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.
May 8, 2018 President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will conditionally stay in the JCPOA with other signatories, stressing that Iran has always complied with its commitments to the nuclear deal, […]
US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it “decaying and rotten”, he said the deal was “an embarrassment” […]
Web Report /Dubai Filed on May 8, 2018 Ramadan tents were usually not segregated into smoking and non-smoking sections due to the additional cost. Dubai Municipality has banned shisha or […]
Posted on March 8, 2018 by Ismaili Gnostic EDITORS’ NOTE: This post is originally from the The Essential Ismaili website, which will be taken offline in May 2018. This article […]
India’s “Adopt a Heritage” scheme raises serious questions about historical and cultural integrity. By Priyanka Borpujari May 08, 2018 Would corporate funding give impetus to […]
In Pakistan today, service alone lacks impact and the politicization of faith necessitates violence. By Hannan R. Hussain May 08, 2018 Nations across the world […]
How Pakistan’s anti-Ahmadiyya campaigns links to a recent assassination attempt. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid May 08, 2018 On Sunday, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal survived an assassination attempt during […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A baby wearing a costume featuring giant panda waits for starting the public debut of female baby panda Xiang Xiang, born from mother panda Shin Shin […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL AP Photo A notorious Holocaust denier dubbed the “Nazi grandma” who failed last week to turn up for the beginning of her prison sentence […]
Reuters International This content was published on May 7, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A group of Syrian refugees who crossed the Evros river, the natural border between Greece and Turkey, walks […]
Reuters International This content was published on May 7, 2018 Hungarian President Janos Ader and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands after their talks at the Presidential Palace […]
World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace Author: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaa Islam International Publications Ltd. Fazal Malik & Farhan Khokhar, Canada World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace […]
I am quite certain that the manner in which God Almighty now draws near and manifests Himself and reveals hundreds of matters of the unseen to His servant, is […]
Trump may see this as a way to diminish Obama’s legacy, but in Saudi Arabia the Iran deal is not a matter of internal politics but existential security – it’s crucial he […]
By Reuters – May 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Sukru Gunduz, a Sur resident whose house was demolished, and his son sit on the stairs of their rented home in Sur, […]
May 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari The conference on “post-Islamism” organised by Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Centre for Strategic Studies last week did enrich our understanding on the changing dynamics of political Islam in general. Scholars, who came from abroad to participate in the conference, offered […]
Ahsan Iqbal, the Pakistani interior minister, being transported to a hospital after he was shot on Sunday.CreditPunjab Government/EPA, via Shutterstock By Meher Ahmad and Maria Abi-Habib May 6, 2018 KARACHI, […]
May 7, 2018 Diaa Hadid Abdul Sattar Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal talks to journalists outside the accountability court, in Islamabad, Pakistan, in October. Anjum Naveed/AP Updated at 4:40 […]
Greeting options What do Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem mean, are the greetings different and when can you say them? During Ramadan their are two greetings that can be used […]
One may ask: Why hold a Peace Symposium? Al Hakam reported on the 15th Peace Symposium of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in the very first issue that came out on 23 March 2018. […]