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.
01/14/2023MASSIMO INTROVIGNEA+ | A- Nine were slaughtered in Burkina Faso, five have been charged for blasphemy, as a radical cleric incites Sunni Muslims to “pour petrol rather than water” on Ahmadi houses […]
The TTP made a comeback in Pakistan’s western border areas with an unprecedented surge in terrorist activities in 2022 Dr Sadia SulaimanJanuary 14, 2023 The TTP has made a comeback […]
Fasi ZakaJune 15, 2010 I have never really been vocal about rights for Ahmadis, even privately, but my compassion trigger is easily pulled if there are atrocities against Pakistani Hindus […]
Police accused of ‘desecration’ of Ahmadi worship place in Wazirabad A historical worship place (Mosque, actually) of Ahmadi community situated at Moti Bazar has been allegedly desecrated by police Muhammad […]
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN JAN 09, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Participants attend the 2nd Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, Jordan, Dec. 20, 2022. (Reuters Photo) The Baghdad conference’s results […]
BY EKREM DEMIRLI JAN 13, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A skeptical approach to science or finding a big gap between religion and science is not problematic; in fact, skepticism is […]
Kochavi warned against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition to grant more control to pro-settler lawmakers and make other changes to the Israeli security establishment, joining a loud chorus of […]
The CEO of the Council of British Hajjis, Rashid Mogradia, is pictured in front of the Nusuk pavilion at the Hajj Expo 2023 in Jeddah. (Supplied) ZAYNAB KHOJJI January 13, […]
LUKE COFFEY January 13, 2023 The winter months are a time of hardship and hunger for many Afghans, of whom an estimated 97 percent are threatened with poverty. This winter, […]
International Day to Combat Islamophobia15 March A student clutches her textbook at the Community Girls School in Kotchandana refugee village, Pakistan. Muslim women and girls may face triple discrimination as […]
January 7, 2023 MM News Staff The second-most-popular name for newborn boys in the Netherlands in 2022 was Muhammad, according to new figures. According to data released by the Dutch […]
13 Jan 2023, 15:05 WIB The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is closely related to British policy. BY ANDRIAN SAPUTRA, ANI NURSALIKAH On Thursday (12/1), Lord Tariq Ahmad from Wimbledon, England made a historic […]
January 13, 2023 by Baruch Yedid – TPS The Minister of Middle East Affairs at the British Foreign Ministry, Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon, visited the Temple Mount in […]
France’s President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he addresses his New Year wishes to health care workers at the Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien Hospital, in Corbeil-Essonnes, France, on January 6, 2023. […]
British Minister for the Middle East Lord Tariq Ahmed, left, while visiting the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Thursday. Jan. 12, 2023. (Twitter/@tariqahmadbt) Updated 13 January 2023 ARAB NEWS January […]
Home/Africa/Nine Killed in Mosque Attack in Burkina Faso AFRICATERRORISM Nine Killed in Mosque Attack in Burkina Faso STAFF WRITER WITH AFP FOLLOW ON TWITTERJANUARY 12, 2023 Nine people were killed when […]
Published: 12 Jan 2023 – 06:47 pm | A displaced boy, who fled with others from his village in northern Burkina Faso following attacks by assailants, poses at a school on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on June 15, 2019. File Photo / ReutersFollow usnewsCopyA+A- AFP Ouagadougou: Nine people […]
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JAN 12, 2023 Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (L) speaks at the press conference with his Rwandan counterpart Vincent Biruta, in Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 12, 2023. (DHA Photo) […]
Two Palestinian gunmen take part in the funeral of Ahmed Abu Junaid, 21 in the West Bank refugee camp of Balata, Nablus, on Jan. 12, 2023. (AP) MOHAMMED NAJIB January […]
Jan 11,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / M. Niaz Asadullah and Andrew Kam Jia Yi KUALA LUMPUR — In 2007, on the 50th anniversary of Malaysia’s independence, Nobel laureate economist Joseph […]