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.
Clinton’s honesty – two words which when combined will make some of her haters choke – liberates her not just to critique herself, but also anyone else she thinks contributed to her loss David Usborne New York @dusborne 58 comments There is little point writing a tell-all if you are not […]
By AFP – Sep 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi mechanics work in a garage in east Mosul on Wednesday, as they repair vehicles that were damaged during the offensive to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from Daesh (AFP photo) MOSUL, Iraq — Two months since Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 25 July 2017 Photo: rawpixel/Depositphotos More than a third of immigrants living in Switzerland say they have experienced discrimination, but most feel their lives have improved here, […]
Columns Sinem Cengiz | Published — Friday 8 September 2017 Once again an EU country faces a critical election, and as usual Turkey, a candidate country for accession to the bloc, is being used as a tool in political campaigning. Germany, Europe’s most populous country, will hold a national election […]
Saudi Arabia says it has suspended dialogue with Qatar, shortly after a phone call between the Qatari leader and the Saudi crown prince. The two sides had discussed holding talks […]
As many as 80,000 ‘Dreamers’ in the greater Houston area alone could be deported to countries where they have no relationships, where they do not even speak the language. There […]
Because of an over-focus on empty gestures and a queasiness about money, the response to natural disasters in the US is all too often inadequate. The army and the National Guard are on standby in South Florida – but if Hurricane Andrew taught us anything, it’s that they aren’t as […]
From the construction boom to violence against women, refugees to the Gezi protests: a Berlin exhibition of modern Turkish photography captures the Bosphorus nation’s turmoil through journalistic yet artistic images. […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Rohingya refugees walk through water after crossing border by boat through the Naf River in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 7, 2017. (REUTERS Photo) An influential group of Islamic scholars Thursday said Muslims were obliged to help Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state within their abilities […]
Islamophobic hate crime has risen sharply in the UK during the last five years. In addition to the general upward trend there has been spikes in the aftermath of […]
Arakan army. Are you k idding? HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal A Rohingya refugee woman with her child walks on a muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Sept. 7. The drama of the Arakan Muslims didn’t start now. Nor has what they call the Arakan insurgency happened in […]
By AFP – Sep 07,2017 -JORDAN TIMES United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a news conference at UN-run school in the northern Gaza Strip on August 30 (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has suspended granting work visas for new foreign charity workers arriving in the country, humanitarians […]
Sep 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Mahmoud N. Zidan A few months ago, while walking inside a building, I could not help but notice an advertisement on a bulletin board. The advertisement promotes a course that targets learners of English as a foreign language in Jordan. It reads, “Our teachers […]
“There are only six religions, namely Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism, that is to be written in the religion column on the ID field. Times of Ahmad | News Watch | AU Desk Source/Credit: Radar Cirebon By Staff Report | September 7, 2017 KUNINGAN – The Director General […]
By FAISAL DEVJI AUG. 15, 2017 OXFORD, England — The conversion of Muslims to liberalism, secularism or atheism has become something of a meme in the West, with arguments raging among scholars, in the press and on social media about the possibility of Islam’s undergoing a “reformation” or becoming “modern,” […]
The UN human rights office urges international investigation as new figures reveal an escalation in hostilities, with children as young as 10 recruited to fight Boys stand in front of an artillery shell partially buried in the ground following an airstrike in Sana’a. Photograph: Mohamed Al-Sayaghi/Reuters Global development is […]
‘This is your home and you have nothing to worry about,’ says Rahm Emmanuel Harriet Agerholm @HarrietAgerholm a day ago https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIndependentUS%2F&width=450&layout=button&action=like&size=large&show_faces=false&share=false&height=35&appId=235586169789578 Click to follow The Independent US Pause 0:00 / 0:00 Share Fullscreen Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel tells ‘dreamers’ they are welcome in his city VIEW HERE: http:/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chicago-mayor-trump-free-zone-rahm-emanuel-daca-dreamers-programme-us-president-sanctuary-city-a7931646.html/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chicago-mayor-trump-free-zone-rahm-emanuel-daca-dreamers-programme-us-president-sanctuary-city-a7931646.html
While we’re all waiting for Trump to start World War Three, we’ve not spotted that the military map of the Middle East has substantially, bloodily changed. It will be years before Syria and Iraq (and Yemen) are rebuilt – and the Israelis may have to go to Putin to clear up […]
09/01/2017 LONDON—It went up in July, a 100-foot-tall testament to the fearless and fearsome warrior who became a god. And now it’s wrapped in a gigantic white sheet. The statue of Guan Yu – a third-century Chinese General revered for his bravery and loyalty – met its undignified fate last […]
“The story of Ahmadiyah is similar; they are also being chased and some are killed. They are now displaced in their own country without a solution.” Times of Ahmad | News Watch | AU Desk Source/Credit: Gema Rakyat By Gema Rakyat | September 2, 2017 PDIP Politician Zuhairi Misrawi reminded […]