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.
US media say the accusations against founder of security firm Blackwater could potentially lead to him facing sanctions Erik Prince did not cooperate with the UN inquiry and his lawyer […]
Meanwhile, Netanyahu polling well but election stalemate still predicted, and Palestinian filmmaker excluded from Labor list Isaeli supporters of the right-wing Organisation for Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land […]
SAAVY GUPTA FEBRUARY 20, 2021 Marriage An Arranged Affair In India, marriage is considered as the most important event in a family. Since the day a child is born, parents […]
BY ALİ TÜFEKÇİ ISTANBUL REVIEWS FEB 11, 2021 Decorating a pine tree for Christmas celebrations is taken from pagan customs and ceremonies for New Year’s. (Shutterstock Photo) What are the […]
By AFP – Feb 19,2021 – JORDAN TIMES A shut cafe in Munich, Germany. Countries are relying on vaccines to tame the pandemic, but some Germans have shunned the AstraZeneca […]
CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 14th February 2021 Munavara Ghauri, UK A recent article in The Guardian’s online edition shocked me to the core because it violated the values I share […]
Francis goes against Benedict XVI’s apparent support for ‘intelligent design’ – but does hail his predecessor’s ‘great contribution to theology’ By Adam Withnall, @adamwithnall for Independent October 2014 The theories […]
The ban split up families, made many travelers feel uncomfortable, and took away numerous opportunities. BY IMANI BASHIR February 18, 2021 On Inauguration Day, President Joe Biden signed the Proclamation […]
Zara Mohammed was elected to lead the Muslim Council of Britain at the end of January A BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour interview with the first woman to lead the […]
Baha’i National Center Fri, February 19, 2021, Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leading Muslims, government officials, and parliamentarians around the world have joined a growing outcry at the unjust confiscation of properties owned by Baha’is in the farming village of Ivel in Iran. The ruling to allow […]
Italy’s third-largest city does not have a Muslim cemetery, and with lockdown travel restrictions, transporting bodies has become even more challenging. Ahmed Aden Mohamed has to travel more than two hours to Rome to visit his mother’s grave because there is no Muslim cemetery in Naples [Savin Mattozzi/Al Jazeera] https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ahmed-and-mother-.jpg?resize=770%2C513 […]
Molendyk, a Canadian convert living in Istanbul makes posts for children to understand Islam with the help of her five kids Mehmet Kara | 18.02.2021 ISTANBUL Jenny Molendyk Divleli, a […]
No one has the right to call us non-Muslims, says spokesperson of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Sai Manish | New Delhi Last Updated at July 4, 2017 (OK, OLD NEWS, […]
Hundreds of offspring of foreign recruits are trapped in overcrowded camps following the collapse of the Daesh caliphate. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/bwqcp Acute malnutrition, dehydration and diarrhea common among the […]
By AFP – Feb 17,2021 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo released by the Egyptian ministry of tourism and antiquities on Wednesday shows a view of the mummy of ancient […]
Staff Correspondent | Published: 14:16, Feb 15,2021 Ahmadiyya Medical Centre has been inaugurated in Panchagarh on Sunday, said a press release. Abdul Awwal Khan Chowdhury Sahib, the National Amir of Bangladesh, inaugurated the medical centre as the chief guest. Former director general of Bangladesh postal department Mubassher-Ur-Rahman, Panchagarh Benghari Union […]
February 15, 2021: On Christmas Eve 2020 the Pakistani government issued a legal notice to U.S. citizens Amjad Mahmood Khan and Harris Zafar in their capacity as the spokesmen […]
Epigraph: Believers, be the supporters of justice and testify to what you may have witnessed, for the sake of God, even against yourselves, parents, and relatives; whether it be against the […]
By AFP – Feb 17,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Libyans wave national flags as they gather to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2011 revolution, in the eastern city of Benghazi, […]
By AFP – Feb 17,2021 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin speaks during a visit by US President Joe Biden to the Pentagon […]
