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.
Jul 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Sabaileh A few months ago when Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries took a stand against Qatar, it was clear that the crisis is not a short-term one. The countries involved have a long history of conflict with Qatar, including recent attempts to influence their […]
By Reuters – Jul 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Children walk at a camp for displaced people who fled fighting in the Daesh stronghold of Raqqa, in Ain Issa, Syria, on Friday (Reuters file photo) BEIRUT — The Syrian army backed by heavy Russian air strikes seized a string […]
Likewise, the reason people came around to the idea of voting for Jeremy Corbyn is different to what you might intuitively think Slavoj Zizek 31 comments How to account for the strange fact that Donald Trump, a lewd and morally destitute person, the very opposite of Christian decency, can function […]
In 2014 Mirzakhani was one of four winners of the Fields Medal, which is presented every four years and is considered the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize Image Credit: […]
By Hassan Lasjerdi Is a new plot against Iraq being hatched? June 18, 2016 As Iraqi forces along Popular Mobilization Forces also known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi are engaged in fierce clash with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group and have so far been able to […]
COMMUNITY Jun 30, 2017 by Ali Raza Vaughan Citizen President and CEO of Mackenzie Health Altaf Stationwala will join the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and other dignitaries at the pledge celebration on July 1 at the Baitul Islam Mosque in Vaughan. – Steve Somerville/Metroland The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada […]
Abdul Shakoor Country: Pakistan Key Fact: 80-year-old Ahmadi manager of a bookshop and optician store Detained Since: December 2, 2015 Charges: Propagating the Ahmadiyya faith and stirring up “religious hatred” […]
Exclusive: Poll reveals deep unease about Britain’s close relationship with an autocracy embroiled in a devastating war Rob Merrick Deputy Political Editor @Rob_Merrick 34 comments Britain must end arms sales to Saudi Arabia while the country is accused of the large-scale slaughter of civilians in Yemen’s civil war, Theresa May […]
Reuters International JULY 15, 2017 A Rohingya boy walks at a refugee camp in Sitwe, in the state of Rakhine, Myanmar March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (reuters_tickers) By Simon Lewis KYAR GAUNG TAUNG, Myanmar, 2017 – Rohingya Muslim women lined up to tell reporters of missing husbands, mothers […]
Reuters International JULY 15, 2017 FILE PHOTO – An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock (R) on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary […]
Jul 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hazem Nusseibeh In my memoirs “Jerusalemites… a Living Memory”, I made reference to Talbiya quarter in West Jerusalem, which in the 1930s and 1940s of the last century, was the most fashionable Christian Arab quarter, outside the Old City, along with Qatamon and upper and […]
By Rula Samain – Jul 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) has recently concluded a week-long workshop for Muslim and Christian research students. The Muslim-Christian workshop titled “Abrahamic Reflections on Philosophy, Science and Religions” was held last week in cooperation with Kaufman […]
There should be a formula in which the amount of terrorism a country is allowed to promote depends on how many weapons they buy. For $4.2bn you can blow up a couple of public buildings, as long as you help sweep up Mark Steel @mrmarksteel It’s always encouraging when people you’d […]
The crass response of the leaders of the US-led coalition who orchestrated the attack on west Mosul shows that we are back in the Vietnam era when American officers were happy to volunteer that they were destroying populated areas in order to save them Patrick Cockburn Erbil @indyworld Northern Iraq is […]
English Many people write to me requesting prayers for their children and for their upbringing. By the grace of God, majority of Ahmadis are worried for their children. This is a blessing of God for us in this age that we are constantly worried about such matters. Allah has laid […]
John R. Allen, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Tanvi Madan, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce Jones July 2017 Download the full report Authors John R. Allen Chair, Security and Strategy Distinguished Fellow in Residence –Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence Vanda Felbab-Brown Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, […]
BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTADLEAVE A COMMENT More Christian than Muslim refugees have been admitted to the United States in the first months of the Trump administration, reversing a trend that had seen Muslims outnumber Christians in the final fiscal year under President Barack Obama, a Pew Research […]
June 29, 2017 By Ramzy Baroud Mohammed Abed is a 28-year-old taxi driver from the village of Qarara, near the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. He has no teeth. Lack of medical care and proper dentistry work cost him all of his teeth, which rotted and decayed […]
Saturday, 15 July 2017 Ramzy Baroud It has been nearly six months since Donald Trump took office as the 45th President of the United States. The lavish inauguration at the Capitol Building in Washington DC stood at odds with the country’s struggling economy, growing poverty and financial uncertainty for millions […]
JULY 14, 2017 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Late Friday afternoon, after hours of detention, Israeli authorities released the grand mufti of Jerusalem Sheikh Muhammad Hussein on a bail of 10,000 shekels ($2,813).Hussein was detained by Israeli forces early Friday afternoon while he was performing prayers among a crowd of Muslim worshipers […]