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.
Deana Nassar Published — Friday 1 April 2016 Islam with its universal concept of brotherhood rejects all artificial and man-made marks of distinction. When listening to the radio, reading newspapers, surfing the Net or watching television, we are confronted daily with the same sad news: Violence, crime, wars and disasters. […]
AMAZING QUR’AN: Afghan calligrapher Mohammed Sabeer Hussaini, center, and apprentices work on a page for the world’s largest Qur’an at the Hakim Nasir-e-Khusraw Balkhi Cultural Center in Kabul. Dr. Gary Miller Published — Friday 8 April 2016 IF one assumes that the Qur’an is the product of a man’s […]
STRONG ALLIANCE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on Tuesday. (ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 13 April 2016 JEDDAH: Once chilly ties between Turkey and Saudi Arabia have improved rapidly over the past year, with […]
Apr 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ishac Diwan Discussion of education in the Arab world has focused only rarely on the role of schooling in changing social and political mores. This is unfortunate, because educated citizens of Arab countries tend to be much less emancipated politically and socially, on average, […]
Apr 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US Secretary of State John Kerry, along with fellow G-7 foreign ministers, on Monday toured the memorial to the victims of Hiroshima, paying tribute to the 140,000 people killed on August 6, 1945, when the US dropped a nuclear bomb on the city. Kerry […]
April 12, 2016 TEHRAN – A top Iranian Foreign Ministry official said on Monday Iran has been seeking to strengthen the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in line with maintaining Islamic solidarity and preventing disunity among Islamic countries. Abbas Araqchi, the deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, made […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published April 11, 2016 Photo: Khovd Museum Archeologists in Mongolia have unearthed a sixth century Turkic burial with the mummy of a woman, her horse and belongings preserved in the Altai Mountains near Kazakhstan, making it the first complete Turkic burial found in Central Asia. According to the […]
EMRE GÖNEN Illustration by Necmettin Asma – twitter.com/necmettinasma If the EU had made a deal among its member countries to find a solution for the increasing fascism in Europe, maybe their view on Syrian refugees would be something more humane After the signing of the deal between Turkey and the […]
By Jacopo Ottaviani Photography and design: Isacco Chiaf Over 40 million tonnes of electric and electronic waste (also known as e-waste) are produced worldwide every year. That is boundless heaps of refrigerators, computers, television sets, ovens, telephones, air conditioning units, lamps, toasters and other electric and electronic devices, with a […]
A CONDOLENCE event planned for Muslim shopkeeper Asad Shah who was killed in a brutal attack in Glasgow has been cancelled after threats were made to the organiser at a MOSQUE. By ZOIE O’BRIEN PUBLISHED: 21:52, Fri, Apr 8, 2016 SWNS Asad Shah (left) was killed by Tanveer Ahmed UKIP […]
Five years of Syrian civil war A man carries a crying girl away from a bombing in Aleppo, Syria. Photo: DPA. Published: 15 Mar 2016 March 15th marks five years since protests against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria ultimately erupted into a civil war, sending millions of refugees […]
Apr 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has issued a Royal Benefaction (makruma) to provide for the restoration of Jesus’ Tomb in the Church of […]
Apr 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Aseel Ghaben Besides of the joy travel brings to one’s heart, each destination is also an eye-opener. When getting out of one’s environment, one starts wondering whether he/she would still have the same values, beliefs and norms. Moreover, one would also learn tolerance and acceptance. […]
Why do you always answer a question with another Question, Mulla Nasrudin? Do I ?
Apr 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – GORDON BROWN We are at risk of producing a lost generation of young Syrians. Nearly six years of civil war have displaced them from their homes, denied them the chance to plan for their future and stolen their hopes. And in hopelessness, as we […]
Apr 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Of all US presidential candidates, be they Democrat or Republican, ironically, the Jewish senator from Vermont seems to have the most balanced position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Bernie Sanders has made no secret of his belief that Israelis and Palestinians can and should coexist […]
Reuters International APR 10, 2016 – 17:37 By Stoyan Nenov IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Dozens of migrants and refugees were wounded on Sunday when Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds on the Greek side of the border, aid workers said, an act condemned by Greece as […]
The same old enemies are clanking around the black mountains of Karabagh: Russian power, Turkish expansionism and Armenian nationalism Robert Fisk @indyvoices The weariness with which the media reported the latest battle for Nagorno-Karabagh was all too evident during al-Jazeera’s first news reports. Blaming Stalin for the Armenian-Azerbaijan war, the […]
A neighbour asked Mulla Nasrudin to stand by him in a case of disputed possession of some grain. ‘Did you see the transaction?’ the judge asked Nasrudin. ‘Yes, I distinctly saw the sacks of barley change hands.’ ‘But this case is concerned with sacks of WHEAT, not barley!’ That is […]
Posted by Madeeha Bakhsh On April 09, 2016 For the very time ever, in the history of the country, three Christian women have been recruited in the Tribal police. These three Christian women, who have been short- listed from 15 Christian women, who had sent in applications for the vacancy. […]