Bandung, city of human rights?
Fanny Syariful Alam On 10 December 2015 Bandung’s then mayor Ridwan Kamil signed the Bandung City of Human Rights Charter, honouring the city’s official commitment to uphold the human rights […]
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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.
Australia: ACT’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has placed a development application for a mosque in Narrabundah
Lucy Bladen After a decade-long search, Canberra’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community is a step closer to having their own purpose-built mosque, with a development application lodged for a site in Narrabundah. […]
The trouble with religious freedom
Clifford D. May Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a columnist for The Washington Times. Some members of Congress disapprove of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s prioritization of “freedom of religion or belief.” But this fight may be part of a […]
Human Rights breaches in Haiti, Algeria and Cuba
Human Rights breaches in Haiti, Algeria and Cuba Press Releases Plenary session AFET DROI 28-11-2019 – 11:51 Haiti must stop violently repressing protesters Algeria must end harassment and intimidation of […]
European Parliament Denounces Human Rights Violations in Algeria
As uncertainty takes center stage in post-Bouteflika Algeria, the European Parliament denounces human rights breaches in the country, urging Algiers to improve its rights record. Hirak demonstrations in Algeria. […]
Double standards and clichéd bipartisan love of politicians
Mehrunnisa Akbar November 15, 2019 With open arms, Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed the Sikh community in the thousands from its neighboring country and lifetime rival, India. While this […]
‘This is where my everything is’: US citizen suddenly faces deportation
Apparent targeting of family whose relative was convicted of terror attack prompts accusations of ‘collective punishment’ Aviva Stahl in New York Sat 30 Nov 2019 A New Yorker […]
Opinion Denmark: Denmark’s ‘anti-ghetto’ laws are a betrayal of our tolerant values
Editor’s Note: This article is from last year, we are bringing it now for you to understand the previous article better. Michala Bendixen From a niqab clampdown to circumcision […]
In the ghetto: Denmark wants to break up ethnic enclaves. What is wrong with them? Does ethnic segregation harm immigrants?
FOR A SO-CALLED ghetto, Mjolnerparken seems rather pleasant. The public-housing complex in Copenhagen contains well-tended playgrounds full of cavorting children and their Somali- and Pakistani-Danish mothers. But it is a […]
Brain-dead at 70? NATO set to ask ‘wise persons’ for help
Nov 27, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO is expected to ask a group of “wise persons” to help reform the alliance after U.S. President Donald […]
Delegates fail to agree agenda for Syria constitution talks
Nov 29, 2019 – swissinfo.ch The second week-long round of talks in Geneva on Syria’s constitution ended on Friday with the Syrian government and opposition co-chairs unable to reach consensus […]
Pakistani man aims to bring shade to Iraq’s Arbaeen pilgrims
Nov 29, 2019 Bags of plants with weight and ordinal numbers written on them are seen before being transported for planting along the pilgrimage route between Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim holy […]
Political history: Switzerland’s controversial minaret ban, ten years on
Source: Swiss Info By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli A decade ago, a majority of Swiss voters backed a people’s initiative banning the building of minarets in the country. What has changed since? […]
A second Brexit referendum? Swiss lessons on repeating votes
By Domhnall O’Sullivan Nov 29, 2019 – swissinfo.ch Three years after voting to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom is still polarised over Brexit. Would a second referendum heal […]
The remembrance poppy is becoming a weapon against immigrants to Canada. We need to remember everyone’s contribution to the war
How come the institutional memory fails the right wing so badly in modern politics? Did all these soldiers, women as well as men, die for Canada and its allies […]
Netanyahu has fallen but his nefarious legacy will endure
Nov 26,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF One cannot but feel a sense of glee watching the dramatic fall from grace of Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister, Benjamin […]
Germany’s AfD plots new course with radicals on the rise
By AFP – Nov 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Germany’s far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party is choosing new leaders on Saturday in a vote shaped by an […]
Nobel winner Mahfouz lives on in Cairo’s alleyways
By AFP – Nov 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — The legacy of Islamic Cairo’s most famous son Naguib Mahfouz lives on in its winding lanes more than three decades […]
In Egypt, polygamy has its apologists and nemeses
Source: Arab weekly By Hassan Abdel Zaher is a Cairo-based contributor to The Arab Weekly. Cairo – Rania Hashem is seen as an enemy to many of Egypt’s married women. […]
The happy polygamist
This story was told to me during my stay in Afghanistan. see: https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/08/19/glimpses-into-the-life-of-a-global-nomad-part-four/comment-page-1/ One bus driver plying the route Kabul – Peshawar and back notice at the bus stop […]