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 Craig Considine (Author) 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 28 ratings See all formats and editions The Christians that lived around the Arabian Peninsula during Muhammad’s lifetime are shrouded in mystery. Some of […]
Al-Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh mourns over the body of one of his three children killed along with his wife in an Israeli strike at Al-Aqsa hospital in southern Gaza. (AFP)Next […]
As a justice activist from Bosnia, I see the conditions for genocide in Gaza. Published On 20 Oct 2023 Video Duration 03 minutes 37 seconds03:37 I am a journalist, writer and […]
Ordinary Afghans are not responsible for the perceived faults of a government they did not elect. Published On 24 Oct 2023 On October 3, Pakistan’s interim government announced it was giving “illegal […]
The remarkable bias in Western media coverage of the war reflects the cultural perception that Palestinian and Israeli lives are not equal. Published On 25 Oct 202325 Oct 2023 It […]
Source tells MEE reports of delayed ground invasion part of misinformation campaign designed to obtain element of surprise in multi-pronged attack An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from […]
More than 8,000 Palestinians killed or missing, presumed trapped under rubble KEY POINTS Israel kills family of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Erdogan defends Hamas, slams Israel 8 Syrians, 11 […]
Mansoor DahriISLAM•JUDAISM•LANGUAGES 21st October 2023 Amidst the darkness of the ongoing destruction of Gaza, it is heartwarming to see that many Jews, both liberal and orthodox, stand in solidarity with […]
Rafia Zakaria Published October 25, 2023 THE history of South Asia and most other outposts of the British (or the Dutch or French) is replete with the struggles of the ancestors of […]
Israel had vowed to ‘teach UN a lesson’ and called on António Guterres to resign after his speech Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Martin Belam and Helen Livingstone (earlier)Wed 25 Oct 2023 17.24 CEST Guterres ‘shocked’ by ‘misrepresentations by some of my statement’ on Gaza The UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has said he has been shocked by misinterpretations […]
OSAMA AL-SHARIF October 24, 2023 Regardless of where one stands on the Israeli war on Gaza, when the dust finally settles on the killing fields, the world will not be […]
Oct 23,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Munther Hattab The Palestinian people have endured an agonising and protracted ordeal under the Israeli occupation since 1948. This occupation is characterised by dispossession, […]
Oct 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud “[Tutsis] are cockroaches. We will kill you.” Arabs are like “drugged cockroaches in a bottle”. The first quote was a line repeated […]
Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the UN secretary-general addressed the 15-member UN Security Council Tuesday. BY LAURA HÜLSEMANN OCTOBER 24, 2023 Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations is calling for the resignation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres after he said the Hamas attack on October 7 in which 1,400 people were […]
Source: Daily Sabah resident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday received Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Istanbul for talks on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Erdoğan and Ibrahim held a closed-door […]
The right to live freely and express your religion or identity is something we call should all be thankful for, writes Sadaf Aleem Siddiqui.© Provided by Leader Post I belong to […]
18th October 2023 Asif Munir, Missionary, New Zealand The Israel-Palestine conflict extends beyond the physical realm, where innocent lives are being lost, into the digital sphere where misinformation and unfounded rumours are being disseminated far and wide without any verification. It’s unfortunate and extremely disheartening to witness masses of people […]
Paraphrasing a Quranic verse as an Epigraph: Every civilian Jewish and Palestinian life is sacred, killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32) I am a Jew, a […]
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There have been many ‘other casualties’ of the Hamas Israel war. I am sure that only a few ‘made it’ into headlines, many will suffer unnoticed. Here just a few […]