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.
Muslim pilgrims pray outside the Namirah mosquee at Mount Arafat southeast of the Saudi holy city of Makkah. (AFP file photo) Short Url https://arab.news/cbxcz Updated 12 sec ago ARAB NEWS […]
Jan 09,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Daniel Cohen PARIS — Just a few weeks ago, the 2022 French presidential election seemed liked it was already a done deal: President Emmanuel Macron would again defeat Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally party. Although Le Pen received one-third of the […]
By Aparna AlluriBBC News, Delhi bbc.com Food has again turned political in India as right-wing politicians call for meat shops to be shut in the capital Delhi during the Hindu […]
Rana Tanveer Dialogue December 5, 2021 Ahmadi refugees from Pakistan continue to experience a host of problems in trying to settle in other countries “Helplessness”, “hopelessness”, “exploitation”, “bleak future”, “insult […]
MAGAZINE: EDITION JANUARY 2022Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as)RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS 5th April 2022 Sometimes it happens that a person supplicates for something, but his supplication […]
Editorial: The reckoning Editorial Published April 8, 2022 – Nothing more could have been hoped for from the highest court of the land. With one voice, the Supreme Court has ruled that the government’s […]
1st April 2022 Lubna Junaid, Environmental Science student, Suriname War always results in the same thing: Destruction. In the aftermath of war, the focus lies on the loss of human […]
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL ISTANBUL APR 07, 2022 – The Blue Mosque, on the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 1, […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ATHENS APR 07, 2022 A Ukrainian child refugee is playing after his arrival by bus at the Greece-Bulgarian border at Promachonas border post, northern Greece, March 11, 2022. […]
KHALED ABOU ZAHR April 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8jf79 If you were to ask a 1980s American movie scriptwriter how to represent a Frenchman, he would probably describe him wearing […]
Short Url https://arab.news/b2ugg Updated 13 sec ago JONATHAN GORNALL April 07, 2022 Historians and geologists agree the well, located near the Kaaba, is at least 4,000 years old Modern technology […]
Previous 1 / 4 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets members of Yemen’s new presidential leadership council. (Twitter: @Spa_Eng) 2 / 4 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets […]
Apr 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ Michael Marder VITORIA-GASTEIZ — Philosophers are supposed to comprehend events and phenomena from a rather detached standpoint, keeping in mind useful theoretical models and precedents. But the situation in Ukraine has made detachment difficult for me. Not only does more than half my family […]
By AFP – Apr 07,2022 JORDAN TIMES French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Member of Parliament and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen speaks as she takes part in the show ’10 Minutes […]
Published 1 hour ago bbc.com Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan could face removal from office this weekend, after the country’s top court ruled his move to block a no-confidence vote […]
By Lucy WilliamsonBBC Paris correspondent Related Topics French elections 2022 The least a president might expect, when juggling a war in Europe with an election at home, is a bounce […]
A new Muslim Athlete Charter has set out ways that clubs and leagues can better support sportspeople who practise their faith Layla Maghribi Apr 07, 2022 Professional athletes know that […]
For God’s sake, stop the war Jawed Naqvi Published April 7, 2022 – WE are now into the month of Ramazan, a period of piety and self-reflection for Muslims, though one can’t […]
MENA The New Arab Staff & Agencies 07 April, 2022 The moving of Jamal Khashoggi’s trial to Saudi Arabia has sparked outrage from rights groups and defence lawyers, who branded […]
Published: April 7, 2022 Writer Rosyid Mask Ushul Fiqh Lecturer, Walisongo State Islamic University (UIN) Semarang Disclosure I once received funds from the RI Baznas in collaboration with MUI in […]