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.
Munazza Alam, Sinwan BasharatSCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY 13th May 2021 Dr Munazza Alam & Sinwan Basharat Every year as the month of Ramadan nears end, Muslims around the world eagerly look to the night sky, […]
Qasim ChoudharyISLAM 13th May 2021 Qasim Choudhary, USA Very soon on our social media feeds, #Ramadan2021 will be replaced with #EidMubarak. Pictures of prayer mats and iftars (meals to open the fast) […]
Short Url https://arab.news/g6yr5 Data from the UK’s statistics office also revealed that atheists were the least likely to die, on average, from COVID-19 Ethnicity and faith are difficult to […]
A ball of fire engulfs Al-Walid building in Gaza city following an Israeli airstrike early on Thursday. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/nmyqz Discriminatory system based on a supremacist ideology ‘will not […]
JOHNNIE MOORE & SAUD AL-SARHAN May 14, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/rvm4r Looking back on Ramadan, it is clear that the “interfaith iftar” has become a common experience in many large […]
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIBMay 13, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/4zmr7 Earlier this week, I watched a video recorded by Roger Waters, the legendary English recording artist. He was addressing US President […]
13 May 2021 TEL AVIV: Israel faced an escalating conflict on two fronts on Thursday (May 13), scrambling to quell riots between Arabs and Jews on its own streets after […]
May 13, 20211:15 PM CEST Tom Arnold Karin Strohecker People receive the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine as the Thai resort island of Phuket rushes to vaccinate its population amid the coronavirus […]
Promoted post: Urdu debates: Futility of Implementation of Shariah Law: To be or not to be? Kathmandu (AFP) Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, […]
Can J Street stoop any lower in backing anti-Israel views? – opinion NGO is lobbying to restrict US military aid to Israel and moving towards a ‘confederated state’ to replace Israel. By DAVID M. WEINBERG APRIL 22, 2021 A J Street panel meeting(photo credit: First in sorrow, then in anger, for […]
Book Review by Omri Boehm (Author) A provocative argument for a new way of seeing Israel, Zionism, and the two-state solution. Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel is a wake-up call to […]
By Ghana News Agency -May 12, 2021 The Executive chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Mr Joseph Siaw-Agyepong has donated 20 bags of rice, 10 boxes of oil and undisclosed amount […]
12-May-2021 / General News In the wake of the national discussion on whether a Muslim student at the Wesley Girls High School (WeyGeyHey) should be allowed to fast in boarding school, and whether the school’s management should institute a special arrangement to facilitate that, I am inspired to share my experience, as […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY BERLIN DIASPORA MAY 11, 2021 ATurkish German politician was forced to resign from her executive role in the ruling party’s Berlin branch Tuesday after she criticized Israeli violence against […]
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL HISTORY MAY 12, 2021 A night view of Halis Bekrizade Efendi, the mecca of baklava and Turkish delight, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in Istanbul, Turkey. (NurPhoto via […]
Sad News. Ahmadiyya Flag planted on Mount Everest, but Abdul Waraich from Switzerland passed away on the way down Allauddin Rizwan *Sad News*: Respected Murabbi Sahib Incharge Germany,Assalam-o-Alaikum warahmatullah-e-wabarakatohu, Our […]
OIC envoys deplore Israeli actions against Palestinians The Newspaper’s Correspondent Published May 12, 2021 – UNITED NATIONS: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), at a meeting in New York, has unanimously endorsed […]
Meeting marks latest sign of improving relations between the two Gulf nations Published: May 11, 2021 02:38 Khitam Al Amir, Chief News Editor Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman […]
Politics May 11, 2021 – TEHRAN – Pakistan’s foreign minister on Tuesday praised the de-escalation process between Iran and Saudi Arabia. “The path for de-escalation is not short but Tehran […]
BYJake Johnson, Common Dreams PUBLISHED April 12, 2021 The head of the World Health Organization estimated in a recent address that of the more than 700 million coronavirus vaccine doses that have been […]