Black coronavirus deaths have exposed Britain for what it really is
In some parts of the media, the tragedy that is the Covid-19 Bame death rate disparity has not been treated the way it should Nels Abbey @nelsabbey 1 day ago […]
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
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.
Glenmark in India gets approval to trial favipiravir for Covid-19
Source: Clinical Trials Arena The trial will assess the drug in Covid-19 patients with mild to moderate infection. Credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the […]
A Ramadan TV show, hosted by a rabbi, is cementing Jewish-Muslim ties
Source: Arab News Rabbi Marc Schneier is educating Jewish Americans about Islam and Ramadan with a special TV series Founded 31 years ago, Schneier’s Foundation for Ethnic Understanding has offices […]
India’s Hindus on fasting during Ramadan
Source: Arab News By Sanjay Kumar Gesture by a Hindu doctor expresses solidarity amid rising Islamophobia NEW DELH: He wakes up before sunrise for sahoor and abstains from food and […]
Arab alliance headed for further gains in Israel vote
By AFP – Mar 03,2020 – Jordan Times HAIFA — Israel’s largely Arab Joint List alliance was on track for its best-ever electoral performance, near-complete results showed Tuesday, consolidating […]
When you’re a Muslim American mom coordinating Ramadan in Texas during coronavirus, nothing is simple
I’m in the league of mothers who are trying to balance an incredibly difficult load of work that we’d never planned on — while trying to infuse my first-generation American […]
This is what the sudden fall of Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of Bashar al-Assad, means
After each internal conflict in Syria, there has been a shift of power – and this is a serious change in the dynamics of the ruling class in Damascus, writes […]
Covid-19 fails to halt blasphemy allegations in Pakistan
Pakistan Today May 7, 2020 by KK Shahid , (Last Updated 2 days ago) LAHORE: The Covid-19 pandemic might’ve halted the entire world, with almost 3.3 million infections and over […]
Amid Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya discrimination, ration distributed by community workers returned
Last Updated: 6th May, 2020 A Pakistani journalist shared a video wherein people are returning the rations distributed by the Ahmadi relief workers in Karachi, amid wider discrimination […]
Throwing Ahmadis to the wolves
Source: Indica News By Justice Markandey Katju, who is former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India In my article ‘Chaos and hardship: Imran Khan […]
Iraq Chooses New Prime Minister, an Ex-Security Chief Backed by U.S.
With the selection of Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq has its first real government in more than five months. He will confront an array of daunting problems. By Alissa J. Rubin […]
How long will Pakistan continue to marginalise Ahmadis?
By Raza Habib Raja Published: May 5, 2020 Tweet Email One thing I have often heard from some ‘moderate’ Pakistanis is that we are more rational and thoughtful than Indians […]
switzerland explained : How the Swiss asylum system works
Embed code press here for video report May 6, 2020 Switzerland boasts of a long humanitarian tradition and in fact deals with relatively more asylum requests than […]
To survive, Lebanon needs a revolution that delivers Lebanese people from want, despair
THE JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN In an unprecedented call for action on Lebanon’s turbulent domestic front, the UN Security Council has urged the Lebanese authorities “to respond to […]
A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one
Timothy Garton Ash Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change @fromTGA Wed 6 May 2020 GUARDIAN The coronavirus crisis seems to […]
Coronavirus means we are getting five years’ worth of structural change in about five months
Some changes, like the plight of the high street, can be anticipated, while others will be surprising, writes Hamish McRae @TheIndyBusiness 1 day ago To travel in one’s own quiet, […]
Science, statistics and society – The story of a modern coup d’état
Source: Al Hakam By Asif M Basit In the last few weeks – now slowly turning into months – everyone around the world has had a set of words and […]
Ahmadiyyat : The Community Should Give Emphasis to Four Points
Professor Amtul Razzaq Carmichael – UK 5th May 2020 Based on an address delivered by the Second Caliph, Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra) on December 28, 1946 The […]
Key to Being Successful in this World
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) 4th May 2020 Translated into English for the first time by the Review of Religions translation team Address delivered by […]
‘Switzerland is going to face an unimaginable level of poverty’
By Grégoire Barbey May 5, 2020 – swissinfo.ch The endless queues for food bags in Geneva show that while the health crisis seems to be subsiding, the economic crisis has […]