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.
Foreign affairs Leandra Bias The public discourse on terrorist attacks emanating from France and Austria via Switzerland is extremely dangerous for human rights, writes political scientist Leandra Bias. Leandra Bias […]
Author DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM November 24, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/5zzhj Rohingya refugee workers carry bags of salt in a processing yard in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Reuters) After four years of […]
Nov 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Four years of Donald Trump’s presidency has been a boon to Israel’s right-wing government under Benyamin Netanyahu and a curse for […]
By JT – Nov 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Tuesday reiterated that Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif, with its total area of 144 dunums, including its […]
A Yorkshire MP has spoken about the attacks levelled at him and his family due to being members of a particular sect of Islam. By Geraldine Scott Monday, 23rd November […]
By Reehana Shah With more than 56 million cases worldwide and more than 1.3 million deaths, Covid-19 has held the world in a vise-like grip for almost a year now. […]
By Mustafa Akyol, who is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, focusing on Islam and modernity, and the author of the forthcoming Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, […]
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL ASIA PACIFIC NOV 23, 2020 Internally displaced children sit outside a tent at a refugee camp in Khost province, eastern Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2020. (AFP Photo) The […]
1 / 4 In this file photo taken on January 23, 2011, inhabitants of the central Tunisia region of Sidi Bouzid demonstrate in front of the government palace in Tunis. […]
With a paternal grandmother of French ancestry and an Irish mother, Abdul Ghany Jahangeer Khan has a decidedly Catholic background. Many of his relatives still identify as Catholic today, […]
MAGAZINE: EDITION OCTOBER 2020 REVIEW OF RELIGIONS Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) HISTORY 19th November 2020 The Taj Mahal, ‘the crown of palaces’, is located in […]
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BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL EXPAT CORNER NOV 12, 2020 Preparation of medicines for the treatment of a patient suffering from smallpox, miniature from “The Canon of medicine,” by Avicenna (980-1037), […]
Nov 22,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Javier Solana MADRID — There is an eternal debate about how much leadership and personality matter in international relations. But after the turbulence of […]
By AFP – Nov 22,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A man exits into a yard at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on November 7 (AFP […]
Author DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB November 22, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/gpmed Nov. 22 was Lebanon’s 77th Independence Day. While the country is supposed to have been celebrating its birth, Lebanon […]
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DIASPORA NOV 21, 2020 31-year-old Turkish origin Swedish military officer Deniz Arda. (AA Photo) ATurkish-origin Swedish military officer has gone missing, according to a missing persons […]
Short Url https://arab.news/gdsms Virtual event hosted by Arab News Research & Studies Unit discussed results of Arab News/YouGov pan-Arab study Panelists weighed in on views on topics ranging from a […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Ahmadi doctor killed, three others injured in Nankana Sahib Source: Samaa […]
Nov 21,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Syed Munir Khasru MELBOURNE — COVID-19 continues to have a devastating impact on public health and to rattle the global economy with structural shocks. The pandemic has now killed more than one million people, while the International Monetary Fund estimates that global GDP will […]