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.
by Dilara Aslan ANKARA Sep 12, 2024 – DAILY SABAH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at a program in Kocaeli province, Türkiye, Sept. 7, 2024 (IHA Photo) Questions arose after President […]
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The ObserverIsrael-Gaza war Newspaper’s due diligence is under scrutiny amid growing misgivings over its ownership and the role of its editor Peter BeaumontSat 14 Sep 2024 16.36 BSTShare The world’s […]
The Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants ByStephanie KramerandYunping Tong Who are migrants? Roughly 80 million international migrants are Muslim, representing 29% of all people living outside their country of birth. By comparison, Muslims were about 25% of the world’s total population in 2020, making Muslim identity a little more […]
By Kerim Sultanov The newly appointed French Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, selected by Emmanuel Macron, plans to revive the Ministry of Immigration. According to French media reports, he is already […]
By Belén Carreño September 13, 2024 Item 1 of 4 Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez poses for a family photo with Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, Spain’s Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Emma Aparici, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) 13th September 2024 After reciting Tashahhud, T‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that he had been […]
by Hakkı Öcal Sep 09, 2024 – DAILY SABAH An internally displaced Palestinian child who fled with his family from the northern Gaza Strip stands outside their shelter in Khan […]
by Agence France-Presse – AFP THE HAGUE Sep 13, 2024 – DAILY SABAH Edited By Nurbanu Tanrıkulu Kızıl Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof presents the cabinet’s coalition program in the Hague, […]
Sep 10,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud When asked why his latest map has erased the whole of the West Bank, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu retorted with the […]
The story of a small village in Madhya Pradesh exemplifies the perils of the minority community – caught between biased official machinery and Hindu groups affiliated with PM Modi’s party. […]
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Pia Klemp Fortress Europe keeps cruelly raising its walls against the global south The deliberate policies of the EU and its member states have turned the Mediterranean into a mass […]
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Yossi Mekelberg September 10, 2024 By now, it is an open secret that there is a deep schism between the government and the chiefs of the security forces in Israel. […]
Ehtesham Shahid September 11, 2024 First articulated in his 1978 book “Orientalism,” philosopher and academic Edward Said critiqued how the West historically portrayed and conceptualized the “Orient” — a term often used to refer to the Middle East, Asia and North Africa. Said argued that these portrayals were not just […]
Ahmadiyah to Shia Learn Islamic Moderation at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Solo Revelation of Prakoso , The Great Tuesday, September 10, 2024 SOLOPOS.COM – The Operational Director of the Sheikh Zayed […]
by Nicky Reid Image by Alex Shuper. America is deeply engaged in two simultaneous and rapidly expanding proxy wars that could both very easily end in a nuclear third world war… […]
9th September 2024 alhakam.org In the blissful quiet of the night, when the world sleeps, lies a golden opportunity for believers – the Tahajjud prayer. This voluntary night prayer, though not obligatory, holds an extremely special place in Islamic tradition. Its importance is highlighted in both the Holy Quran and […]