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.
Exclusive: All around Sinjar and its broken villages, there is mud. Tanks and guns always turn soil into brown liquid which quickly becomes bog Robert Fisk Sinjar, Northern Syria @indyvoices […]
Source: Siasat There is a lot of controversy regarding Alauddin Khilji in the wake of the new Bollywood film, “Padmavati,” which purports to depict Khilji’s conquest of Chittor in 1303 […]
US President Donald Trump has questioned whether peace talks with Israel will ever resume, blaming the Palestns. Mr Trump said Palestinians had “disrespected” the US in the wake of his […]
Jordanian king insists that US is the only power that can broker a peace deal between the two parties By Jacob Magid Today, 2:20 Jordan’s King Abdullah (R) speaks with […]
Investing in value-based migration data that squarely focuses on impact can benefit the world to the tune of $35 billion dollars, according to a new report launched Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, by the United Nations migration agency. A study by the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Global Migration Data Analysis […]
Announcement is another sign of eased relations between Pyongyang and Seoul The Independent Online Jeremy B White San Francisco Thursday 25 January 2018 North Korea issued a rare announcement asking […]
Boys and their toys. (Reuters/Stringer) Share Written by Hassan Abbas January 22, 2018 Quartz india Evidence indicates that it is difficult to make generalisations about the whole nuclear proliferation episode involving Pakistan, as different sets of motivations, circumstances, and players were involved in the three cases under discussion. Even […]
Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to advise on the Rohingya crisis. He claimed the […]
By Matthew Allen in Davos This content was published on January 22, 2018 WEF hopes to solve some of the problems facing the world, rather than simply rearranging the chairs […]
By Marguerite Meyer and Kai Reusser in depth: WEF Davos 2018 This content was published on January 24, 2018 The issues discussed at the World Economic Forum may seem to reflect the topics of our time, but a closer look at the guest list shows that little has changed. The average […]
By Matthew Allen, Carlo Pisani in depth: WEF Davos 2018 https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43847744&locale=en Embed code This content was published on January 24, 2018 11:00 AMJan 24, 2018 – 11:00 The mounting threat of […]
Jan 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL US Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the Israeli Knesset last Monday dashed all hopes that President Donald Trump’s administration can be remotely even-handed on the Palestinian conflict. The words of Pence were nothing but an extravaganza of praise for Israel, its history […]
Jan 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab The just concluded visit to the Middle East by US Vice President Mike Pence has been a failure if measured against its […]
Jan 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Donald Trump is holding Palestinian refugees hostage because their leaders have not been subservient and respectful after he awarded Israel recognition of […]
By Reuters – Jan 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians walk outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City at Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday (AFP photo) OCCUPIED […]
Police estimate that 2,000 protesters demonstrated in Zurich and hundreds marched in public squares in Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg. Flag-waving demonstrators carried anti-globalist and environmentalist placards such as, “No Trump, […]
Jan 24, 2018 Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Paolo Gentiloni among speakers Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images The Swiss resort of Davos The second day of the World Economic Forum […]
Source: BBC A member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, known for its anti-Muslim rhetoric, has surprised observers by converting to Islam. Arthur Wagner sat on the party’s […]
Talks focus on investment, trade ties, regional peace By JT – Jan 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with King Philippe of Belgium in Davos on Tuesday […]
By Matthew Allen, Carlo Pisani This content was published on January 23, 2018 Urban warfare will continue to pose problems for humanitarian groups in 2018 (Keystone) Peter Maurer, […]