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.
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AFP Photo Former intelligence agents of the United States are teaching their professional expertise to intelligence officers of the United Arab Emirates, according to an official course schedule reviewed by Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy’s latest exclusive report published on Thursday said that Emiratis are being trained […]
THE EDITORIAL BOARD ISTANBUL The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted 128-9 in favor of a resolution calling on the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Jerusalem, holy for all three Abrahamic religions, is at the heart of the wide range of debates after U.S. President Trump’s decision on Oct. 6 to […]
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Reuters International This content was published on December 15, 2017 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference following the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation […]
Reuters International This content was published on December 15, 2017 European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, the Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attend the Visegrad Group meeting in Brussels, […]
By Duc-Quang Nguyen This content was published on December 18, 2017 Switzerland has one of the highest percentages of foreigners in its population, most of whom are Europeans. Has […]
This content was published on December 20, 2017 Women should not be coerced into wearing headgear, says the Swiss government (Keystone) The Swiss Federal Council has proposed an indirect […]
Recent events are all feeding into conspiracy stories which say that the Saudis have been in on the Jerusalem plan from day one The writing was on the wall when […]
Dec 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s working visit to the Vatican Tuesday for talks with His Holiness Pope Francis acquired an added significance since it took place […]
By Reuters – Dec 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A female Palestinian protester waves a Palestinian flag as she throws a stone during clashes with Israeli forces near the Huwara checkpoint, […]
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour says General Assembly not afraid By AFP – Dec 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians stage a demonstration against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as […]
by Asad Hashim Gunmen attacked the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta on Sunday [Naseer Ahmed/Reuters] Islamabad – A suicide attack on a church in the western Pakistani city of […]
Source: Independent By Sappi Khorsandi; @ShappiKhorsandi Children brighten up the place. Especially very little ones with those turns of phrase which you don’t correct because they are too cute. ‘My top […]
14 Dec 2017 Iraqi security forces display weapons confiscated from ISIL fighters [Wissm Al-Okili/Reuters] Weapons supplied by the United States and Saudi Arabia to opposition fighters often fell into the […]
By AFP – Dec 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on February 8 shows members of the Syrian Democratic Forces , made up of US-backed Kurdish and Arab […]
Dec 16,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – Adnan Abu-Odeh Editor’s note: The following article was written by Adnan Abu-Odeh in 1991 and published by Foreign Affairs in its issue of Spring 1992 […]
By Reuters – Dec 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES By Suleiman Al Khalidi AMMAN — Sabih Al Masri, one of Jordan’s most influential businessmen and the chairmen of its largest lender […]
Dec 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Kamel Abu Jaber The Trump declaration should have come as no more than a disappointment to us Arabs, as it was no more than […]
One of Australia’s most diverse suburbs has been explored after tumultuous year Lakemba in the western part of Sydney is Australia’s most Muslim suburb A white man living in the […]