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.
RAMZY BAROUD December 25, 2023 The dramatic, earth-shattering events in Palestine starting on Oct. 7 have taken many people by surprise. But not attentive observers. Few expected that Palestinian fighters […]
RANVIR S. NAYAR December 25, 2023 Earlier this month, developments took place in the parliaments of two European countries, with opposing results, but both incidents illustrate the same problem: that […]
Evidence Indicates Civilians Deliberately Denied Access to Food, Water (Jerusalem) – The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a […]
22nd December 2023 Munawer Ghumman, Student Jamia Ahmadiyya UK Recently, I was discussing this with a Christian friend who challenged me to prove, from the Holy Quran and other Islamic […]
From The Markaz 22nd December 2023 0 Share During his Friday Sermon today, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa said:“As I have been urging prayers for the Palestinians, pray that Allah the Almighty grants the world the ability to take genuine practical steps against oppression. Some voices have started to rise, and […]
By MERCEDES CANNON-TRAN | mcannontran@scng.com PUBLISHED: December 22, 2023 at 6:41 p.m. | UPDATED: December 23, 2023 at 2:04 p.m. As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, a Muslim conference opened Friday, Dec. 23, in Chino with […]
Ahmadiyya Worship Place In Faisalabad Desecrated The local assistant commissioner oversaw the destruction of minarets atop the Ahmadiyya worship place Police and the local administration oversaw the desecration of […]
With Christmas canceled in the Holy Land, how are US Christians viewing the war? Isabeau DoucetSun 24 Dec 2023 In Bethlehem in the West Bank, the birthplace of Jesus, Christmas […]
YOSSI MEKELBERG December 24, 2023 One would struggle to find anyone in Israel or Palestine who would not like to see the back of 2023 or who will not be wishing that the new year will usher in a much better future. And who could blame them? It has been […]
December 24, 2023 Blog, News By Palestine Chronicle Staff “They respected women. To them, women are sacred and they are not allowed to touch them. To them, women are queens.” An Israeli captive […]
Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, December 24, 2023. (Reuters) Updated 7 sec ago REUTERS December 24, 2023 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on […]
Untitled miniature artworks by Amjad Ali Talpur Artist Amjad Ali Talpur trained at Pakistan’s National College of Arts in Lahore in miniature painting, the traditional technique popularised during the time of the Mughal empire. […]
Crowdfunding site IsraelGives allows US residents to donate millions to paramilitary groups, IDF units and settlers Jason Wilson @jason_a_w Sat 23 Dec 2023 An Israeli crowdfunding platform, IsraelGives, has allowed […]
Gaza Unctad outlines conditions last year, with unemployment rate of 45% one of highest in world Larry Elliott Economics editor Wed 25 Oct 2023 Israel’s blockade hollowed out Gaza’s economy and […]
BY MEHMET ÇELIK NOV 01, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A man gestures as Palestinians search for casualties a day after Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the […]
Experts at Doha Forum say assault will impact Israel’s planned normalisation with Arab nations and downgrade US hegemony in the region. By Urooba Jamal Published On 11 Dec 2023 Doha, Qatar – […]
The answer is simple. Because in fact they of course knew all about it. They ‘kindly’ agreed to sacrifice a thousand Israeli lives for the chance of being able to […]
Related Topics By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News The United Nations says Gaza is at risk of famine if the war between Israel and Hamas continues. A quarter of households – […]
ROME – More than one in four households in Gaza currently face extreme hunger, and there is a risk of famine unless access to adequate food, clean water, health and […]