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.
Charles Collins Aug 2, 2019 MANAGING EDITOR News Analysis One of Nigeria’s leading prelates has warned that the president’s recent actions against the African nation’s small Shi’ite minority is a […]
By Haruna Shehu Tangaza BBC Africa, Abuja 5 August 2019 Nigeria’s government has taken the controversial decision to ban a pro-Iranian Shia group, accusing it of unleashing violence and […]
Revocation of Article 370 of India’s constitution is biggest shake-up of fragile situation in Kashmir for 70 years Adam Withnall @adamwithnall , Tim Wyatt @tswyatt The Independent India has revoked […]
By Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack FROM today until Sunday the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam is holding a Jalsa Salana near the Hampshire village of East Worldham, population 310. It is expected […]
Aug 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh In his latest tour to the Middle East, US President Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner is working on moving to […]
Posted 4 August 2019 Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya community has been subject to persecution since the 1953 Anti-Ahmadiyya Riots in Lahore when religiopolitical parties, including Jamaat-i-Isami, Majlis-i-Ahrarul Islam, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, agitated […]
The next G20 summit is in Riyadh in 2020. The international community must end its indifference to Saudi’s flagrant abuse of human rights and refuse to attend Helena Kennedy The […]
Let us not fool ourselves; without doubt, there are women who live in family units where they are forced to wear the veil. But controlling relationships are not just a […]
Aug 03,2019 – JORAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi There is a unanimity in the Arab world, especially among the Palestinians, to reject the so-called “deal of the century” that […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA Published 03.08.2019 The U.S. wants to deploy an intermediate-range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, it announced only a day after quitting a major arms […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL 03.08.2019 “I see Mor Ephrem (Saint Ephraim) Assyrian Church as a new richness for Istanbul,” the president said in the city’s Yeşilköy district on the European […]
OP-ED Daily Sabah > GIORGIO CAFIERO Published 02.08.2019 As a neighbor of Iran, Iraq is the country most threatened by a possible Iran-U.S. war in the Gulf. With close ties […]
Researchers reprogrammed human cells before injecting them in the monkey embryo Nicola Davis @NicolaKSDavis Sat 3 Aug 2019 The human-monkey chimeras have reportedly only been allowed to develop for a […]
In typical Trump style, Kushner is pushing a $50bn Middle East ‘deal of the century’ to solve the Israel-Palestinian question. It won’t work and so the European Union should step […]
By Sajeel Syed on August 2, 2019 Since last week, a Facebook profile picture frame targeting Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community designed in Urdu language was going viral on social media […]
Play Video : https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2019-08-02/35-000-attend-britain-s-biggest-muslim-festival/ Thirty five thousand people will gather over the weekend for Britain’s biggest Muslim festival – with the aim of […]
by Tajudeen Adebanjo, Saudi Arabia August 2, 2019 THIRTY thousand Ahmadi Muslims, scholars, other faithful, and guests will gather at the United Kingdom’s Tilford Surrey for the annual Ahmadiyya […]
(Please use google translate to read the German article in your language) Eine grosse Schweizer Fahne und Girlanden mit dem Schweizer Kreuz – die Mahmud-Moschee an der Forchstrasse in Zürich ist bereit für den Schweizer Nationalfeiertag am 1. August. Das freut Leser-Reporter Johny Wüest: «Das ist doch mal eine schöne […]
US says to freeze Zarif’s assets, squeeze his ability to function as globe-trotting diplomat By AFP – Aug 01,2019 – JORDAN TIMES TEHRAN — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday […]
Tony Joseph June 16, 2017 New DNA evidence is solving the most fought-over question in Indian history. And you will be surprised at how sure-footed the answer is, writes […]