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.
Editorial: On some measures, the country is now the world’s largest economy and can also be fairly ranked as a military superpower @IndyVoices Independent Premium As the formal but ill-defined prime ministerial stand-in, Dominic Raab has sometimes appeared hesitant to take the kind of decisions that only prime ministers can […]
Alcohol is ‘unhelpful coping strategy’ for coronavirus lockdown says WHO Alcohol is the most accessible that we can self-medicate with, and repeat prescriptions are always available. But now detox is […]
Source: The Guardian By Bethan McKernan While Turkey stands accused of domestic repression, its largest city is increasingly seen as a beacon for the persecuted A ruined yali, or Bosphorus […]
18th April 2020 Sabahat Ali Rajput, Mexico A lot of people are palpably furious right now – enraged with their governmental heads, frustrated with their Health Ministers, disappointed in their […]
COLUMN: Saudi Arabia have an awful human rights record but deputy prime minister Bin Salman’s takeover bid has been accepted with scarcely any question or objection ByStan Collymore 09:04, […]
Erwin Renaldi and Max Walden Posted about 2 hours ago Some 1.8 billion Muslims around the globe will celebrate the most important month of the Islamic calendar very differently this […]
16th April 2020 – ONE WORLD GLOBAL THINK TANK Central Asia is at risk of collapse if the socio-economic consequences of World War C aren’t addressed after much-needed remittance flows from Russia were abruptly cut off as a result of that country’s emergency quarantine measures, which in turn could inadvertently […]
Our favorite posts: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China Source: Rabwah Times By Ehsan […]
The world’s largest Muslim-majority country was long considered a tolerant place. But thanks to Saudi money and influence, it has taken a sharply conservative turn. By Krithika Varagur Half a […]
Apr 16, 2020 – swissinfo.ch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound will be closed to Muslim worshippers throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan due to the coronavirus epidemic, […]
Arab News April 17, 2020 People will have to perform “Taraweeh at home to obtain the virtue of praying during the blessed nights of Ramadan” said Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti […]
Source: New York Times Pakistan’s government is dithering in the face of the epidemic because it’s not sure what to fear the most. By Mohammed Hanif, (@mohammedhanif), who is the […]
Whether it’s the number of deaths, the amount of PPE or the rates of testing, Johnson is about as sloppy with the facts as he was over Brexit. Robert Fisk […]
By Our Correspondent Published: April 17, 2020 MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has stressed ulema and prayer leaders to boost the morale of people in the wake of novel coronavirus outbreak to make “the crusade against the pandemic a success”. “The ulema […]
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Frederic Wehrey, Nathan J. Brown, Bader Al-Saif, Intissar Fakir, Anouar Boukhars, Maysaa Shuja al-Deen April 16, 2020 Source: Getty Summary: To contain the coronavirus, Arab […]
Bangladeshi muezzin Ahmad Sahal reads the Quran at the Omeriye mosque, originally the medieval Augustinian monastery of Saint Marie, in Nicosia. AFP By AFP – April 16, 2020 @ […]
April 17, 2020, By Devdutt Pattanaik Nabi Bansa is a Bengali epic written over 300 years ago that narrates the tales of Islamic prophets. Here we are told that when […]
Government close to target figure, but researchers still fear citizens may be missed out The Home Office has received 3.4m applications from people seeking to stay in the UK after […]
Princess Basmah, a human rights advocate, demands that her uncle the king frees her Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent Fri 17 Apr 2020 Princess Basmah had called for Saudi Arabia […]
Source: Guardian By Patrick Mulholland A single Covid-19 survivor can provide enough plasma to treat two or three sick patients. Could it help save lives? Cary Blumenfeld and his wife, […]