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.
By Reuters – Nov 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A member of the Syrian civil defence, known as the white helmets, reacts at the site of an air raid on the rebel-held besieged town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus, on Wednesday (AFP photo) BEIRUT/BAGHDAD […]
Deployment of science ‘vital’ for development of holistic strategy to address challenges By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A panel of experts during a plenary session titled ‘Science and Food Security: How to Feed the World Sustainably and Equitably’ at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre […]
William Maclean (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ordered a crackdown on corruption, the latest in a wave of frenetic changes in the kingdom over the […]
BY Staff Report Detailed verdict Says Nawaz Sharif was given fair chance to defend allegations but he failed; however, accountability court can examine ‘undisputable’ evidence afresh Says Maryam Nawaz is […]
By niniek karmini, associated press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Nov 7, 2017 Indonesia’s top court has overturned a law that denied recognition and legal rights to followers of indigenous faiths in a surprise advance for religious freedom in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. The Constitutional Court, in a unanimous ruling […]
The Prophet taught that loyalty towards one’s country of residence is an essential part of one’s faith. What better way to demonstrate this loyalty than to help those who have […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 25 October 2017 The UN in Geneva, a city where 64 percent have a migration background. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Nearly 37 percent of adults living in […]
by Giulio Meotti November 6, 2017 https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11282/migrant-crisis-europe “The migrant crisis is the 9/11 of the European Union… That day in 2001, everything changed in the US. In a minute, […]
The Interpreter By MAX FISHER and JOSH KELLER NOV. 7, 2017 The New York Times |Source: Adam Lankford, The University of Alabama (shooters); Small Arms Survey (guns). Note: Includes countries […]
Nov. 6 2017 By Joshua Keating Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends the G20 opening ceremony at the Hangzhou International Expo Center on Sept. 4, 2016, in […]
The biggest evil of Capitalism is that the wealth of the nation is amassed in the hands of a limited few and the rest of the nation becomes a prey to want and poverty. It was on account of this iniquity that Communism gained its roots. lt is based on […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 7, 2017 2:52 PMNov 7, 2017 – 14:52 Shi’ite worshippers place copies of the Koran on their heads during Ramadan at the […]
Assessing the Grim Legacy of Soviet Communism by Mark Weber In the night of July 16-17, 1918, a squad of Bolshevik secret police murdered Russia’s last emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 7, 2017 Demonstrators attend a rally held by Russian Communist party to mark the Red October revolution’s centenary in central Moscow, Russia November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (reuters_tickers) By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin stayed away from events […]
İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik Unhappy with the Baghdad administration’s cooperation with Iran, the U.S. seems to be taking sides with Saudi Arabia Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri unexpectedly announced his resignation on Saturday. So what? But where did he announce his decision to quit and what did he say as […]
Middle East Nov. 08, 2017 | 01:14 AM Agencies ROME: The Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar institution Ahmed al-Tayeb, one of the Muslim world’s leading religious scholars, met Pope Francis […]
Osama Al-Sharif | Published — Tuesday 7 November 2017 Time is running out fast for Daesh, the terrorist group that first appeared in late 2013 and within months was able to claim vast swaths of Iraqi and Syrian territories on which it proclaimed its so-called caliphate. In recent days Iraqi […]
Nov 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Just as hopes were rising that some of the fires raging in many parts of the Arab region were slowly beginning to die down, a new one suddenly erupted where least expected. After years of uncertainty, political stagnation and institutional deadlock, […]
Nov 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD The postponing of an Israeli Knesset bill that would have annexed major illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank to the Jerusalem municipality is the result of behind-the-scenes US and, possibly, European pressure. But the story of the so-called Greater Jerusalem law […]
Patel heads a department which has a long history of humanitarian and development funding for Palestinians. Indeed she has taken a close interest in that funding, going so far as […]