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.
Short Url https://arab.news/cu7bg AFP February 10, 2020 Egyptian courts have largely applied Islamic inheritance laws to both Muslims and the Coptic Christian minority But Coptic Orthodox customs call for […]
https://arab.news/5tpwp Daoud Kuttab February 10, 2020 Palestinian leaders: Netanyahu had no option but to do what Washington told him AMMAN, Jordan: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced on Sunday […]
On Sunday, February 2, 2020, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria hosted Jared Kushner to talk about the Apartheid Plan that the Trump and Netanyahu administrations have introduced to annex 30 percent of […]
Again and again, documented historical evidence has shattered widely held views that Europeans were the pioneers of early human civilization. In fact, there is corroborative evidence that half of humanity’s […]
greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factories Angela Giuffrida in Rome Mon 10 Feb 2020 THE GUARDIAN The Italian government has been urged […]
The black swan that some economists feared failed to glide in, plus the farce of an impeachment trial may turn out to be one of the more glaring miscalculations the […]
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 […]