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.
Posted on August 24th, 2023 by A. Abdul Aziz U.K. based International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has reported that a wave of bigotry against Ahmadis has intensified since the start […]
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Updated 11:11 AM EDT, Thu August 24, 2023 CNN — As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence of one […]
Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, August 24th Embraer crash site ERG-135© Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, August 24. /TASS/. BRICS leaders welcome the group’s expansion […]
The Moscow Times 2 hours ago Supporters of Wagner Group leader Yevegny Prigozhin, who is believed to have been killed in a dramatic plane crash, have started laying flowers outside […]
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BY FAZZUR RAHMAN SIDDIQUI AUG 22, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A Taliban fighter stands guard in an amusement park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP File Photo) After 2 […]
BERLIN AUG 23, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Exterior view of the Reichstag building, home of the German federal parliament, in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo) The German Cabinet approved […]
1 / 3A picture taken on August 22, 2023 shows lightning over Makkah’s clock tower in Saudi Arabia. (Hammad Al-Huthali / AFP) 2 / 3A picture taken on August 22, 2023 shows […]
DR. MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI August 23, 2023 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights defines governance as all the processes of governing and the institutions, processes and practices […]
Aug 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The UN has estimated that “one in every 23 people” in the world needs humanitarian assistance. This means that this year, “a […]
John Unson – Philstar.com August 22, 2023 Cotabato City in the southern Philippines is seen in this satellite image rendering. Google Earth COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A gunman shot dead Monday an […]
bbc.com By Mohammed Allie BBC News, Cape Town A Quran – neatly handwritten more than 200 years ago by an Indonesian imam who had been banished to the southern tip […]
By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News in London All eight people who were stuck in a cable car dangling hundreds of metres above a ravine in Pakistan’s north-west for many hours […]
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KERRY BOYD ANDERSON August 22, 2023 Two years after the US and its allies withdrew from Afghanistan, partisan political views in Washington have hardened, while foreign policy experts are starting more comprehensive reviews of the entire war. The American public strongly supported pulling out of Afghanistan but was disappointed in […]
Promoted post: Why Did Muhammad Fly to Jerusalem? and We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: Scoop Friday, 27 February 2009, 1:10 pmPress […]
International Geneva As the use of sanctions has exploded over the past few years, concerns are growing about the human suffering they cause. A recent resolution by the UN Security […]
RAMZY BAROUD August 21, 2023 Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, a global cold war has also kicked in. As a strong ally of the US and the home […]
BARIA ALAMUDDIN August 21, 2023 In a country where financial, health and welfare systems have collapsed, half the population are starving, there are four million drug addicts, and 20 percent […]
Saudi Arabia has denied accusations made by Human Rights Watch that Saudi border forces killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants on its border with Yemen. (AFP/File Photo) RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has […]