OPINION: Ahmadiyyas face a holocaust in Pakistan
Source: The Week Pakistan is hypocritical in its support of Kashmiris when it persecutes Ahmadiyyas By Justice Markandey Katju December 16, 2019 10:18 IST The Ahmadiyyas are a tiny, peaceful […]
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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.
Implied powers and Constitutional limitations
Wednesday, 25 December 2019 Tuesday, 24 December 2019 | Nadeem Paracha http://www.dailypioneer.com Constitutional amendments made in bad faith prove tough to reverse when they become tools in the hands of […]
‘This is Oshkosh’s mosque’: The story behind the place that served as a sanctuary for Wisconsin students during a school attack
Madeline Heim Appleton Post-Crescent Published 7:20 AM EST Dec 23, 2019 OSHKOSH – In 2010, leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Oshkosh made the city a promise: If […]
Ahmadiyya sect puts off annual meet at Qadian amid anti-CAA protests
Dec 23, 2019 HT Correspondent The Ahmadiyya community, which has been declared non-Muslim in Pakistan, has put off its 126th Jalsa Salana, an annual congregation, at the sect’s headquarters in […]
Efforts underway to change Ideological Identity of Pakistan in PTI Regime: JUI-F Leader Maulana Atta ur Rehman son of Maulana Fazalur Rehman
JUI-F leader Maulana Atta ur Rehman son of Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the advocates of state of Madina have made the life of the poor people miserable and […]
Christmas Reflections of a Muslim Convert
Alex Borthwick Christmas Christmas Reflections of a Muslim Convert 17th December 2019 “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith […]
Turkey ready for peaceful resolution to Mediterranean maritime dispute
Dec 23,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Orkun Ersoy The article which was published in The Jordan Times on December 19, 2019 titled “Turkey flexes its muscles in Eastern Mediterranean” […]
Saudi court sentences five to death over Khashoggi killing
A Saudi Arabian court sentenced five people to death over the killing of dissenting journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey last year. Three others received lengthy […]
Can Muslim crypto fight US economic dominance? Iran thinks so
Steve Kaaru The Iranian President has proposed the development of a Muslim cryptocurrency as a tool against the economic dominance enjoyed by the United States. In a recent inter-state meeting, […]
Spanking the Indian Muslim: What’s the straw that might break the camel’s back?
India Palash Krishna Mehrotra Dec 23, 2019 What makes the Hindutva project unique in India is its ambition to bring about an ideological churn in an organically diverse country of […]
Demands for democratic change may be spreading across Africa and the Middle East – but so is apathy
Those seeking to topple authoritarian regimes need to closely examine their tactics and work around them Borzou Daragahi @borzou Some 41 years ago, Vaclav Havel wrote about the greengrocer who […]
Netanyahu accuses ICC of anti-Semitism in pursuit of war crimes probe
By Jeffrey Heller 14 hrs ago By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism on Sunday over its […]
A whole ‘Turkey’ to join world population by end of 2019
ISTANBUL Published 22.12.2019 There will be some 7.75 billion people living on Earth on New Year’s Eve, about 83 million more people than the year before, Germany’s Foundation […]
Turkish protesters march in support of Uighurs after Ozil comments
Dec 20, 2019 – 21:50 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched in support of China’s Uighurs in Istanbul on Friday and voiced solidarity with Arsenal midfielder Mesut […]
Pope and U.N. chief appeal for environment, religious tolerance
Dec 20, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed for nuclear disarmament, environmental protection and religious tolerance. The pope […]
What led to the SAD’s U-turn on the inclusion of Muslims in CAA? | India Today Insight
The party, whose national president had, in his Lok Sabha speech, supported the Citizenship Amendment Bill, no longer wishes to alienate Muslim Anilesh S. Mahajan New Delhi December 20, 2019 Amid protests in various parts of the country, a statement from the Akal Takht jathedar (head priest) Giani Harpreet […]
Qadian Ahmadiyas won’t be hit by CAB. Most of them already have Indian citizenship
Ravi Dhaliwal Tribune News Service Qadian, December 12 The passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will not have any impact on the around 6,000-strong Ahmadiya community here in Punjab as […]
Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science
Source: The New Atlantis By Hillel Ofek is a writer living in Austin, Texas. He is a former assistant editor of National Affairs. Contemporary Islam is not known for its […]
BJP Ally SAD Demands Inclusion of Muslims in Citizenship (Amendment) Act
Agency News ANI| Dec 21, 2019 Patiala (Punjab) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday demanded that Muslims should also be included in the Citizenship […]
The future of the Middle East will be as rooted in the past as surely as we shall all be dead by its denouement
@indyvoices 9 hours ago Robert Fisk, The Independent The Arab uprising, 2011: Revolutions and their histories are cyclical in nature. We journalists divide the past and present at our […]