanbul
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY JUN 09, 2021 2:13 PM GMT+3 A collage of the photos of the victim Neşe Nur Akkaya (L) and the assault suspect E.Ç. published by Turkish media, Jun. […]
Saudi-Iran duet: Will peace never come to Yemen?
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN COLUMNS JUN 09, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A Yemeni government fighter fires a vehicle-mounted weapon at a frontline position during fighting against Houthi fighters in Marib, Yemen, March 9, 2021. […]
How extremists undermine the Palestinian cause
RAY HANANIA June 09, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/47xa8 The fight for Palestine is two-tiered. One battle is on the ground, between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians, with the latter demanding […]
‘She screams when someone comes near’: Gaza children in trauma
A psychologist plays with Palestinian girl Suzy Eshkuntana, who was pulled out from the rubble of her house, destroyed by an Israeli air strike during Israeli-Palestinian fighting. (File/Reuters) Short Url […]
Blinken says ‘hundreds’ of US sanctions to remain on Iran
By AFP – Jun 08,2021 – JORDAN TIMES An Iranian man walks by posters of presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi outside a campaign office in Tehran, on Monday (AFP photo) WASHINGTON — Secretary of […]
How Pakistanis Are Reacting to the Hate Crime that Killed a Family in Canada
Some shared loving memories of the family murdered in the Islamophobic attack, some brought up Pakistan’s own record of hate crimes By Pallavi Pundir DELHI, INJune 9, 2021 THOUSANDS GATHERED TO […]
Video of a mob attempting to stop burial of Ahmadi woman goes viral
Video of a mob attempting to stop burial of Ahmadi woman goes viral A video of a mob attempting to stop the burial of an Ahmadi woman at a graveyard in the city of Sheikhupura has gone viral on Pakistan’s social media. In the video, a violent mob can be seen trying […]
Indonesian Law Hampers Mosque Construction
Amend Discriminatory Regulation That Blocks New Houses of Worship Andreas Harsono Indonesia Researcher andreasharsonoandreasharsono Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia this week demanded that the local government in Sraten village, East Java, stop […]
Book Review: I ACCUSE – Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein
NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN PROSECUTES THE PROSECUTOR Norman G. Finkelstein has built a worldwide reputation as a brilliant forensic analyst of spurious claims to truth in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Whether demolishing […]
Turkey offers to guard, run Kabul airport after NATO withdrawal
BY DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ANKARA DIPLOMACY JUN 08, 2021 12:40 PM GMT+3A NATO helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 29, 2020. (REUTERS Photo) Ankara has offered to guard and […]
UN court upholds ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic’s genocide conviction
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE EUROPE JUN 08, 2021 U.N. appeals judges have upheld the convictions of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic for genocide and other offenses during Bosnia’s 1992-95 […]
Palestine’s Generation Z nullifying Israeli narrative
OSAMA AL-SHARIFJune 08, 2021 23:12545 Short Url https://arab.news/9u9wb When Israel arrested Muna and Mohammed Al-Kurd on Sunday, there was a digital tsunami of support for and solidarity with the most famous […]
Video: Canada PM Trudeau calls killing of Muslim family ‘terrorist attack’
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Arab News OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday […]
It’s Apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa
“It is clearer than ever that the occupation is not temporary, and there is not the political will in the Israeli government to bring about its end.” by GroundUp2021-06-09 in News, World Map […]
No God, no objective morality – Meanwhile UNICEF says pornography is child’s human right
By Mustafa Siddiqi, Student, Jamia Ahmadiyya UK In bizarre and rather disturbing news, UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, one of the world’s most well-known and recognised children’s charities, […]
Apartheid of Ahmadis in Pakistan
Mujeeb ur Rahman AHMADIYYA HISTORY 23rd December 2015 A Lecture by Mujeeb ur Rahman, Advocate Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (part 1 of 2) (Originally published in The Review […]
Arab woman gets kidney from Jewish man who was killed in Israel riot
By Mark Suleymanov May 25, 2021 A Jewish man who was killed during violent clashes in Israel has given an Arab woman a second chance at life — after she received […]