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.
Global research last week found that three quarters of the world has little or no confidence in Donald Trump and his policies. So it’s no surprise that he’s chosen to start his trip in Poland Andrew Hammond @IndyVoices 2 hours ago 0 comments Donald Trump begins his second foreign foray as […]
While lives are lost every day, it is destruction of cities and monuments that drives home the vicious nature of conflict throughout history Robert Fisk @indyvoices The al-Nuri mosque was blown up by Isis last week AP Over the years, I’ve almost lost count of the priceless treasures of art […]
QATAR has just hours left to give in to a list demands from Gulf Arab states or face further sanctions and isolation from its neighbours. Here is the latest news and live updates. By ALICE FOSTER PUBLISHED: 13:50, Tue, Jul 4, 2017 | UPDATED: 13:59, Tue, Jul 4, 2017 4 […]
When I wrote these tweets, I was 16 years old and still working out who I was. They were happy to publish them, but failed to mention all the positive […]
Exclusive: Documents recovered from a ‘Sharia’ court in the town of Deir Hafar show even minor disputes were brought before religious judges Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent Almost exactly four years ago, a Syrian called Abu al-Zein, from the village of Katbiya in Aleppo province, appeared before the ‘General Court of the Revolutionary […]
Harriet Whitehead Reporter Around 300 people attended Witton Park, Blackburn to run/walk 3 miles in memory of the Manchester attack. PICTURE: Shafiq Khan. 0 comments CHILDREN as young as nine have been branded terrorists following recent attacks, according to research by Childline. The charity has been holding hundreds of counselling sessions […]
By Ray Downs | Updated July 3, 2017 French olice officers react after a shooting in which two police officer were killed along with their attacker and another police officer was injured in a terror attack on the Champs Elysees in Paris April 20. On July 2, gunmen reportedly opened […]
In his August 11, 1947 speech while laying down the fundaments of Pakistan’s ideological moorings, our founding father Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah clearly warned us of some of the most lethal evils, if not nipped in the bud, would cause us irretrievable damage — sooner than later. How true when […]
Source: Independent Muslims carried out just 12.4 per cent of attacks in the US but received 41.4 per cent of news coverage By Ben Kentish @BenKentish 268 comments Terror attacks […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Protesters holds signs as they demand that a white former police officer be tried a third time in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo) As many in the United States celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, some minorities have […]
ANADOLU AGENCY BELGRADE AP Photo As many as 70 more identified victims of the Srebrenica genocide will be buried on July 11 to mark the 22nd anniversary of Europe’s worst […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL People line up at a cash machine of a Veneto Banca branch in Milan, Italy, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo) Italians are facing one of the most intense scramble in a decade to get a job this summer, as evident by the record number of people […]
FAHRETTIN ALTUN (a view from Turkey) People take part in ‘The Not With Us’ rally against the increasing Islamophobic and extremist attacks across the European continent, Cologne, Germany, June 17. Upon seeing that Turkey was at peace with Islam and intent on repairing the state’s relationship with […]
Reuters International JUL 1, 2017 – 12:51 Syed Salahuddin (L), Supreme Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, is showered with flower petals as he arrives to speak at a news conference in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan July 1, 2017. REUTERS/M. Saif-ul-Islam (reuters_tickers) By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Kashmiri militant commander […]
By Luigi Jorio JUL 3, 2017 – 10:39 In the first six months of this year, 85,000 refugees from North Africa arrived in Italy.(Keystone) Switzerland is strengthening the police […]
Bodies of 50 people shot by Daesh had been recovered from street in Al Zinjili By AFP – Jul 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi civilians flee the Old City […]
By AFP – Jul 03,2017 – KUWAIT CITY — Qatar on Monday responded to a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and its allies after they agreed to give […]
Fourteen years after being told they had a future in the European Union, countries in the Western Balkans are losing hope. Meanwhile, Turkish and Russian influence in the region is on the rise. So too is the nationalist rhetoric of old. By Walter Mayr and Jan Puhl Photos Armin Smailovic […]
| March 2017 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as) The Promised Messiahas & Imam Mahdi (Guided One) Founder of THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas When you stand up in prayer, you should know it for certain that your God has the power […]
By Kamran Yousaf Published: July 3, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Former presidential candidate and veteran congressman Senator John McCain on Sunday made it clear that there was no change in the United States policy on the longstanding Kashmir dispute, stressing the need for an end to the current unrest in disputed Himalayan […]