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.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1931021/offbeat?jwsource=cl Short Url RAY HANANIA September 18, 2021 Bayan Galal said that she won the election to become the first Arab to serve as president of Yale’s student government by […]
NIDHAL GUESSOUMSeptember 17, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/94h8g The Chinese government this month decreed that youngsters under the age of 18 would be allowed to play online video games for only […]
SINEM CENGIZ September 17, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zexbe After pursuing a decade-long “open-door policy” for people who flee their conflict-torn countries, Turkey seems to have recalibrated its refugee policy due […]
Promoted post: Hamza Yusuf a Great Teacher of Islam: Except for Jinns and Evolution Translator: Schimmel Died a Muslim Head of the Center of Religious Studies and translator of three […]
Orientalism, Misinformation and Islam Abû Imân cAbd al-Rahmân Robert Squires © Muslim Answers – Orlando, Florida, All Rights Reserved. Any open-minded person embarking on a study of Islam, especially if using books written in European languages, should be aware of the seemingly inherent distortions that permeate almost all non-Muslim writings on […]
The journey of Abdul-Karim Germanus (formerly known as Julius Germanus) to Islam transformed his life forever. He once described his conversion as his “moment of awakening.” Germanus was a university professor in Hungary who spent half of his life defending Islam and the Arabic language. After having freed himself from […]
4 hrs ago Kabul, Afghanistan – Since the Taliban claimed “complete control” over the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan’s northeast earlier this month, the group has been accused of “widespread atrocities”, forcing […]
The Pentagon says it is further investigating the strike, but it has no way to do so on the ground in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, severely limiting its ability […]
Swiss Politics Parliament has agreed to allow the authorities to use electronic data from mobile phones, tablets, computers and USB sticks to establish the identity of asylum seekers in Switzerland.This […]
New Zealand’s men team have abandoned their tour of Pakistan following a New Zealand government “security alert”. The Black Caps were due to play Pakistan in the first of three […]
World should incentivise Taliban instead of trying to control Afghanistan from outside: PM Imran on CNN Dawn.com Published September 15, 2021 – Prime Minister Imran Khan says there is a need to […]
‘Jingoistic agenda’: Naseeruddin Shah on the rise of Islamophobia, religious bias in Bollywood UPDATED ABOUT 19 HOURS AGO DESK REPORT Actor says the govt is encouraging filmmakers to make more pro-establishment […]
KHALED ABOU ZAHR September 16, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/n68b6 Lebanese politics should be added to the French literature and philosophy curriculum. It would fit very well within the study of […]
DAOUD KUTTAB September 16, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/rk9jv The Palestinian conflict has taken more of the UN’s time and energy than any other conflict in the world. This has been […]
Jamaluddin Feeli Al Wakuru Gus Mis Confirm Plt Regent of Sintang Regent Breaking the Constitution! Plt Regent of Sintang Sudiyanto ordered Ahmadiyah residents in Sintang Regency to knock down the Mosque.Jakarta, Gesuri. id – Scholar Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Zuhairi Misrawi (Gus Mis) responded to the circulating letter of Plt Regent […]
ASIAHISTORY Ajam Media Collective 15th September 2021 Labelling Afghanistan “the graveyard of empires” is, at best, historically illiterate and, at worst, utterly self-serving. It not only negates thousands of years […]
The theme of this year’s forum is ‘Time to heal: Peace among cultures, understanding between religions’ ARAB NEWS September 15, 2021 DUBAI: Human fraternity is the key to alleviate the […]
Wrong to blame Afghans for Taliban takeover of Kabul Americans completely failed to appreciate the culture and complexity of Afghanistan Published: September 16, 2021 Sajjad Ashraf, Special to Gulf News ALSO […]
By Anna Wichmann September 3, 2021 During the Islamic Golden Age, a period during which science, literature, geometry, astronomy and other fields of knowledge flourished from the eighth to the 13th century. Without the scholars of this period, who translated the works of the Ancient Greeks, it is likely that […]
Opinion: Strengthening British-Kurdish ties GARY KENT rudow.net A+A-For years, the starting point for many Kurds in assessing relations with the UK was Sykes-Picot, the agreement of 1916 between Britain and […]