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.
By Andrea Tognina (text) and Helen James (picture editor) The Jewish community in Switzerland regularly collected donations to help fellow Jews fleeing Nazi persecution and those already seeking refuge in […]
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, The Gambia, last Friday supported six more fire and flood disaster victims in the Kanifing Municipality with food items and cash. Each of […]
Dr. Abdellatif El-Menawy January 14, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/5vb3b There are just hours left until the results of the latest crucial round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam […]
By AFP – Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — Military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s reluctance to sign up to a Turkish-Russian orchestrated ceasefire accord underlines the complexity of Libya’s conflict […]
Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: […]
Posted by: Hamad Momin in News, News Europe, News France, News Politics, News UK, News Views 07/09/2019 11 Comments Findings from the new Criminal Brigade’s investigations claim to clear […]
The Muslim Art of Science By John Noble Wilford May 20, 2011 In the thousand years between the decline of Rome and the springtime of the Renaissance, science […]
The Abode of Islam During the life of Ibn Battuta (sometimes spelled Battutah), Islamic civilization stretched from the Atlantic coast of West Africa across northern Africa, the Middle East, […]
HeadlineJan 13, 2020 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has acknowledged he did not see specific evidence that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was planning attacks against U.S. embassies at the time […]
Arab News Tuesday . January 14, 2020 JEDDAH: Recep Tayyip Erdogan has struck a deal with the UN-backed Libyan government for Tripoli to pay $2.7bn in compensation for debts owed […]
Jan 13,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – Shehab Al Makahleh I have attended a seminar recently on the role of Arab conventional media in the era of digital media age where some […]
By JT – Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday received Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who is head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, […]
The author takes you on a journey of how the US lost its hold over the world and how its hegemony ended after so long when Russia and China […]
The New York-based agency Fitch — one of the three major global rating agencies — noted high debt-to-GDP ratio, economic growth rate of 2.8 per cent and fiscal deficit […]
Pakistani cabbie won everyone’s hearts when he returned a bag full of money and documents to an Indian family going the extra mile. He took the responsibility to find the […]
Jan 10 2020 By Newsweek Pakistan Courtesy PID “We will fully strive for the establishment of friendly relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran,” he told a gathering in […]
Contributor: Fuseworks Media Tuesday, 14 January, 2020 – 08:24 Hundreds of Kiwi Muslims will gather at the for the first Annual Convention since the Christchurch Mosque attacks last year. […]
Opinion The watered-down religion of human fraternity which some Catholics hope to bring about will be no match for either militant secularism or militant Islam. Tue Jan 7, 2020 – […]
Ghana News Agency Monday 13th January, 2020 By Afedzi Abdullah, GNA Cape Coast, Jan.13, GNA – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission is an Islamic sect that believes in service to humanity […]
Professor Amtul Razzaq Carmichael – UK Contemporary and Social Issues • Nuclear Weapons • Politics The impending threat of a Third World War; a sobering start to 2020 10th January […]
