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.
AFP news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 9 October 2018 Matteo Salvini (L) meets Edouard Philippe in Lyon. Photo: Jeff Pachoud/AFP French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe urged Italian leader Matteo Salvini on Monday to […]
Miftah Ismail October 10, 2018 The PTI government has finally decided to disclose to the nation that it is going for a new IMF programme. It waited to disclose this […]
Mohammed Hanif October 7, 2018 A number of politicians, ulema of various kind and tajzia nigars have concluded that Qadianis are not a minority. What can be worse than being […]
GNA The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana will on Wednesday October 10 hold a day’s Peace Conference on the theme: ‘Peace and Global Justice,’ in Accra. A statement issued in […]
Ahead of Ahmadiyya community leader’s US visit, author Sylvia Chan-Malik says Islam has rich history in the country Sylvia Chan-Malik’s book weaves personal stories from the early 20th Century until […]
Posted on October 9th, 2018 By A. Abdul Aziz. Lajna Imaillah (Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association) Sri Lanka held its Annual Gathering (Ijtima) recently at Ahmadiyya Jubilee Hall Negombo. The event […]
Hemani Bhandari OCTOBER 08, 2018 A ‘Minara’ (place of worship) of the Ahmadiyya community in Qadian, Amritsar. About 6,000 Ahmadiyyas live in the town in a settlement spread across […]
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 Milorad Dodik, of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD attends a news conference where he declared himself […]
By AFP – Oct 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian rebel-fighters with the National Liberation Front tow an artillery in northwestern countryside of Aleppo province on Tuesday (AFP photo) DAMASCUS — […]
Oct 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF East Jerusalem Palestinians are facing a vicious onslaught as Israel begins to implement a series of measures aimed primarily at limiting […]
Oct 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, September 28, history was repeating itself in a most […]
We have no choice but to press on, but without the cooperation of countries such as the US and China, the rate of global warming won’t slow down fast enough to make […]
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These three regions of Western Europe could look very different within 10 years if the secessionists find new support in the wake of economic crisis and a rising tide of […]
The disappearance of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi from his country’s consulate in Istanbul, which comes only a week after a German court ordered the extradition of an Iranian diplomat to […]
By Susan Misicka THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 4, 2018 Mister fancy pants? No, sir! Swiss President Alain Berset takes a casual seat in New York.(© KEYSTONE / PETER KLAUNZER) […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 9, 2018 An alliance of non-governmental organisations has handed in a petition, containing 27,000 signatures, that calls on the Swiss government to […]
Florida Jewish Journal Opinion Caren Schnur Neile, Ph.D. (Caren Schnur Neile, Ph.D./Courtesy) Of all the stories I’ve heard over the years, my favorites are those in which one character […]
By Robbie OwensOctober 9, 2018 DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Like so many Muslims, Irfa Sheikh has spent her post 9/11 life trying to convince a shaken nation that the […]
Monday, 8 Oct 2018 by razak ahmad and zakiah koya KUALA LUMPUR: The country’s ulama, Syariah judges and intellectuals have been urged to help change the negative image of Islam as […]