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.
Reuters International JULY 12, 2017 By Simon Lewis SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar pledged on Wednesday “no restrictions” on journalists visiting the troubled state of Rakhine this week, in the first official trip to include foreign reporters to mostly Rohingya Muslim villages affected by violence since October. Eighteen Myanmar […]
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BEIRUT AFP Photo German cattle has been flown into Qatar to boost milk supplies amid a Saudi Arabian-led blockade of the Middle Eastern country, Qatari […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP MIAMI EPA File Photo Coffee addicts and aficionados often say drinking the bitter liquid makes life worth living, but the habit may also help them live longer, according to two major international studies Monday. Experts cautioned, however that the U.S. and European reports, published in […]
ANADOLU AGENCY İZMİR A recent study conducted at Ege University has identified 65 different tastes and aromas of Turkish coffee. The university in a statement claimed that with their study, […]
By Reuters – Jul 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (right) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sign a memorandum of understanding in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday (Reuters photo) JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended […]
By AFP – Jul 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi women, who just fled their home, rest in the desert as they wait to be transported while Iraqi forces […]
The Independent Online One of the world’s biggest ever icebergs – about the quarter the size of Wales or four times the size of London – has broken off from Antarctica. The massive berg, calved from the Larsen C Ice Shelf, is about 6,000 square kilometres in size. More follows… […]
Source: Al Islam By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad The question of life after death has agitated the minds of people belonging to all religions and all ages alike. There is also the atheistic view which totally denies the possibility of life after death. The religions which believe in life after […]
SCIENTISTS have confirmed that out of body experiences are real after placing study participants in a brain scanner and making them think they were on the other side of the room. By SEAN MARTIN PUBLISHED: 16:38, Wed, Aug 24, 2016 | GETTY Scienctists have confirmed that out of body […]
ANADOLU AGENCY TRENTON EPA Photo Nexus cards are being canceled for Canadians by the U.S. by email and letter without explanation and in some cases based only a Muslim sounding name, a Canadian international trade lawyer told Anadolu Agency. Cyndee Todgham Cherniak said she has been contacted by four men […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks past the flags of the European Union (L) and Germany as he arrives for the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, […]
by: Cem Nizamoglu Fully automated environmentally friendly water raising devices, pumps, windmills and more! Discover some of the most facinating devices from the Golden Age of Muslim Civilisation that brought creative innovative ideas helping to drive agriculture and industries from southern Spain to China Note: Composed by Cem Nizamoglu and […]
July 5, 2017 Only one Australian suburb, Lakemba in Sydney, has a population that is more than half Muslim. AAP/Jane Dempster Author James Forrest Associate Professor of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University Disclosure statement James Forrest does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any […]
Jul 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The United Nations was established more than 70 years ago. Any objective assessment of its function would likely yield a poor outcome. The UN Charter was signed on June 26, 1945. The purpose of the organisation was defined in Article 1. It […]
By Reuters – Jul 11,2017 – J This file photo combination of two handout pictures released by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security (left) and by Iraqi ministry of interior allegedly shows photographs taken at an unknown location of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of […]
By AFP – Jul 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani speak during a press conference in Doha on Tuesday (AFP photo) DOHA — Qatar and the United States signed a deal Tuesday on combatting […]
Reuters International JULY 12, 2017 U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen (C), speaks with his doctor and spokesperson after an interview at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 10, […]
Reuters International JUNE 23, 2017 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the […]
Reuters International JULY 11, 2017 Iraqi security forces walk along destroyed buildings from clashes in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (reuters_tickers) ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern of attacks by Iraqi forces and the […]
THE United States on Monday called on Burma (Myanmar) to allow a United Nations fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Burma‘s Rakhine state. The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council established the inquiry in March, but Aung San Suu Kyi, the de […]