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.
AFP Published July 25, 2024 United Nations experts on Thursday voiced grave concern at reports of surging discrimination and violence against Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya minority community, including extrajudicial killings and attacks on places […]
26th July 2024 alhakam.org The world today is fractured by religious divisions, economic disparities, and social unrest. We see that our global society faces numerous challenges: the Muslim ummah is experiencing severe […]
Israel-Gaza war Doctors and nurses say death toll is more than 92,000, describe gruesome injuries and a sick and traumatized people Chris McGreal Thu 25 Jul 2024 Dozens of US […]
While people with no religious affiliation make up the largest group in the Swiss population at around 34%, they rank only third in parliament with just 23%. The largest group […]
BY HILAL KAPLAN JUL 25, 2024 – DAILY SABAH A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Al-Nasser Hospital, in Khan […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA JUL 24, 2024 – DAILY SABAH A passenger aircraft landing at Manchester International Airport approaches the runway on Jan. 28, 2008, Manchester, England. (Getty Images) The video of a police officer violently kicking the face of a Muslim man led to uproar over the violent conduct of […]
The French ban on Muslim Olympians from wearing the hijab is not a secular value—its fascist oppression—and a symptom of France’s systemic abuse of women QASIM RASHID JUL 25, 2024 […]
DR. RAMZY BAROUD July 25, 2024 Targeting a school during a war could be justified or, at least, argued to have been a mistake. But striking more than 120 schools, […]
YOSSI MEKELBERG July 25, 2024 Editor’s Note. And full of lies… Only those who still harbor any expectations of Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were disappointed by his speech […]
07/24/2024July 24, 2024 The Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) was under investigation for several months over its alleged support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah group which is backed by Iran. Hezbollah is classified […]
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM July 24, 2024 The plight of the Rohingya people represents one of the most urgent humanitarian crises of our time. Decades of persecution and systematic discrimination have rendered the Rohingya stateless and vulnerable, with successive governments in Myanmar perpetuating egregious human rights violations. In the wake of […]
AZOUZ BEGAG July 24, 2024 When it comes to politics, if the issue of immigration did not exist, one would wonder what some candidates would talk about during election campaigns. […]
Syed HussainiSyed Hussaini • Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie accuses world leaders of complicity in crimes in Gaza. Source : Haaretz / Global Eye News source https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
The Jalsa Salana UK 2024, organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, is the UK’s largest gathering of Muslims. By JON AUSTIN 09:26, Tue, Jul 23, 2024 BOOKMARK A scene from a packed event at the 2023 conference (Image: Jalsa Salana) About forty thousand people from across the globe are set to descend […]
Armed police officer seen kicking suspect in footage Greater Manchester police called ‘truly shocking’ Josh Halliday North of England editor Wed 24 Jul 2024 An armed officer has been removed from frontline policing after footage showed him kicking a man in the face during an arrest at Manchester airport. A senior Greater Manchester police officer […]
‘We needed to have an outlet for staff who dissented,’ one aide says By Justin Papp and Daniela Altimari Posted July 24, 2024 Just as a joint meeting of Congress was convening for an address from Benjamin Netanyahu, a small group of staffers gathered on the eastern edge of the National Mall, unfurled […]
Jul 23,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Hasan Dajah Considering the ongoing tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, the Israeli government recently accused the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of siding with the Palestinian people in the case brought by South Africa, and also accused the United Nations Relief and Works […]
Jul 23,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Targeting a school during a war could be justified or, at least, argued to have been a mistake. But striking over 120 schools, killing and wounding thousands of civilians sheltered inside, can only be intentional and horrific war crimes. Between October […]
YOSSI MEKELBERG July 23, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must be familiar with the maxim widely attributed, though probably incorrectly, to former US President Abraham Lincoln that “you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you […]
From left: Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. (AFP) REUTERS AFP July 23, 2024 BEIJING: Various Palestinian factions have […]