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.
16th October 2024 Romaan Basit, Ahmadiyya Archive and Research Centre Saying Islam needs revival doesn’t mean the Quran needs to change or Prophet Muhammad’ssa teachings must be revised. Orthodox Islam is […]
Passengers queue at the check-in counters at Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon October 17, 2024. (Reuters) AFP October 17, 2024 WASHINGTON: Washington will allow some Lebanese nationals […]
David Hearst 16 October 2024 20:34 BST | Last update: 15 hours 51 mins ago It is only a matter of time before war involves every country threatened by Israel’s punishment raids and its […]
by Nabila Ramdani NabilaRamdani The most murderous episode in the postwar history of Paris came in October 1961, when up to three hundred peaceful French- Algerian protesters were slaughtered in cold blood […]
October 17, 2024 at 8:00 pm A view of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, the country’s only nuclear power plant, in Bushehr, Iran on April 28, 2024. [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty […]
Flashes of Inspiration for Seekers of Ismaili Gnosis on the Path of Truth Khayal ʿAly and Ismaili Gnosis May 13, 2024 When the Graves are Turned Upside Down The 23rd […]
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim October 16, 2024 The plight of Rohingya refugees has long been a humanitarian crisis of immense proportions, but recent cuts in international aid are now threatening to […]
Bakir Oweida October 16, 2024 In a significant diplomatic move, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan last month unveiled a new international alliance that is dedicated to implementing the […]
Kerry Boyd Anderson October 16, 2024 In an excerpt from Bob Woodward’s new book, “War,” the journalist reports that President Joe Biden’s frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu burst […]
Oct 16,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Mariana Chilton PHILADELPHIA — In the year since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 surprise attack, Israeli forces have killed an estimated 41,200 Palestinians, including 16,700 children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. But a recent letter in The Lancet puts the true death toll in […]
22nd October 2019 On 22ndOctober 2019, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Fifth Khalifa (Caliph) graced a special reception at the Hotel […]
Oct 15, 2024 | Ahamadiyya, news On the 8th of October 2024, at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference hosted by CAP Liberté de Conscience a side-event was held to discuss the challenges faced […]
15th October 2024 Khakan Ahmad, Jamia Ahmadiyya UK How do you prove something exists? In this day and age, “science”, apparently, is the only answer: empirical evidence, reason, or observable […]
by Anadolu Agency STOCKHOLM May 05, 2022 – A police officer sits in a car with broken windows during a riot ahead of a demonstration, April 17, 2022. (Reuters File Photo) […]
CoE calls on Denmark to employ more Muslims in education, police force by Anadolu Agency COPENHAGEN Oct 15, 2024 – Edited By Nurbanu Tanrıkulu Kızıl Police cordone off an area in front of a mosque in the Noerrebro area of Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023 where far-right activist Rasmus […]
Osama Al-Sharif October 15, 2024 Wars have geopolitical consequences regardless of who wins. In the annals of the wider Arab-Israeli conflict, the 1948 war set the trajectory of the Palestine […]
Oct 14,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not begin on October 7, nor did suffering end on that day. October 7 […]
October 8, 2024 King Abdullah II of Jordan (C), Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi (L) and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (R) speak as he meet as they attend the ‘Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza’ conference in Dead Sea, Jordan on June 11, 2024 [Royal Hashemite Court/Handout – Anadolu […]
October 15, 2024 Dr Soma Baroud, was killed on 9 October when Israeli warplanes bombed the taxi that carried her and other tired Gazans somewhere near the Bani Suhaila roundabout […]
Christians are the largest migrant group, but Jews are most likely to have migrated ByStephanie KramerandYunping Tong How we did this Who are migrants? Migration has grown steadily in recent […]