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.
Kashif Ahmad Virk CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 31st August 2020 Kashif Ahmad Virk, Sweden On the 28th of August, political activists desecrated copies of the Holy Qur’an in the city of […]
By Marja Novak 1 hour ago © Reuters/JOHANNA GERON FILE PHOTO: European Union foreign ministers hold an emergency meeting to discuss ways to try to save the Iran nuclear deal, in […]
By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press FILE – In this Oct. 24,1983 file photo, rescuers continue to probe the wreckage of the U.S. Marine barracks a day […]
Source: Middle East Eye By Madawi al-Rasheed, who is visiting professor at the Middle East Institute of the London School of Economics. She has written extensively on the Arabian Peninsula, […]
The New Arab Staff Date of publication: 30 August, 2020 Biden’s plan touches issues from the Muslim ban, no-fly lists, refugee resettlement, census representation, to foreign policy pledges including reviving […]
The New Arab Staff & Agencies Saudi Arabia ‘backing Pakistan’s ex-army chief to replace Imran Khan’: reports Imran Khan has denied talk of a rift with Riyadh [Getty] Date of […]
Monday, 31 August 2020 Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community NZ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community welcomes sentencing of the Christchurch shooter as it remembers systemic targeting of its own members Members of […]
Source: Haaretz An investigation reveals a network of fictitious Facebook accounts — all linked to one Israeli firm — and sheds light on how these avatars and their operators evade […]
Pakistan’s strategy to keep good relations with everyone is no longer working in an increasingly polarised Muslim world. by Abdul Basit & Zahid Shahab Ahmed 14 hours ago Saudi Arabia’s […]
Source: CNBC The chief of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is prepared to bypass the full federal approval process in order to make a Covid-19 vaccine available as soon […]
Members of the Ahmadiyya at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya last year. Source: Free Malaysia Today PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has remitted to the High Court to determine […]
Simon Goodley 5 hrs ago © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images The UK economy could lose almost half a trillion pounds of output if workers fail to […]
Tim O’Donnell © ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP via Getty Images Austrian flag. Descendants from Jewish refugees expelled from Austria under Nazi rule can apply for Austrian citizenship under a new law that goes into […]
THE BALI SUN AUGUST 30, 2020 The Bali Hotel General Managers Association is speaking up after domestic tourism has failed to help tourism on the island. “We are not […]
Diane Taylor 1 hour ago Three members of the same family who arrived in the UK in a small boat have been locked up in an immigration detention centre while […]
Epigraph: Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God but He, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Guardian over everything. Eyes cannot reach Him […]
Sarmad Naveed CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 29th August 2020 ©Shutterstock Sarmad Naveed, Canada ‘If we respond to the actions of the ignorant with ignorance also, it will only lead them […]
Hikmat Noori Aug 29, 2020 Afghans say tradition of Sunni participation in Shiite commemoration gives lie to divisions created by war and politics Mohammad Jan, right, 29 and a Sunni Muslim, greets […]
Source: Independent UK Travel has therefore profoundly shaped the modern UK economy. Yet for many UK tour agents and operators, the situation could soon prove terminal By Ali Shah The UK […]
Members of the Ahmadiyya at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya last year. PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has remitted to the High Court to determine whether 39 individuals, including […]
