UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers
Lisa O’Carroll, Peter Walker and Libby Brooks Britain is to close its borders to unskilled workers and those who can’t speak English as part of a fundamental overhaul of immigration […]
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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.
Man who fled Syria war killed delivering pizza in US
ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE Published 18.02.2020 A family friend of a pizza delivery driver who was recently gunned down in Baltimore says he had fled war-torn Syria to seek a […]
Breaking News: Ahmadiyya Mosque in Kasur, Pakistan, forcibly taken over by authorities and handed to Sunni mob
JUST IN: An 84 year old Ahmadiyya Mosque in Kasur, Pakistan, has been forcibly taken over by authorities and handed to a Sunni mob trying to confiscate it for many […]
Smart tech paves way for ‘holistic Hajj’
The two-day forum will highlight the role of sustainable technologies in ‘Smart Makkah.’ (Photo/Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/8w9tw DEEMA AL-KHUDAIR February 19, 2020 Saudi exhibition highlights major advances for growing numbers […]
Trump’s ‘currency manipulation’ con
Feb 18,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – ANNA O. KRUEGER WASHINGTON, DC — Would you believe the following story if you heard it? Imagine a small, rural town with one general […]
Israel plans new East Jerusalem settlement — watchdog
Watchdog says project first in city since more than 20 years By AFP – Feb 18,2020 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has developed plans to build 9,000 settler […]
The Antarctic Peninsula is setting heat records. They won’t stand long.
Five hundred miles south of South America’s Cape Horn, a narrow strip of land and a smattering of islands form the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, a forbidding realm of […]
Could Switzerland help end the conflict in Yemen?
By Kathrin Ammann Feb 18, 2020 – 11:00 The war in Yemen has been raging for five years, at huge human cost. Some experts believe that neutral Switzerland, […]
From ISRAEL HAYOM: The history of nonagression pacts in Islam (as seen by this author)
By Harold Rhode, who received in PhD in Ottoman history and later served as the Turkish Desk Officer at the US Department of Defense. He is now a Distinguished Senior […]
A 117-strong group doctors and psychologists has called for an end to what it calls the “psychological torture” and “medical neglect” of Julian Assange.
see also: (Video by Sky News) The WikiLeaks founder is being held in Belmarsh Prison awaiting a hearing on February 24 which could see him extradited to the […]
Bomb kills Pakistani policeman assigned to anti-polio team
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bombing targeted a police vehicle in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing a policeman and wounding three others, officials said. The police were assigned to […]
Pakistan no longer a militant safe haven — PM Imran Khan
Premier’s comments came at a conference marking 40 years of Pakistan’s hosting Afghan refugees By AFP – Feb 17,2020 -JORDAN TIMES ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan asserted on […]
Why Are So Many Christians Converting to Islam
It is a fact that Islam is growing rapidly in the West. In the U.S. alone the number of Muslims has risen dramatically, from about 10,000 in 1900 to 3 […]
Significant changes in Arab public opinion
Feb 17,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Across the Middle East and North Africa, 2019 provided an eventful end to a tumultuous decade. There were unsettling developments on […]
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10bn to save Earth’s environment
Source: The Guardian By Richard Luscombe; @richlusc Move comes a month after Amazon threatened to fire employees who spoke out about company’s role in the climate crisis Jeff Bezos, the […]
Boris Johnson’s approach to immigration doesn’t just reek of racism, it makes no economic sense
Source: Independent, UK The perceived costs of relaxing rules are often myths. In financial terms, free movement of people is a huge benefit to us all, writes Phil Thornton Why […]
ISIS bride Shamima Begum says life ‘fell apart’ as she was stripped of UK citizenship
Shamima Begum said her life ‘fell apart’ when she was stripped of UK citizenship. The former UK schoolgirl, 20, was one of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria […]
Growing Islamophobia ‘intolerable,’ UN chief Guterres says
Source: Daily Sabah AP — The U.N. chief on Sunday voiced his concern over rising Islamophobia in the world, calling it “intolerable.” Antonio Guterres’ remarks came during a joint news […]
Crypto spying affair : How manipulated Swiss tech shaped world politics
By Swiss public television, SRF Feb 12, 2020 – From left to right: Sadat, Carter, Begin sign the Camp David Peace Accords between Egypt and Israel in March 1979. […]
Including Ahmadiyyas would trigger reaction among Indian Muslims: Ravi Shankar Prasad on CAA
Monday, February 17, 2020 On giving Indian citizenship to Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that doing so could trigger a reaction from Indian Muslims. Speaking […]