At least 60 hotels in Bali up for sale due to COVID-19 struggles
At least 60 hotels in Bali up for sale due to COVID-19 struggles: hotel association By Coconuts Bali Feb 5, 2021 | At least 60 hotels across Bali are being put up […]
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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.
Sight Beyond the Eyes
Mirza Nooruddin AhmadTHE EXISTENCE OF GOD 6th September 2021 The eye is a marvellous creation of Allah the Almighty. The acute skill necessary to treat and work on such a […]
Racism on the rise in Switzerland
Racism on the rise in Switzerland, says government report The Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled racism and hate speech, with racial discrimination in Switzerland affecting more and more young people, says […]
Family of 10 Killed in U.S. Airstrike That Was Intended for ISIS, Relatives Say: ‘Totally in Shock’
Virginia Chamlee Wed, 8 September 2021 MARCUS YAM/LOS ANGELES TIMES/Instagram The Ahmadi family An Afghan family says a U.S. airstrike meant for some of those responsible for the Aug. 26 Kabul […]
Why ‘Shariah law’ doesn’t mean what most Americans think it means
By Metro Times readers Lee DeVito Muslim women walking near an American flag mural in Hamtramck, Michigan. The following letter was sent by Imam Shamshad Nasir and Muhammad Ahmad of the […]
American Muslims recall how hate and scrutiny after 9-11 changed their lives
By DEEPA BHARATH | dbharath@scng.com | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: September 8, 2021 at 2:40 p.m. | UPDATED: September 8, 2021 at 3:13 p.m. Jihad Turk gets emotional thinking about his hijab-wearing wife who stayed home for several weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Twenty years later, Turk, the founding president and dean of the Bayan […]
Journalist Charlotte Bellis on that Taliban press conference, life in Afghanistan and why being a Kiwi helps her feel safe
Kelly Bertrand13:12, Sep 09 2021 This story was first published on capsulenz.com. Capsule talks to Kiwi journalist Charlotte Bellis about what it’s like being on the ground in Kabul as Taliban forces […]
Turkey rescues 97 asylum-seekers pushed back by Greece in Aegean
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ANKARA POLITICS SEP 08, 2021 10:40 PM GMT+3Turkish coast guard authorities in western Turkey’s Kuşadası speak to rescued migrants after they were pushed back by Greek forces, Sept. […]
Genetic study links Turkish DNA to Italy’s Tuscany, Spain
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA A decadelong study in Turkey discovered that the population’s genetic structure is closely linked to people of Italy’s Tuscany and Spain while it demonstrates that […]
Violence against Palestinians in Israel a stain on society
YOSSI MEKELBERG September 08, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/z5hj9 There are many facets to the fragile coexistence of Jews and Palestinians living in Israel. Despite sharing the same land for 73 […]
Israel arrests relatives of escaped Palestinian prisoners
A Palestinian man flashes a poster by the militant group Islamic Jihad of 6 Palestinians who escaped from an Israeli prison, as people celebrate in the Jenin camp in the […]
Chaos and confusion: The frenzied final hours of the Afghan government
By Mohamed Madi, Ahmad Khalid and Sayed Abdullah NizamiBBC NewsPublished10 hours agoShare The Taliban has announced a new government from Kabul, 20 years after they were driven from power. For […]
Ahmadiyya Jama’at Sintang After Attack: Feeling Insecure
tirto.id – There is no place to pray congregational prayers and pray again for the Ahmadiyya Jama’at in Balai Harapan Village, Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan. Their Miftahul Huda mosque has […]
Inspiration House: fostering interfaith tolerance among children
A. KURNIAWAN ULUNG THE JAKARTA POSTJakarta / Wed, September 8, 2021 / 11:00 am In harmony: Inspiration House not only gives free math and English courses for children, but also teaches them […]
As a final visit of her successful career Mrs. Merkel to visit Taliban’s Afghanistan ?
Taliban say there is ‘special place for Merkel’ in Afghanistan BY ANADOLU AGENCY BERLIN EUROPE SEP 06, 2021 2:40 PM GMT+3German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference with North Rhine-Westphalia’s State Premier, […]
Teachers warn of rising Islamophobia in English schools
Almost three-quarters of teachers working in schools in England have encountered Islamophobic attitudes among pupils. (Shutterstock) Short Url https://arab.news/v7msq Study finds three-quarters of teachers have encountered anti-Muslim sentiment Expert: ‘We […]
Same mistakes are being made 20 years after 9/11
CHRIS DOYLE September 07, 2021 20:53298 Short Url https://arab.news/v84ka Two decades on from the most lethal attack on American territory since Pearl Harbor, the events of the past few weeks in […]
Urgent action needed to save Afghanistan from catastrophe
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG September 07, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/m3gzm It is now clear that the 20-year effort by the US and its European allies to turn Afghanistan into a […]
9/11 families sue NIST over World Trade Center Building 7 report
9/11 families sue NIST over World Trade Center Building 7 report AE911Truth September 7, 2021 A group of eight family members who lost children, parents, siblings, and spouses on 9/11 filed […]
Protesting airstrikes in Panjshir, people throng Kabul streets chanting ‘death to Pakistan’
By PTI |Sep 07, 2021 The Taliban members reportedly fired gunshots in the air to disperse the protestors but they were still agitating, the Khamma news agency of Afghanistan reported. A number […]