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.
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Simon Tisdall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersThe persecution, ethnic cleansing, and attempted genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is an affront to the rule of […]
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DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN September 18, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/9ca55 The normally bustling Rue de Rivoli in central Paris is deserted on March 17, 2020, after a lockdown came […]
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Source: Cayman Compass Cayman’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has rejected recent depictions of Islam in local chat groups and social media pages that promote hatred against the LGBTQ community. Cayman-based Imam Tahir Chaudhry said it was frightening to him that Islam has been used in recent weeks to encourage hanging, banishment […]
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By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline They are part of a group of 270 people who have been stranded for days off the coast of the Sicilian city of […]
