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.
Reuters International APR 13, 2017 – An interior view shows the building of a school, which was seized by Islamist militants in 2004 in the southern town of Beslan, Russia, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev (reuters_tickers) By Kazbek Basayev and Andrew Osborn BESLAN/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia broke European human rights […]
Reuters International APR 13, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Judge Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Supreme Court Justice in the […]
Reuters International APR 12, 2017 – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Muslims who migrate to Europe should understand […]
By Veronica DeVore APR 10, 2017 A Catholic priest and a Protestant pastor blessed the new Gotthard rail tunnel at its opening in June 2016(Keystone) Are Swiss pastors really […]
An imam holds Friday prayers at the Central Mosque in the German town of HamburgChristian Charisius / Reuters SIGAL SAMUEL APR 12, 2017 Some politicians are calling for more “transparent” […]
by Emily Thornberry, The Guardian UK foreign policy should be based on human rights and international law. That means putting some distance between us and an unpredictable White House ‘We should […]
By AFP – Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian farmer hoses off the udders of cows at the Jebrini dairy farm in the West Bank town of Hebron, […]
By AFP – Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Gambian migrants who voluntarily returned from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul, Gambia, […]
Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen On April 9, Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza and the diaspora commemorated 69 years since the Deir Yassin massacre, when scores of Palestinians were killed by Zionist militias after Israel’s underground army, the Haganah, encircled the village. Bodies were left […]
International law is degraded when a breach of the UN charter is declared ‘illegal but legitimate’. The rule of law requires a straightforward answer Geoffrey Robertson 22 hours ago Vladimir Putin and Jeremy Corbyn are among the few to show concern that the US’s Tomahawk missile attack on a Syrian air base was […]
The White House press spokesperson apparently could not grasp that Hitler used a chemical weapon called Zyklon B, with which the Nazis gassed up to a million of the six million Jews slaughtered in the Holocaust Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologised for causing […]
Reuters International APR 9, 2017 – Iraqis attend the first Palm Sunday procession in the burnt out main church of the Christian city of Qaraqosh since Iraqi forces retook it […]
Reuters International APR 10, 2017 – Activist investor Bashar Qasem, President and CEO of Azzad Asset Management Inc, speaks to a client during a conference in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. […]
Reuters International APR 10, 2017 – By Antoni Slodkowski YANGON (Reuters) – A top official from the U.N. children’s fund (UNICEF) has sought the release of Rohingya children detained in a Myanmar army crackdown on the Muslim minority, the organisation’s country representative said on Monday. Children as young as 10 […]
Apr 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Fahed Fanek There is an old but persisting question: Why does the world go forward, while we stay back? This is a basic question that few dare answer. It will remain on the table waiting for those who have the necessary courage to deal with […]
Apr 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Kamel Abu Jaber Martin Luther’s “opening” of the Bible, especially the Old Testament, to his followers caused Western Christians, initially Protestants and, five centuries later, […]
There’s nothing like a nice little war to rally a country around you. Just ask George W Bush, who romped to a second term after a couple of big ones James Moore @JimMooreJourno 67 comments Is it just me or is there something faintly ridiculous about Donald Trump taking to […]
PTSD and the Journey Home For many vets, the first steps home are a mix of emotions that many cannot grasp or understand. The happiness of making it back alive, the […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 9, 2017. (AP Photo) Israeli media say police have questioned another billionaire as part of a corruption probe involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Channel 2 TV says police […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 9 April 2017 Islamic Affairs Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh. RIYADH: Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh highlighted the deep relations linking Pakistan with Saudi Arabia at a conference held by the Pakistani Association of Muslim Scholars in Peshawar on the occasion […]