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.
The Local news@thelocal.fr @thelocalfrance 19 February 2020 Photo: AFP It’s fair to say the UK government’s planned new post-Brexit immigration system – with its language requirements and minimum salary levels […]
DPA/The Local news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 18 February 2020 Around 100 languages circulate around school yards in Germany. We look at the push to recognize the value of multilingualism at home – and in the classroom. Most people have only one. Seymen, age three, and Ensar, age seven, have two. […]
21st February 2020 A group of Atfal and Khuddam from Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Switzerland had a sitting with Hazrat Khalifatul Masih, may Allah be his Helper, on 15 February. Upon arrival, Huzooraa […]
The overwhelming opposition of the leading Muslim clerics to Ḥaḍrat Mirzā Ghulām Aḥmad in itself bears evidence of his truth. A number of great Islāmic scholars stated, centuries before his […]
Rallies demand an overhaul of the federal government By AFP – Feb 22,2020 – JORDAN TIMES SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Thousands on Saturday rallied against poor public services and “corruption” […]
The Observer Jamal Khashoggi Documentary exposé about the murdered journalist is proving tough to sell – not least because distributors may be wary of upsetting the Saudis Vanessa Thorpe Sat […]
Moves from the government to revoke citizenship and deport people who’ve spent their lives here send a message that for people of colour, the UK is not and never […]
BY :NUR YASMIN FEBRUARY 20, 2020 Jakarta. Festival Kebhinekaan, an annual festival showing off the diversity of Indonesia, kicks off in Jakarta on Friday and will run until Sunday, presenting […]
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – Three heroes from the Oshkosh West High School attack have been honored for the courage and bravery. Courtesy: WisEye School Resource Officer Michael Wissink, Oshkosh West […]
Source: The Point Friday, February 21, 2020 Imam Muhammad Lamin Touray, the president of Supreme Islamic Council (SIC) on Wednesday 19 February 2020 testified before the TRRC, describing the Ahmadiyya […]
Arab News Saturday . February 22, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/nh2s6 Jonathan Gornall February 13, 2020 It’s been 75 years since the two leaders first met on Feb. 14, 1945, creating […]
Short Url https://arab.news/wnx4m AFP February 22, 2020 O’Leary: “If you are traveling with a family of kids, on you go; the chances you are going to blow them all up […]
In today’s times, finding roommates can be an extremely bothersome and time-consuming task and the ones who experience this problem first hand are college students. For the tens of thousands […]
Feb 19,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN When will the Trump administration stop bullying Iraq? The latest examples of bullying involve delays in cash deliveries from an Iraqi account in […]
Staff report Feb 20, 2020 0 Saturday marked a historic moment for the Muslim community in America as it completed 100 years since the establishment of Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Daniel Horton, 29, charged with grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article PA Media Sat 22 Feb 2020 A man has been charged over Thursday’s stabbing attack […]
Assange has been the target of repeated official attempts to discredit him or, at the very least, to muddy the waters in a case that should be all about freedom […]
Opinion February 15, 2020 Amjad Mahmood Khan (RNS) — One hundred years ago this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer recorded the arrival in its city of a South Asian […]
A 43-year-old man is the prime suspect in the mass shooting that left 10 dead in Hanau, Germany, on Wednesday. Before killing himself, the man left behind an internet […]
Call comes after arrest of 12 men believed to have been plotting attacks on mosques Kate Connolly in Berlin Mon 17 Feb 2020 Muslim communities in Germany have called […]