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.
January 1, 2025 at 4:28 pm A group of illegal Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in the occupied East Jerusalem on December 26, 2024. Illegal Israeli settlers staged […]
US-based Jewish writer encourages other Israelis to join him in protest against Israel’s actions Members of the anti-Zionist Hassidic group Neturei Karta burn Israeli flags during a rally in Jerusalem […]
w post: Outwardly open, inwardly closed The Saracen Raids of Early Medieval Switzerland During the tenth century, barbarian raids affected large parts of what is now Switzerland. Seizing control of the […]
Ali Teymoori August 18, 2023 All, Fiqh & Socitey, Sociability & Relations, Viewpoints Leave a comment 7,010 Views Concerning the Mahdi, the Qur’an does not mention him explicitly, either by name or by description. The time of his reappearance is also not mentioned. According to the Shi’ites, the reason for this is that the Qur’an is not a […]
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rh The Review of Religions, March 1997 Presented below is an answer by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the Fourth Head of the Ahmadiyya Community, to a question raised in a Question/Answer session held in London on 4th January 1986. Question Questioner: (The question was asked through a friend). […]
بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the previous part, I provided extensive traditions from the six authentic Sunni collections concerning the fact that Imam al-Mahdi (as) who is different than Jesus (the messiah) WILL come and he is the descendant of the Prophet (S) and his daughter Fatimah (sa). The traditions […]
People and street vendors move past one of Hama’s landmark historic water wheels, or norias, on a bridge over the Orontos riverbank in the heart of the central Syrian city on December 30, 2024. (AFP) DAMASCUS: In Damascus, the streets were buzzing with excitement Tuesday as Syrians welcomed in a […]
Medical professionals and social media users are rallying for Gaza’s Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and appealing to international community Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza, supervises […]
Ali Bakir 31 December 2024 Israel’s interventions risk transforming Syria into a fractured state plagued by internal strife and foreign agendas An Israeli military vehicle rides on the Golan Heights […]
Lat BlaylockKhilafat•World Religions 8th March 2024 Editor’s Note. Not a new article. Still hoping … (Interview with His Holiness by Lat Blaylock, Editor of REtoday Magazine and prominent RE advocate. […]
Commentary written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics is a theoretical framework that posits the existence […]
editorial Heart Views . 2013 Jan-Mar;14(1):43–46. doi: 10.4103/1995-705X.107125 The Air of History Part III: The Golden Age in Arab Islamic Medicine An Introduction Rachel Hajar 1,✉ PMCID: PMC3621228 PMID: 23580929 The contributions of Islamic scientists in the various fields of knowledge from the 8th to the 16thcenturies were astonishing. After the 16th century, however, the Islamic world […]
The ex-president was pilloried for his characterisation of the Palestinians’ plight but some say an apology is in order Chris McGreal in New YorkMon 30 Dec 2024 Jimmy Carter’s terminal illness reignited a bitter dispute over accusations the former president was antisemitic after he wrote a bestselling book likening the Israeli […]
By DC Kwame Kwakye OpinionTUE, 13 JUN 2023 The idea of a man having the right to keep multiple consensual relationships with other women whether married or not have become a very contentious issue in modern discourses. While some see it as an aberration, others see it as normal and the […]
Morocco is aiming to grant women more rights over child custody and inheritance, as well as the power of veto over polygamous marriage, in the first review of its Islamic-based family code […]
Officers count rupiah notes at the BSI KC Mayestik Branch Office, Jakarta, Thursday (12/28/2023). | Republika Doc Economy Measuring the Future of Indonesia’s Sharia Economy 27 Dec 2024, 19:44 WIB Indonesia has great potential in terms of the number of domestic markets. JAKARTA – The development of Malaysia’s sharia economy […]
Left without power or shelter, Palestinians are struggling to keep their children warm during the winter Nora al-Lahham, a displaced Palestinian, nurses her infant in Gaza City on 29 December 2024 (AFP) By Maha Hussaini in Gaza, occupied Palestine and Mohammed al-Hajjar Published date: 30 December 2024 12:05 GMT | Last update: 13 hours 58 mins ago A […]
December 22, 2024 Articles, Features By Palestine Chronicle Staff While we frequently report on the projections, the casualty numbers that we confirm are the ones by the Gaza Ministry of Health. We have […]
30th December 2024 alhakam.org Asif M Basit As 2024 comes to an end, 118 years have passed since the publication of the Promised Messiah’s renowned book, Haqiqat-ul-Wahi. In this work, he […]