Second intifada: two decades of setbacks
By AFP Since a second intifada, or uprising, erupted on September 28, 2000, Palestinians have faced a string of military turnarounds and diplomatic defeats as well as their own […]
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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.
The Second Intifada, 20 Years On: Thousands Died in a Struggle That Failed
The Al-Aqsa Intifada was the largest popular uprising against the occupation. Two decades after it broke out, the Palestinian situation is grimmer than ever Open gallery view Palestinian demonstrators run […]
The Saudis’ Heads Are in the Clouds of Peace, Their Feet in the Yemeni Mud
Analysis The crown prince is interested in a normalization with Israel and his father likes the Arab Peace Initiative, but the war in Yemen and threats to Prince Mohammed at […]
Iran’s Rouhani Urges All Mideast Nations Hosting US Forces to Expel Them
© Photo : Wikimedia Commons / Markusszy MIDDLE EAST 27.09.2020 Get short URL by Ilya Tsukanov Washington beefed up its military presence near Iran earlier this month, deploying a carrier strike […]
Anonymous browsingTrove of Docs Leaked by Anonymous Shows How Western Intel, PR Firms Crafted False Syria Narrative
MIDDLE EAST 27.09.2020 by Ilya Tsukanov According to the hacktivist collective, the files provide, for the first time, “a detailed map” on the British intelligence services’ clandestine operations in Syria […]
Does Capitalism Contain the Seed of its own Destruction?
AHMED DANYAL ARIF CAPITALISM13th September 2020 Ahmed Danyal Arif, UK Today more than ever, our civilization is based on the domination of Chronos, the god of time and clocks, constantly […]
THE HOLY QURAN: A Historic Achievement: New Qur’anic Font Under the Guidance of Khilafat
26th September 2020 Khatt-e-Manzoor Based on report from Wakalat Ta`mil-o-Tanfidh The Holy Qur’an is published throughout the world in various fonts. For the sake of beautification, many fonts endeavor to […]
Swiss set to rebuff right-wing attack on EU immigration
About 36% of the care personnel in Switzerland come from other countries. © Keystone/Christian Beutler Voters on Sunday will have the final say on a proposal to scrap a major […]
INTERVIEW: Amaala — the ‘audacious’ Red Sea Riviera project
Illustration by Luis Grañena Short Url https://arab.news/8xk4k CEO Nick Naples talks about the elite sustainable resort on the Saudi Arabia’s western coast FRANK KANE September 27, 2020 00:23 DUBAI: The […]
Sudan makes clear its Israel policy
Sudan’s prime minister Abdalla Hamdok. (REUTERS) Short Url https://arab.news/ztv2j Sudan’s surging inflation and plummeting currency have been the biggest challenges to Hamdok’s transitional administration REUTERS September 27, 2020 KHARTOUM: […]
Iranian asylum seeker stuck in limbo on divided Cyprus
By AFP – Sep 26,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Iranian singer Omid Tootian, 46, poses for a picture during an interview in the UN-controlled buffer zone in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, on […]
Last stand in Yemen as battle for oil-rich province rages
By AFP – Sep 26,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Eight-year-old displaced Yemeni girl, Samar Ali Ahmed, weighing nine-and-a-half kilogrammes and suffering from acute malnutrition, is photographed in Hajjah Governorate, in northern […]
Activists protest ban on distributing food to migrants in Calais
Charities and human rights groups said officials had failed to provide basic services Migrants from Sudan sit near statues of Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle in a public park […]
Yusuf Cat Stevens on Islam, the fatwa and playing guitar again
Source: The Guardian The singer-songwriter tells Desert Island Discs about walking away from his fans, and the difficulties of following a spiritual path By Vanessa Thorpe The singer-songwriter […]
Germany calls on Greece to demilitarise islands near Turkey
September 22, 2020 Greek navy ship patrol the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Lesbos Island on 13 October 2019 [Christopher Furlong/Getty Images] September 22, 2020 at 10:42 am As Ankara […]
New camp for refugees in Greece ‘worse than Moria’
As EU members states attempt to agree on a new migration pact, refugees in Lesbos describe the new camp on the island as worse than Moria, as Marianna Karakoulaki reports […]
Babar Qadri, Champion for Kashmir, Is Killed as Violence Mounts
Source: New York Times The attorney won fame as a human rights advocate and a vocal defender of his homeland in the Indian media. His killer remains unidentified. The body […]
Palestinian refugee receives Spanish citizenship after discovering Jewish Sephardic roots
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 (JTA) — As a U.K.-based academic who was born in Dubai to a Palestinian father and Lebanese mother, Heba […]
Lockdown ‘may kill 75,000 people’ in UK due to missing diagnoses and treatments
Nearly 75,000 people could die as a result of lockdown due to causes not related to Covid-19, research suggested. Figures presented to the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) […]
Lockdown resulted in ‘thousands’ of excess deaths as Boris Johnson’s ‘stay at home’ message scared people into keeping away from hospitals even when they urgently needed medical help, major new study reveals
Experts said ‘stay at home’ message scared people away from going to hospital Deaths in private homes from cardiovascular cases rose by third amid lockdown Care homes also saw these […]