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.
Ben Flanagan | Published — Tuesday 2 May 2017 DUBAI: Most Americans have scant knowledge of the Arab world, with eight in 10 unable to point out the region on a map, a wide-ranging Arab News/YouGov poll has found. The survey of 2,057 people in the US revealed an alarmingly […]
May 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This week, nearing the end of four years of service as an Obama presidential appointee to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), I felt compelled to issue a public dissent to USCIRF’s 2017 annual report. While the larger part of […]
By Reuters – May 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Algerian city employees install Algerian flags and President’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika poster on the streets ahead of the parliamentary election in Algiers, Algeria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) ALGIERS — In a sports arena festooned with national flags, Algeria’s ruling FLN Party […]
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA NEW DELHI An Indian bride takes a selfie with her husband during a mass marriage ceremony on the occasion of the Akshaya Tritiya festival Bhopal, […]
Reuters International MAY 1, 2017 – STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish authorities began an investigation into possible arson on Monday after a fire damaged the facade and roof of a Shi’ite […]
MAY 1, 2017 – How many people live in Switzerland and which languages do they speak? How high is the poverty line? Here you’ll find hard facts about the country at a glance. With a populationexternal link of 8,417,700 permanent residents at the end of 2016, Switzerland is the world’s 97th largest […]
By Regula Bochsler APR 30, 2017 – Heinrich Bullinger had to play a long game when wooing Anna Adlischwyler(zvg) The letter which was delivered to the Oetenbach convent on September […]
Theresa May also eschewed the strict dress code for women when she arrived in Riyadh Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 17 hours ago 162 comments Angela Merkel was greeted by King Salman […]
In the whole of human history there has never been a bigger powder keg. Nor men so strange playing with a box of matches near to it Sean O’Grady 62 […]
As a minority, Christians naturally need the regime to protect them. Their fear has drawn them closer and closer to Sisi. They have become associated with the regime itself Robert […]
In 2012, tens of thousands of artefacts from the golden age of Timbuktu were at risk in Mali’s civil war. This exclusive extract describes the race to save them from […]
by: Ibrahim Shaikh Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE), also known in the West as Albucasis, was an Andalusian physician. He is considered as the greatest surgeon in […]
Adam Weinstein Thursday 27 April 2017 Proponents of Iranian regime change in Washington should look carefully at America’s intervention track record over past 20 years Don’t be fooled, there will be no US-imposed regime change in Iran without a bloody, drawn out and costly war. Washington’s peddlers of regime change […]
JOSCHKA FISCHER Joschka Fischer was German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998-2005, a term marked by Germany’s strong support for NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999, followed by its opposition to the war in Iraq. Fischer entered electoral politics after participating in the anti-establishment protest… READ MORE APR 29, […]
by: 1001 Inventions Junior Library Guild Honours National Geographic Readers Book on Ibn al-Haytham Junior Library Guild (JLG) Honours National Geographic Readers Book on Ibn al-Haytham 1001 Inventions is delighted that it’s new children book “Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How we See”, published in partnership with National Geographic […]
A suspected right-wing extremist German army officer is thought to have been planning an attack. As part of his preparation, he registered as a refugee from Syria. Now, Franco A. has been arrested in a perplexing case full of riddles. By Jörg Diehl and Matthias Gebauer DPA A German army […]
By Reuters PUBLISHED: 16:31 BST, 28 April 2017 By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS, April 28 (Reuters) – Algeria’s government has rejected accusations from rights groups that it persecuted the Ahmadiyah religious sect during a recent spate of arrests, saying those detained were targeted for breaking the law not for their beliefs. […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presents NATO’s annual report for 2016 during a press conference at alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 13 March 2017. (EPA Photo) North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised Saturday Turkey’s contribution to the security in Europe. “NATO would undoubtedly be […]
ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SARAH EL DEEB | AP | Published — Saturday 29 April 2017 US forces, accompanied by Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters, drive their armored vehicles near the northern Syrian village of Darbasiyah, on the border with Turkey on April 28, 2017. (AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN) ISTANBUL: […]