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.
Please tune in to http://www.mta.tv MTA International English Tune into MTA International on Sunday the 9th of August at 15:00 GMT for a special live broadcast of Jalsa Salana UK 2020 […]
Source: BBC By Christopher Giles A trial investigating the drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment against Covid-19 may never find out if it’s effective, say scientists involved. Controversy around the […]
31st July 2020 Jalees Ahmad, London The World Health Organization, under its key facts about obesity, said that in 2016, more than 1.9 billion people were overweight with 650 million […]
By Zamira Rahim Source: CNN London (CNN)Coronavirus conspiracy theorists have spread baseless rumors online — frequently targeting minorities — since the beginning of the pandemic. In England the latest wave of […]
August 6, 2020 – by David Jan Klein Image by Wikipedia Retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor Retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor, a frequent guest on Fox News and […]
Open apostasy can be dangerous, but those who risk it have an impressive reach. By Daniel Pipes Aug. 6, 2020 7:05 pm ET Conversions involving Islam sometimes look like a one-way […]
Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES: Lebanon’s diaspora, estimated at nearly three times the size of the tiny country’s population of five million, has stepped up to provide assistance following the […]
Ryan Merrifield 1 hour ago © DALATI NOHRA HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock French President Emmanuel Macron visiting a devastated street of BeirutProtesters stormed the streets of Beirut and begged Emmanuel Macron to help them topple the “regime” they blame for Tuesday’s devastating blast.The visiting French President on Thursday promised aid to Lebanon as he […]
Hume was fascinated by the Middle East conflict and we would often speak of it, writes Robert Fisk @indyvoices 1 hour ago John Hume was a man of courage ( The Independent ) John Hume provided quite a lesson for the Middle East. If you want justice for your people, it must be fought […]
Source: International Business Times By Marina Rafenberg After Turkey turned Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum back to a mosque, Muslims in Athens fear their own official place of worship, delayed for […]
Ibn Battuta Arrives in China Ibn Battuta Arrives in China Having sailed for forty days, Ibn Battuta finally reached the busy port of Quanzhou on the shore of Fujian Province. He was amazed at what he saw and learned that silk is being used as clothing even by less fortunate […]
Thu, August 6, 2020 Home / News 08/05/2020 LI WENSHENG The CCP continues removing domes and minarets from mosques and suppresses any expression of Hui Muslim tradition and culture. by Li Wensheng The coronavirus outbreak did not prevent President Xi Jinping from pushing forward his policy to “sinicize” Islam. Numerous domes and star-and-crescent […]
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL POLITICS AUG 05, 2020 Agroup of unidentified people on Tuesday attacked a 16th-century historical Ottoman-period mosque with stones in the Greek city of Trikala. Windows […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY BERLIN AFRICA AUG 04, 2020 A Russian soldier guards an area during the military exercises in the Chita region, Eastern Siberia, during the Vostok 2018 exercises in Russia, […]
August 5, 2020 Former Israeli Member of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin, 13 April 2017 [safa] August 5, 2020 Former Israeli Member of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin gleefully hailed yesterday’s devastating […]
© AP Photo / Martin Lehmann EUROPE 05:05 GMT 06.08.2020 Following a dismal integration report, Danish Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye has called the development tragic, urged to slow down the […]
Lebanon’s people face a terrible mix of long-term economic ruin, a pandemic and now a devastating explosion. All presided over by a ‘government’ unworthy of the name, says Robert Fisk @indyvoices 21 hours […]
By Professor Carmichael, who is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon. She has an extensive experience in providing a dedicated specialist Breast Service for screen detected and symptomatic cancers in a […]
Modi Founds Temple on Mosque’s Ruins, in Triumphal Moment for Hindu Base Source: New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar In a ceremony in Ayodhya, a past flash point for sectarian […]
An estimated 4,000 people were injured in the explosion in Beirut’s port. Keystone/Ibrahim Dirani/dar Al Mussawir Switzerland has sent its condolences to the government of Lebanon following an explosion in the capital Beirut on Tuesday, which killed at least 100 people. This content was published on August 5, 2020 – 10:21August 5, 2020 – […]