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.
Shareholders claim that Boeing’s board and CEO took part in a misleading public relations campaign following the two deadly crashes. In an unsealed company filing, Boeing directors argued they had […]
Source: Aljazeera New York Times says email communications between former US first lady and Qatari royal were surveilled. UAE spies hacked devices belonging to Qatar’s royal family and intercepted private […]
In a video released over the weekend, Netanyahu called the Israeli crimes in questions “fake war crimes,” and accused the court of specifically targeting Israel. Netanyahu promised Israelis that as […]
By attempting to scuttle the ICC’s efforts to hold Israel accountable, the Biden administration is continuing a bipartisan policy. BY JOSH RUEBNER FEBRUARY 9, 2021 STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON NED PRICE […]
Nourin Mohamed Siddig Social media has enabled a revival in unique African styles of Koranic recitation, which were once dominated by Middle Eastern traditions and as Isma’il Kushkush reports a […]
Social media star announces change on YouTube, Instagram Entertainment Desk February 06, 2021 Renowned German content writer and a travel v-logger Christian Betzmann has accepted Islam, as he announced in […]
SOURCE: DAILY SABAH Despite the coronavirus pandemic limiting public life to a great extent, attacks against Muslims in Germany have grown and are feared to be just the ‘tip of […]
Hamdi’s company started out by just offering information for Muslim travelers, but quickly moved into running its own tours that combine locally run visits to authentic Islamic heritage sites with […]
Once completed, all 560 mosques’ libraries will accommodate 34,000 people, while free education will be provided to 168,000 children. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/mvs35 $1bn program will see 170 mosques open […]
Source: Newsweek BY NAVEED JAMALI AND TOM O’CONNOR ON 2/8/21 The U.S. Navy is pushing to purge its ranks of extremist ideologies and diversify its ranks, according to a new […]
Madiha Afzal Friday, January 15, 2021 Editor’s Note: This piece is part of a series titled “Nonstate armed actors and illicit economies: What the Biden administration needs to know,” from Brookings’s Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, Pakistan saw 319 terrorism-related incidents in 2020, […]
By Olivia Miwil – January 30, 2021 Philanthropist Ebit Lew’s humanitarian mission in Sabah is not only being well-received by locals – his modest disposition is also catching their attention. […]
As coronavirus costs lives and destroys livelihoods, there is a dire need for generosity around the world Coronavirus has made philanthropic organisations re-examine the way they work. With millions of […]
By Farhan Iqbal, Missionary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada In gender equality conversations it is often insinuated that in Islam there is no gender equality. The crux of Islamic teachings is […]
4th February 2021 Laiq Ahmed Atif, Malta In this day and age when the world has literally shrunk to a global village in a way that could not have been […]
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AFP ISTANBUL EUROPE FEB 07, 2021 Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri addresses participants of the European Coast Guard Cooperation Network meeting in Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 8, […]
Serenity Savanna ottoman history Sultan Murad, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire would often anonymously go into the midst of the people and see their state. One evening, he felt an uneasiness in himself and the urge to go out. He called for his head of security and and out […]
Sarah Waseem – UK CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 6th February 2021 According to statistics, there are over a million suicides a year worldwide; more than war victims and homicides combined. Similarly, suicide rates among the youth continue to increase. The Review of Religions spoke to Suicidoligist Faryde Lara from Mexico, […]
by Dana Moukhallati The UAE’s “Hope” probe, the first Arab space mission, expected to reach Mars’ orbit on Tuesday, blasted off from Japan in July 2020 The first Arab space […]
Health workers, security force members, teachers and government employees would receive the COVID-19 vaccine first, said a Health Ministry spokesman. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/5hemy Starting next week, Afghanistan will roll […]