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.
A DER SPIEGEL Editorial By Christiane Hoffmann Some in Germany have the impression that the country can survive a long-term lockdown without suffering any grave consequences. That thinking is dangerous. […]
Source: MSN MEXICO CITY — There were major hurricanes, and the global financial crisis of 2008. There was 9/11, and an array of regional health scares, from SARS to Zika. But during the decades that he’s been involved in the tourism business in the Caribbean island nation of Sint […]
FILE PHOTO: General view of Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, which is almost empty of worshippers, after Saudi authority suspended umrah (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) amid the fear of coronavirus […]
Apr 2, 2020 FILE PHOTO: An employee of Chevra Kadisha, the main group that oversees Jewish burials in Israel, looks on while wearing protective gear at a special centre […]
Apr 2, 2020 – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Thursday the government is considering starting a new national holiday to prevent the annual mass exodus usually […]
Our favorite post: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic Source: Swiss Info By Katharine Houreld (Reuters) – She’d picked her dress, they’d booked their honeymoon and […]
Did you know that Dengue Fever is not an illness? Our Swiss medical insurance pointed out, that dengue fever was not an illness, but an accident caused by us clashing […]
How deadly is the coronavirus? How much of the population has already been infected? How widespread is immunity? The models politicians are relying on to make radical decisions in the […]
Thousands of African migrants die every year on their way to Europe. One family from Conakry, Guinea, bet everything they had on their eldest son making it — and lost. […]
Source: USA Today By Lindsay Schnell Omar Ricci knew the title of his khutbah, or sermon, at the Islamic Center of Southern California would catch some people off guard. “Thank God for the coronavirus,” […]
Coronavirus fuelling faster collapse than 1930s, warns ex-Bank of England rate-setter Unemployment in Britain and the US could surpass the levels reached during the 1930s Great Depression within months […]
The outsourcing of visa services represents a step backwards in a broken institution. Without a culture shift, people’s experiences will continue to be lined with profiteering and disarray, writes Rosie […]
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Americans need to get ready for 13 per cent unemployment — and to hear a lot about Korea during this election campaign Tim Mullaney New York 8 hours ago […]
Robert Fisk @indyvoices 17 hours ago So, while we continue to be mesmerised by Covid-19, here are a few Middle East tales that should be going viral this week. Let’s […]
Unemployment is surging in the U.S. as employers shed workers amid the coronavirus outbreak. By Andrew Soergel, Senior Writer, Economics April 2, 2020, at 8:54 a.m. A record 6.6 million Americans […]
By Shreya Chauhan Updated: Mar 24, 2020, The Sikh community has always been at the forefront when it comes to helping people in need during emergencies. Be it the Australian […]
By Tamar Svanidze Journalist, Global Affairs Khartoum Mosque The government of Sudan is expected to no longer hand down a death sentence for those found guilty of apostasy, a crime that is highly frowned upon in the Islamic world. The government did say that the law also must go further […]
1st April 2020 In February, the chief of the Mossad, Israel’s global death squad, visited Doha, the capital of Qatar; Yossi Cohen was accompanied by Major General Herzi Halevi, the […]