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 DAILY SABAH ANKARA DEC 24, 2021 – 11:21 AM GMT+3President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar met in Ankara, Turkey, Dec.23, 2021 […]
MAHA AKEEL December 24, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/4msdk The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, representing the Muslim world, sent strong messages on Afghanistan last Sunday. At the initiative of Saudi Arabia […]
DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN December 25, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/2e6ca On the surface, things are looking up for the endlessly ambitious Emmanuel Macron, president of France. With the recent installation […]
Press release Care workers, care assistants and home care workers to become eligible for Health and Care Visa for 12 month period From: Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, Gillian […]
By Kate Morgan28th January 2021How did a four-year degree become compulsory for nearly every job – and could the need to reboot the economy help tackle this problem?E Eleven years […]
Tourism December 22, 2021 – TEHRAN – A historical manuscript of the Holy Quran underwent some rehabilitation work in the western province of Kordestan, the provincial tourism chief has said. […]
Economy December 22, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN- The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) railway project, or ECO freight train, was inaugurated with the first freight train moving on Tuesday during a ceremony […]
An Iraqi mother, a football fan from Yemen, a teenager from Syria: At least 17 people have died since September in the border area between Belarus and Poland. Here are […]
Published5 hours agoShare Police in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand have launched an investigation after Hindu leaders called for violence against Muslims. Videos from a meeting of Hindu religious […]
People from a Muslim minority group can now reunite with loved ones in the UK, after the Home Office accepts it wrongly rejected visa applications. Ahmadis are persecuted in Pakistan, and authorities there do not accept the community as Muslim. This persecution is well-documented, and here in the UK, the […]
Twitter bashes PML-N’s Capt. Safdar for “hateful” comments against Ahmadis Web Desk 22 Dec, 2021FacebookTwitterWhatsappComments PML-N leader retired Captain Muhammad Safdar has come under social media’s fire once again for hateful remarks against Pakistan’s Ahmadi community. A video of him speaking to the media was posted on Twitter on Tuesday by […]
COMMENTSBy Euronews with AP • Updated: 23/12/2021 – 16:52 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters during celebration the 65th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, in Budapest in October 2021 – Copyright AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh Hungary’s prime minister Viktor […]
BY DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ANKARA DEC 23, 2021 – 7:05 PM GMT+3A worker packages spools of cotton yarn at a textile manufacturing plant, as seen during a government organized trip […]
Previous 1 / 4A woman goes Christmas shopping in the Kingdom, with every kind of decoration now freely available. AFP 2 / 4Expats and citizens alike are able to share in the festivities, a testament to the work that has gone into the opening up of Saudi Arabia to people and businesses […]
Deputy Culture Minister Hamed bin Mohammed Fayez and other officials explore the rare coins at the King Abdulaziz Public Library in Riyadh. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/4zccp RAHAF JAMBI December 24, […]
Dec 22,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli politicians in and out of power continue to promote the fictitious Iranian nuclear threat as a means to secure advantage over rivals. Contradicting the […]
Beyond the paradox of celebrating a bygone Islamic civilization at the height of Islamophobia in the United States. Hamid Dabashi Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies […]
The stories of the British aristocrats who converted to Islam. By Josef O’Shea Published On 15 Jun 2016 London, UK – When Londoners elected Sadiq Khan as mayor of their city, it […]
Wed., Dec. 22, 2021 As a proud Ahmadi Muslim, raised in Canada, I am proud to call Canada the best country in the world. As part of this love for […]
PM on education Editorial Published December 22, 2021 – PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan’s remarks about girls’ education in tribal districts in Pakistan and Afghanistan have triggered a fiery debate with many criticising him for attempting to justify the Taliban viewpoint on women’s education. At the OIC meeting in Islamabad, Mr Khan made the unfortunate […]