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 […]
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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.
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 […]
Like hundreds of Lebanese people, I broke lockdown to witness a desperate protest against hunger
For those rallying on the streets of Tripoli, the certainty of dying from starvation is far more pressing than the probability of contracting coronavirus, says Bel Trew @beltrew 14 minutes […]
Pfizer’s Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Human Testing in U.S.
Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Human Testing in U.S. Source: WSJ Researchers have begun giving healthy volunteers in the U.S. an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. PFE 3.07% and partner […]
Ramadan bazaars go digital in Southeast Asia amid pandemic
Apr 28, 2020 – An online Ramadan bazaar trader wraps “Popiah” spring rolls at his home, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), […]
PBS special depicts George W. Bush impatient with diplomacy after 9/11: ‘F— it, we’re going to war’
Searing footage jogs memories of crises that punctuated Texan’s presidency: the 9/11 attacks, Iraq invasion, Hurricane Katrina and the financial meltdown. […]
Despite a century’s progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918.
WASHINGTON (AP) — picture of Spanish Flue In the years between two lethal pandemics, one the misnamed Spanish flu, the other COVID-19, the world learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines, developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks. Yet here we are again, face-masked to […]
100 years after San Remo and the denial of Arab rights continues
s May 04,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES Z. ZOGBY It was appropriate that during the week in which we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference, Israelis […]
Will Lebanon’s collapse herald Hezbollah dominance or demise?
Baria Alamuddin May 03, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/nmjua Hezbollah and Iran appear more discomforted and defensive than at any time in recent memory, faced as they are with intensifying sanctions, […]
The sad story of UNITED NATIONS’s staff recruitment procedures. What you need to know when you apply for a UN position.
What I am going to say probably does not only refer to the United Nations, but many other large corporations both private and public. I am just giving an example […]
How to make sure Trump or anyone like him never, ever returns to power
Defanging the most toxic elements of the Trumpian right would benefit the world as well as the United States. But it’s up to his opponents to devise strategies to […]
Rohingya survivors tell of misery and death at sea; hundreds still adrift
World Monday, 04 May 2020 By A.S.M Suza Uddin and Poppy McPherson COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February […]