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.
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Louis Oelofse with EFE, KNA, AP 14 hours ago Jumilla has banned religious events in public sporting spaces, which is seen as a veiled attempt to prevent Muslim gatherings. Local authorities […]
Over 90 Muslim scholars, imams, community leaders, and institutions in the United States and several other nations today released a joint statement expressing their view that the governments of Muslim-majority countries, including Arab Muslim nations located near Palestine, can take “immediate and concrete action” to secure an end to the Israeli occupation’s […]
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::Roundtable:: The Book and AI: How Artificial Intelligence is and is not Changing Islamic Law by Intisar Rabb and Mairaj Syed By Intisar Rabb & Mairaj Syed The invention of the wheel, the printing press, and the internet itself swept over the world in torrents that shaped human interaction with each other and the world, Islam […]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the removal of a Spanish town’s ban on Muslims using public facilities […]
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OPINIONOPINION, Opinions|Religion Muslims must move past superficial reforms to challenge Eurocentric frameworks and rediscover their own epistemology. Published On 7 Aug 2025 Over the last century, both Muslim and non-Muslim […]
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Jayati Ghosh March 2024 Credit: ANDRE LAAME/SEPIA English Economics needs greater humility, a better sense of history, and more diversity The need for drastic change in the economics discipline has never been so urgent. Humanity faces existential crises, with planetary health and environmental challenges becoming major concerns. The global economy […]
Singapore, 2 January 2025… The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Professor Atif Mian as the MAS Distinguished Term Professor in […]
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Muslim groups and opposition leaders have condemned the decision, branding it Islamophobic Jabed Ahmed Thursday 07 August 2025 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/YQ97JA6Y A Spanish town has banned Muslims from celebrating Islamic festivals in public spaces, sparking outrage from religious groups and opposition leaders. The town of Jumilla, a municipality in the Murcia region of south-eastern Spain, voted to […]
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Also known as: Wahābī, Wahhābīyah, Wahhābism, al-Muwaḥḥidūn Article History Quick Facts Also spelled: Wahābī Date: c. 1744 – presentAreas Of Involvement: Islamextremism Related People: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb Wahhābī, any adherent of the Islamic reform movement founded by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb in the 18th century in Najd, central Arabia, and adopted in 1744 by the Saudi family. In […]
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6th August 2025 reviewofreligions.org This year, alislam.org – the official website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – marks thirty years (1995–2025) in the service of making Islamic teachings and literature accessible to […]