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.
Protesters demonstrated against a three-day jalsa organised by the community in Bangladesh’s Panchagarh district and clashed with the police after Friday prayers. Sahidul Hasan Khokon Dhaka,UPDATED: Mar 3, 2023 Protesters set […]
Perspectives 10 min read Naeem Jenah 03 Mar, 2023 Classification of the population, freedom of choice of residence and movement, importance of security: based on the three central drivers of separation, Naeem Jenah considers Israeli apartheid to be worse than South Africa’s. ShareFlipboardRedditWhatsAppTwitterFacebook “Security” is effectively used to justify restrictions […]
Breadcrumb Sally Ibrahim West Bank 01 March, 2023 In-depth: The new far-right Israeli government is racing ahead with a hardline agenda of annexation and settlement expansion, with Palestinian homes under […]
Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they left social distancing during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, in the Muslim holy city of […]
March 1, 2023 News Israeli lawmakers have voted in favor of a bill that would impose the death penalty on so-called “terrorists” accusing of killing Israelis. Backed by rightwing Prime Minister […]
Table of Contents Peace in the Quran is an important component of all societies and something that everyone seeks. It is also one of the topics discussed in many religions, […]
Selection of Verses in the Quran about Love As Muslims we look to the holy Qur’an for guidance as this was the commandment by Allah swt. From it we learn […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Almost every Surah of the Quran presents Monotheism in one metaphor or the other; often presenting God the Creator and […]
Mar 1, 2023SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK To condemn Russian colonialism properly, one must be consistent and also condemn other examples, not least Israel’s subjugation of Palestinians in the occupied territories. This is […]
Issued on: 03/03/2023 Text by:NEWS WIRES Israeli troops shot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian and critically wounded another child in the occupied West Bank Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the […]
Nisar Ahmed at home in Delhi. Photograph: Siddharth Behl/The Guardian The long read Nisar Ahmed was almost killed in the Delhi riots. But when he became a witness in court […]
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BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL MAR 02, 2023 – Three tents were set up for preschool children affected by twin Feb. 6 earthquakes in Islahiye, Gaziantep, southeastern Türkiye, Feb. 14, […]
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB March 02, 2023 Sheikh Ahmed Al-Rifai, a fierce critic of Hezbollah, was found dead on Saturday in the north of Lebanon. Almost immediately, Hezbollah’s opponents accused the group of carrying out the murder. Army intelligence and internal security officers quickly conducted an investigation and arrested the culprits. The […]
RAY HANANIA March 02, 2023 No matter what violence Israel engages in against Palestinians, it always finds a way to minimize it and place the blame on the victims. On […]
in World — by Countercurrents Collective — 27/02/2023 Rallies against the U.S.-led NATO bloc, the EU, supply of weapons to Ukraine and anti-war have been held across France, and in Italy and Germany. At protest sites, […]
Mar 01,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The escalating violence in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank has been inevitable for a long time. The century-old Zionist project […]
4 languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is an incomplete list of female scholars of Islam. A traditionally-trained female scholar is referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha.[1] The inclusion of women in university […]
By AFP – Feb 28,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Rescuers carry on search operations among the rubble of collapsed buildings in the Yesilyurt district of Malatya on Monday (AFP photo) BEIRUT — A […]
Haaretz Focusing on the tale of Algerian-born Jewish singer Salim Halali, a new French film looks at the little-known, and hard to confirm, efforts of the rector of the Great […]