We’re in this fight together, Jews and Muslims
Antisemitism, Islamophobia and other types of ethnic or religious animosities will never go away. By ENES KANTER JANUARY 23, 2020 THE JERUSALEM POST This week we are […]
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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.
Protesters Mass in Baghdad, Demanding U.S. Leave Iraq
A national march against the presence of United States forces, organized by a populist Shiite cleric and armed groups with ties to Iran, drew a crowd estimated at 200,000 […]
Donald Trump set to unveil Middle East peace plan within days
Palestinians ‘will act negatively at first’, US president says onboard Air Force One Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Fri 24 Jan 2020 http://www.theguardian.com Donald Trump with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in […]
Trump’s Davos speech exposed how US isolationism is reaching its final narcissistic chapter
The old America wanted to bring daylight to others. Now the US president believes his country should be paid to intervene militarily in the Middle East – and then paid […]
Islam and its relations to other faiths. A full clarification! By Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Jalsa Salana France 2019: Address to Guests We have saved the above video in the Muslim Times as well:
Iraq warns US sanctions could push Baghdad to Iran, Russia, China
Iraqi officials fear economic “collapse” if Washington imposes threatened sanctions, including blocking access to a US-based account where Baghdad keeps oil revenues that feed 90 percent of the national budget. […]
US-Iran war would bring ‘untold chaos’ warns Jordan’s King Abdullah II
AFP January 15, 2020 The king warned of the re-emergence of Daesh in Iraq and Syria He also said failure to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict endangers world peace STRASBOURG, […]
Oman’s Sultan Haitham and the strategic Musandam peninsula
Maintaining security of the Musandam Peninsula will remain a top priority for new sultan, say analysts. by Gordon Robison 20 Jan 2020 Viewed from outside the region, the […]
Palestinian authorities warn Israel against using Holocaust to disguise its crimes
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES, ISTANBUL Palestine’s foreign ministry has warned against Israel’s use of the Holocaust to cover up its crimes against Palestinians and the occupation of Palestinian territories. In […]
Laurence Fox has conveniently forgotten that one in six WWI soldiers was from the Indian subcontinent
Actor and Old Harrovian Laurence Fox insists the appearance of a Sikh soldier in Sam Medes’s film 1917 is “forcing diversity” on viewers, which is, in his opinion, “institutionally racist”. […]
Everything We Know About the Jeff Bezos Phone Hack
A UN report links the attack on Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X directly to Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. On November 8, 2018, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos received an […]
India: Union Ministers meets Lt. Governor in Jammu
Jammu, Jan 22 (PTI) Two union ministers, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Renuka Singh Saruta, on Wednesday separately met Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu here, a Raj […]
Davos 2020 World Economic Forum 2020 Global Risk Report Cyber Cliffs Notes
by hrbrmstr on January 21, 2020 Each year the World Economic Forum releases their Global Risk Report around the time of the annual Davos conference. This year’s report is out […]
Health Benefits of Salat and the Importance of Daily Exercises
THE TRUTH NIGERIA’S FIRST MUSLIM NEWSPAPER With the increasingly sedentary lifestyle brought about by advanced technology, the era of smartphones and doing everything at the touch of a button, it […]
NIGERIA: Alhaji Owolabi donates Mosque to Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
By Nurudeen Akinreti – June 27, 2019 Alhaji Abbas Owolabi, the Branch President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Abuja has donated a newly built mosque to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The […]
WHY I ATTENDED AHMADIYYA CONVENTION IN THE U.K. – ETSU NUPE
The Truth Online By Nurudeen Akinreti – January 21, 2020 The Etsu Nupe and the Chairman Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr.) Yahaya Abubakar, CFR […]
‘My caliphate promotes love, not hate’: The 24-year-old imam on a mission to change the way the world sees Islam
Most would agree that the best weapon in the fight against Islamophobia is education. But for Adeel Shah, as he tells Sam Hancock, a change of heart can come from […]
Muslim leaders must invest in people, not wars – Marina Mahathir
The activist daughter of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says Muslim leaders must focus on education and health instead of war and strife. Marina Mahathir, daughter of Malaysia’s Prime Minister […]
Indonesian Government Deploys ‘Mosque Hunters’ Who Use Drones to Combat Radicalism
Indonesia is home to an estimated 700,000 mosques, and some of them are teeming with radical ideologies. by Adi Renaldi ; translated by Jade Poa 22 January 2020 How […]
Saudi Arabia pledges full support to Greek Cypriot administration
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 22.01.2020 Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud expressed full support for the Greek Cypriot administration amid ongoing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean […]