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.
In 2003, the Armenian newspaper Agos, whose editor Hrant Dink was assassinated outside his office in 2007, reported that the Turkish government was secretly coding minorities in registers Robert Fisk […]
By AFP – Feb 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Tehran, Iran — President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Iran is ready to discuss regional security issues with its Gulf Arab neighbours […]
By AFP – Feb 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A general view of the Edicule of the Tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old […]
Feb 28,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Donald Trump’s December 6th decision to shift the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his announcement last week that the ambassador […]
NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — Hundreds of crown-wearing worshipers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, prompting […]
by Sandra Erwin — February 24, 2018 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein speaks at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 23, 2018. Credit: […]
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, […]
In order to combat the root causes of economic migration, Germany has opened a job center in Ghana that helps people find local employment. But what happens when German […]
March 22, 2016 A newly-released Hilary Clinton email confirmed that the Obama administration has deliberately provoked the civil war in Syria as the “best way to help Israel.” In an […]
Feb 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Of all the options, limited as they are, that are available to President Mahmoud Abbas to offset the repercussions of President Donald Trump’s controversial proclamation on Jerusalem and his much touted Middle East peace plan, ending inter-Palestinian schism, […]
Source: The Muslim Heritage By: John M. Hobson The worst thing ethically and politically is to let [Eurocentric] separatism simply go on, without understanding the opposite of separatism, which is […]
Reuters International This content was published on February 28, 2018 Bangladeshi farmer Jorina Katun stands among the Rohingya Muslims camped out on her land near the Kutapalong refugee camp […]
Reuters International This content was published on February 28, 2018 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during during a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Omar […]
By Patricia Islas and Simon Bradley This content was published on February 28, 2018 Around 70% of undocumented migrants regularised under Geneva’s Papyrus scheme are female domestic workers(Getty Images) […]
By : Sheany | on 5:40 PM February 27, 2018 Jakarta. Indonesia will seek ways to help address the overflow of Syrian refugees into Lebanon, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Monday (26/02). “We will see how far we can participate and contribute to help address the […]
By : Sheany | on February 27, 2018 Jakarta. Vice President Jusuf Kalla is set to attend the Kabul Process meeting in the Afghan capital as a […]
Source: Business insider, UK By Leanna Garfield The Saudi Arabian government says it will build a $500 billion mega-city, with the goal of diversifying its economy to focus less on […]
Editor’s Note: This is an old article, but we give you the link as the discussion about this subject seems to be continuing. Arafat Mazhar Updated December 09, 2014 Facebook Count Note: This blog was first published on Dawn.com on January 15, 2015. A few […]
By Sibilla Bondolfi This content was published on February 21, 2018 This child was adopted – the photo comes from guardianship authority files from the City of Bern Archives (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone) The boom days of adopting children from abroad are over – nowadays hardly anyone is adopting in Switzerland. There […]
Reuters International This content was published on February 26, 2018 By Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland could start educating children of refugees at the centres where they live rather than in public schools under a plan the government says will help all students but a newspaper said it […]