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.
HISTORY September 20, 2021 at 02:00 pm On the day newly crowned 22-year-old heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali announced that he had rejected Cassius Clay as his “slave name”, Malcolm X, […]
Playing a weak hand well: Jordan’s Hashemite kings and the United States [28-09-2021 02:49 PM] BY Bruce Riedel The American interaction with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has revolved around […]
OPINION British and Irish soldiers, serving here in Mali. UK prime minister Boris Johnson was forced to write to British troops, reassuring them their efforts in Afghanistan were not in […]
Former soccer world champion Mesut Özil has revealed who he wants to vote for in the federal elections. On September 26th, he would vote for the Team Todenhöfer party, founded […]
By Nadia Helmy Published: Sep 13, 2021 A vendor selling Taliban flags waits by the roadside in Kabul on Thursday. Photo: AFPThe end of the Cold War constituted a major […]
09/25/2021 ASIANEWS by Shafique Khokhar An amendment to a 2001 ordinance threatens to multiply cases of illegal occupation. Christians, Sikhs and Hindus worried about their historic places of prayer. Civil […]
ABC Radio National Play Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. LISTEN7m 39sVolume 90%00:0000:00 Image: News Video Download Afghanistan on brink of financial collapse (7.01 MB)Download 7.01 MB The drums have been beating for some time that Afghanistan’s economy […]
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY SEP 26, 2021 4:11 PM GMT+3A view of dignitaries attending the congress in Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 26, 2021. (AA PHOTO) Scientists, experts and Islamic scholars convened in Istanbul […]
CHINA / DIPLOMACY By Global Times Published: Sep 28, 2021 Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs NATO member states have been frequently deploying aircraft to the Asia-Pacific region but the region doesn’t welcome […]
CIA ‘made secret plans to kidnap or assassinate Julian Assange after Wikileaks published sensitive hacking tools – and even plotted to shoot plane tires if he tried to flee embassy […]
Politics September 28, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN — In yet another unconstructive move, the International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday said Iran had prevented access to the Tesa Complex […]
OSAMA AL-SHARIF September 28, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/42jyr Every year, and for many decades, at the UN General Assembly’s September meetings, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian question are tackled […]
by IAN LINDEN| @IANLINDEN| @PROFIANLINDEN SHARE: Member ratings Well argued: 58% Interesting points: 68% Agree with arguments: 51% 20 ratings – view all Tony Blair at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan 2002 (Alamy). We had almost forgotten […]
Nahdlatul Ulama is the world’s biggest Islamic organization, initiating a reform movement, which it is calling ‘Humanitarian Islam.’ A gathering during the 73rd anniversary of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), in […]
by Asad Durrani Lt Gen (retired) The Taliban’s Reconquista rocked the world – perhaps because of its blitz. Many on our streets whirled in a trance – they don’t get […]
source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzuZqwL2C8o (sorry, I do not have an English language report handy)
By Zainab Kirsteen James International September 26, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES It would be wrong to say that there is a total media blackout regarding Arbaeen in the Western media, […]
ICC prosecutor leaves US forces out of new Afghanistan probe ICC prosecutor targets Taliban, ISKP as he seeks approval to resume investigation into Afghanistan. 27 Sep 2021 The International Criminal […]
Today’s Top Posts and Pages in The Muslim Times are as follows: TOP POSTS & PAGES What Does it mean to Dream of a Snake in Islam – Islamic Dream […]
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE ASIA PACIFIC SEP 27, 2021 4:05 PM GMT+3 An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands, March 31, 2021. (Reuters Photo) The head […]