Why the Month of Muharram is Important to Muslims
MAGAZINE: EDITION AUGUST 2020 Rabeeb Mirza – London ISLAMIC HISTORY • MUHARRAM 31st August 2020 Shutterstock | rasoulali Rabeeb Mirza, London, UK ‘O ye who believe! seek help with patience and […]
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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.
Charlie Hebdo reprints offensive Prophet Muhammad caricatures
Source: Al Jazeera Move comes a day before 13 men and one woman – accused of assisting the 2015 attackers of the newspaper – go on trial. The French satirical newspaper whose Paris offices were attacked in 2015 is reprinting the controversial caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad that the gunmen […]
How we’re developing a COVID-19 vaccine at ‘Warp Speed’: Alex Azar
Source: USA Today By Alex M. Azar II and Moncef Slaoui; Opinion contributors We are encouraged by the progress so far, and hope to celebrate the successful delivery of a […]
Muhammad Asad: The Story of a Story of a Story
September 3, 2013/ by Toheed Ahmad* Abstract (Muhammad Asad (1900-1992), an Austrian born Jew who converted to Islam, was an accomplished scholar of Arabic and Persian. He spent several years […]
Israeli government ‘funded’ anti-Muslim hate group in US
2 HOURS AGO 1 Israeli government ‘funded’ anti-Muslim hate group in US Documents obtained by Jewish-American magazine, Forward, showed that officials had given Christian Zionist group, Proclaiming Justice to the […]
Lady Evelyn Cobbold: First British woman to perform Hajj
By SameerUpdated: 30th July 2020 Facebook London: Born in 1867, Lady Evelyn Cobbold was the first British Muslim woman who converted to Islam and made the pilgrimage to Makkah to perform Hajj […]
Austrian who held Pakistan’s first passport — and helped seal ties with Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Asad Short Url https://arab.news/9jy7u Muhammad Asad was the pioneer in the establishment of friendly relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia SAIMA SHABBIR AND NATALIA LASKOWSKA August 15, 2020 02:22 […]
Alliance of Liberals, Neocons Set to Shape US Foreign Policy
written by marshall auerback and james carden wednesday september 2, 2020 The emergence in recent weeks of a coalition of neoconservative Republicans and former US national-security officials who have thrown their […]
Muslims in Montenegro fear Greater Serbia rhetoric after elections
Following a polarising election, Muslims feel the brunt of political change. Following Sunday’s shock victory which resulted in the long-serving president, Milo Djukanovic losing his grip on power after 30 years, the country’s Muslim population is experiencing a backlash, according to local accounts. In the town of Pljevlja, a few […]
Indonesia: A Major Prize in the Battle for the Soul of Islam
By Dr. James M. Dorsey September 2, 2020 Great Mosque of Central Java, image via Wikipedia BESA Center Perspectives (Israel) Paper No. 1,727, September 2, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Saudi support […]
Modified mosquitoes bring much hope in dengue-endemic Indonesia
Ardila Syakriah The Jakarta Post PREMIUM Jakarta / Tue, September 1, 2020 / This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Modified mosquitoes bring much hope in dengue-endemic Indonesia”. Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/09/01/modified-mosquitoes-bring-much-hope-in-dengue-endemic-indonesia.html.
Turkey slams US’ partial lifting of arms embargo on Greek Cyprus
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY SEP 01, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House, Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo) Turkey slammed […]
As Billy Graham’s granddaughter and a proud evangelical, I worry for our country under Trump
Source: Independent Where is the fight for the marginalized communities Jesus exemplified? The church has been quicker to condemn an NFL player peacefully protesting than they are the racism that […]
Gunboat diplomacy won’t solve Greece and Turkey’s feud in the eastern Mediterranean – despite what Erdogan seems to think
Both sides need to agree a diplomatic solution as all the nations involved in the region will regret further escalation, writes Ahmed Aboudouh 15 hours ago Turkish seismic research vessel ‘Oruc […]
After UAE-Israel breakthrough, Kushner pushes other Arabs to go next
By Lisa Barrington and Dan Williams 58 mins ago © Reuters/DAN WILLIAMS Israeli delegation, Trump aides, visit UAE for talksBy Lisa Barrington and Dan WilliamsAL-DHAFRA AIR BASE, Abu Dhabi (Reuters) – […]
Hungry New Yorkers form quarter-mile line for free food in Queens
By Melanie Gray and Georgett Roberts August 22, 2020 | The line stretched a quarter-mile before the sun was barely up Saturday, snaking around corners like bread lines in the 1930s. But the hungry […]
Ten Raised to Five Hundred Reasons for Our Gracious God
Epigraph: And He (Allah) gave you all that you wanted of Him; and if you try to count the favors of Allah, you will not be able to number them. Indeed, man […]
The alliance between the UAE and Israel is a poisoned dagger in the Arabs’ back
August 31, 2020 Two US-made Israeli F-35 fly in formation, displaying the US and Israeli flags on 6 December 2016 [U.S. Air Force/Wikipedia] Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh August 31, 2020 […]
A view from the UAE (and Israel): We Are Not Traitors; Palestinian Leaders Are Corrupt
by Khaled Abu Toameh September 1, 2020 The message Emiratis are sending: “We did not betray anyone. We have a wise leader who has decided to do what is good for […]
TROLLS FLOOD SOCIAL MEDIA IN PAKISTAN AMID VIRUS LOCKDOWN
This article is provided courtesy of the Associated Press. Telecoms network in the Middle East (Shutterstock) August 28, 2020 By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — It was a […]