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.
Methodist Church to host Islamic Society members for panel Rick Bannan/rick@thereflector.com Battle Ground Community United Methodist Church Pastor Susan Boegli talks with Islamic Society of Southwest Washington President Shirin Elkoshairi about the specifics of an upcoming panel scheduled at the church for March 23. Those looking to learn more […]
14 March 2018 When Pakistani designer Nashra Balagamwala produced a board game about arranged marriage, most news reports about her wrongly assumed she was dead against it. Actually her position […]
Police say parcels contained ‘low-level noxious’ substance and letters advocating violence against Muslims Jessica Elgot Political correspondent @jessicaelgot Tue 13 Mar 2018 Shares 79 Rupa Huq has been MP for […]
by Michelle Boorstein March 13 2018 Mike Pompeo (left) at a confirmation hearing to be CIA director. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) Rex Tillerson during a daily press briefing at […]
Police in Indonesia make arrests as Guardian investigation reveals fake Twitter accounts and violent propaganda Kate Lamb in Jakarta Tue 13 Mar 2018 A screengrab from the Muslim Cyber Army […]
Commentary / Insight “The forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo — that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply […]
Mar 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has now extended its oppression of the Palestinians to their dead, when the Israeli Knesset adopted a draconian legislation that won 48 votes […]
By Reuters – Mar 13,2018 -JORDAN TIMES FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018, and Central Intelligence […]
Over the weekend mosques were razed by Molotoc cocktails in Berlin PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 13 March, 2018, Agence France-Presse 8 Mar 2018 German security agencies are on alert for signs […]
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH – Prince Abdullah Bin Bandar, acting emir of Makkah, on Monday inspected the ongoing renovation work of the Zamzam well in Makkah. About 90 percent of […]
The judgement itself is in violation of Article 5, since it gives the impression of bias and partiality against a specific community Yasser Latif Hamdani@theRealYLH March 12, 2018 The second Amendment to the Pakistani Constitution of 1973 was the last nail in the coffin of Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Pakistan. The […]
Source: Daily O By Mehr Tarar, a former op-ed editor of Daily Times, Pakistan, and a freelance columnist. There are no sounds of a Sunday mass, bells of a temple, […]
Background to the holy wars and the First Crusade’s conquest of Jerusalem, a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims. 07 Dec 2016 https://players.brightcove.net/665003303001/SJg0bzqkZ_default/index.html?videoId=5237374177001 The Crusades: An Arab Perspective is a four-part documentary series telling the dramatic story of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes, from the seizing of […]
By 2020, Muslims are expected to account for one-fifth of the population. 7 Mar 2018 Grand Mufti of Russia Sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin speaks during an interview in Moscow, Russia on […]
Mar 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ali Kassay When my better half and I came to sign our marriage certificate, I wanted to include in it a clause giving her equal right of divorce, which women do not have in Sharia courts. I was almost universally declared a certifiable lunatic […]
By Reuters – Mar 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates will have a rail link with Saudi Arabia by the end of December 2021, a senior […]
Aviva Stahl March 11 2018, Representation matters, on the stage as in the rest of the arts and popular culture, and both the United States and the United Kingdom desperately need […]
Murtaza Hussain, Maryam Saleh March 11 2018, An upsurge in anti-Muslim activities across the United States in recent years has tracked closely with changes in the political cycle, according to […]
By: Tom Verde From Indonesia to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey, it is not particularly rare in our own times for women in Muslim-majority countries to be […]
Published time: 11 Mar, 2018 A man walks inside Koca Sinan Camii mosque, the scene of a suspected arson attack in Berlin. © Inke Kappeler / Reuters Firefighters were deployed […]