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.
Mike LewisAugust 13, 2020 Pope Francis is seen silhouette as he arrives to meet New Zealand’s Governor-General Jerry Mateparae during a private audience at the Vatican May 15. (CNS photo/Gabriel […]
Source: Yahoo Finance Late-stage biotech Novavax ( NVAX) has announced the beginning of a Phase 2b clinical trial in South Africa to evaluate the efficacy of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine […]
Book: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, by David Brooks Source: New York Times Book review by Mark Epstein, who is a psychiatrist in New York City. […]
Muslims already have an environmentalist framework to follow. It is set in Islam. by Ibrahim Ozdemir 12 Aug 2020 Large areas in the Middle East are expected to become uninhabitable due to frequent heatwaves in the next few decades. File photo, September 2015, Mecca, Saudi Arabia [Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP Photo] […]
A Twin Cities imam was assaulted earlier this month. DECLAN DESMOND ISAIAHMN, Twitter Minnesota religious and political leaders are making a show of support for the state’s Muslim community following an attack on a local imam. On Friday, a group of speakers gathered outside the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington. Among […]
More than 170,000 people with coronavirus have died in the US, a Johns Hopkins University count shows https://t.co/QTg3pvYDtT pic.twitter.com/WPyGXPRJJB — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 17, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The best […]
Source: The Muslim Sunrise WRITTEN BY FAZAL MASOOD MALIK & FARHAN KHOKAR An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 hit the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga in the early hours of May […]
Short Url https://arab.news/rz5zp The UAE summoned the Chargé d’Affairs at the Iranian embassy in Abu Dhabi The official was handed a “strongly worded memo” over threatening statements made by Iran’s President […]
Aug 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – John Andrews WINCHESTER, UK — Haram Lubnan, poor Lebanon. As if hosting more than a million refugees from the Syrian war next door, an […]
By Prof. Eytan GilboaAugust 17, 2020 President Trump announces normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE, August 13, 2020, Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,696, August 17, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Israeli peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page source: Facebook Alexander Suriel The best of the Muslim Times’ collection for war against Covid 19: In this day and age, understanding bacteria and viruses and developing vaccines are national security issues. In my view […]
Source: This week in Asia By Amy Chew, who is a journalist currently based in Kuala Lumpur. She covers politics, terrorism, economics, climate change in Southeast Asia. She was previously […]
Lawyer for WikiLeaks founder slams US decision to serve a second indictment at the 11th hour alleging that Assange conspired with hackers, as a potential abuse of process By Charlie […]
How expanding opportunity for women, immigrants and nonwhite workers helped everyone — and why we need to do so again. Credit…AJ Dungo By Jim Tankersley Mr. Tankersley covers economic policy in […]
Source: Swiss Info Switzerland had no colonies of its own – which was exactly why it was able to profit from colonialism. The country’s relationship with the great colonial powers […]
History & Religion Sixty years ago, Cyprus gained independence from Britain. The Swiss played a significant role in the process and continued to be an example for the small island […]
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS MID-EAST AUG 15, 2020 In this Sept. 17, 2018, file photo, the United Nations Security Council meets at U.N. Headquarters. (AP Photo) The U.N. Security Council […]
Previous 1 / 2 The younger generation, facing a world of uncertainty and family pressure to marry early, have begun to rethink this dynamic. (GettyImages) 2 / 2 The younger generation, facing […]
Monday, August 10, 2020 A Jordanian field hospital dispatched to Beirut following a massive explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital a few days ago claiming hundreds of lives and leaving […]
Source: UK — Daily and Sunday Express The UAE has become the first Arab state to officialy normalise diplomatic relations with Israel with the signing of a historic peace deal. The […]