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Rafiq A. Tschannen

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.

Pope says he was no angel

Source: CNN By Rafael Romo, CNN Senior Latin American Affairs Editor (CNN) – It was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of opportunity: teenagers from five continents speaking directly with Pope Francis through a Google video chat. The students from schools in Australia, Israel, Turkey, South Africa and El Salvador heard advice from […]

Isis Insurgence: Should Every Muslim Publicly Condemn Islamic Extremists?

By Ludovica Iaccino The insurgence of the Islamic State, previously known as Isis, is causing hundreds of deaths in Iraq and Syria. The killings perpetrated by the militants, who recently posted online videos in which they beheaded two American journalists, have prompted many people worldwide – including several Muslim institutions – to publicly condemn […]

Travelblog: 3 things Indonesia can teach the Muslim world

Kevin Eckstrom http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.1409790579.html#_=1409820654816&dnt=true&id=twitter-widget-1&lang=en&screen_name=kevineckstrom&show_count=false&show_screen_name=true&size=m | September 3, 2014 | 8 Comments (Travelblog is an occasional series of posts by RNS Editor-in-Chief Kevin Eckstrom, who’s on the road in Boston, Honolulu, Jakarta and Banda Aceh with the 2014 Senior Journalists Seminar, sponsored by the East-West Center in conjunction with the U.S. State Department) JAKARTA, […]