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.
Flickr.com Joseph Safra is the richest banker in the world, according to Forbes. And, incidentally, the name Safra means yellow, or gold, in Arabic. Convenient. Especially since the illustrious family […]
ISLAM September 21, 2018 By Adeola Yusuf The Sultan Of Sokoto and president general, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has, again, declared that there is […]
The poll found that the older people are, the more likely they are to back a two-state solution. BY GIL HOFFMAN SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 Share on facebook Share on twitter Amid reports that US President Donald Trump’s “ultimate deal” Middle East peace plan will be postponed until after midterm elections […]
1. The theme this year is: The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70. 2. In 2015, the UN adopted “17 Sustainable Development Goals” of […]
Speaking on the International Day of Peace, the minister of tolerance also said the country works to resolve crises wherever it can The National September 21, 2018 Sheikh Nahyan bin […]
COMMENTARY / INSIGHT But being a Muslim in Pakistan does not protect one from religious extremism. As I found out in 2013, when I started working as a relief doctor […]
Atif Mian Atif Mian was identified by the IMF as one of the 25 young economists who will shape the global economy WRITTEN BY Sidhant Sibal Updated: Sep 20, 2018, […]
Sep 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – AKRAN AL DEEK Europe seems to feed what Samuel Huntington called in his 1992 lecture “The clash of civilisations”: a myth that assumes cultural, […]
Sep 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – GWYNNE DYER Who said this? “The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. […]
This is the old road from Ramallah to Jerusalem, lined with lost wealth and forgotten hopes and once-loved homes. They all now end, of course, at The Wall Robert Fisk in Bir […]
ImageWrestlers gather at the Maiwand Wrestling Club in Kabul on Sept. 6, the morning after a suicide bomber killed as many as 30 there.CreditCreditWakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By […]
Atia Nuur Ahmad-Hubsch Sadr Lajna Imaillah Germany The 43rd Jalsa Salana Germany 2018 took place on 7-9 September 2018 in Karlsruhe. Undoubtedly the highlight of the Jalsa Salana was that […]
Let us become channels of peace 2018-09-20 Tomorrow is the United Nations World Day of Peace and we all need to be channels of peace though the big powers like […]
Your editorial reflects widespread sentiment about the manifold idiosyncrasies of Trump’s economic policy – if policy is the mot juste. What you neglect to mention is that American economic hegemony was […]
Culture & Entertainment 03 September 2018 Image via The Muslim Vibe A Dominant Islamophobic NarrativeWe hear the same story told again and again in the media and from certain politicians, every […]
An international roster of donors has dispersed billions of dollars since 2000 to address social issues targeted by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Their efforts highlight four ways that big bets can achieve big social change. By Kim Ogden, Sridhar Prasad & Roger Thompson Sep. 18, 2018 The United […]
Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-16 by Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — The recent and recurrent decisions made by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump against the Palestinians and […]
Source: Lancaster Online By Diane Bitting The religious scholar and author sat down to talk about other issues following her April 11 talk at Elizabethtown College. Following her talk “Leading […]
BY NICOLE ROJAS ON 9/19/18 Muslims around the world will celebrate the holiday of Ashura, an Islamic holiday that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein ibn Ali, a grandson of […]
Catherine Edwards catherine.edwards@thelocal.com @CatJREdwards 31 August 2018 Choosing from ballot papers during the early voting period. Photo: Hanna Franzén/TT When Sweden holds its general election in less than two […]
