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 ‘Humble Address’ is a Parliamentary mechanism under which MPs can make their desires known directly to the Queen – and they could use it to withdraw Article 50 Philip […]
Tue Jan 15, 2019 Lieutenant General Gadi Eizenkot (L), the Israeli army’s outgoing chief of staff, participates in a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem al-Quds on January 13, 2018. (Photo […]
Astronomer Avi Loeb believes that the interstellar object dubbed ‘Oumuamua could actually be a probe sent by alien beings. Given the evidence that has so far been gathered, he says, […]
Germany is once again part of the UN Security Council for a two-year stint. But the council’s inability to put a stop to the violence in Syria and Yemen in […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Turkey does not want to see the success of its cooperation with Russia as part of the Astana process depreciated, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in an […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Turkey and the U.S. reached an understanding of historical importance regarding the establishment of a secure zone in Syria in a phone call held by the leaders […]
ANADOLU AGENCY DAKAR Senegal officially launched the longest section of the country’s first railway project Monday, which is being built in part by Turkish contractors. President Macky Sall attended the […]
In the 14 December 2018 issue of Al Hakam, Abdul Hadi (Italo) Chiussi was mentioned who was formerly an Italian Esperantist and later translated the Quran into the Esperanto […]
One study found that children in Saudi Arabia spend more than 2.5 hours a day on mobile devices, the third highest duration of the 10 countries surveyed. (Reuters) ANNA […]
Jan 14,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari In their attempts to check Iran, some Arab regimes have adopted a win-at-all-cost approach, an approach that could destabilise the region […]
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Visitors are leaving behind trash and unsupervised toilets that need cleaning. E.A. Crunden Jan 14, 2019 Local groups and concerned organizations are stepping up to help maintain national parks […]
The Philippines is home to hundreds of refugees who identify as Ahmadiyya Muslims, a sect of Islam that’s constantly under attack in Muslim-majority countries. Less than 30 of them struggle […]
Today Catholic fundamentalism is fully mixed with anti-Muslim feeling, disguised antisemitism, racism and a narrow anti-EU nationalism Andrea Mammone The Independent Voices An 800-year-old monastery in Italy’s Apennine mountains has become the latest battleground in a bitter war of ideas. The imposing buildings of Trisulti to the east of Rome […]
Click to watch Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s speech on the Stop Arming Terrorists Act https://gabbard.house.gov/news/StopArmingTerrorists Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s Stop Arming Terrorists Act (H.R.608) would stop the U.S. government from […]
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COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL A Syrian refugee woman is in critical condition after setting herself on fire at a refugee camp near the Jordanian border due to lack of […]
Jan 14, 2019 PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Czech court jailed a 71-year-old man for causing two passenger trains to derail in 2017 and attempting to blame Muslim immigrants, local media […]
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