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.
Sixteen years after Bush Snr launched his so-called ‘war on terror’ an untold number of civilians have been killed by disease, illness and by the US and UK-led military campaign Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncombe An injured child in Iraq. body really knows how many civilians have been killed in […]
Source: Letters to Independent Letter by Dr Siema Iqbal GP In between the crazy weekend cooking and endless school homework tasks, I have managed to carve a few minutes to […]
SOURCE: UN Dispatch By: Mark Leon Goldberg on November 17, 2017 (Ottawa, Canada) — Ottawa is a natural home to an outfit called the Global Center for Pluralism. As other […]
Friday Sermon 10/11/2017 MTA International English Friday sermon in English delivered by the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper), from […]
Malek Awny | Published — Friday 17 November 2017 CAIRO: Providing resettlement options for illegal migrants trying to reach Europe is unacceptable for many Libyans and could further aggravate […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 15 November 2017 Photo:LightHunter/Depositphotos More people in Switzerland than ever before are turning to assisted suicide to end their lives, according to the latest statistics. In 2015, 965 Swiss residents used assisted suicide services in Switzerland, according to the latest figures from the Swiss statistics office. […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 19, 2017 Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s Prime Minister while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, talks to […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP JERUSALEM An Egyptian soldier stands near the Egyptian national flag and the Israeli flag at the Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel, about 430 […]
By AFP – Nov 19,2017 -JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel’s cabinet voted on Sunday to close a migrant detention centre, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an agreement to […]
Nov 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri two weeks ago is an indicator of a potential local escalation with Hizbollah and regional escalation with Iran. The expectation of an imminent escalation with Hizbollah has been there for months, as the […]
Wednesday November 15 2017 In Summary Many Zimbabweans have left the country in search of work in South Africa. In December 2015, Mr Mugabe was endorsed once more as […]
Nov 16, 2017 Joschka Fischer After becoming the heir apparent to the Saudi throne earlier this year, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has quickly consolidated his power and begun to […]
By : Dames Alexander Sinaga | on 1:33 PM November 18, 2017 Category : News, Religion Bogor. At least 8,000 people attended the start of the 2017 Special […]
Worshippers in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, are set to go green with a new initiative that aims to establish 1,000 eco-mosques by 2020. (Antara Photo/Rahmad) By : […]
by Asad Hashim 17 Nov 2017 The Islamabad protest has been ordered to clear out by courts [Al Jazeera/Asad Hashim] Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani court has ordered authorities to clear […]
Updated: Nov 17, 2017 | File image Washington: The US Congress Friday passed a nearly USD 700 billion defence budget for 2018 which imposes tougher conditions on Pakistan for military […]
Nov 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Dunford The Rohingya refugee camp in the Bangladeshi port city of Cox’s Bazar is a sea of metal roofs as far as the […]
By Reuters – Nov 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES JO Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir speaks during a joint press conference with his Spanish counterpart in Madrid during an official […]
15/11/2017 – by Alphonce Shiundu In depth © picture-alliance/Grigoriy Sisoev/Sputnik His Highness the Aga Khan IV. The list of countries where Aga Khan institutions operate features countries where life […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 19, 2017 3:08 AMNov 19, 2017 – 03:08 French President Emmanuel Macron and Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s […]