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.
Reuters International JUL 1, 2017 – 11:42 Former U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo are seen during their meeting at the Botanical Garden near the presidential […]
Reuters International JUL 3, 2017 – Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani attends a news conference in Rome, Italy, July 1, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (reuters_tickers) By Noah Browning and Tom Finn DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) – Four Arab states which accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism agreed to extend until […]
Reuters International JUL 3, 2017 – Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo gestures during an interview with Reuters in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 3, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta (reuters_tickers) By John Chalmers and Eveline Danubrata JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president said on Monday his country remains a model of moderate Islam, countering critics who […]
By Susan Misicka, Zollikofen JUL 3, 2017 – 11:00 Learning to ride a bike in a fun and safe environment in Bern, Switzerland(Susan Misicka / swissinfo.ch) As easy as […]
It is instructive that the West now expresses more outrage at the use of gas – it blames the Assad regime for this, of course – than at the continued cruelty of Isis Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Tuesday 20 June 2017 The extraordinary destruction of a Syrian […]
If Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman can rush into a hopeless war with the Houthis of Yemen, why shouldn’t he threaten the body politic of Qatar? Robert Fisk @indyvoices So serious has the Saudi-Qatar crisis now become that the Qatari Foreign Minister is reportedly planning an emergency trip to Washington […]
Four Muslim Converts tell their story. Posted on June 18, 2017 Rhonda Elnaggar BuzzFeed Staff More One in five Muslim Americans were actually raised in another religion before deciding to convert to Islam, or didn’t practice any faith at all, according to the Pew Research. Tareq Saifur Rahman / Via […]
Britain’s crippled Prime Minister Theresa May is stumbling into Brexit negotiations, which are set to finally begin next week. She is doing all she can to cling to power, but […]
The offensive to take Raqqa back from Islamic State has begun. Kurdish fighters are leading the charge in the hopes of eliminating the Islamist scourge — but they are also hoping to expand their power in northern Syria. By Christoph Reuter Photos ALICE MARTINS / DER SPIEGEL June 14, 2017 […]
TOI Amritsar Mon,19 Jun 2017 Summary: AMRITSAR: Tension gripped Gurdaspur district’s Qadian town, which is the hub of Ahmadiyya Muslim community in India, after the severed head of a calf was found in the area. “We are not sure whether it is the head of cow or calf, we are […]
19 June 2017, Algeria must halt its clampdown against members of the minority Ahmadiyya religious movement, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the appeal hearing on 21 June of six Ahmadis sentenced to up to four years in prison for charges relating to the exercise of their religion. At […]
By Adam Walker, UK بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ [97:1] In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. [97:2] Surely, […]
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Berlin’s withdrawal from Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base to Jordan seems not to benefit the fight against the Daesh terrorist group Germany has announced that it will withdraw […]
June 20th, 2017, Written by Bryce Luff Cockburn Gazette NEWS Imam Kamran Tahir. A LOCAL Islamic leader says he will “give up everything that I practise” if even one connection […]
Jun 20,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby In June 1967 I was in the midst of my final weeks in college when the war broke out. At the time, I knew little about the Middle East, since I was more engaged in the anti-war and civil rights movements. And […]
Don’t tell me today that Islamophobia doesn’t exist, or that it’s been overplayed by Muslims ‘playing the victim’. If anything, Muslims are wary of reporting hate crimes against their communities […]
JUN 15, 2017 – Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Tama’s mum, who was a structural draughtswoman back home in Colombo, found a job as a cleaner in Switzerland. She has given up on attempts to arrange a marriage for her daughter. […]
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal Even Twitter has suspended Al Jazeera’s account. Google has erased all links to the stories that Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Saudi King Salman’s 30-year-old son Mohammed had been secretly cooking up Qatar invasion plans. It all looked like a fait accompli, “Qatar is a small […]
Source: Independent Direct funding, food, fuel and medical supplies allegedly provided by Israeli state to keep Isis and Iranian-allied forces in neighbouring civil war at bay Bethan McKernan Beirut @mck_beth […]
It’s been known that Israeli hospitals have treated wounded Syrian fighters, but Wall Street Journal report uncovers direct support in cash, without which fighters say they ‘wouldn’t have survived’ Haaretz Jun 19, 2017 Israel has been secretly providing aid to Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights for years with the […]