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.
These families have made this country their home, yet they are forced to jump through bureaucratic hoops just to have the right to stay here, sometimes the only country they […]
Understanding the events of 1979 is crucial for those trying to figure out a better future for today’s Middle East. Kim Ghattas January 25, 2020 What happened to us? […]
In that spontaneous burst of poetry and speech, a deeper citizenship is forged — via the many-spangled ethos of Indian Islam. This is remarkable and without precedent, writes Columbia Professor of Philosophy Akeel Bilgrami. http://www.outlookindia.com Akeel Bilgrami 17 February 2020 Shaheen Bagh, Where The Indian Muslim Has Found Her Voice […]
Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya English Friday, 7 February 2020 The Qatar-funded International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) released a statement following the announcement of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East […]
Gideon Levy Feb 09, 2020 HAARETZ.COM Israeli soldiers shoot children. Sometimes they wound them and sometimes they kill them. Sometimes the children wind up brain dead, sometimes disabled. […]
Source: Vanguard Nigeria News Governor Abdul Rahman Abdul Razaq of Kwara State has promised to support the visit of the Ahmadiyya world Supreme Head, Hazrat Masroor Ahmad who will be […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published 09.02.2020 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he supports the African Union (AU) taking a greater role in mediating the Libya crisis, acknowledging […]
Gigantic efforts to control the outbreak convince people they are in terrible danger By Patrick Cockburn; @indyworld Source: INDEPENDENT CO UK If I was sitting in a restaurant and […]
Beijing closes some camps but continues to keep tabs on Uighurs and ethnic Kazakhs in far western region Source: Wall Street Journal By Eva Dou and Philip Wen KASHGAR, […]
Source: Review of Religions By Munavara Ghauri Recently Daniel Gee of the Farnham Herald interviewed the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba).[1]Concerning the rights of Muslim women and the reason why men and women are segregated at Ahmadiyya Muslim events, His Holiness […]
Ibrahim Alkhamis February 05, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/yvws6 As US presidential adviser Jared Kushner’s Middle East plan was revealed, news outlets in Iran, Turkey and Qatar eagerly awaited the Gulf’s […]
The Vermont senator says that seeing Holocaust survivors with numbers tattooed on their arms as a child shaped his views particularly in opposing Trump and the ‘divisiveness’ he promotes JTA and Ron Kampeas Feb 07, 2020 Asked whether his Jewish identity would be “a help or a hindrance” […]
Reuters, Ramallah Saturday, 8 February 2020 Israel has escalated a trade war with the Palestinians by stopping their agricultural exports through Jordan, Palestinian Agriculture Minister Riyad al-Attari said on […]
The Gulf Crisis and the New World Order – January 1, 1992 by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (Author) Hardcover from $5.83 Editorial Reviews The Gulf Crisis and the New World […]
The Guardian – Was Belgium’s King Leopold II a mass murderer on a par with Hitler or a greedy despot who turned a blind eye to a few excesses? A […]
Arab News Saturday . February 08, 2020 Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Short Url https://arab.news/ngjjy Gambia, known for its pristine beaches, Atlantic coastline and being the ancestral home of Kunte Kinte, recently […]
True story of schoolgirl turned Isis member played only a small part in court deliberations Begum loses first stage of appeal against citizenship removal Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor […]
The only way Trump and his associates can prevent themselves from going to jail in 2021 is to remain in power, no matter the actual results of the election […]
by Ron Forthofer / February 7th, 2020 President Trump’s fraudulent Middle East deal runs roughshod over Palestinian rights, harms long-term Israeli interests, and is only the latest example of […]
‘That image on the screen is still in my head. Whenever I think about it, it still hurts me’, Brandon Bryant says Source: Independent By Graig Graziosi A former US […]