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.
Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the floor as they are assisted at the Indonesian hospital after Al-Shifa Hospital has gone out of service amid Israeli ground offensive, in […]
MENA The New Arab Staff & Agencies 17 November, 2023 Five countries, including South Africa and Bangladesh, have called for the International Criminal Court to launch an investigation into Israel’s […]
While nearly 70% of Democrats approve of Biden’s job performance overall, the number drops to 50% when it comes to the conflict in Gaza, an Associated Press-NORC survey found. President […]
For Christian Zionists, what happens to the Jews and Palestinians is, to put it very mildly, collateral damage. Oct. 22, 2023 By Sarah Posner, MSNBC Columnist Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas […]
November 16, 2023 Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor holds a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan on 12 August 2021 [Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency On 10 November, 2023, Karim […]
The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and laborers. Published On 5 Nov 20235 Nov 2023 An Afghan man works on […]
Schools, clinics and a hotel have been appropriated by the authorities. Jul 5, 2023The Aga Khan Lycée has been particularly prized for providing education in English. (Photo: Aga Khan Lycée […]
France · 13 November 2023 · 2 min Ángel Gurría, President of the Paris Peace Forum, welcomed Prince Rahim Aga Khan to the event’s 6th edition at the Palais Brongniart. Photo courtesy of Paris Peace […]
The Economist says former President Trump presents the world’s “biggest danger” in 2024. Why it matters: The respected 180-year-old British newspaper said a “second Trump term would be a watershed in a way the first was not” and the “fate of the world” will depend on the ballots of “tens of thousands of […]
IDEAS BY DR. RANIA AWAAD NOVEMBER 16, 2023 7:00 AM EST Awaad, M.D. is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of […]
bbc.com By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto A Canadian man has been convicted of murder in the 2021 killings of a Muslim family in London, Ontario after an eleven-week trial. […]
Previous UPDATE 1 / 2 The UN’s World Food Program warned on Thursday that Gaza is facing a massive food crisis and widespread hunger. (X/@WFP) UPDATE 2 / 2 Only 447 trucks […]
Nov 16,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Israel is fortunate that in this time of crisis the US president is Joe Biden. Of Irish-Catholic background, as a child Biden […]
Nov 17,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Zafiris Tzannatos Following the news from Gaza, as a European one recalls Martin Luther King: “In the end, we will remember not the words […]
By AFP – Nov 17,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian medics prepare bodies for burial at a hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday (AFP photo) GENEVA — The […]
Jeffrey David Sachs (/sæks/ SAKS; born November 5, 1954)[4] is an American economist, academic, public policy analyst, and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he holds […]
By Syed Khalique Ahmed New Delhi, July 8, 2023: A new research has exposed claims of many right-wingers who demand a ban on polygyny among Muslims, blaming the community for India’s […]
Features|Israel-Palestine conflict In eastern India’s Kolkata, synagogues are managed by Muslim caretakers. The Israel war won’t change that, they say. By Monideepa Banerjie Published On 9 Nov 2023 Kolkata, India – The […]
Nearly two hundred Rohingya Muslims, mainly women and children, sought refuge in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Tuesday. ByNews Desk 15 November 2023 Nearly two hundred Rohingya Muslims, mainly women and […]
Adeel A. Mangi would serve on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals if confirmed by the Senate. Adeel A. Mangi in 2018.Chris Fuchs / NBC News file Nov. 15, 2023 […]