Commemorating Jesus as a Muslim
Frasat Ahmad CHRISTIANITY 23rd December 2020 Frasat Ahmad, USA I am a Muslim, and I love Jesus, perhaps more than you may think. To many devout church-goers who are preparing […]
IRAN: U.S. sanctions’ silver lining for Iranian home appliance industry Economy
By Ebrahim Fallahi December 25, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Although the U.S. sanctions have created major problems for the Iranian economy in many areas, for one particular industry […]
Putting a price on normalization with Israel
BY BATU COŞKUN OP-ED DEC 25, 2020 White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP […]
Prognosis of world order in 2021
Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Shehab Al Makahleh Every year, futurologists and astrologers try to predict the future of economic and political incidents worldwide. Their prophecies or those of geopoliticians are based mainly on historical analogies, which are catchy to readers, listeners and viewers. Many think tanks issue such […]
Arab Spring: A flashback to past 10 years (A Turkish view)
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN COLUMNS DEC 23, 2020 Adecade has passed since the December 2010 self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor who set off mass protests in the Arab […]
Biden’s win-over: What entails Jordan?
Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Asmaa Al Twaissi Through Trump’s presidency phase, Jordan had been facing enormous pressures causing political tension in the American-Jordanian relations, particularly those with regard […]
5m perform rituals at Grand Mosque since resumption
Saudi Arabia suspended Umrah in March and significantly downsized the Hajj pilgrimage in July by only allowing about 1,000 pilgrims, all in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (SPA) Source: Arab […]
Bahrain church project cements Gulf region’s reputation for religious tolerance
Our Lady of Arabia is expected to open to the public in May. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/pmhcr Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, being built on a plot donated by […]
Turkey bolsters influence across North Africa’s Maghreb
By AFP – Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A file photo posted on the Facebook Page of the media bureau of ‘Volcano of Anger’ operation on May 18, 2019, reportedly […]
In Iraq, Trump’s Blackwater pardons meet with cynicism, fatigue
By Mustafa Salim and Louisa Loveluck Dec. 23, 2020 BAGHDAD — The 2007 unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors is remembered here as one of the most […]
COVID-19 (Coronavirus): Its Worldwide Devastation
WRITTEN BY KHALIDA JAMILAH| JULY 2020| FEATURED, MISCELLANEOUS, SCIENCE, SOCIETY When we hear the word devastation, an image that comes to mind is of a ruined building in a war-torn […]
The Call for a New Intellectual ‘Islamic Golden Age’
By Ibrahim Manto, who is a first-year medical student at the University of East Anglia and is currently serving as the Vice President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association (AMSA), […]
COVID-19 lessons may change the world
Author JARED DIAMOND December 24, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/zxtfg Today, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is devastating the world. It is in the process of infecting many (perhaps even most) of […]
It’s easy to criticize Abbas for Palestinian failures but the true blame lies with the extremists
Author RAY HANANIA December 23, 2020 President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting of in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/22rcq Since the death of Yasser […]
‘Cheaper than water’: Iraqis angry but unsurprised over Blackwater pardons
An Iraqi man rides a bicycle passing by a remains of a car, burnt after Blackwater guards escorting US embassy officials opened fire in Baghdad on September 16, 2007. (File/AFP) […]
Gold reserve detected in northwestern Turkey worth around $6B
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL ECONOMY DEC 22, 2020 Around 3.5 million ounces of gold that were detected in the mining field of Turkish Agricultural Credit Cooperatives’ subsidiary Gübretaş in the […]
Saudi Arabia ‘has key role’ in rebuilding Afghanistan
Karzai warned that a withdrawal of international troops before a peace deal is signed by the Taliban and the Kabul government would lead Afghanistan into chaos. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/wuftr […]
Israeli envoys, Jared Kushner visit Morocco after establishing relations
US presidential advisor Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat arriving in the Moroccan capital Rabat. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/g2nqs Israeli delegation led by Led by […]
Literacy improving in Muslim-majority countries
Mohammed Iqtedar Husain Farooqi – Lucknow, India / Wed, December 9, 2020 The grand imam of Cairo-based Al Azhar University, Muhammad Ahmad Al Thayyib, gives a speech during his visit to Indonesia’s prominent Gontor Islamic boarding school in Ponorogo, East Java, on Feb. 25. The visit to Gontor was part […]
Islam’s anti-racist message from the 7th century still resonates today
Muslims of all backgrounds pray during the 2019 Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty Images Juli 6, 2020 7.10pm WIB Asma Afsaruddin Professor of Islamic Studies […]