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.
© Provided by Associated Press In a photo provided by Fatima Mukhi-Siwji, people gather with flags in a parking lot for a drive-in commemoration of the seventh-century death of Imam Hussein, […]
Source: MSN Far-right activists have burned a Koran in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protest. Rioters set fires […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) 28th August 2020 After reciting Tashahhud, Ta’awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness (aba) said that in this era, according to the promise of God, the Promised […]
28th August 2020 Taofeek Ajibade, Majlis Ansar Sultan Qalam (MASQ), Nigeria On Monday, 10 August, 2020, the Nigerian society was greeted with the following news: “A Kano Upper Sharia Court […]
Enlightenment in the Islamic world Refuting the ‘westernisation’ narrative In his latest work, essayist and seasoned correspondent Christopher de Bellaigue presents the Islamic world in the 19th century in […]
Source Qantara.De By Melanie Christina Mohr Translated from the German by Ruth Martin Johann Wolfgang von Goethe may have had his reservations about Islam – as he did about Christianity […]
Abid Khan – UK AHMADIYYAT 24th August 2020 His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad(aba), worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. ©Makzhan-e-Tasaweer Abid Khan, UK What is a Jama’at? What […]
Source: Al Hakam By Tahir Nasser, UK Sunnis and Shias, as well as all other sects in Islam, claim that as Ahmadis (in their view) do not consider the Holy […]
A youth walks with a shoeshine kit past a burnt down branch of a Lebanese bank after it was set on fire and vandalised by protesters earlier, in Al-Nour Square […]
By Aaron Ross © Reuters/Malick Konate FILE PHOTO: A dead animal is seen amidst the damage at the site of an attack on the Dogon village of Sobane Da By […]
By AFP – Aug 27,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A handout photo released by Bahrain’s official news agency (BNA) on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) meeting with Bahrain […]
The Democratic nominee may not have offered a statement, says Robert Fisk, but his team’s about-turn on condemning Muslim activist Linda Sarsour was revealing 20 hours ago Joe Biden delivering his […]
Source: IBD Novavax (NVAX) reportedly plans to file for U.S. approval of its coronavirus vaccine candidate in December. NVAX stock wavered on the news. Chief Executive Stanley Erck announced the company’s […]
Germany: Over 1,400 youths accuse Catholic religious orders of sexual abuse Source: DW As the German Catholic Church seeks to acknowledge decades of sexual abuse perpetuated and covered up by […]
By Michael Drummond, PA South East Correspondent 8 hrs ago © Gareth Fuller Small boats thought to be used by migrants are towed into Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers following […]
Lauren Crosby Medlicott 5 hrs ago © Provided by The Independent Last weekend, a young Ugandan mother was found dead in her flat in Glasgow while her one-year-old son screamed beside […]
By Associated Press Tenet: 08/26/2020 © Hassan Ammar Lebanese soldiers work at the site of the deadly blast in the port of Beirut (Hassan Ammar/AP) Lebanon is in such a […]
Source: The Motley Fool “We will go for regulatory approvals in October.” Those were the words of Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) CEO Albert Bourla in a Washington Post live interview earlier this month. He was referring to […]
by Katrin Langewiesche Anthropology ad African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, 55122 Mainz, Germany (This article belongs to the Special Issue Religious Conversion in Africa) Download PDF Abstract This […]
Muhammad Haron Abstract The Ahmadiyya Community (hereafter Ahmadis) encountered difficulties to freely express their beliefs and creeds in both Muslim majority societies and Muslim minority communities. Since the Ahmadis are […]
