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.
Source: bdnews24.com 1 / 1 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh began its three-day annual convention on Friday in Dhaka with a call to spread the messages of the holy Quran and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad. This year’s convention marked its centenary celebrations that kicked off on Thursday amid attacks by their Muslim […]
France24. By Tony Todd (text) Some 30 French Imams on February 4 visited the Holocaust Memorial at Drancy near Paris in an effort to improve Islam’s image to a sceptical French public. The visit was unprecedented and comes at a time of high tensions towards the country’s large Muslim community. An IPSOS […]
THE issue of foreigners in Singapore has been debated many times, and especially so in recent years. We will have to continue bringing in foreigners in order to achieve our economic goals and ensure a sustainable population in future. Our policies should be calibrated to ensure that we bring in […]
Archaeologists have reportedly discovered 35 small ancient pyramids in Sudan at a site known as Sedeinga dating back around 2,000 years. Scientists are stunned over how densely the pyramids appeared […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh began its three-day annual convention on Friday in Dhaka with a call to spread the messages of the holy Quran and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad. This year’s convention marked its centenary celebrations that kicked off on Thursday amid attacks by their Muslim rivals. Around 700,000 people including […]
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Source: The Daily Star Protesters from the Shahbagh grand rally on Friday afternoon demanded death penalty for all war criminals including Abdul Quader Mollah and a ban on the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir. Lakhs of protesters demand death penalty to all war criminals including Jamaat leader Quader Mollah at […]
HONG KONG — Hewlett-Packard, one of the world’s largest makers of computers and other electronics, is imposing new limits on the employment of students and temporary agency workers at factories across China. The move, following recent efforts by Apple to increase scrutiny of student workers, reflects a significant shift in […]
AFP | Feb 07, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES NEW YORK — A New York car thief drove off in an SUV, only to discover there was a witness to the crime: a baby in the backseat. Maybe he had a conscience, or just didn’t want to have to change diapers, […]
By AFP NAIROBI Once his reputation was of a feared fighter, an American-born extremist who left small town of Alabama to wage war alongside Al-Qaeda-linked Somali Islamists and who called […]
Swissinfo.ch: An emergency shelter especially for European migrants is being reopened this weekend to accommodate people who would otherwise be forced to sleep rough. EU citizens from states in crisis […]
Robots park your car for Dh5 an hour at world’s biggest automated parking facility which has made it to the Guinness World Records By Jay B. Hilotin, Chief Reporter, Gulf […]
Report highlights extent of global programme in US war on terror By Mick O’Reilly Senior Associate Editor GULF NEWS Dubai: Some were picked up as they travelled through airports, others […]
CAIRO — Leaders of Muslim nations on Thursday praised Jordan’s continuous efforts in safeguarding Jerusalem’s identity and hosting Syrian refugees, according to the closing statement of an Islamic summit held […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Blood spattered on Tunisia’s supposedly gentle “Jasmine Revolution” yesterday when Shokri Belaid became its most important martyr, shot down outside his home in Tunis and […]
सौजन्य : जागरण मजलिस खुदाम उल्ल अहमदिया द्वारा प्लेटिनम जुबली बड़ी धूमधाम से मनाई गई। चार फरवरी 1938 को उस समय के मुस्लिम जमाते अहमदिया के दूसरे रुहानी खलीफा हजरत मिर्जा बशीर उद्दीन अहमूद अहमद ने मजलिस खुदाम उल्ल अहमदिया नामक संस्था अस्तित्व में आई थी। इस मजलिस को 75 […]
February 07, 2013 Coursera is currently the most advanced platform for the latest studying trend, MOOCs – or Massive Open Online Courses. It was created to unite the world’s most […]
A mob, which witnesses said numbered around 20,000, attacked the venue at Kaliakoir, near Dhaka, late Wednesday where members of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat were due to mark 100 years since the movement began operating in what is now Bangladesh. “They attacked the venue from all corners, shouting Allahu Akbar (God […]
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week and a trend reading hit a near five-year low, a sign the grinding recovery in the labor market remains on track. Other data on Thursday showed a sharp drop in productivity in the fourth quarter […]