Hamas calls for mass attendance at Al-Aqsa, Cave of the Patriarchs prayers
By TZVI JOFFRE JANUARY 16, 2020 13:41 PALESTINIAN MEN pray on the Temple Mount as they mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on August 11. (photo credit: AMMAR AWAD […]
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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.
Fears over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are unfounded
The huge hullabaloo over the CAA is difficult to understand unless it is a cynical campaign to rouse communal passions under the garb of protecting the secular nature of the Constitution. POLITICS 16-01-2020 Kanwal Sibal The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been passed by Parliament after a thorough debate in […]
Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya mosque, houses attacked in Brahmanbaria
Source: New Age Bangladesh Islamists demand declaring them non-Muslim Staff Correspondent | Published: Jan 16,2020 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangladesh on Wednesday expressed concern over Tuesday evening’s attacks on its mosque […]
Joel Osteen Very Articulate about Avoiding Pork
Joel Osteen Very Articulate about Avoiding Pork https://t.co/ErsLkud5eh via @wordpressdotcom — TheMuslimTimes (@TheMuslimTimes2) February 22, 2018 Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times about […]
Talk of A ‘Clash Of Civilisations’ Between Islam And The West Is Extremely Dangerous And Irresponsible – Head of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
October 24, 2019 Press Releases His Holiness says that atheism is undermining Western traditions and heritage Caliph says Islam is no threat to Western civilisation Muslim leader condemns modern day ‘economic slavery’ and warns of risk of nuclear warfare4 On 22 October 2019, the World Head of the […]
Iran’s Islamic regime will be in deep trouble if it doesn’t reform
Date 1/14/2020 4:22:25 AM Tweet on Twitter (MENAFN – NewsIn.Asia) By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror The United States’ 40-year sanctions-based economic war against the radical Islamic regime in Iran may end […]
Killing of Soleimani evokes history of political assassinations in the formative days of Shiite Islam
By Deina Abdelkader Posted on Tuesday, 14 January 2020 Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with covert […]
Turkey edges toward Islamic law with new finance rules
Orhan Kemal Cengiz January 14, 2020 Article Summary Turkey’s ruling party has imposed religious rules in the public sphere, a move that could have major implications for the country’s […]
Bali bombers’ brother, bomb widow become friends, seek peace
Posted Wednesday, January 8, 2020 6:00 am By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press TENGGULUN, Indonesia – The young Balinese widow stared across the courthouse at the man who had murdered her husband and 201 others, and longed to see him suffer. Ever since that horrible night, when she realized amid […]
The Kazakh Muslims detained in China’s camps
Since 2017, thousands of Kazakh Muslims have been detained in China’s infamous re-education camps. Survivors who have returned to Kazakhstan, say during months of incarceration they were tortured, beaten and […]
How anti-Muslim war makes US democracy impossible
Source: MONDOWEISS By Edward Curtis, who is professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is author of Muslim American Politics and the Future of U.S. Democracy (NYU Press, 2019). […]
Jewish history: A tale of passports, profiteers and escaping Nazi persecution
By Andrea Tognina (text) and Helen James (picture editor) The Jewish community in Switzerland regularly collected donations to help fellow Jews fleeing Nazi persecution and those already seeking refuge in […]
THE GAMBIA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at supports more KM disaster victims
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, The Gambia, last Friday supported six more fire and flood disaster victims in the Kanifing Municipality with food items and cash. Each of […]
Egypt needs to agree Renaissance Dam deal
Dr. Abdellatif El-Menawy January 14, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/5vb3b There are just hours left until the results of the latest crucial round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam […]
What’s behind Haftar’s refusal to sign Libya deal?
By AFP – Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — Military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s reluctance to sign up to a Turkish-Russian orchestrated ceasefire accord underlines the complexity of Libya’s conflict […]
What you should know about Israel’s ‘firing zones’ in the West Bank
Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: […]
Criminal Brigade’s findings ‘clear’ Professor Tariq Ramadan
Posted by: Hamad Momin in News, News Europe, News France, News Politics, News UK, News Views 07/09/2019 11 Comments Findings from the new Criminal Brigade’s investigations claim to clear […]
Book Review | The Muslim Art of Science
The Muslim Art of Science By John Noble Wilford May 20, 2011 In the thousand years between the decline of Rome and the springtime of the Renaissance, science […]
Muslim Traveling Judge The account of the travels of the Muslim legal scholar Ibn Battuta in the first half of the 14th century reveals the wide scope of the Muslim world at that time.
The Abode of Islam During the life of Ibn Battuta (sometimes spelled Battutah), Islamic civilization stretched from the Atlantic coast of West Africa across northern Africa, the Middle East, […]
Esper Says He Did Not See Specific Evidence Soleimani Was Planning Embassy Attacks
HeadlineJan 13, 2020 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has acknowledged he did not see specific evidence that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was planning attacks against U.S. embassies at the time […]