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.
1st November 2019 Laiq Ahmad Atif, Malta Correspondent Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Malta successfully organised its 3rd Jalsa Salana on Sunday, 13 October 2019 at Centru Familja Mqaddsa. The theme of this year’s […]
1st November 2019 Syed Mukarram Nazeer, Canada Correspondent, Al Hakam In 2004, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya British Columbia (BC) hosted their first World Religions Conference outside of the Greater Vancouver area. This conference […]
Israeli human rights workers fear that if bottle-labelling rules are modified it will ‘normalise’ Israeli settlements and signal the further erosion of the chances for a two-state solution Bel Trew […]
Nov 1, 2019 – 13:50 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The conditions in which the people of Kashmir are living are unsustainable and must be improved, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told […]
Source: Swiss Info By Mayank Bhardwaj AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – In the Indian town of Ayodhya, minority Muslims are feeling under siege as they await a Supreme Court ruling on […]
New Zealand’s Indian community voices outcry after cultural exemptions to visa rule are suddenly halted Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington Mon 4 Nov 2019 New Zealand has a reputation for […]
Exclusive: guidance says many factors, including rebellion and sisterhood, spur radicalisation Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent @JamieGrierson Sun 3 Nov 2019 Women and girls who attach themselves to Islamic State […]
Source: The Guardian Coastal environments have been shown to improve our health, body and mind. So should doctors start issuing nature-based prescriptions? By Elle Hunt ‘People who visit the coast […]
Arab News Saturday . November 02, 2019 Updated 9 sec ago Reuters November 02, 2019 ISTANBUL: Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday Turkey would send captured Daesh members back […]
1st November 2019 http://www.alhakam.org On the autumn evening of 27 October, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah be his Helper, entered the gates of the Markaz in Islamabad, Tilford. […]
Aamir Saeed November 02, 2019 Fazlur Rehman claims ‘sea of public’ has the power to ‘arrest’ Imran Khan ISLAMABAD: The leader of one of Pakistan’s largest religious parties, […]
Opponents of legislation say it will severely curtail access to safeguards for asylum seekers Greece has passed a controversial asylum law aimed at curbing the rising number of migrants […]
They have no leadership, no recognisable faces of integrity. And – the greatest tragedy of all – they don’t seem to be interested in finding any Robert Fisk in Beirut […]
ANADOLU AGENCY COLOGNE Published 31.10.2019 The mosque officials told Anadolu Agency that the mosque complex, which houses the headquarters of the Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB, was evacuated in the afternoon […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published 31.10.2019 The situation for migrants in camps on Greek islands is “explosive” and “on the edge of catastrophe,” the Council of Europe’s commissioner for […]
I am an emerging media figure working for the Eastern Region Channel and a director of corporate communications, public relations and media in a major Saudi investment company. Born […]
Oct 31,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh Over the past couple of decades in particular, our world has undergone dramatic changes. Globalisation, the information and technology revolution, postmodernism, […]
The area is one of the most militarised in the world India has formally divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two new federally-administered territories. In the new […]
Oct 30,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN In response to US President Donald Trump’s personal triumphalism over the slaying by US forces of Daesh’s leader, Kurdish militia Commander Mazloum […]
25th October 2019 Awais Rabbani, Pakistan “She believed in me when the whole world refuted and attested to my truth when the whole world accused me of falsehood. She offered […]