70 migrants jump overboard from rescue ship as they try to reach Italy
By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline They are part of a group of 270 people who have been stranded for days off the coast of the Sicilian city of […]
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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.
Cyprus: UN call to revive peace talks gets edgy welcome
1 hour ago NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Both sides on ethnically divided Cyprus on Thursday welcomed the United Nation chief’s expressed intention to soon start thawing out a frozen peace […]
Occupying Palestine is rotting Israel from inside. No Gulf peace deal can hide that
Article BY Raja Shehadeh More than a quarter of a century after Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, Israel has managed to turn its occupation of […]
Professor Julia Sinclair: Alcohol consumption is spiralling out of control – we need to seriously address addiction
Source: Independent People living with this illness deserve empathy, access to treatment and support. The government should use the upcoming spending review to invest in addiction services By Professor Julia […]
Analyst: Pakistan could normalise ties with Israel
September 16, 2020 Prime Minister of Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 14, 2020 [Erçin Top/Anadolu Agency] September 16, 2020 at 8:34 am A British-Pakistani analyst said he expects […]
Pilgrimage to the House of Allah and the Hijaz Conflict – Part II
MAGAZINE: EDITION AUGUST 2020 Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra), Shahzad Ahmed ISLAMIC HISTORY • THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM 15th September 2020 Add Comment Sharif Hussein bin Ali, King of the Hijaz, […]
Jerusalem Al-Aqsa mosque compound to close over virus
The call to prayer will continue to ring out across Jerusalem’s Old City Israel has previously blocked access to the flashpoint site, which is a focus of Palestinian aspirations for […]
Turkey Unveils Next Generation Flying Car Named After 12th-Century Inventor
Source: Daily Sabah A prototype of Turkey’s first domestic flying car, called the “Cezeri,” is nearing completion, Baykar Technical Director Selçuk Bayraktar announced Tuesday. Bayraktar – who is also the […]
Lilly says antibody reduces need for hospitalization for moderate COVID-19 patients
By Deena Beasley Sept 16 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly & Co said on Wednesday that its experimental antibody reduced the need for hospitalization and emergency room visits for patients with […]
Trump’s disgrace in the Middle East is the death of an empire. Vladimir Putin is Caesar now
Source: Independent By Robert Fisk In days gone by, I used to compare the Trump presidency with the Arab dictatorships. He took preposterous pleasure in the company of Egypt’s Sisi […]
NIH ‘very concerned’ about serious side effect in AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trial
Source: CNN (Kaiser Health News) The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to follow British regulators in resuming a coronavirus vaccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered […]
The Arab Betrayal of Palestine
Sep 14, 2020 DAOUD KUTTAB For good reason, Arab and Muslim-majority countries have agreed that normalizing relations with Israel must be made conditional on the end of the occupation of […]
EU: Greece-Turkey crisis talks might include other nations
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks at the European Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium September 15, 2020. (REUTERS) Short Url https://arab.news/2rskb EU’s […]
UAE, Bahrain eye manifold benefits from Israel ties normalization
A picture taken on August 31, 2020, shows an Emirati man, wearing a protective mask with the flags of the US, Israel and the UAE, upon the arrival of […]
The Armageddon election
Sep 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby During the weeks of uncertainty that followed the 2000 presidential election, as the tension grew amongst supporters of George W. […]
God and Morality – Mending ‘The Global God Divide’
By Sarmad Naveed, who is a Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who graduated from the Ahmadiyya Institute for Languages and Theology in Canada. The concept of morality is perhaps […]
Pakistan police rescue Ahmadi family from mob attack, charge teenage son with blasphemy
ASIA Pakistan Police on Thursday filed charges against an Ahmadi teenager after rescuing him and his family from a mob of religious extremists. The incident took place in the Phandu […]
UK wants Pakistan, India to resolve disputes through talks: Lord Tariq
ISLAMABAD: Britain’s Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, has said his country has good ties with Pakistan and India, and would like […]
The Case for God: Putting Together the Missing Pieces
By Sabahat Ali, who is a graduate from the Canadian Ahmadiyya Institute of Languages and Theology. The story goes something like this: Three college students were engaged in a heated […]
Virus crisis exacerbates negative effects of children’s Internet use
By Maram Kayed – Sep 14,2020 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The SecDev Foundation held a month-long awareness campaign regarding the safe use of the Internet by children, based on a […]