Denmark says Syria is safe for return of refugees
1,250 Syrians living in Denmark will be sent to deportation camps and although their return is voluntary human rights groups fear that some will feel pressured to leave March 3, […]
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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.
Covid Germany: ‘90% of severely ill patients have migrant background’
Tim Stickings For Mailonline Coronavirus infections fall in England by two thirds during lockdown, research… More than 90 per cent of severely ill coronavirus patients in Germany have a ‘migrant […]
French minister complains about being unable to close mosques
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL EUROPE MAR 03, 2021 French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visits the North Division police station of Marseille, France, Feb. 25, 2021. (EPA Photo) French […]
Why Arab League should seek reconciliation with Syria
Author ZAID M. BELBAGI March 03, 2021 A man takes a photo of his friend in front of a poster of Syria’s President Bashar Assad at Umayyad Square in Damascus […]
Pope sends defiant message of peace, hope and prayer to Iraq
A Security man stands next to a poster of Pope Francis, ahead of his planned visit to Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 3, 2021. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/rk63w Francis vows […]
Macron admits France murdered Algerian independence figure
By AFP – Mar 03,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Algerian demonstrators march during an anti-government protest called by Algerian students on Tuesday in Algiers (AFP photo) PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron […]
ICC prosecutor opens Palestinian probe
By AFP – Mar 03,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians go through a barbed-wire fence into Israel as they attempt to cross to reach their workplaces close to the Israeli checkpoint […]
Swiss Muslims denounce ‘burqa ban’ proposal as referendum nears
Only a few women are understood to wear facial coverings in Switzerland, where a controversial vote will take place on March 7. The legislation, referred to locally as the burqa ban, does not specifically mention the facial coverings worn by Muslim women, but is largely seen to target them [File: […]
Israel assessing how to protect hundreds from war crimes probe
BY REUTERS KEREM SHALOM, ISRAEL MID-EAST MAR 02, 2021 Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz adjusts his jacket after stepping off a helicopter during a tour of the Gaza border area, […]
Saudis pay tribute to engineer for his services to the Zamzam well
An undated photo of Yahya Hamza Koshak, who died at the age of 80. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/8ct5s Yahya Hamza Koshak was considered an authority on the architecture and history […]
Specter of partition looms over Lebanon
Author OSAMA AL-SHARIF March 02, 2021 Saad Hariri, after being named Lebanon’s new prime minister, at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, October 22, 2020. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/zeq4w Seven […]
Let us hope region heeds Pope Francis’ message of peace
Author SIR JOHN JENKINS March 02, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/8x78r God knows, Iraq could do with some good news. Coronavirus disease infection rates are running at more than 4,000 a […]
Mansour Abbas splinters Arab vote in Israel
Mar 02,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have afflicted the Arab body politic for many years. This time, however, the reasons behind […]
Pope Francis’ visit to put history and fragility of Iraq’s Christian community into sharp relief
Short Url https://arab.news/bjy69 First ever papal visit to biblical nation will highlight stark choice facing members of indigenous Christian community More sites mentioned in the Bible are located in Iraq […]
Chinese study reveals Uighur ‘assimilation’ goal
BBC News China’s policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang to new jobs is leading to a thinning out of their populations, according […]
Indonesian Christians take swipe at Islamic textbooks
The Communion of Churches in Indonesia says religious textbooks used in schools should promote religious values and not be doctrinal in nature. (Photo: Unsplash) Christians in Indonesia have called on […]
Malik calls for inter-faith harmony and utility among all faiths
FEBRUARY 23, 2021 A delegation of Christian theologians and activists headed by Fr. James Channan, O.P. calls on Senator A. Rehman Malik former Interior Minister and PPP senior leader at […]
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan: a man of his own
Sir Zafarullah Khan’s faith always remained controversial among radicalised religious classes, deceptively propagating against him as an anti-Pakistan element and unfaithful soul Busharat Elahi FEBRUARY 26, 2018 On 6 February […]
OPED Anniversary of the Nation of Islam cult
By Andrew E. Harrod Published on March 1, 2021 February 21 marked 56 years since the 1965 New York City assassination of the former Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Malcolm […]
Ahmadis: Those who serve the Jama’at with Grateful Hearts
Yusra Dahri AHMADIYYAT 17th February 2021 International Bai’at (Oath of Allegiance) Ceremony at the hand of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba). On my 19th birthday, I consider how blessed I […]
