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.
Christian worshippers wait behind barriers ahead of the Holy Fire ceremony outside Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre church, on April 23, 2022. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/gfb7t MOHAMMED NAJIB April 23, 2022 The […]
Sarmad Naveed FACTS FROM FICTION 19th April 2022 Add Comment ©Shutterstock Sarmad Naveed, Canada One of the many hallmarks during the month of Ramadan is the increased recitation and study […]
Leave Jemima Khan alone She divorced Imran Khan almost 18 years ago. Why is she still being dragged into the depth of Pakistani political mudslinging? IMAGES EDITORIA LPUBLISHED 19 APR, 2022 / dawn.com We’re sure you must have heard the line “you marry a man and you marry his whole family”, […]
Lessons from Lanka Aqdas Afzal Published April 21, 2022 – SRI Lanka figures very largely in the imagination of the people of South Asia. Not only is ‘Ceylon tea’ considered the best […]
The issue Around 6,000 Ahmadi Muslims have fled state-sponsored persecution in Pakistan and are in south east Asian countries such as Thailand and Malaysia where many have obtained UNHCR refugee […]
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN APR 23, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Palestinian Muslims gather in front of the Dome of Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City, East […]
Afghan women protest outside the Ministry of Education. (AFP file photo) Short Url https://arab.news/jjuef REBECCA ANNE PROCTOR April 22, 2022 Continued ban on girls’ secondary education among other repressive steps […]
MOHAMMED ABU DALHOUM April 22, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/rjnaz Perhaps the only positive in the midst of a grim Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the universal outpouring of support […]
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB April 22, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/jdwbw Rasmus Paludan, a politician in Sweden who has failed to gather enough signatures to run in parliamentary elections in September, […]
Palestinian youths hurled stones toward police at a gate leading into the compound, according to two Palestinian witnesses who spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns. (AP) Short […]
Apr 21,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Project Syndicate By Gilles Moëc and Bertrand Badré PARIS — The casualties in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine extend well beyond the […]
King penguins at Royal Bay on South Georgia island While there are plenty of other birds crowding the beaches and cliffs of South Georgia island, the king penguins—excuse us—rule the roost. […]
Epigraph: The sun and the moon run their courses according to a fixed reckoning.And the stemless plants and the trees humbly submit to His will.And the heaven He has raised […]
Mariam Ahmad2022.04.21Pattani, Thailand Parents gather in front of Anuban Pattani School to call for the headmaster to allow Muslim girls to wear hijabs, May 18, 2018. BenarNews A court in […]
KHALED ABOU ZAHR April 21, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/yk2vh Thirty years ago today, at 9:01 a.m., a powerful car bomb exploded in front of 33 Rue Marbeuf in Paris targeting […]
Palestinian youths hurled stones toward police at a gate leading into the compound, according to two Palestinian witnesses who spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns. (AP) Short […]
Short Url https://arab.news/pn9rw RAY HANANIA April 21, 2022 Haaretz newspaper’s Nir Hasson urges probe into ‘terrible’ actions of police and soldiers against civilians, journalists, women Former PM Netanyahu’s Likud and […]
The only debate between the two candidates in Sunday’s election comes with incumbent Emmanuel Macron leading challenger Marine Le Pen in polls. Published On 21 Apr 202221 Apr 2022 French […]
Ex-CIA analyst reveals ‘delicate’ US-Pak relationship in aftermath of 9/11 Anwar Iqbal Published January 6, 2022 In 2006, Pakistan worked with the United States and Britain to crush a conspiracy to kill thousands of transatlantic passengers in terrorist attacks similar to 9/11, according to a new book authored by a […]
MARCH 11, 2022 PRESS RELEASES “Muslims should learn a lesson from how the Western world has become one in the current war” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The World Head of the […]