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.
There is an obsessiveness in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and his political associates’ relentless campaign against human rights organizations in Israel. In their preoccupation with these organizations they are ready to compromise the country’s democratic values and its standing in the world. This week his campaign against the human […]
Dr. Amal Mudallali | Published — Wednesday 3 May 2017 Upon reviewing the results of the Arab News/YouGov poll “The Arab Image in the US” in which 2,057 US citizens were surveyed, I recalled something that happened to me when I was a student taking a public transportation bus to […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – May 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – AMMAN — Jordan on Wednesday said UNESCO’s vote in favour of a Jerusalem item in the draft resolution “Occupied […]
May 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Politics is defined as the art of the possible. And in the case of the Palestinian president’s political activities, he tries to maximise […]
She laughed at the idea that Sessions treats all Americans equally Clark Mindock New York 0:00 / 0:45 The woman was arrested after laughing during the hearing SOURCE: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/jeff-sessions-woman-guilty-laughing-year-jail-sentence-code-pink-protester-a7716456.html
Prince Zeid Raad al-Hussein has emerged as the Middle East’s most prominent defender of human rights — both in the region of his birth, and the United States. BY KIM […]
By Aysha Khan and Lauren Markoe Al-Sharif Nassef, far right, a participant in the third annual Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, takes an elevator to an appointment on May […]
Reuters International MAY 2, 2017 Immigrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister has caused a furore five months before an election for saying migrants […]
By swissinfo.ch FEB 15, 2016 (Keystone) Anyone can apply for asylum – protection from persecution – in Switzerland, but applicants must prove or at least credibly demonstrate their refugee […]
MAY 2, 2017 – The intelligence service, headquartered in Bern, released the new category and figures as part of its annual report. (Keystone) Switzerland’s intelligence service has created a new category for identifying and describing the estimated 90 individuals who could have connections to terrorist activity. The new “at risk” […]
By Ryan Browne, CNN Updated 1810 GMT (0210 HKT) May 2, 2017 Story highlights The number of fighters in Kony’s forces have dropped from nearly 2,000 to under 100 Outside […]
BY HANNAH OSBORNE ON 5/2/17 What Are Gravitational Waves? Updated | Many have dreamed of figuring out how to travel in time—and dismissed it as impossible. Now, researchers have proposed a mathematical model that makes time travel possible, using concepts of Einstein’s theory of general relativity coupled with the hypothesis that […]
Democracy – Justice: How are they related? by Hakan Erten INTRODUCTION Welcome to democracy-justice.com, dedicated to explaining the relationship between democracy and justice, based on two specific […]
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Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: We have the best collection of articles about the holy Quran Source of the news: Yahoo News Singapore May 2, 2017 By Nicholas Yong View photos (L-R) Retiree Syed Ali, religious teacher Ataoul Qudus and retiree Sulaiman Adnan are part of Singapore’s tiny Ahmadi community. […]
Denis MacShane Europe is waking up on May Day to the most devastating document published so far on Brexit. In what appears to be an almost verbatim account of the […]
BERIL DEDEOĞLU According to a British newspaper, people are increasingly interested in acquiring nuclear bomb shelters to install in their homes. If ordinary people are interested in spending money on such a thing, they are probably thinking that a war is approaching. They must imagine that even a nuclear war […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Daesh militant Cuspert (L) and Greene Daniela Greene, a translator working for the U.S. domestic security agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), married a Daesh terrorist […]
Chris Doyle | Published — Monday 1 May 2017 British Prime Minister Theresa May expects the British public to be proud of one of their most terrible colonial disgraces and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Balfour Declaration. The then British government promised to support a national home […]
RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. | Published — Sunday 30 April 2017 RIYADH: A five-day workshop initiated by the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to respond […]