Ramadan: A call to reconnect with Quran
29th March 2024 “What went wrong?” This question stirs a profound contemplation on the past grandeur of Islamic civilization – a beacon of enlightenment that not only guided the Muslim […]
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
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.
The Big Iftar 2024 welcomes all to experience Ramadan
30th March 2024 Staff Reporter, Al Hakam The Tabligh Department of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat UK, along with Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya UK, hosted the highly anticipated annual “The Big Iftar” event […]
Isolated abroad, torn apart at home, Israel must face the future it dreads: a Palestinian state
The ObserverIsrael Simon Tisdall Enabled by weak and incompetent US and UK foreign policy, Benjamin Netanyahu is using war for his political survival Sat 30 Mar 2024 The catastrophic collapse of the […]
Palestine’s Land Day: Israel illegally confiscated 27,000 decares of land
Palestine’s Land Day, March 30, is an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976 when Israeli authorities confiscated vast areas of Palestinian land. […]
CENSORED: KEIR STARMER’S EMAILS ABOUT ISRAELI WAR CRIMES CASE
The Crown Prosecution Service is refusing to release files on how Starmer blocked the arrest of former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni over alleged war crimes during the brutal bombing […]
3 UN military observers, interpreter wounded in southern Lebanon border blast
The United Nations and the Ireland flags fly at half-staff, at the UNIFIL headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, Lebanon, on Dec. 16, 2022. (AP) Updated 1 min […]
Examining Easter: A Cumulative Case?
Happy Easter: But, most Christians in Switzerland don’t believe in resurrection 10/04/2020 BY LE NEWS It makes sense that atheists and those who follow other religions wouldn’t believe that Jesus physically died […]
Happy Easter: But, most Christians in Switzerland don’t believe in resurrection
10/04/2020 BY LE NEWS It makes sense that atheists and those who follow other religions wouldn’t believe that Jesus physically died and came back to life. However, according to a survey most […]
US reportedly approves transfer to Israel of bombs and jets worth billions
US foreign policy Sources say weapons package authorized even as Washington expresses public concern over anticipated offensive in Rafah ReutersSat 30 Mar 2024 The US in recent days authorized the […]
Türkiye seeks justice for immigrant family killed in arson attack in Germany
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL MAR 29, 2024 – A photo shows a house after a fire that left four dead in Solingen, western Germany, March 28, 2024. (AFP Photo) […]
World Faiths – Suffering and Affliction
21st March 2024 Add Comment ©Shutterstock Whatever of good comes to thee is from Allah; and whatever of evil befalls thee is from thyself. And We have sent thee as […]
‘Israel alone’? Ongoing weapons shipments suggest otherwise
March 29, 2024 9:41 AM CDT BY RAMZY BAROUD Inset: The cover of the latest issue of ‘The Economist’ magazine suggests Israel is being abandoned by its Western allies. Main photo: Endless shipments […]
Jordanians protest peace treaty with Israel in fresh rallies
People protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, March 29, 2024. […]
Friday Sermon Summary 29th March 2024: ‘Ramadan – A Special Time for the Acceptance of Prayers’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) 29th March 2024 After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘aawuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) recited the following verse from […]
The First Few Videos to Start Appreciating the Mystery of Consciousness
Epigraph And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]
National Seminar of Faculty of Ushuluddin: Islamophobia in the Eyes of the World
Faculty of Ushuluddin, UIN Online News – Faculty of Ushuluddin held a national seminar with the theme “Islamophobia Within Muslim & Islamophobia Without Islam: Hatred of Muslims and Islam, between Assumptions, Facts, […]
In a West Bank settlement, Israelis tend red cows and plan the Third Temple
Radical plans to slaughter the heifers have raised concern across the Arab world – and were even linked by Hamas to the 7 October attack The red heifers are kept […]
Doctors stunned by gruesome impact of Israel’s war on Gaza children
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AP ISTANBUL MAR 28, 2024 A Palestinian girl wounded in an Israeli attack is treated at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, March […]
UN top court orders Israel to take urgent action to address Gaza famine
UPDATE Displaced people fleeing from Gaza City walk along the coastal road on Mar. 25, 2024. (AFP) Updated 1 min 16 sec ago AP March 28, 2024 THE HAGUE, Netherlands: […]