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://arab.news/5un5x Natanz nuclear plant sabotage lays bare vulnerability to betrayal at the hands of own population Analysts say Tehran’s tepid response is a sign of its desperation for sanctions relief […]
April 16, 2021 Osama Al Sharif April 11, 2021 was to be a day of celebration and national pride marking the kingdom of Jordan’s centenary as a state — a […]
OSAMA AL-SHARIFApril 20, 2021 22:51585 Short Url https://arab.news/pcnks The US is finally leaving Afghanistan, 20 years after it invaded in a bid to destroy Al-Qaeda and its host the Taliban to […]
Source: Middle East Monitor Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on November 14, 2017, in Riyadh [FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images]April 20, 2021 at 9:51 am Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed […]
By SIDSEL OVERGAARD• APR 11, 2021ShareTweetEmail Heba Alrejleh and Radwan Jomaa with children Aya, 11, Lilian, 4, and Mohamed, 10. “The words ‘to send us back to Syria’ means to destroy our […]
PM: No religious services are to be held and non-work gatherings should not happen at all. By Wati Talebula-Nuku 20 Apr 2021 10:45 Religion confusion MORE ON NEWS Advise For All Inbound, […]
Source: Tehran Times TEHRAN – In its first official reaction to media reports of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said it welcomes dialogue with the […]
BY AATIKA AHMED – AYLA COŞKUN ISTANBUL FOOD APR 18, 2021 12:32 PM GMT+3 Garam garam pakora (mixed vegetable fritters) photographed at Bombay Street Food in Washington, DC, Dec. 13, 2018. (Getty Images). […]
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN COLUMNS APR 20, 2021 This illustration by Erhan Yalvaç satirically depicts Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias begging for help besides a European Union flag after the Greek minister […]
CHRIS DOYLEApril 19, 2021 22:57683 Short Url https://arab.news/z3758 Who would light up a barbecue in the narrow, crowded streets of the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem in the […]
RAMZY BAROUD April 19, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/byytw The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Palestine, especially in Gaza, has reached record highs this month, largely due to the […]
Source: The Cato Institute The way forward for the Islamic world lies in reconciling faith and reason. By Mustafa Akyol This article appeared on The New York Times on April 5, 2021. In […]
PAKISTAN APP APRIL 19, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday announced to lead a strong campaign at international level along with the heads of Muslim countries to jointly […]
OP-ED Pakistan’s creation: a British conspiracy? Yasser Latif Hamdani@theRealYLH APRIL 19, 2021 A certain political scientist, a writer of 700-page ideologicalpolemic against Jinnah trying unsuccessfully to disprove Ayesha Jalal’s thesis […]
Prominent economist Atif Rehman Mian was forced out as the wrong kind of Muslim. By Tunku Varadarajan April 13, 2021 When the Guggenheim Foundation announced the winners of its fellowships for […]
ARTICLES By Hamaad Khan, Commissioning Editor Late last year, in response to a journalist asking whether the economic fallout of COVID-19 could lead to military conflict, the head of Britain’s […]
Muslim explorer and writer WRITTEN BY Ivan Hrbek Staff member, Oriental Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1953–92. Author of “The Chronology of Ibn Battute’s Travels” in Archiv Orientalni.Last Updated: Feb 20, […]
© EPA Residents of Palma, northern Mozambique, are trying to get back to normality in the wake of the attack The recent insurgent raid on the Mozambican town of Palma made […]
Source: DW Denying the Holocaust is an illegal offense in several European countries and offenders can end up in jail. Imran Khan would like the same punishments meted out for […]
By Mohammad Bailan: Assistant Professor of Medieval History at Stony Brook University. He is a historian of the pre-modern Mediterranean world, specializing in the political, intellectual and cultural history of […]