The pandemic still exists – Islam teaches caution
11th September 2020 Albeit somewhat nervously, schools have been given the green light to open in England while the coronavirus is still at large. The “goddess” of science had months […]
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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.
Saudi Arabia to ease COVID-19 international travel restrictions on Tuesday
A Saudi passenger at terminal 5 in the King Fahad International Airport earlier this year. Saudis will be able to travel in and out of the country from Jan. […]
America’s war on terror that followed 9/11 has displaced 37 million people – this is the true cause of Europe’s refugee crisis
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Independent By Patrick Cockburn, who is an award-winning Independent columnist […]
The Water Cycle and the Holy Quran
Introduction by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In this post, I intend to introduce a part of the popular book by Dr. Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, […]
A COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Only 50% Effective. Is That Good Enough?
Source: NPR By Allison Auberry As we get closer to a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s exciting to imagine a day when the virus is gone. But a vaccine will not be […]
‘What’s the point of International Geneva if our role is just the messenger?’
Foreign affairs Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis (l) met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (r) in Tehran, Iran, on September 7, 2020. Keystone / President Office Handout Senator Thomas Minder accompanied a […]
UAE-Israel deal breaks Arab unity, endangers Palestinian cause, experts say
BY ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ ISTANBUL NEWS ANALYSIS SEP 11, 2020 Palestinians burn cutouts depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Minority report: The Jews of Lebanon
Descendants of the country’s dwindling community recall listening to their parents’ memories of a lost ‘paradise’ An Arab News Deep Dive A Lebanese Jewish family gathered at a wedding […]
Belgian king’s daughter fights for right to call herself a princess
Delphine Boël, whose mother had affair with ex-king Albert II, also wants to take her father’s surname Delphine Boël leaving court in Brussels with her lawyer, Marc Uyttendaele. She is […]
The nightmare of growing up as a Muslim American after 9/11
With each hearing as I sat in the courtroom where our fates were being determined, I started feeling less and less American and more and more an outsider Anisa Noor […]
Success – A Treatise by Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra)
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) AHMADIYYAT 26th August 2020 ©Pixabay The humanitarian crisis caused by Covid-19 has prompted many people to re-evaluate their lives. More than […]
Lawrence of Arabia given new life in Saudi home restoration
The home of former British intelligence officer TE Lawrence, which has stood in ruins over the past century, has been restored as part of Saudi efforts to kickstart tourism TE […]
The Fading Divinity of Jesus Christ
By Sabahat Ali, USA Perfect man and perfect God. Five simple words upon which rests the foundation of modern Christianity. Five words which many Americans no longer believe. A 2020 […]
A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human?
Artificial intelligence (AI) We asked GPT-3, OpenAI’s powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace For more […]
How a rush for Mediterranean gas threatens to push Greece and Turkey into war
Deepening dispute between Nato allies has dragged in neighbours and is in danger of spiralling out of control by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Fri 11 Sep 2020 An increasingly fractious standoff over […]
The ending of the Jamal Khashoggi case has left a number of questions – but it was always going to
This is one of a number of events around the world this week that should give us pause, says Robert Fisk 10 hours ago A Saudi court recently commuted five death […]
Blasphemy Laws are a tool to surprise minorities in Pakistan
Blasphemy laws are a tool to suppress minorities in Pakistan
One Way the Kurdish Insurgency Could Lead to the Collapse of Turkey
Once other countries even covertly begin supporting the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey, there will be no turning back. by Michael Rubin Modern Turkey arose nearly one hundred years ago against the […]
When Europeans Were Slaves: Research Suggests White Slavery Was Much More Common Than Previously Believed
Jeff Grabmeier Ohio State News grabmeier.1@osu.edu Editor’s note (3/21/20): For an update on this story, visit: Why is a 16-year-old book on slavery so popular now? A new […]
Refugee protection at risk
Posted on 8 September 2020 by Jeff Crisp Two of the words that we should try to avoid when writing about refugees are “unprecedented” and “crisis.” They are used far too often and […]
