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.
By Christiane Amanpour, CNN When the deal between Iran and the major world powers was announced in Geneva, Iranian reporters greeted Foreign Minister Javad Zarif with cheers at his press conference, and Iranians gave him and his team a hero’s welcome when they landed back home in Tehran. Such is […]
The 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan famously stated in a piece in the New York Times in 1993, “May I offer you the advice of the 14th […]
World Crisis and The Pathway to Peace A Compilation of Speeches and Letters of Mirza Masroor Ahmad Imam and the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at, Fifth Successor to […]
Source: Asia Times: By Frud Bezhan Just when it appeared that a contentious security agreement between Afghanistan and the United States was all wrapped up, it hit yet another snag. The Loya Jirga, a traditional gathering of Afghan elders tasked with deciding whether US troops will be allowed to remain in […]
by Rana Husseini | Nov 24, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The government will form a ministerial committee to examine the possibility of granting civil rights to children of Jordanian women married to non-Jordanians, according to MP Wafaa Bani Mustafa. “We had a meeting with Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour […]
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED ARABNEWS Published — Monday 25 November 2013 Saudi Arabia has exempted Palestinian and Burmese nationals who are found to be in violation of the new labor laws […]
SANAA: Huda Al-Niran, a Saudi woman who eloped with her Yemeni suitor last month and crossed illegally into Yemen, heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday when the United Nations […]
A Chinese government worker in the ancient Silk Road oasis of Kashgar beckons two women to her streetside stand and logs their details (pictured) under the gaze of a surveillance […]
Article by: MAURA LERNER , Star Tribune Amid deep Catholic roots, St. Thomas makes room for Muslims to practice their faith. Dark-haired young men started arriving about 12:30 p.m., piling […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: It seems, the Government of Angola has denied these claims, which some one started on internet. We encourage readers to independently investigate this issue. By […]
Bangkok (21 Nov. 2013) The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Thailand held its first annual International Peace Symposium on the theme of The Pathway to Peace. The event hosted an exhibition of […]
Source: Alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivers the keynote address at ‘Africa at 50’ event On 23 November 2013, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of […]
Dear All : We are pleased to inform you all that the I nteractive Bangla LIVE Q/A Program – SHOTTER SHONDHANE will be held from November 28 to December 1, 2013 at 2 pm GMT (9 am Eastern Standard Time) প্রিয় সুধী, আসসালামু আলাইকুম। এমটিএ-তে আবারও শুরু হচ্ছে আপনাদের প্রিয় অনুষ্ঠান […]
A masterful wordsmith as I believe NFP to be, I’m disappointed by some of his word selection, whether intentional or not, it was misleading,… Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | […]
by http://jamiat.org.za Source: http://jamiat.org.za By: http://jamiat.org.za Source: http://jamiat.org.za/ Firstly: a good end… A good end means when a person was guided before his death to keep away from that which angers the Lord and to repent from sin, and to focus on doing acts of worship and good deeds, and […]
More than 11,000 children have died in Syria’s civil war in nearly three years, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a new report says. Summary executions and torture have also been […]
By Will Weissert, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Board of Education used a late-night meeting to give preliminary approval to new science textbooks for classrooms across the state […]
By Courtney Subramanian @cmsubNov. 23, 2013 A leaked National Security Agency document reveals a four-year mission strategy that underscores the agency’s scope of power and desire to broaden surveillance efforts in the “golden age of Signit,” or signals intelligence. The five-page, February 2012 document, leaked by former NSA contractor Edward […]
The P5+1 world powers and Iran have struck a historic deal on Tehran’s nuclear program at talks in Geneva. Ministers overcame the last remaining hurdles to reach an interim agreement, […]
by Jason Ditz, November 21, 2013 NATO is about to lose access to its primary supply line into occupied Afghanistan, the Khyber Pass, as Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistani Tehreek-e Insaf (PTI), the political party which runs the Khyber Pakhtunkhah Province (KP) through which the supplies travel, has […]