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.
The Ahmadiyya leaders also expressed their opposition to instantaneous triple talaq and extended support to Uniform Civil Code for the country. By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2016 Thousands of Ahmadiyyas including those from Pakistan are expected to arrive at Qadian for the spiritual ‘Salana Jalsa’. (Express […]
Parliament passes immigration law it hopes will offer enhanced access to single market while giving residents priority over jobs, drawing parallels to Brexit arguments The SVP, the largest party in the Swiss parliament, accused the other parties of caving in to Brussels. Photograph: Anthony Anex/EPA Jon Henley European affairs correspondent […]
NABEEL ANWAR DHAKKU — CHAKWAL: Section 144 of the Pakistan Penal Code was imposed in Chakwal by the District Coordination Officer (DCO), Mehmood Javed Bhatti, in order to maintain the law and order situation after religious leaders announced they will observe Friday as a “day of protest”. The district administration […]
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters It was inevitable that the “interventionists” would use the tragic slaughter in Aleppo to retrospectively justify David Cameron’s attempt to win a parliamentary vote to bomb Syria in 2013. The article by Kate Maltby (If you say ‘something must be done’ about […]
There was a period in 2011 and 2012 when there were genuinely independent opposition activists operating inside Syria, but as the jihadis took over these brave people were forced to flee abroad, fell silent or were dead Patrick Cockburn @indyworld It has just become more dangerous to be a foreign […]
Source: The Independent By Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Government programme targets threats to ‘ideological security’ in schools Saudi Arabia is launching a programme to “inoculate” children against Westernisation, atheism, liberalism and secularism. They were listed as threats to “ideological security”, ahead of the danger from extremist groups including Isis and al-Qaeda and […]
Harry Farley JOURNALIST 15 December 2016 Thousands of people will gather to pray in south London on Friday after a series of attacks against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. The Baitul Futuh Mosque has issued an open invitation to join Friday prayers this week in “solidarity with victims of persecution” in […]
When Samantha talked about ‘barbarism against civilians’ in Aleppo, I remembered climbing over the dead Palestinian civilians massacred at the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut in 1982, slaughtered by […]
Dec 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Her Majesty Queen Rania on Tuesday honoured the winners of the 2016 Queen Rania Award for Excellence in Education at a special ceremony, presenting […]
Bankruptcy attorney named US ambassador to Israel, to help ‘strive for peace in the Middle East’ Image Credit: Bloomberg David Friedman with US President-elect Donald Trump. Published: 06:01 December 16, 2016 AFP U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, the transition team […]
What is to be made certain here is that Jordan’s king is not our friend, in fact he and his regime are a part of the problem. Jordan’s King Abdullah speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 12, 2016. (photo credit:REUTERS) The recent United Nations Educational, Scientific […]
Fahrenheit 9/11 director compares Donald Trump to George W. Bush for not attending daily intelligence breifings Heather Saul @heatheranne9 Michael Moore’s warnings about Donald Trump are becoming increasingly apocalyptic and, judging by the absurdity of events in the US after the election, perhaps not entirely without reason. Debates over the impact […]
Foreign aid is a bargaining chip with developing countries, securing contracts for British oil, finance, infrastructure and military contractors, often structured via British tax havens, from the City of London Joel Benjamin For Syrian civilians in Aleppo, caught in a brutal civil war since 2011 with relentless shelling, barrel bombs […]
A Compilation of Speeches and Letters of Mirza Masroor Ahmad Imam and the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at, Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiahas, may Allah the Almighty be his help Islam International Publications LTD. First Published in the UK: 2012 [ISBN: 978-1-84880-079-3] Second Ed. (Paperback) Published in […]
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad Epilogue N THE END, we turn to the issue of non-prophetic revelation. It is hard to entertain the idea that the phenomenon of non-prophetic revelation should also come to an end with the ending of prophethood. Continuity of Divine revelation is indispensable […]
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad Jesus Versus Finality HE BELIEF that the last prophet, Muhammadsa, has already come and gone and the assertion that Jesusas would descend to earth as a prophet after him are so inconsistent that they cannot be owned simultaneously. In fact this cocktail […]
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad Entropy and the Finite Universe T HAS BEEN clearly demonstrated that the entire universe would be drawn back into a black hole, which later on would explode into another Big Bang releasing its entrapped mass once again. From this the reader may […]
13 December 2016 The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president refuses to accept his loss in recent elections. Alieu Momar Njai told the BBC that staff were barred from entering. President Yahya Jammeh initially conceded defeat to […]
RESIDENCE PERMITS Are you the very model of a modern Alpine citizen? By Thomas Stephens SOCIETY DEC 14, 2016 – 15:52 From January 1, 2018, a C permit will be required for a Swiss passport (Keystone) If you can “respect public security and order, uphold the values of the […]
MEHMET BARLAS Published2 hours ago The incoming Trump administration will suffer from Obama’s mistakes in Iraq and Syria, as Turkey is experiencing right now Articles COLUMNSWith friends like these, who needs enemies? COLUMNSEU’s support for terror pushes Turkey toward NATO COLUMNSHDP must distance itself from PKK As […]