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.
Oshkosh joins communities shaken by a shooting at school as students, parents describe scare By Sarah Razner Oshkosh Northwestern OSHKOSH – Students heard gunshots and ambulances. Teachers rushed them into […]
SARAH GLUBB December 04, 2019 Turkey’s military operation against Kurds in Syria and purchase of Russian missile system has escalated tensions within the alliance Ankara hosts a US airbase […]
Reuters December 04, 2019 The House of Representatives voted 407-1 to approve the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act The legislation condemns the detention of more than 1 million Uighurs, Kazakhs […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Prosecutors are appealing to judges at the International Criminal Court to authorize a wide-ranging investigation into alleged crimes in Afghanistan’s brutal conflict. In April, judges rejected a […]
People assume I’m one of them, safely in the club, and insult Muslims in front of me — not realizing the community they’re insulting is mine, too. Joanna Neborsky […]
CNN Newsroom Leaked documents paint a very different picture of the detention centers in Xinjiang which the Chinese government has long claimed are vocational training centers. CNN’s Will Ripley reports.Source: […]
by Rizwan Nawaz Tags: al-Jazari – Cordoba – Dr. Rizwan Nawaz – Pumps – Technology – From the eighth century onwards, Muslim societies extending from Cordoba in Spain to […]
By Junita Mat Rasid – November 30, 2019 @ 3:15pm PETALING JAYA: Many Muslim nations have not achieved progress and development despite having the necessary ability, capability and strength. Prime […]
A Hartlepool Muslim community has condemned the London Bridge terror attack and expressed its deepest sympathies to the victims and their families. By Ross Robertson Monday, 2nd December 2019 Jack […]
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Social media use is growing globally year on year. Currently, over 3.5 billion people (or over 45% of the world’s population) are active social media users. This has created a […]
by Mukeshwar Singh Since the dawn of humanity, religion has been playing a pivotal role in shaping people’s beliefs, ethics, traditions, and behaviors. The most common characteristic of almost all […]
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan Published 01.12.2019 Much is happening in the international arena. There are simultaneous, independent developments underway. Some days we talk about Donald Trump’s impeachment. Other times we find […]
Source: Daily Sabah BY OLSI JAZEXHI Between Aug. 16 and Aug. 25, I was in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China. Invited by the State Council Information Office of […]
29th November, 2019 alhakam.org Islamophobia and religious intolerance has been on the rise for some time now. The proliferation of hateful acts against Muslims in the West is quite shocking because it is the very Western nations that stand out for their high moral and ethical standards. These countries […]
Qatari foreign minister’s Saudi visit seen easing Gulf rift This content was published on November 28, 2019 8:48 PM Nov 28, 2019 – 20:48 By Stephen Kalin and Dmitry Zhdannikov RIYADH/LONDON (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister has made an unannounced visit to Riyadh, two sources told Reuters, amid signs that […]
Arab News Sunday . December 01, 2019 French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AFP/File) Turkish envoy […]
Fanny Syariful Alam On 10 December 2015 Bandung’s then mayor Ridwan Kamil signed the Bandung City of Human Rights Charter, honouring the city’s official commitment to uphold the human rights […]
Lucy Bladen After a decade-long search, Canberra’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community is a step closer to having their own purpose-built mosque, with a development application lodged for a site in Narrabundah. […]
Israel’s ex IDF Chief :We have supplied ISIS , Al Qaeda , FSA with weapons and funding for years
