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.
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 […]
Source tells MEE a senior official responded to resignation by emailing staff to promise a ‘listening session’ A Union Jack flag flies from a mast atop of the Foreign Office […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: Dawn Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2024 SAHIWAL: The Anti-Terrorism Court, Sahiwal division, has […]
by Fizzah Syed Aug 17, 2024 – DAILY SABAH “For decades, Pakistan has tenderly nurtured its relationships with Arab states, but India’s growing influence in the region threatens to upend […]
August 17, 2024 Blog, News By Romana Rubeo The Israeli President, who said in October that there are no innocent civilians in Gaza, is now calling for the removal of far-right ministers from […]
Yossi Mekelberg August 17, 2024 For now, peace and order have been restored to the streets of the UK after one of the ugliest episodes of far-right, ultranationalist mobs attacking mosques and hotels that host asylum seekers, assaulting police officers, and looting shops and other businesses. The rapid spread of […]
Previous Special 1 / 2 Palestinians carry a casualty at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a shelter housing displaced people in central Gaza Strip, on August 17, 2024. (REUTERS) […]
Amer Walid, 24, hurled cans at rioters who threw alcohol at him Members of the far-right gather outside a Holiday Inn in Wath, Rotherham on 4 August 2024 which was alleged to be housing migrants (Reuters) By Imran Mulla Published date: 16 August 2024 A young Muslim man in the south-west English city of […]
The in-charge of the Bangla Desk of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Feroz Alam Sahib, has been quoted in the weekly Al Hakam that over 80 Ahmadi homes in Ahmednagar have […]