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.
During his studies, Dagun Deniev has practically lived in the university library as it’s hard to study in asylum centres swissinfo.ch Higher education offers a window of opportunity for refugees in Switzerland but it’s not easy to get through – and the Covid-19 pandemic has made it harder. But Chechen […]
8th November 2020 Another innocent Ahmadi, 82 year old Mahboob Ahmad Khan was fatally shot in Sheikh Mohammadi area of Peshawar today because of his faith. Mahboob sahab was visiting his daughter when unknown assailants shot him at close range, that killed him at the spot. source: https://twitter.com/SaleemudDinAA/status/1325352910046306305/photo/1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmSZcjqWMAA035w?format=jpg&name=medium for […]
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA EU AFFAIRS NOV 06, 2020 Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu heads the informal meeting of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Turkey’s southern Antalya province, […]
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL LIFE NOV 07, 2020 Gli the cat of Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is pictured at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey July 2, 2020. […]
Police officers stand guard by the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption Basilica in Nice after a knife-wielding man killed three people at the church. Two women, below, react to the attack. (AFP) […]
Ali Abunimah Power Suits 8 November 2020 Two men smile and embrace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has every reason to expect Joe Biden will deliver for Israel, just as the […]
Source: DAWN.COM TODAY’S PAPER | NOVEMBER 09, 2020 By Omar Waraich Robert Fisk, the legendary journalist, died on October 30. He suffered a stroke at his home in Ireland at […]
By AFP – Nov 08,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Supporter of the Iran-backed Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary forces chant slogans during a demonstration outside the entrance to the Iraqi […]
So far, Biden has 264 electoral votes — just six away from the White House — and Trump has 214. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/v9t4d The minister said most Israelis, including […]
BY FAISAL J. ABBAS FOR ARAB NEWS Faisal Abbas is the Editor in Chief of the Arab News The scenes of awful terrorist attacks on people in the streets of […]
Geneva s banking district The Geneva public prosecutor has blocked over a billion dollars of a US businessman’s money in Geneva banks as part of the biggest tax evasion case […]
November 4, 2020 TEHRAN – Following a speech delivered by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Azerbaijan welcomed an Iranian peace initiative that was presented earlier with the […]
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES İSTANBUL EUROPE NOV 03, 2020 Sunni Muslims living in Greece pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan Bayram) prayers in Piraeus, near Athens, […]
Source: GNA 4 November 2020 The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, would on Wednesday, November 4, begin a four-day working visit to the Ashanti Region to inspect and inaugurate some infrastructural projects designed to uplift the living conditions of the people. The projects relate to education, health, housing, roads, industry, and social […]
1 / 7 Foreign pilgrims walk at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Nov. 4, 2020. (@ReasahAlharmain) 2 / 7 The first foreign pilgrims to arrive in Saudi Arabia after […]
Nov 04,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Majdi Khaldi RAMALLAH — Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel is ready to move ahead with “peace for peace” rather than “land for peace”, which was the original intent of the Middle East peace process. Even when US President Donald Trump’s […]
SAUDI ARABIA 3 days ago REPORT Hind Al Soulia – Riyadh – Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — The Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL) reiterated that “political Islam” is an extremist […]
A Palestinian immigrant was honoured for his role in saving a wounded police officer during a Daesh-linked terror attack in Vienna November 4, 2020 A 23-year-old Palestinian was recognised for […]
BY: DAVID W. TSCHANZ SOURCE: ARAMCO WORLD OCT 5, 2020 Depicting a scene in the hospital at Cordóba, then in Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), this 1883 illustration shows the famed physician […]
BY GÖKHAN ERELI OP-ED NOV 04, 2020 Repeated statements, made through direct press releases and Twitter posts, can become official opinion at some point. Case in point, how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials argue that Turkey’s foreign policy toward the Middle East is destabilizing. The UAE Foreign Minister Anwar […]