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.
Jan 25,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Michael Jansen Harvard University’s Kennedy School last week reversed its decision to reject a fellowship for former Human Rights Watch (HRW) director Kenneth Roth who […]
History The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society at the University of Fribourg completed its first further education course for imams in autumn. Hansjörg Schmid, director of the centre, takes stock of the experience.This content was published on January 22, 2023 – 10:00January 22, 2023 – 10:00Olivier PauchardOther languages: 7 […]
CHRIS DOYLE January 23, 2023 Ever since the 9/11 attacks, Muslims in the UK and other Western countries have been under the microscope. Their positions have been analyzed for any […]
OSAMA AL-SHARIF January 24, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordanian King Abdullah II. (AFP file photo) King Abdullah of Jordan’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in […]
A Palestinian man walks toward the Dome of the Rock mosque in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. (File/AFP) ARAB NEWS January 24, 2023 AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah […]
Jan 23,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The struggle over the future of Jerusalem is not only about religion, historical claims to holy sites or who gets to […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community South Australia is inviting all members of the public to its Australia Day Celebrations at Mahmood Mosque in Beverley, Adelaide. Celebrations will begin at the mosque […]
Japan Analysis Justin McCurry in Tokyo Fumio Kishida says lifting the birthrate ‘cannot wait’ yet policies stick to scripts that have so far failed to address the country’s population crisis […]
Refugees Survey contradicts Priti Patel’s claims that people crossing Channel are ‘not genuine’ asylum seekers Diane Taylor Wed 25 Jan 2023 Nearly half of asylum seekers facing removal to Rwanda are married […]
bbc.com By Soutik Biswas India correspondent India and Pakistan came “close” to a “nuclear conflagration” in February 2019, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said in his new […]
Monday 23 Jan 2023 Rep: Ratna Ajeng Tejomukti / Red: Nashih Nashrulla Swedish Muslim women protesting anti-Islam policies. Islam is growing rapidly amidst the Islamophobia campaign and the burning of the […]
“This is my homeland now, this is where I am from and I’m very proud of it” By James McNeill A group of people looking to find a home where […]
PAKISTAN Stiffer punishments spark fears the already controversial law will be used to target religious minorities more In this file photo, demonstrators gather at a police station that was set […]
The graves had also been vandalised.In the past, such incidents occurred in other Ahmadi graveyards in Punjab, but not a single culprit was arrested or put on trial.Minorities, especially Ahmadis, […]
By Benedict Kweku Nkrumah || Contributor REGIONAL NEWS 19 HOURS AGO LISTEN Vice President, His Excellency Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia last Saturday joined Ghana Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission on the occasion […]
The prime minister’s follies Shehbaz’s missteps, many of which are quite amateurish in nature, have plunged PML-N’s prospects, much like those of Pakistan, into the dark. Uzair M. Younus Published January 24, […]
OBITUARY: THE LAST NIZAM John Zubrzycki Published January 22, 2023 His ancestors ruled India’s greatest princely state, his grandfather was the only prince to be proclaimed His Exalted Highness. By the time […]
bbc.com By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Eight-year-old Devanshi Sanghvi could have grown up to run a multi-million dollar diamond business. But the daughter of a wealthy Indian diamond merchant […]
BBC News Reporting by Aakriti Thapar, Mahfouz Zubaide and Andrew Clarance Play video ‘I wish God had never created women’ from BBC’I wish God had never created women’ Play video […]
By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem In many parts of the Christian world, female church leaders are no longer unusual. But until now, the Holy Land – where events in […]