Trump’s waning weeks in the White House could be the most dangerous
Dec 02,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Donald Trump has, once again, demonstrated that the waning weeks of his tour in the White House could be the most dangerous […]
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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.
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use next week in UK
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: BBC The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the […]
Can secularism be compatible with Islam?
Source: Global Voices World of confusion between secularism, free speech, and civil liberties By Samee Alhwash, who is a consultant in the development sector. He came to France as a […]
Untold Stories: My Journey Back to God
MAGAZINE: EDITION OCTOBER 2020 Ali Ocbany León López EXPERIENCING GOD • UNTOLD STORIES 29th November 2020 Ali Ocbany León López, Cuba It all started a year and a half ago […]
Mehmed the Conqueror’s Namazgah: 1st Ottoman artifact in Kosovo’s Prizren
Mehmed the Conqueror’s Namazgah: 1st Ottoman artifact in Kosovo’s Prizren BY ANADOLU AGENCY PRIZREN, KOSOVO ARTS DEC 01, 2020 A general view from Namazgah in Prizen, Kosovo, Nov. 30, 2020. […]
UN envoy meets TRNC, Greek Cypriot leaders for way forward on Cyprus talks
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AFP ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY DEC 01, 2020 A man sits in front of the fence that divides the Turkish and Greek parts of the island of Cyprus, […]
Jordan looks to reset ties with US under Biden
Author OSAMA AL-SHARIF December 01, 2020 21:52 296 Short Url https://arab.news/5x4cv King Abdullah during a celebration to mark the centennial of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks, Aqaba, Jan. […]
Blinken’s appointment reassures Israel that little will change under Biden
Dec 01,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nothing to worry about as the man who will directly handle America’s foreign policy in […]
After 24 Years This Nigerian Went from Aircraft Cleaner to Aircraft Pilot, Meet Mohammed Abubakar
Meet Mohammed Abubakar Devin Crudup Posted on March 27, 2020 After 24 Years This Nigerian Went from Aircraft Cleaner to Aircraft Pilot, Meet Mohammed Abubakar Photo Credit: Twitter / @AzmanAir […]
Pfizer, BioNTech Seek EU Clearance for Covid-19 Vaccine
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: Bloomberg By Naomi Kresge BioNTech could ship first doses within hours of approval: CFO If […]
Defining the West: Historical Development of the Concept of the West
WRITTEN BY AMTUL KAFI YADULLAH BHUNNOO| JUNE 2020| AHMADIYYA, ISLAM, RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS The four cardinal directions, or cardinal points, are the directions north, east, south, and west. The basic definition […]
Airstrike ‘kills Iranian commander’: Top Revolutionary Guard soldier ‘targeted while taking weapons in to Syria’ after ‘Israeli assassins took out country’s nuclear chief’
‘ The strike ‘killed Muslim Shahdan’, a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards The airstrike reportedly killed the commander and three of his bodyguards Unidentified warplanes reportedly targeted them in Deir […]
75,000 children in Iran to gain nationality under new law
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des […]
Nadiya Hussain Reveals She Is Always Stopped And Searched When She Travels To The US
Matt Bagwell 1 hour ago Great British Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain has opened up about her experience of traveling to America, revealing she is always stopped and searched. The presenter, whose new BBC show, Nadiya’s American Adventure, launches next week, says her past experiences of arriving and leaving the […]
Travel agents expect UAE explanation on Muslim visa ban
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS ABU DABI MID-EAST NOV 28, 2020 A woman walks past luggage pick-up for arrivals from Tel Aviv to the Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates, on […]
How Arabs are perceived in the French imagination
The collective representation of Arabs in France is, without a doubt, a legacy of the colonial era, a finding backed up by the Arab News/YouGov study. (Shutterstock) Short Url https://arab.news/256v7 […]
Muslims face state pressure to embrace French values
France’s Muslim Council is due to meet President Emmanuel Macron this week, to confirm the text of a new “charter of Republican values” for imams in the country to sign. […]
The Israeli-Palestinian mess Biden inherits and what he can do
Nov 30,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby If finding a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was not difficult enough, the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government seem hell […]
Reviving Peace Hopes
Nov 30,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah held a meeting on Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, attended by HRH Crown Prince Hussein. During […]
A triumph of German innovation and immigration
Nov 30,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Hans-Werner Sinn MUNICH — The world took note when the German start-up BioNTech announced its breakthrough in the development of a new type of vaccine to combat COVID-19. After testing tens of thousands of people, BioNTech’s vaccine has been shown to be 95 per […]