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.
Mar 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ Slavoj Žižek LJUBLJANA — After the Russian attack on Ukraine, the Slovene government immediately proclaimed its readiness to receive thousands of Ukrainian refugees. As a Slovene citizen, I was not only proud but also ashamed. After all, when Afghanistan fell to the Taliban six […]
Passing inheritance down through men is an old practice. Though the law ensures women’s right to inherit, old habits die hard. Umar Bacha Published March 5, 2022 – dawn.com In 2017, when Pihlwan Baig was still alive, he transferred his land to his six children, dividing it among his four daughters and […]
MAGAZINE: EDITION DECEMBER 2021Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as)RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS 3rd March 2022 Add Comment 18 Min Read Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), The Promised Messiah & Imam Mahdi The Promised Messiah (as) wrote over 80 books in Arabic, Urdu, and Persian. Excerpts of his […]
MAGAZINE: EDITION NOVEMBER 2021Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as)RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS 19th January 2022 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), The Promised Messiah & Imam Mahdi The […]
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN MAR 05, 2022 – U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at […]
By CHRIS DOYLE for Arab News He is director of the London-based Council for Arab-British Understanding. Twitter: @Doylech With each passing day, international support for Ukrainians grows. Landmarks across the […]
Epigraph: And We gave knowledge to David and Solomon, and they said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, Who has exalted us above many of His believing servants.’ (Al Quran 27:16) […]
RAY HANANIA March 02, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/bm476 At least 28 of America’s 50 states have adopted laws that violate the US Constitution by punishing citizens who refuse to sign […]
EDITORIAL Daily Times MARCH 2, 2022 While the Western media never made any effort to hide behind curtains when it spoke of tightening screws and shutting doors on refugees from war-ravaged Middle Eastern countries, its overwhelmingly biased coverage of those fleeing the terrors of Ukraine has laid bare the tinted […]
Source: DAWN.COM TODAY’S PAPER | NOVEMBER 09, 2020 By Omar Waraich Robert Fisk, the legendary journalist, died on October 30. He suffered a stroke at his home in Ireland at […]
By Ataul Fatir Tahir, for Al Hakam The Western media’s portrayal of Ukraine’s suffering as somehow “different” and labelling Ukrainians as more “civilised” compared to those suffering from wars in countries like Yemen, Libya, Ethiopia, Palestine and Syria, […]
Mustafa Mohamed, a Somali national, recounts his ordeal to find refuge in Poland following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. By Hamza Mohamed Published On 2 Mar 20222 Mar 2022 Thousands of Africans, mostly students, based in Ukraine have been caught up in the war that erupted when Russia sent its troops across the border […]
Issued on: 28/02/2022 – 19:14 Text by:Mehdi CHEBIL Nigeria and South Africa have expressed alarm at reports that their nationals are being stopped from leaving war-torn Ukraine. At Lviv train station, in western Ukraine, FRANCE 24 met several African students who say they were pushed back at the Medyka border crossing […]
Miles-long Russian convoy nears the capital after high-level talks fail to produce ceasefire. By David Child, Zaheena Rasheed and Ali Harb Published On 28 Feb 2022 A huge Russian military convoy is edging closer […]
By Geeta PandeyBBC News, Uttar PradeshPublished10 hours agoShare IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESImage caption, There are 40 million Muslims in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh In mid-August last year, a Hindu […]
Ayesha Mahmood Malik – UKLAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS 28th February 2022 ©Shutterstock Ayesha Mahmood Malik, UK The 9/11 attacks in the United States in September 2001 thrust Afghanistan to the forefront of what was declared to be the ‘war against terrorism’. The country was already languishing for more than two decades of conflict arising […]
Putin’s phobia Zarrar Khuhro Published February 28, 2022 – THIS isn’t meant as an endorsement of Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine but as an attempt to understand the historical factors that led […]
Christy SomosCTVNews.ca Writer @C_Somos Contact Published Monday, February 28, 2022 African students and residents of Ukraine trying to flee from the war are being pushed back at border crossings and trains while experiencing racism and aggression, with reports claiming they have been placed at the bottom of the priority list for […]
https://8b9aaa0f18e1085e3a477cd50379449c.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html By Geeta PandeyBBC News, Delhi When Priya Aggarwal arrived at her wedding venue riding a white mare, she didn’t just cut a fine figure in her golden yellow sari […]
DR. DIANA GALEEVA February 27, 202221:27 988 Follow @arabnews Short Url https://arab.news/z8w73 John Mearsheimer, the founder of offensive realism — a subdivision of the neorealism/structural realism school of thought within […]