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 PublishedNovember 10, 2017 DHA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized discrimination against Muslim women in EU states on Friday, saying headscarves are gradually being banned with […]
ARAB NEWS |Published — Friday 10 November 2017 JEDDAH: Abdullah bin Sulaiman Al-Manea, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, has said that Islam is a religion of tolerance and mercy, not of violence, intolerance, or terrorism. Al-Manea stressed that Muslims should spread true Islam and follow the […]
Arab News | Published — Sunday 12 November 2017 GENEVA: Prominent thinkers, authors, diplomats and other personalities gathered to see the Muslim World League (MWL) launch the “Role of Religions […]
Nov 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Nermeen Murad One of the first lessons I learned as a rookie Jordanian journalist back in 1983 was that Jordan had a special and […]
By AFP – Nov 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president urged Saudi Arabia on Saturday to explain why Saad Hariri had not returned to Beirut since his surprise […]
Agencies November 10, 2017 Middle East tensions are flaring – again – as Lebanon becomes the new front in the regional rivalry between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Iran. But while the focus of the news has shifted from the battering of Islamic State to the repercussions of the resignation of […]
Pentagon By: Barbara Opall-Rome June 21 2017 HERZLIYA, Israel — The next war in Lebanon will be so powerfully punishing — with thousands of targets struck in the first day of an attack — that hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians will have to leave their homes or risk falling victim to “collateral damage,” according […]
To have Saudi officials now trying to dictate the make-up of another Lebanese government suggests that they want to take on the role played out for decades by pre-civil war […]
By: Sheila Blair , Jonathan Bloom and Nancy Steinhardt In a country known for large numbers, it was a modest, round number that grabbed our attention: 100. That is […]
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Over the past five months, Saudi Arabia has become a center of attention in world politics with unusual frequency. The main reason for this attention is […]
Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, has accused the the US of working with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in his country. In an […]
Source: The Foreign Policy Elephants in the Room And it looks a lot like a plan to squeeze Iran. By Dov Zakheim There seems to be a general consensus in […]
November 10, 2017 By:Samaa Web Desk KENTUCKY: Father of a slain Muslim pizza delivery driver on Tuesday hugged and forgave his son’s murderer, telling him he did it in the […]
Tensions erupted Friday as French officials and residents of a Paris suburb tried to block Muslims from praying in the street — a dispute that reflects nationwide problems with […]
By Rory Laverty November 10 2017 CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A military jury sentenced a former Marine drill instructor to 10 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge from the service […]
By aya batrawy, associated press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nov 10, 2017 Among those caught in the unprecedented arrests this week of top princes, wealthy businessmen and senior officials […]
The problem in resource-rich states is that corruption is not marginal to political power, but central to acquiring it and keeping it Patrick Cockburn Baghdad @indyworld extract: The problem in resource-rich states is that corruption is not marginal to political power, but central to acquiring it and keeping it. Corruption […]
Wealthy citizens selling up investments in Gulf Cooperation Council neighbours as crackdown brinks upheaval to kingdom Archana Narayanan, Matthew Martin, Zainab Fattah, Ruth David Wealthy Saudis are moving assets out of the region to avoid the risk of getting caught up in what authorities call a crackdown on corruption, according […]
Saeed Azhar, Joshua Franklin DUBAI/ZURICH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has announced it will confiscate money and assets held by dozens of top officials and businessmen detained in an anti-corruption crackdown. But the experiences of two other Arab states trying to recover stolen money, Egypt and Tunisia, suggest Riyadh may face […]
From the section Middle East French President Emmanuel Macron has paid an unscheduled visit to Saudi Arabia amid an escalating crisis between the kingdom and Lebanon. His trip comes days after Lebanese PM Saad Hariri resigned while in Riyadh, saying he feared for his life. Foes Saudi Arabia and Iran […]