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.
Sunday October 1 2017 A man holds a colander full of dried Robusta coffee cherries before the beans are removed from their peel in the village of Leklebi Agbesia in the Volta Region of Ghana on August 23, 2017. Ghanaian coffee is a matter of heritage and personal pride for […]
Scott Malone FILE PHOTO: Nadeem Mazen, Cambridge city councillor, Muslim and founder of JetPAC, speaks to students in the AP Government class at Al-Noor Islamic high school in Mansfield, Massachusetts, U.S. February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – A two-term Cambridge, Massachusetts, city councilor and founder of […]
Terrorist attacks and negative media portrayals of Islam make it hard for young British Muslims to find their place in society, but teachers can help Read more from the Secret Teacher ‘What happens when they see their religion being hijacked by terrorists and represented in a way that is unrecognisable […]
Generally, scarves, clown disguises and medical masks will be banned in public Restrictions are aimed at ‘ensuring the cohesion of society in an open society’ They came into force today and anyone violating the rules will get a €150 fine By Gareth Davies and Keiran Southern For Mailonline Published: 12:44 […]
In one of its worst strategic decisions ever, the European Union (sadly, with UK acquiescence) had agreed that Cyprus should join the EU on 1 May 2004, whether agreement had […]
File photo A 90-year-old man, Sadick Ohene Adu, is demanding a refund of money paid as dowry to the family of his bride, after they refused to allow her to […]
YUNUS PAKSOY @yunuspaksoy ANKARA Turkey’s development projects, soft power activities and growing economic operations in the Balkans, especially over the past 15 years, have sounded alarm bells in some European capitals as Turkish influence has led to one-sided verbal skirmishes from time to time. Ankara has sought ways to implement […]
REUTERS BAGHDAD Iraqi premier-designate Haider al-Abadi speaks at his first press conference since accepting the nomination to be Iraq’s next prime minister, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 25, 2014. (AP Photo) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Saturday pressed the case for the central government in Baghdad to receive the revenue […]
By JT – Sep 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Industry, Trade and Supply Minister Yarub Qudah on Saturday called on Arab stakeholders to take the initiative and compete for the largest possible share in project worth $2 trillion, designed for Iraq and Syria rebuild schemes, the Jordan News Agency, […]
By Photo Editor Helen James and Stefania Summermatter This content was published on September 30, 2017 11:00 AMSep 30, 2017 – 11:00 A Chilean photographer who came to Switzerland as […]
Military and media reports hyped the Zapad military exercise as a major threat. In fact, what took place was nothing as dramatic as the West’s warnings would have led you to believe Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Friday 22 September 2017 Russian military jets fly over Moscow in August during Zapad-17 AP Whatever happened to the imminent outbreak […]
By Michael Rubin On 10/1/17 This article first appeared on the American Enterprise Institute site. On September 25, Iraqi Kurdistan held an independence referendum not only in its recognized territory, […]
Reuters International This content was published on September 29, 2017 The Erbil International Airport is seen empty of passengers in Erbil, Iraq September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (reuters_tickers) By Maher […]
Reuters International This content was published on September 28, 2017 FILE PHOTO – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the banned Islamic charity Jamat-ud-Dawa, looks over the crowed as they […]
The image of Kurdistan as a democratic, progressive, prosperous state is illusory. The Kurds should get their house in order before they get their state David Rosenberg Sep 28, […]
By DAVID ROMANO 23/12/2016 – Your humble columnist just spent the last four months living in Kurdistan. Although this was not, of course, my first stay in the region, […]
Sabbagh is first Christian to hold the post since Fares Al Khoury served sporadically between 1920-1946 Image Credit: AFP Newly elected Syrian parliament speaker Hammoudeh Sabbagh delivers a speech on Sept 28, 2017 in Damascus. Published: 18:50 September 28, 2017 AFP Damascus: A Christian legislator was Thursday elected […]
Dr. Manuel Almeida Five decades of broken diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union (1938-1992) offer some perspective into the significance of King Salman’s expected visit to Moscow next week, the first ever by a Saudi monarch. In 1926, after Moscow recognized King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud’s conquest of […]
The Arab and Muslim community in America has many problems. They are often the same problems that Arabs and Muslims face around the world, including the Arab and Muslim worlds. In America, many Arabs and Muslims are there physically, but their thoughts, hearts and minds are “back home.” In other […]
Police are determining whether to file charges in the case Emily Shugerman New York Thursday 28 September 2017 Two children were shot by another toddler at an informal daycare centre in Michigan YouTube/WXYZ-TV Detroit Two children are in serious but stable condition after allegedly being shot by another toddler at […]