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 AFP – Aug 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES An undated handout picture released by the Metropolitan Police Service in London on Tuesday shows Naji Salim Hussain Al Ali, a political cartoonist for the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas, who was fatally shot in 1987 in Knightsbridge, London (AFP photo) […]
We must ensure that no one is raised under a needlessly isolating doctrine when the benefits from all those who have happily integrated are so clear to see Nav Mirza 81 comments We need to involve young men and women in the modernisation of Islam in Britain Reuters As a […]
Reuters International AUGUST 28, 2017 A Muslim pilgrim prays in the Hera cave, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Mahmoud Mourad MECCA (Reuters) – Saudi health officials […]
SOUTH Korea has dropped a series of bombs near the North’s border in a terrifying response to their missile launch. By Jamie Micklethwaite / Published 29th August 2017 The bombing was ordered just hours after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles, with one flying over northern Japan. Four F15K fighter […]
Reuters International AUGUST 29, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C), and Chad President Idriss Deby, (2ndR) attend a meeting with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini (L) at […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Aug 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Relations between Jordan and Syria are moving in a positive direction in light of new realities in Syria in the field and change in the tone of regional and international powers on how to deal with the situation in […]
Aug 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The apparently imminent fall of the city of Tal Afar to the Iraqi forces backed by local militias, notably Hashed Al Shaabi, so soon after the recapture of Mosul is an added evidence that Daesh’s days in Iraq are now numbered. Tal Afar, strategically […]
Posted by Greg Evans in news Picture: GETTY IMAGES, EDITED BY INDY100 J.K Rowling is the undisputed queen of Twitter. When she isn’t replying to Donald Trump or Theresa May, she […]
67 years later the total population of non-Muslims has dwindled to less than 5 percent. Our Muslim politicians and political parties are deathly afraid of even this small number 28-Aug-17 […]
Associated Press VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis decried the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and prayed they receive “full rights.” The pontiff said Sunday there was “sad news about the […]
By Cynthia Farahat Al-Azhar University, the world’s largest Sunni Islamic educational institution, is where many of the world’s most brutal terrorists received their formal religious training. This is to be expected, given the nature of the material taught there. Al-Azhar has thousands of affiliated mosques, schools, learning centers, and universities […]
SAUDI ARABIA TARIQ AL-THAQAFI | Published — Monday 28 August 2017 Saudi military police officers assist pilgrim at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Sunday. (AN photo by Ahmed Hashad) MAKKAH: Economic experts have said Hajj and Umrah revenues are poised to exceed $150 billion by 2022 in light of […]
The summer months appear to have been anything but restful for policymakers in Saudi Arabia working on the Kingdom’s enormous privatization program, judging by the amount of public information that has been made available on this crucial subject. Just by way of background: The Vision 2030 strategy, aimed at diversifying […]
Reuters International AUGUST 16, 2017 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson adjusts his glasses as he delivers remarks on the 2016 International Religious Freedom Annual report at the State Department in Washington, U.S. August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. allies including Saudi […]
DPA/The Local news@thelocal.de 24 August 2017 Photo: DPA Muslims who have already lived in Germany for a while are better integrated than Muslims in other European countries, according to a study released by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Thursday. But the study revealed some weaknesses in integration, too. The study called […]
YAHYA BOSTAN@yahyabostan The allegation about the UAE’s involvement in hacking the QNA website seems to be leading to new tension in the region The Gulf crisis, which resulted in sanctions being imposed by several countries on Qatar, had started with the publication of a controversial story by the Qatar […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Syrian refugees arrive at the Öncüpınar crossing gate, close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, in order to cross to Syria for Qurban Bayram (Feast of the Sacrifice), also known as Eid al-Adha, holiday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AFP Photo) Tens of thousands of Syrians […]
Trump’s speech, which asked India to ‘help more’ with Afghanistan, amounted to calling for calm while also setting the house on fire Abhishek Parajuli 120 comments If Donald Trump had read this anecdote from a book by a formerBritish Army Officer, the Afghan strategy he laid out on Monday might […]
By AFP – Aug 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Fighters from Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units), backing the Iraqi forces, gather at Tal Afar’s airport during an operation to retake the city from the Daesh terror group on Sunday. Iraqi forces backed by local militia and a US-led coalition […]
Pacifist Muslim sect, which operates freely in Israel, is accused by Algerian government minister of working with Israel to destabilize country BY AMAL BELALLOUFI August 25, 2017, A member of Algeria’s small Ahmadi community sits at a house in Tilpasi, west of Algiers, near a photo of Mirza Ghulam […]