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.
Mansoor DahriContemporary and Social Issues 14th August 2024 reviewofreligions.org Dr. Khaled Dawas is a British surgeon who graduated from Cambridge and is currently working at University College London. He spent two […]
The controversy began with a landmark decision on 6 February, when the Pakistan Supreme Court ordered the release of Mubarak Sani, an Ahmadiyya arrested last year for distributing the ‘Tafseer-i-Sagheer’ […]
Marco Carnelos 19 August 2024 Their wilful blindness to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, and their refusal to hold Netanyahu to account, could sharply escalate the conflict Smoke billows from a […]
by Muhittin Ataman Aug 21, 2024 – DAILY SABAH A young Palestinian boy walks barefoot near stagnant wastewater. Finding shoes and clothing has become increasingly difficult for the 2.4 million […]
by Anadolu Agency JERUSALEM Aug 20, 2024 DAILY SABAH Edited By Nurbanu Tanrıkulu Kızıl Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for killed Israeli soldiers, in Jerusalem, July 16, 2024. (EPA File Photo) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of attempting to disrupt the ongoing Gaza cease-fire negotiations […]
Osama Al-Sharif August 20, 2024 Children have always been a casualty of wars. However, in conventional warfare, combatants rarely target them deliberately. But Gaza is not a conventional war. It […]
Yossi Mekelberg August 20, 2024 One way to advance social and political agitation on social media and avoid being suspended from a platform appears to be to own it. When […]
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08/20/2024Massimo IntrovigneA+ | A- While the legal saga of Mubarak Ahmed Sani remains subject to conflicting interpretations, what is clear is that Sunni authorities want the repression to continue. Massimo Introvigne The […]
Aug 29, 2024 WHEN: Aug 29th 10:30am U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing Navigating Challenges and Opportunities for Religious Freedom in Pakistan Thursday, August 29, 202410:30 AM-12 PM ETVirtual […]
euobserver Opinion EU & the WorldHealth & SocietyOpinion by Jessica Schwarz and Abe Moedt, The Hague, August 19, 2024 Last week (14 August) 2024, marked the 77th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence following the termination of the British Raj. Politician and founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, demanded a homeland for Muslims, which […]
OpinionUS elections 2024 Mehdi Hasan Harris must call for a ceasefire and arms embargo on Israel this week. It’s a no-brainer. Refusing to would mean risking defeat Mon 19 Aug […]
Sweden Record low asylum applications ‘surprising’ when global displacement is at all-time high, with aid agencies blaming fear and far-right rhetoric Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondentMon 19 Aug 2024 16.27 BSTShare Ten […]
by Anadolu Agency ANKARA Aug 19, 2024 – DAILY SABAH Visitors coming out of the Seoul Central Mosque, in Seoul, June 15, 2015. (Getty Images, File Photo) Türkiye’s Embassy in Seoul […]
Winners of the 44th King Abdulaziz International Competition for the Memorization, Recitation and Interpretation of the Qur’an will be honored at the Grand Mosque on Wednesday. (@AlharamainSA) Updated 7 min […]
Andrew Hammond August 17, 2024 Geopolitics was not widely viewed as a key trigger for the turmoil in international financial markets this month. However, several potential political fissures might yet […]
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim August 19, 2024 The appointment of Mohammed Yunus as the interim prime minister of Bangladesh has raised hopes and questions about how his administration will address the ongoing Rohingya crisis. With a background in humanitarian efforts and a history of advocating for marginalized communities, Yunus’ approach to […]
Dr. Ramzy Baroud August 19, 2024 Promises of “absolute victory” in Gaza are nothing but “gibberish,” according to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Gallant’s comments were not meant to be […]
Ghassan Charbel August 19, 2024 People are drawn to strong leaders. Such a leader can either polish the image of his nation or conceal its fragility. He can curb the […]
World Humanitarian Day was born out of tragedy: August 19, 2003: A bombing at the UN headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 22 people, including Sérgio Vieira de Mello, the UN’s High […]