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.
December 16th, 2011 Hudhur said MashaAllah our children generally finish their first reading of the Holy Qur’an at a very young age. Mothers who are more concerned for their children […]
Dr. Shah Nawaz Khan The Review of Religions, April 1993 All living things require rest after activity, because activity entails wear and tear of living tissues, and rest means their repair. During sleep worn-out cells are replaced and waste products are eliminated. Not only do human beings and animals require […]
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BERLIN Houthi militia in Yemen (Sabah File Photo) Germany has stopped arms exports to countries involved in the Yemen war, a spokesman said on Friday, in one of the first apparent foreign policy changes linked to talks on forming a new government. Government […]
Gov’t spokesman in Amman says Israel ready to take legal measures against guard, offered compensation for families of 2 Jordanians killed. Contact Editor Mordechai Sones, 18/01/18 Netanyahu with Ambassador […]
Opinion When the Jewish ‘hard’ left leads the battle for one state, pushing the only political horizon that isn’t apartheid, U.S. Jews attack us – for fighting for the same democratic values they prize so highly back home Jeff Halper Jan 19, 2018 Palestinian girls play at their family’s […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The combined photos of Elvan Koçak’s daughters who appeared on Adnan Oktar’s television program. A Turkish court issued a temporary restraining order against television personality and […]
Syria cannot countenance Kurdish presence on its territory and Turkey cannot tolerate a Kurdish enclave along its southern border, however secular, liberal and socialist it claims (not without reason) to be Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Thursday 18 January 2018 Colonel Thomas Veale has had the unenviable task of […]
CONAKRY, Guinea: A Saudi Arabian preacher was shot dead in Guinea’s east after organizing a prayer service that angered some villagers in the majority-Muslim West African country, local sources said Wednesday. The man, who was a member of a mission building mosques in Upper Guinea, was killed on Tuesday […]
Hank unravels the fascinating yarn of how the world came to use so-called Arabic numerals — from the scholarship of ancient Hindu mathematicians, to Muslim scientist Al-Khwarizmi, to the […]
MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI | Published — Thursday 18 January 2018 JEDDAH: The secretary-general of the Muslim World League (MWL), Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement with the World Council of Religious Leaders (WCRL). Bawa Jain, the secretary-general of WCRL, signed for his organization. Both parties agreed to […]
– Posted on 29 janvier 2014Posted in: European Union, News, Reports I. WHY ISRAEL IS BOUND BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE OBLIGATIONS OF AN OCCUPYING POWER. The main international instruments defining the obligations of an occupying power are : the Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War […]
SAADET ORUÇ @saadetoruc Helping PKK-affiliated factions to form a force in northern Syria will pave the way for Daesh to act more freely in the region The United States plan to charge terrorist factions in northern Syria with enhancing security has brought the role of Daesh and the international struggle […]
Iran does not recognise the state of Israel [File: AFP/Iranian supreme leader’s website] Iran’s supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia’s alignment with the United States and Israel is “certainly […]
Reuters International This content was published on January 17, 2018 By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) – A mostly Muslim county in western China has banned children from attending religious […]
Reuters International This content was published on January 18, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with Reuters at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 17, […]
Thousands of Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus are fleeing as the government turns a blind eye to Islamic groups’ harassment of other faiths and beliefs; even atheists have now gone quiet […]
On the lost Golden Age and the rejection of reason Hillel Ofek Contemporary Islam is not known for its engagement in the modern scientific project. But it is heir to […]
ANADOLU AGENCY RAMALLAH, Palestine Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends the Annual Horse Race ceremony, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 30, 2017. (Reuters Photo) The Palestinian leadership […]
Opinion Israel’s right, which prides itself on its realism regarding the peace process, has become surprisingly optimistic about the possibility of coexistence Gadi Taub Jan 17, 2018 Israeli soldiers deploy following a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as lsrael’s capital, Hebron, Friday, Dec. 15, […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said late Tuesday that the organization wasn’t consulted before the U.S. announced its plans to form […]