Living as a Muslim woman in modern-day society
15th September 2019 Sunday, 15 September, Bordon, Hampshire: Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih V arrived in the ladies’ Ijtema Gah at 12:28 BST earlier today to conclude the Ijtema of […]
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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.
At Cologne’s Gestapo museum, visitors are drawing modern parallels – can we really say they’re being simplistic?
The Nazis believed that their Jews were not German – just as the US president clearly believes that there are four US congresswomen, all citizens of his country, who are […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand to discuss Freedom of Speech
Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community NZ The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in New Zealand will hold its annual Peace Symposium on the 21st of September 2019. With an increasing scrutiny of […]
Blasphemy accusation in Pakistan sparks ransacking of Hindu temple, school
Sep 16, 2019 KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A crowd in Pakistan ransacked a school and Hindu temple after a Hindu principal was accused of blasphemy, police said on Monday, the latest […]
Mnar Muhawesh: Nearly 8 Million Muslim Casualties In US-Led War On Terror
MintPress founder and editor in chief, Mnar Muhawesh, joins RT America to discuss the misconceptions about the war on terror and the true costs of war. by Mnar Muhawesh The biggest misconception about the war on terror is that it started in 2003 with the US invasion of Iraq and […]
Turkey says Israel becoming ‘racist, apartheid regime’ with annexation plan
Sep 15, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch ANKARA (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of his intention to annex areas of the West Bank following next week’s elections shows Israel […]
Humanitarian agencies: Taliban revoke ban on Red Cross and provide security guarantees
Sep 15, 2019 The Taliban on Sunday revoked their ban on the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan and gave a guarantee of security for its […]
Muharram mourning in a strange country
By: Seyed Hossein Hosseiniseddiq TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – A few years back, I went to Germany to study for a doctorate and settled in a university campus located in […]
Saudi Arabia oil attack: Trump hints at action as US points finger at Iran
US president says he has ‘reason to believe we know the culprit’, as oil prices rise Everything you need to know about the Saudi Arabia oil attacks Kate Lyons […]
Is studying at a university essential these days?
Source: Arab News Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj, who is a best-selling Saudi author, an international public speaker and an entrepreneurship mentor. After the publication of my previous article, I received so […]
OIC foreign ministers reject Netanyahu annexation pledge
Arab News September 15, 2019 Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki warns dispute with Israel is now religious conflict Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibrahim Al-Assaf calls on international community […]
A Warlord Rebuilds Benghazi in His Own Image – Return to Gadhafi Era in Libya
Benghazi was the center of the revolution against former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. After driving out the Islamists, warlord Khalifa Haftar has set up a culture of surveillance and […]
Interview with Edward Snowden: ‘If I Happen to Fall out of a Window, You Can Be Sure I Was Pushed’
In a DER SPIEGEL interview, whistleblower Edward Snowden talks about how he managed to mislead the most powerful intelligence agency in the world, about his life in Russia and […]
Yemen pounded by war for five years
By AFP – Sep 15,2019 -JORDAN TIMES SANAA — Saudi Arabia, whose oil installations have again been targeted by drone attacks, launched military operations in Yemen in 2015 to help […]
Suspension of Syrian membership in Arab League counterproductive
Sep 15,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI Some Arab capitals, albeit a minority, are suggesting the “return” of Syria to the Arab fold. The majority of the Arab countries, […]
Bangladesh: Under-construction Ahmadiyya mosque vandalised in Netrakona
Panic gripped a handful of Ahmadiyya Muslims living in ward 1 in Netrakona town as several hundred sectarian people vandalised their under-construction mosque on Friday afternoon. About 400 people, mostly […]
Amazing ! Why did it take me three years ???? !!!!!
to find out, that to save my bread from the tribes of small ants in Indonesia, the safest place is inside the oven !!! I finally beat […]
John Bolton’s sacking delighted Iran – but the world is suffering under Trump and his fellow fragile tyrants
Trump has no foreign policy, and the ‘world stage’ has splintered. No wonder journalism struggles to describe the outrageous new reality Robert Fisk @indyvoices The sanest comment to emerge […]
In push for race and religion, Malaysian opposition formalises pact
Sep 14, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch (reuters_tickers) KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s two oldest political parties signed a charter of formal cooperation on Saturday, presenting arguably the largest political platform […]
Attacks on Saudi oil facilities knock out half the kingdom’s supply
Sep 14, 2019 r (reuters_tickers) By Stephen Kalin, Rania El Gamal and Dmitry Zhdannikov RIYADH/DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it attacked two plants at the heart […]
