Switzerland simplifies process of employing foreign workers
Moves to cut red tape for non-EU foreign workers in Switzerland will not necessarily lead to more work visas being issued.This content was published on March 4, 2022 – 17:51March […]
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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.
Agency educates female visitors at Grand Mosque in Makkah
Muslim pilgrims, keeping social distance and wearing face masks, perform Tawaf during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia July 20, 2021. (REUTERS) Short Url […]
Biden cannot make US failure in Afghanistan disappear by ignoring it
LUKE COFFEY March 05, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/gvdj8 Last week, President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress. He […]
Woman sits on key court in Egypt first
By AFP – Mar 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptian female Judge Radwa Helmi Ahmad sits on her first court hearing at the State Council in the capital Cairo, on Saturday (AFP photo) […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the most serious conflict faced by Europe in post-World War II era
Mar 02,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ Michael Jansen Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is undoubtedly the most serious conflict faced by Europe in the post-World War II world and the US […]
What does defending Europe mean?
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 […]
Women’s right to inheritance is enshrined in Islam and the law . why do they still have to fight for it?
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 […]
Heaven and Hell – Part 2
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 […]
Heaven and Hell – Part 1
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 […]
World War III and nuclear threats
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 […]
Racism and hypocrisy of the ‘civilized’ reaction to war
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 […]
A New Muslim Vision: Rebuilding Solomon’s Temple Together
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) […]
Arab Americans need to push back against racist anti-BDS laws
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 […]
‘Worthy’ Refugees
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 […]
In Memoriam: Bob, as I knew him … (Robert Fisk)
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 […]
Selective empathy: Western media’s horrific double standards amid Russia-Ukraine War
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, […]
‘We burned our clothes to stay warm’: Somali details Ukraine exit
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 […]
‘Pushed back because we’re Black’: Africans stranded at Ukraine-Poland 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 […]
Russia-Ukraine live news: Huge Russian convoy nears Kyiv
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 […]
Uttar Pradesh elections: ‘We Muslims are treated like the sacrificial goat’
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 […]