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.
A member of Bangladeshi bomb disposal unit prepares to detonate homemade explosives seized from a building during a raid on a building where members of a banned Islamist group were detained in Mirpur area, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. (AP) AFP, DhakaSaturday, 26 December 2015 The Islamic State of […]
• Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan revives peace hopes DATE WITH HISTORY: Pakistan’s Premier receives his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi upon his arrival in Lahore on Friday. AGENCIES Published — Saturday 26 December 2015 LAHORE: A surprise visit to Pakistan by Indian Premier Narendra Modi on Friday pressed the reset […]
Amirah Ismail showed exemplary courage … nation’s pride. ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 26 December 2015 JAZAN: The Jazan hospital tragedy saw some heroic acts from staff at the hospital, including nurse Amirah Ismail, who along with colleagues, risked their lives to save seven children who had been in the […]
ABDUL HANNAN TAGO Published — Saturday 26 December 2015 RIYADH: Two Saudi millionaires have reportedly paid SR225,000 in blood money to free a Filipino man who had killed an Indian national in a car accident. The men donated the blood money requested by the victim’s relatives. The Filipino man was […]
Dec 25, 2015 15:45 IST Dhaka: A bomb exploded Friday at a mosque of the minority Ahmadi Muslim group in Bangladesh’s northwestern town of Bagmara leaving the suspected suicide bomber dead and four other people injured, police said. Police said the bomb blast occurred when the small Ahmadiya Muslim Jamaat […]
RELIGIOUS SPACES Shrines in the Valley are much more than just spiritual retreats. Chitralekha Zutshi · Today · 12:30 pm Photo Credit: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Tucked away on the edge of a forest in a corner of the Lolab Valley lies a makeshift shrine, now in a state of disrepair. Next […]
BY UMER ALI Jhelum survivors recount their stories It was just another day for Arsalan, who worked as a Sales Manager at Pakistan Chipboard Factory when he was informed about police arresting the Security In-charge of the factory over allegations of desecrating the Quran. Working past his office timings, […]
Chandigarh: The Ahmadiyya Muslim community has warned that events across the world in recent times were moving towards a third World War. “The world is passing through very turbulent times. The similarities to the period just before the Second World War continue to be cited and it seems clear […]
Posted: 12/22/2015 Saima Baig Blasphemy is a crime in Pakistan, the punishment for which can be death. The law is a left over of the Indian Penal Code that the British had introduced, and which was later expanded upon by the military dictator Zia ul Haq. More often […]
Chandigarh, Dec 24 (PTI) Followers from more than 30 countries are expected to participate in the 124th ‘Jalsa Salana’, the three-day annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, at its headquarters in Qadian town of Punjab’s Gurdaspur district from December 26 to December 28. Community representatives Maulana Hamid Kausar, […]
Israeli soldiers work around the body of a Palestinian after he was shoot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Thursday. (AP) REUTERS Published — Friday 25 December 2015 JERUSALEM: Video footage of Jewish zealots mocking the death by arson of a Palestinian baby has […]
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Reuters) REUTERS Published — Friday 25 December 2015 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Dec 25 : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Pakistan on Friday to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, the first time an Indian premier has visited the rival nation in over […]
By AFP – Dec 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – AFP Abdelhamid Al Swei, who is in charge of transporting bodies to the cemetery for the Red Crescent, looks at the grave of an unidentified migrant at the Bir El Osta Milad Cemetery, dubbed by locals as the ‘cemetery of the […]
ITVMohammad Tariq Mahmood. Mohammad Tariq Mahmood and his family were probably prevented from boarding a plane to Disneyland at Gatwick airport last week because a Facebook page linked to his address contained positive references to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, and because his brother was previously prevented from entering Israel, […]
DEC. 23, 2015 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution demanding Palestinian sovereignty over natural resources under Israeli occupation.The draft solution, “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian […]
DEC. 18, 2015 maannews.com Clashes in Bethlehem, October 2015. (MaanImages/Frederik Kaare-Andersen,File) NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday shot and injured at least 78 Palestinians, two critically, when clashes broke out across the occupied Palestinian territory for the second day in a row.Medical sources told Ma’an that a Palestinian […]
Reuters International DEC 24, 2015 – swissinfo.ch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A record number of French Jews moved to Israel this year, an immigration official said on Thursday, citing anti-Semitic violence […]
Dec 24,2015 -JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) puts out a monthly report about the life condition in the occupied Palestinian territories. In its latest report, OCHA stated that a record number of Palestinians from Gaza seek Israeli exit permits for […]
Dec 24,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Robert Skidelsky Donald Trump’s call to bar Muslims from the United States provoked the following exchange with two young friends of mine: “If the choice was between Muslim immigration and preserving liberal moral values,” I asked, “which would you choose?” They both denied the question’s […]
By JT – Dec 23,2015 – JORDANIAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to Christian leaders during a meeting on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday underscored the unity and solidarity of the Jordanian people, noting that Jordanians, Muslims and Christians, […]