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.
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SA) 8th March 2024 Add Comment After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that there […]
BY DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS GENEVA, SWITZERLAND MAR 08, 2024 Internally displaced Palestinians hold empty bowls as they line up to receive food aid provided by a Palestinian youth group in […]
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has called on all Muslims in the Kingdom to look for the Ramadan crescent moon on Sunday evening. (AFP/File) ARAB NEWS March 08, 2024 RIYADH: Saudi […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In the very beginning of the Quran we read: This is the perfect Book, free from all doubt; […]
The National Peace Symposium, a key event of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, is set to take place on Saturday (March 9) in London, UK. Amidst the escalating regional conflicts and […]
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG March 07, 2024 The Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers this week held several meetings in Riyadh with their counterparts from Egypt, Jordan and Morocco that were focused on the war in Gaza and its regional repercussions The Riyadh meetings were part of a flurry of gatherings […]
EHTESHAM SHAHID In the dynamic geopolitical theater of Southeast Asia, nations like Malaysia exemplify a deliberate stance of neutrality amid the escalating superpower rivalry between the US and China. The country’s strategic position along the pivotal Strait of Malacca underscores its significant role in global commerce and military navigation. The […]
Mar 08,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Starvation has come to northern Gaza, which has not received food aid in sufficient quantities to fend off famine. More than a dozen children […]
Bleak economic outlook and high unemployment behind desire to leave home countries, survey finds Young Tunisians at an anti-government protest in Tunis in 2021. The Arab region has the world’s highest youth unemployment rate Heba Saleh in Cairo and Raya Jalabi in Beirut AUGUST 11 2023 More than half of […]
A report in the Economist explains how Biden’s frustration with Netanyahu is growing but he does not seem to want to halt the war. A report in the Economist titled “Joe Biden […]
Fasting is another form of worship found universally in the world religions. Although there are vast differences regarding the mode of fasting and the conditions applied to it, the central […]
Spain Instrument was adapted, translated and corrected by Muslim and Jewish users in Spain, north Africa and Italy Sam Jones in Madrid @swajonesTue 5 Mar 2024 05.01 GMTShare Almost exactly a year ago, Federica Gigante was preparing a lecture and searching the internet for a portrait of the 17th-century Italian nobleman […]
The stabbing of an Orthodox Jewish man comes amid growing concerns about anti-Semitism in Switzerland. Some politicians now want a harsh response. Here’s what’s known about the case so far. […]
BY MELIH ALTINOK MAR 07, 2024 – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gets off a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Flakpanzer Gepard with head of training at arms manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Juergen Schoch and CEO of Nexter Defense Systems Frank Haun, during a visit of the training program for Ukrainian soldiers on the […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL MAR 06, 2024 Passersby walk on a street in Tokyo, Japan Feb. 15, 2024. (Reuters File Photo) There has been a surge in anti-Muslim rhetoric in Japan following Israel’s attacks on Gaza, a Japanese academic said Kayyim Naoki Yamamoto, a member of Marmara University Institute of Turkic […]
Previous 1 / 3 Dr. Al-Issa commended the crew of the Ocean Viking for their noble, life-saving humanitarian work, including the provision of food, medicine and healthcare to migrants stranded at […]
DAOUD KUTTAB March 06, 2024 In the fall of 2023, Israel appeared to be on the cusp of widening its effort to bypass Palestinian rights by means of expanding its normalization process with Arab countries. It had an overwhelming political, financial and military advantage over the entire region. The balance […]
Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Mar 5, 2024 • Article History See all media Category: History & SocietyArabic: RamaḍānRelated Topics: Laylat al-QadrEid al-Fitrṣawmsuḥūrifṭār Ramadan, in Islam, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the […]
4th March 2024 Jazib Mehmood, Jamia Ahmadiyya International Ghana On the afternoon of 25 February 2024, outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., 25-year-old Air Force service member Aaron Bushnell placed his phone on the ground to set up a livestream. Addressing his online viewers, he said: “I’m about to engage […]