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.
Husband says foul play cannot be ruled out after body of 37-year-old dissident discovered in Toronto Karima Baloch Baloch, 37, was granted asylum in Canada in 2016. Photograph: Baloch Students […]
Source: DW Author Seerat Chabba Pakistan authorities have sent notices to Google and Wikipedia over content like caricatures of Prophet Mohammed and an “unauthentic” version of the Quran. Pakistan has […]
BY M A NIAZI Islamic countries showed up nowhere in responding to the pandemic AT PENPOINT One of the more interesting features of the world’s response to the covid-19 pandemic has been the extent to which it has confirmed Samuel Huntington’s 1992 thesis of a ‘clash of civilisations’. Huntington had […]
27th December 2019 alhakam.org Written by: Shamshad Ahmad Nasir, Missionary USA With Christmas just gone by, I feel that it is an opportunity to write about the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s […]
Saudi Arabia wants the U.S. to act before Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump leaves office and Joe Biden — who has promised a tougher stance toward the kingdom — […]
Frasat Ahmad CHRISTIANITY 23rd December 2020 Frasat Ahmad, USA I am a Muslim, and I love Jesus, perhaps more than you may think. To many devout church-goers who are preparing […]
By Ebrahim Fallahi December 25, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Although the U.S. sanctions have created major problems for the Iranian economy in many areas, for one particular industry […]
BY BATU COŞKUN OP-ED DEC 25, 2020 White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP […]
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II records her annual Christmas broadcast in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Britain December 24, 2020. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/bge6w The monarch repeatedly spoke of hope for the future […]
Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Shehab Al Makahleh Every year, futurologists and astrologers try to predict the future of economic and political incidents worldwide. Their prophecies or those of geopoliticians are based mainly on historical analogies, which are catchy to readers, listeners and viewers. Many think tanks issue such […]
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN COLUMNS DEC 23, 2020 Adecade has passed since the December 2010 self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor who set off mass protests in the Arab […]
The trade agreement comes after months of negotiations, and still leaves critical details to be worked out. By The Associated Press and Reuters Britain and the European Union reached a […]
Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Asmaa Al Twaissi Through Trump’s presidency phase, Jordan had been facing enormous pressures causing political tension in the American-Jordanian relations, particularly those with regard […]
Saudi Arabia suspended Umrah in March and significantly downsized the Hajj pilgrimage in July by only allowing about 1,000 pilgrims, all in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (SPA) Source: Arab […]
Our Lady of Arabia is expected to open to the public in May. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/pmhcr Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, being built on a plot donated by […]
By AFP – Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A file photo posted on the Facebook Page of the media bureau of ‘Volcano of Anger’ operation on May 18, 2019, reportedly […]
By Mustafa Salim and Louisa Loveluck Dec. 23, 2020 BAGHDAD — The 2007 unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors is remembered here as one of the most […]
When the National Library of Australia recently acquired famous poet Banjo Paterson’s personal belongings, the last thing they expected to find was chocolate. With links to Queen Victoria, the discovery […]
WRITTEN BY KHALIDA JAMILAH| JULY 2020| FEATURED, MISCELLANEOUS, SCIENCE, SOCIETY When we hear the word devastation, an image that comes to mind is of a ruined building in a war-torn […]
By Luke McGee, CNN December 24, 2020 Britain has already left the EU but here’s what still needs to happen London (CNN)The United Kingdom and the European Union are closing […]