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.
Source: Al Jazeera Outgoing Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Purnama sentenced to two years in jail over comments he made during political campaign. Purnama was found ‘convincingly guilty of committing blasphemy’ [Bay […]
By AFP – May 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Press members wounded by Israeli forces’ tear gas and plastic bullet attack during a demonstration to show solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons, in Betlehem, West Bank, on April 04 (Anadolu Agency photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — […]
Reutes International MAY 8, 2017 – Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem speaks during a news conference in Damascus, Syria April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Monday that his government would abide by the terms of a Russian plan for […]
Reuters International MAY 8, 2017 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country, officials said on Monday. Chief security minister Wiranto said a government panel […]
May 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Mark Suzman US President Donald Trump’s recently released 2018 budget blueprint proposes deep cuts in US foreign aid, prompting a discussion on the role of such spending in improving the health and wellbeing of the world’s most vulnerable people. This discussion is important, because, […]
AFP news@thelocal.it 7 May 2017 swiss guardsvatican Share this article Swiss Guards at the swearing-in ceremony on May 6th. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Forty new Swiss Guards were sworn in at […]
//tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:43164502 https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43164502&locale=en EMBED CODE MAY 8, 2017 – 11:18 By a traditional show of hands at an outdoor assembly, voters in Glarus on Sunday voted against a proposal to ban the burka in public places in the mountain canton. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The plan was backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, […]
Ultra-nationalist Buddhist group Ma Ba Tha has been spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric across Myanmar for years. Cosmopolitan Mandalay is at the heart of this hostility – which many fear is here to stay In a cluttered room in a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second city, a group of crimson-robed monks and […]
John R Campbell, SOAS “Already, I’m informed by very well informed guys and girls who are working on the area, and in the area at the moment, that there’s potentially […]
Ata Ullah Kaleem, The Review of Religions, November 1992 In the beginning I am presenting below the English translation of the Arabic sermon which is delivered on the occasion of the solemnization of a Muslim marriage: All praise is due to God! We laud Him, we beseech help from Him […]
Reuters International MAY 7, 2017 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) – […]
MAY 7, 2017 – bu Ticio remains the only Swiss canton to ban burkas(Keystone) Citizens in canton Glarus have rejected a proposal to outlaw the wearing of a burka in public. Participants […]
By AFP – May 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Buses carrying Syrian civilians and rebels, evacuated from Al Waer district of Homs, arrive to Jarabulus — which was liberated from the Daesh terror group as part of the operation Euphrates Shield, carried out by the Free Syrian Army with Turkish […]
By AFP – May 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Moroccans bang on pots as they gather in the northern city of Al Hoceima on Saturday, during a demonstration that involved […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A leading Christian cleric in Jerusalem announced he will join hunger strike on Monday in support of 1,500 Palestinian prisoners who are on the 21st day of […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL PublishedMay 6, 2017 Some 250 U.S. soldiers and 48 military vehicles have entered the town of Malikiyah in Eastern Syria, near the Turkish border, to support the outlawed terrorist group PKK’s Syrian offshoot Democratic Union Party (PYD), the Syrian Local Coordination Committee (LCC) reported Friday. According to […]
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE By Rana Tanveer Published: May 5, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS LAHORE: An Ahmadi man was shot dead on Wednesday night in the Saddar area of Rahim Yar Khan district. Basharat Ahmad, 61, was on his way to his house in Green Town from his own petrol pump on […]
Reuters International MAY 6, 2017 – General view of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (reuters_tickers) CAIRO (Reuters) – The head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar […]
MAY 5, 2017 The Koran distribution campaign “Lies!” (Read!) originated in Germany.(Keystone) Zurich cantonal authorities say they have concrete indications that actions by the Salafist group ‘True Religion’ are aimed […]
Raghida Dergham | Published — Saturday 6 May 2017 The prestigious German think-tank Korber-Stiftung recently raised a question regarding whether the Westphalian model can be implemented in the context of peacemaking efforts in Middle Eastern conflicts, while surveying the identities of the local, regional and international players and their roles, […]