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 Ismail Taşpınar Oct 07, 2024 – DAILY SABAH Palestinians return to inspect the destruction following the withdrawal of Israeli troops in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Palestine, April 10, 2024. […]
by Emre Barca Oct 07, 2024 – DAILY SABAH “The definition of an anti-Semite is surprisingly simplistic now: those who do not “unconditionally support” the crimes of the Israeli state, […]
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Previous Special 1 / 4 Picture released in January 1948 shows Palestinian Arabs leaving their village and neighborhoods of Jerusalem to march against a Jewish settlement in Palestine and fleeing the […]
Oct 02,2024 – JORDAN TIMES In mid-1982, Israel launched a limited military operation in Lebanon, calling it “Peace for Galilee”. Defence Minister Ariel Sharon sold a military contingency plan dubbed […]
Oct 06,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh From Hizbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination, Israel began implementing a systematic plan consisting of three key parts. First, Israel aimed to […]
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Armed factions in Iraq proudly continue to strike Israel but say they never targeted the Golan Heights on Thursday and were not responsible for the soldiers’ deaths Members of Iraq’s […]
Analysis Andrew Roth in Jerusalem Intelligence analysis of Tehran’s attack suggests that much-touted Israeli missile defences are not, in fact, impregnable Sat 5 Oct 2024 In the aftermath of Iran’s attack […]
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by Ihsan Aktaş Oct 05, 2024 – DAILY SABAH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan walks during a ceremony in the capital Ankara, Türkiye, Oct. 1, 2024. (AA Photo) The Turkish president […]
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Epigraph: وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with the perfect truth and […]
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Ross Anderson October 03, 2024 Many thousands of words have been written about the killing of Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week and I am not about to add to […]
Daoud Kuttab October 04, 2024 As the Middle East spirals out of control with a runaway train called Netanyahu acting without guardrails, the question that needs to be asked is […]
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By Jacob Magid 30 September 2024 Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi addresses reporters in New York at the United Nations on September 27, 2024. (Screen capture/X) In a recent press conference on […]