Was the Russian Revolution Jewish?
A hundred years after the Bolsheviks swept to power, historians and contemporaries still struggle to understand the prominent role played by Jews. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN NOVEMBER 15, 2017 A BOLSHEVIK […]
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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.
Coronavirus Is Surging All Over Asia and the Pacific. Here’s What the Rest of the World Can Learn
Source: Time By Amy Gunia As much of the rest of the world struggled with the coronavirus pandemic, it looked like many places across Asia and the Pacific were successfully […]
Russia Denies Vaccine Hack; Hong Kong Cases Surge: Virus Update
Source: Bloomberg Hong Kong reported more than 100 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily total. Xinjiang’s capital city Urumqi will offer free tests in an effort to bring China’s latest […]
Tracing Ottoman architecture through works converted into churches
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL ARTS JUL 17, 2020 2:39 PM GMT+3 Mehmed Pasha Mosque, built by Mimar Sinan in Sofia and later turned into a church, is seen in this photo dated […]
Third of Bangladesh underwater as monsoon drenches region
Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said Tuesday, with a third of Bangladesh already underwater from some of the heaviest rains […]
Salman Rushdie survived an actual fatwa. Yet he still thinks the Twitter crowd has gone too far
Jacqueline Maley Columnist and senior journalist July 12, 2020 — Salman Rushdie knows a thing or two about fatwas – on Valentine’s Day in 1989, the Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s […]
Don’t be misled by today’s unemployment figures – a hurricane of job losses is coming
We can reasonably expect the number of people in the UK out of work to rise to between three and four million – a far graver toll, at the upper […]
Shamima Begum: what the legal ruling about her return to the UK actually means
July 17, 20202 Author Devyani Prabhat Reader in Law, University of Bristol Disclosure statement Dr Devyani Prabhat received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council UK 2014-2017 for a project on British citizenship. Partners University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The […]
PM says legal aid rules to be reviewed following Shamima Begum judgment
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page NATIONAL LegalAidCredit: PA Wire/PA Images Boris Johnson has said ministers are examining the legal aid eligibility rules […]
UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities
Source: MSN BY CARA ANNA JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Saying “we are at the breaking point,” the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked […]
Only one way out: a unitary state with equal rights in Palestine-Israel
Everyone who values democracy, justice and human decency should assist the Palestinians in achieving this goal. Ghada Karmi 16 July 2020 Rally against Israel’s planned annexation of occupied Palestinian […]
Iraqi PM to visit Saudi, Iran in diplomatic balancing act
Agence France-Presse Baghdad, Iraq / Sat, July 18, 2020 / Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi (R) stands with naval officers during his visit to the port of Umm […]
Saudi Arabia Wants Its Fugitive Spymaster Back
Officials say billions in a Saudi counterterrorism fund under the control of spy chief Saad al Jabri have gone missing; Jabri’s supporters say the money was used to fight terrorists […]
Palestinians Are Building a Village on Their Land. Armed Settlers From an Illegal Outpost Are Sabotaging Them
A farmers organization from the Jericho area is building a village in Palestinian-controlled Area A. Local settlers attack the construction workers almost daily, but the entrepreneur believes his group will […]
Exiled Iraqi journalist: ‘I am almost a member of Swiss society’
An Iraqi journalist who fled to Switzerland speaks about her former life in Baghdad and why her current life is sometimes isolating. This content was published on July 17, 2020 […]
Precious metal stablecoin plugs into gold frenzy
Banking & Fintech Several tokens already exist that use precious metals to stabilise their price. Keystone / Manjunath Kiran The price of gold and silver is rising in the face of […]
The UK and US are starting a new Cold War with Russia and China – so what are these governments trying to hide?
It is just possible to forget amid the threats and counter-threats – and the intention is certainly that we should forget – that the world is failing to contain a […]
A fight for the soul of Islam
Islamism in Senegal A fight for the soul of Islam Violent Islamist fundamentalism has not yet come to Senegal, but it could – just as it has in Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. A fascinating new feature film from Senegal shows how it could happen. By Aviva Freudmann […]
The deal of the century is unpalatable for both Israel and Palestine
July 17, 2020 MIDDLE EAST MONITOR US President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. [Drew […]
The Making of Transjordan
The Making of Transjordan Although the Sykes-Picot Agreement was modified considerably in practice, it established a framework for the mandate system which was imposed in the years following the […]