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.
Excuse me, friends, I must catch my jet I’m off to join the Development Set; My bags are packed, and I’ve had all my shots I have traveller’s checks and pills for the trots! The Development Set is bright and noble Our thoughts are deep and our vision global; Although […]
Reuters International MAR 3, 2017 Bashar al-Jaafari (L), Syrian chief negotiator and Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of the Syria to UN New York, shakes hands with UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura, right, prior a round of negotiation, during the Intra Syria talks, […]
# 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 It is recorded in the Hadith which means, Allah Almighty becomes one with those who become His. It is a […]
Source: Arab News By Sinem Cengiz, who is a Turkish political analyst who specializes mainly in issues regarding Turkey’s relations with the Middle East. She can be reached on Twitter @SinemCngz […]
At the Q&A with the producers, director and some of the participants, we were told how difficult it was to find Muslims who were willing to participate in the documentary. That didn’t come as a surprise Nishaat Ismail 17 hours ago 14 comments Two young British Muslims dance in The […]
At one time the caliphate ruled territory with a population of five or six million people, where it sought to establish a truly Islamic State. It is this dream – or nightmare – that is now being shattered. But the groups who fought Isis may soon be fighting each other Patrick […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 3 March 2017 burkinipayernecarnival File photo: Mohd Rasfan/AFP A group of friends participating in this weekend’s Brandons de Payerne carnival intend to wear burkinis and parade alongside […]
February 28, 2017 TEHRAN – The Iranian studio Rose has recently released an Android version of a game named Moda Dress Up, which promotes women’s Islamic fashion, the Video Game Magazine, an online Persian journal, announced on Sunday. The target audience of the game is girls and it is similar […]
EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI@EkremBEkinci Shahzade Abdülmecid Efendi is seen on a horse as he goes to Friday prayer. (1923) The caliphate was one of the oldest Islamic institutions in the history. The Ottoman caliphate was the last Sunni caliphate of the late medieval and early modern era that lasted 13 centuries […]
Source: DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Her interest in Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, a Persian Sufi mystic who settled in Turkey, brings international pop star Madonna to the mystic’s adopted home, a Turkish […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo The mayor of the northern French port city of Calais has taken measures to stop people from giving food to refugees as authorities struggle to […]
REUTERS AFP Photo The European Parliament called on the EU executive on Thursday to force Americans to apply for visas before visiting Europe this summer, stepping up pressure to resolve a long-running transatlantic dispute on the issue. The European Commission stressed it was pursuing a diplomatic resolution to the row, […]
Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz(reuters_tickers) By Kole Casule SKOPJE (Reuters) – The EU on Thursday asked Macedonia’s president to reverse a move to block a […]
By Pilita Clark and Environment Correspondent MAR 2, 2017 A Ghanaian cattle herder leads his cattle across the polluted Korle Gono beach, covered in plastic bottles and other rubbish washed ashore in June 2016 (Keystone) More used to battling it out over mineral water and baby milk, Swiss group Nestlé […]
Mar 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says “no problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from”. In both the US and the EU, the focus […]
By AFP – Mar 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands following a news conference at El Thadiya presidential […]
Source: Independent Balfour initiated a policy of British support for Israel which continues to this very day, to the detriment of the occupied Palestinians of the West Bank and the […]
Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – The United States stands to lose millions in tourism revenues by travellers who will shun the country because of its ban on the nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, the head of a United Nations tourism body said on […]
Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and Member of the European Parliament, attends the election of the new President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – […]
MAR 2, 2017 – UN investigator Carla Del Ponte at the presentation of the latest report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria on human rights violations committed during the battle for Aleppo (Keystone) United Nations investigators have accused both sides in the battle for Aleppo of committing war […]