Will English Channel migrant tragedy make a difference?
ALISTAIR BURT December 02, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/b3wau The UK has been both devastated and polarized by last week’s tragedy in the English Channel, where at least 27 lives were […]
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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.
Germany’s new foreign policy course to be felt worldwide
ANDREW HAMMOND December 02, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/6q6xh While Olaf Scholz has long been a government insider as Germany’s vice chancellor, his expected appointment next week as the nation’s ninth […]
Plight of Palestinians still a key focus of Saudi foreign policy, says envoy
Abdallah Al-Mouallimi reiterated, to the UN General Assembly, Riyadh’s rejection and denunciation of the continuing confiscation of Palestinian homes and land by Israel. (AP Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/rtd2m EPHREM KOSSAIFY […]
Sanctions removal working group holds first meeting in Vienna
Politics December 1, 2021 TEHRAN – A working group established to conduct talks on how to remove U.S. sanctions on Iran held its first meeting on Tuesday morning as agreed […]
Muslims in France should assimilate, renounce religion
Muslims in France should assimilate, renounce religion: Zemmour BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL DEC 01, 2021 – 5:37 PM GMT+3 Far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour said Muslims living in France should […]
Logic of Turkey’s diplomatic activism
BY TALHA KÖSE DEC 01, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Planet Earth is lit by the lights of large cities, with Turkey seen at the center. (Photo by Shutterstock) In the […]
World repeating its mistakes on omicron variant
FRANK KANE December 01, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/96cch Is the cure to omicron, the new COVID-19 variant currently spooking the world, going to be worse than the disease? This question […]
Riyadh conference to highlight that philosophy is for everyone
DR. MOHAMMED ALWAN December 01, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/mk4na Next week in Saudi Arabia, we will hold the inaugural Riyadh Philosophy Conference, the first event of its kind to take […]
UN warned its credibility is at stake over the Palestinian question
Shahid called on member states to make every effort to join forces to resolve the conflict in line with international human rights and humanitarian laws, and the UN charter. (AFP/File) […]
Pope’s visit to Greece’s Lesbos lays bare divisions over migrants
This content was published on December 1, 2021 – 12:21December 1, 2021 – 12:21 By Karolina Tagaris LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Lucia Marcano was attending mass last month in […]
Belgium on the right track but Europe is failing Palestinians
RAMZY BAROUD November 30, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/85mk6 The Belgian government’s announcement last week that it will label all products made in illegal Israeli Jewish settlements is welcome, although it […]
Jesus in Kashmir
HASNAIN RIZA | 29 NOVEMBER, 2021 The Rozabal shrine is situated in the labyrinthine lanes of Khanyar, in the backstreets of Downtown, Srinagar, a few steps from the revered Dastgeer Sahib […]
Free speech: Hypocrisy in the West and superiority of Islamic law
3rd September 2021 Last Updated on 14th November 2021 Asif Arif, Lawyer, USA By looking at this title, some will jump from their seats considering that, first, “There is no […]
Gems of the Promised Messiah & Imam Mahdi (as)- One Cannot Become Pure Without Refraining from Lies
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as)RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS 30th November 2021 In reality, until a person abandons lies, he cannot become pure. Worthless materialists believe that […]
Distorted representation of Muslim women in Western productions
BY İREM YAŞARNOV 24, 2021 A poster of Homeland. (Facebook / @HomelandOnShowtime) Although the roles of Muslim women have increased in Western films and TV series, their controversial representations are […]
Turkish Dr. Oz to run for Pennsylvania Republican seat: US media
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL NOV 30, 2021 – 3:48 PM GMT+3Dr. Mehmet Öz, more widely known as Dr. Oz, speaks at an event in Washington D.C., United States, Sept. 26, 2018. […]
Migration across the Mediterranean in context
YOSSI MEKELBERG November 28, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zxzme The chilling news earlier this week about the drowning of 27 migrants in the English Channel after their boat sank near the […]
Israel’s attack on anti-occupation dissent is a sign of weakness, not strength
AuthorYOSSI MEKELBERGNovember 30, 2021 Palestinian men from the village of Khirbet Humsah, after it was razed by Israeli forces, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Feb. 3, 2021. (Reuters) Short Urlhttps://arab.news/94m5r […]
Switzerland. Residents with migration background twice as likely to be unemployed
Last year 2.766 million people – 38% of Switzerland’s permanent resident population aged 15 and over – had a migration background, 0.3 percentage points more than in 2019.This content was […]
Iran makes maximalist demands as Vienna nuclear talks open
AP , Tuesday 30 Nov 2021 Iran struck a maximalist tone Tuesday after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal, suggesting everything discussed in previous […]