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.
Trump has turned away from any notion of fairness in peace negotiations and run with Israel’s ball Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Thursday 7 December 2017 Israeli flags fly […]
History Stories By Becky Little // December 7, 2017 7 ” /> Jerusalem Although Israel’s official capital is Tel Aviv, the country has long considered Jerusalem as its unofficial capitalJerusalem, […]
Thousands of people across the UK took part in the interfaith day encouraging good deeds Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith Muslims planning to open a new mosque in a traditionally Jewish north London community have joined people at their local synagogue to give blood as part of a national drive to help those […]
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By Sten Widmalm on 06/12/2017 • Any suggestion of providing basic rights to the Ahmadiyyas is enough to trigger massive protests and even riots among Muslim extremists. A protester near burning tents in Pakistan. Credit: Reuters The recent turmoil in Pakistan has mostly been described as “blasphemy protests”. An ‘amendment’ […]
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Reuters International This content was published on December 6, 2017 By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive will sue Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in […]
Billionaire ANO leader to form minority government after tapping into popular discontent over immigration and EU relations Andrej Babiš, left, is appointed prime minister by the Czech president, Miloš Zeman, […]
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Source: Daily Mail UK Source in Saudi Arabia says American private security contractors are carrying out’interrogations’ on princes and billionaires arrested in crackdown Detained members of Saudi elite have […]
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İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik Former spokesman of the Syrian Democratic Forces Talal Silo speaks to Anadolu Agency. To understand what is going on with U.S.-backed terrorist groups in Syria’s conflict zones, we should pay attention to what the former SDF spokesman says Articles COLUMNS Macron, Barzani playing their own game […]
Reuters International This content was published on December 5, 2017 9:49 PMDec 5, 2017 – 21:49 Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun talks to Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri during the cabinet […]
Reuters International This content was published on December 5, 2017 Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks at the 15th ASEAN Lecture on “ASEAN: Next 50” at the ISEAS Yusof […]
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State continues to deny genocide accusations and borrows US President’s most enduring catchphrase – despite White House condemnation of ‘ethnic cleansing’ Hannah Beech Rohingya refugees walk towards a refugee camp after […]