Probing war crimes in Palestine long overdue: Dr Mahathir
Source: The Sun Daily KUALA LUMPUR: Any move to investigate alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories is long overdue, according to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said […]
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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.
No nation, including Malaysia, safe from sanctions, Dr M says after Iran, Qatar hit
Saturday, 21 Dec 2019 BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 ― Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad cautioned a gathering of Muslim world leaders here today of the threat […]
I wait in silence as my world falls apart – an Indian Muslima
© Nikita Deshpande/BBC Rikat Hashmi says she feels more anxious now as a Muslim in India (Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by […]
Muslim nations consider gold, barter trade to beat sanctions
Dec 21, 2019 – 08:06 By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and Qatar are considering trading among themselves in gold and through a barter system […]
Over 2.2 million visas issued since the beginning of this year’s Umrah season
Arab News Saturday . December 21, 2019 1.78 million pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia JEDDAH: The official statistics of the Umrah indicate that 1.78 million pilgrims have arrived while 2,212,690 […]
International prosecutor from ICC preparing to open Palestine war crimes probe
Source: Arab News Saturday . December 21, 2019 Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court took a major step Friday toward opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in the occupied […]
Pakistani professor gets death sentence in blasphemy case
Source: MSN By Asim Tanveer MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a Muslim professor of blasphemy, sentencing him to death for allegedly spreading anti-Islamic ideas. Junaid […]
Merkel’s Response to US Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Tantamount to ‘Declaration of War’ on Trump – Bild
11:50 20.12.20!( by Svetlana Ekimenko The US Senate passed a $738 billion defence bill for the 2020 fiscal year on 17 December that includes punitive sanctions against Nord Stream 2 […]
Christians seek seasonal solace in war-torn Libya
By AFP – Dec 19,2019 -JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — In the Libyan capital Tripoli, where war casts a long shadow over everyday life, a church offers something of a sanctuary […]
Europe must avoid self-fulfilling pessimism
Dec 19,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – ANA PALACIO MADRID — Over the last decade, the requisite year-end reflections and predictions have become increasingly bleak. This pessimism is understandable: Inequality has been […]
From India to China the world’s Muslims are being put into concentration camps
India has planned 10 centres across the northeastern state of Assam for up to 1.9m people Years of global inaction against discrimination prove that economic interests trump speaking out. […]
Iran urges Muslim world to fight US ‘economic terrorism’
By AFP – Dec 19,2019 – JORDAN TIMES KUALA LUMPUR — The president of sanctions-hit Iran called Thursday for Muslim countries to cooperate in fighting US “economic terrorism” at […]
Pakistani children infected with HIV ‘exposed to unsafe jabs’
Investigation finds children were being treated for ailments that can be cured with pills Sarah Boseley Health editor Thu 19 Dec 2019 More than 700 children in Pakistan were […]
I’m a forensic psychiatrist at Yale. I took a look at Trump’s letter to Nancy Pelosi — and it left me very worried
Source: Independent I feared we would enter a stage of shared psychosis, and here we are By Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv., who is a forensic psychiatrist at Yale School […]
Behind the scenes of one Middle East investigation I’ll never forget – Robert Fisk
Source: Independent In a final exclusive clip from the making of This Is Not A Movie, a documentary film by Yung Chang about the foreign reporting of Robert Fisk, Robert […]
Osinbajo, Gbajabiamila, govs, others to attend Ahmadiyya Jalsa in Ilaro
December 20, 2019 The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibajo is expected to lead other prominent Nigerians to the 2019 edition of Jalsa Salana of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat holding in […]
If persecuted Ahmadiyyas, Shias seek refuge in India, we’ll vet their cases: Hardeep Puri
At ThePrintOTC, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri says those who perpetrated violence during protests against the citizenship law will be identified. Neelam Pandey 18 December, 2019 Union minister Hardeep […]
Malaysia defends Muslim summit shunned by Saudi, slammed by OIC
Dec 19, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Joseph Sipalan and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Hosting a summit of Muslim leaders, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad bemoaned the state of […]
Religious discrimination bill: what will Australians be allowed to say and do if it passes?
The government’s explanatory memo outlines how the bill’s far-reaching effects will change public life dramatically – in medical services, schools, offices and hospitals The second draft religious discrimination bill will […]
Wolf in Shepherd’s Clothing: Religious identity, not persecution, is the defining criterion for faster access to citizenship
December 12, 2019, 11:26 pm IST Economic Times in ET Commentary | India | ET By Gilles Verniers Critics of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) have argued that it fails the test of constitutionality by introducing for the first time a religious criterion for acquiring citizenship. This, they argue correctly, […]