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 FEB 22, 2017 A supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a flag before Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is expected to address a crowd of around 10,000 in Oberhausen, Germany, February 18, 2017, to promote Turkey’s constitution referendum on April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (reuters_tickers) ANKARA […]
MIGRANT INFORMATION By Stefania Summermatter, SRF FEB 21, 2017 – Welcome to Switzerland: a border guard and migrant in Chiasso (Keystone) Debunking the myth of “Paradise Switzerland” and informing African migrants about the risks of travelling to Europe is the goal of a Swiss-funded television series set in Nigeria. The […]
INTERNATIONAL GENEVA FEB 22, 2017 The programme, dubbed Operation Papyrus, lists the conditions potential beneficiaries have to meet (Keystone) Geneva has launched a programme to grant resident permits to illegal immigrants in Switzerland and combat unlawful work practices. It applies to several thousand people who have been living in Geneva […]
in History, Letters| November 11th, 2015 No matter how long I live, the dehumanizing insanity of racism will never fail to astonish and amaze me. Not only does it visit great physical and psychological violence upon its victims, but it leaves those who embrace it unable to feel or reason […]
By MEGAN TWOHEY and SCOTT SHANEFEB. 19, 2017 President Trump on his way to Charleston, S.C., on Friday. Although he has expressed hope that the United States and Russia can work together, it is unclear if the White House will take a privately submitted peace proposal for Ukraine seriously. CreditAl […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: We want secularism in every country of the world. The article below is very interesting and highlights the constant tug in the Muslim countries towards Shariah Law. We however have a large collection to promote secularism from different angles, social, judicial, religious, cultural and political. […]
Fahad Nazer | Published — Monday 20 February 2017 Some American historians have long maintained that being US president is the most demanding position in the world. Overseeing the world’s biggest economy and military is an enormous undertaking. The officeholder’s decisions impact the lives of over 330 million Americans and […]
Reuters International FEB 21, 2017 – Hospital workers transport a man injured in the Charsadda blast to the hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez (reuters_tickers) By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing five people and […]
Reuters International FEB 21, 2017 – Former education minister and Jakarta governor candidate Anies Baswedan speaks during an interview at his home in Jakarta, Indonesia February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Fatima El-Kareem (reuters_tickers) By Eveline Danubrata JAKARTA (Reuters) – A former education minister in Muslim-majority Indonesia facing a run-off vote against […]
ITALY TO SWITZERLAND FEB 20, 2017 Increased enforcement by the Swiss authorities led to a growth in migrant population in Como (Keystone) Four Ghanaian nationals smuggling migrants from Italy to Switzerland for a fee have been apprehended. They are accused of having illegally transported around 200 migrants across the border […]
Senior Trump aides met with an opposition politician from Ukraine in New York Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S Helderman Washington DC President Trump’s personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for […]
While US Defence Secretary James Mattis heads to Baghdad to appease Iraqis, Donald Trump merely wants his ‘war news story’, writes Robert Fisk Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices “The re-conquest of western Mosul begins.” Or so several headlines in the Arab press have announced. And it’s true that the Iraqi […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DHA Photo A total of 704 artifacts believed to date back to the Battle of Gallipoli have been returned to the historical Gallipoli peninsula in northwestern Turkey’s Çanakkale, after Gendarmerie teams confiscated them in the city of Yalova. Although the battle took place more than a century […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Servicemen of the “Fighting Eagles” 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, walk by tanks that arrived via train to the US base in Mihail Kogalniceanu, eastern Romania, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo) Worldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War […]
by Jackie Wattles @jackiewattlesFebruary 18, 2017: Bill Gates in 83 Seconds Bill Gates says it’s time to redirect some of the money the world spends on weapons to prepare for a looming threat: terrorists with pathogens. He’s warning that the threat of bio-terrorism is “right up there with nuclear […]
Matt Agorist February 19, 2017 Harold James received his PhD from Cambridge in 1982. He then received the Ellen MacArthur Prize for Economic History and the Helmut Schmidt Prize in Economic History. While teaching and studying at Princeton for the last three decades, James also serves on the editorial committee of the […]
FEB. 13, 2017 (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The medical condition of 15-year-old Ahmad al-Khadour has seriously deteriorated while being held in Israel’s Ofer detention center, according to a lawyer for the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, Luay Ukka. Ukka said Sunday that Ahmad, who is from the town of Beituniya […]
FEB. 19, 2017 (File) AMMAN (Ma’an) — King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Sunday that any move to relaunch serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians should be in accordance with the two-state solution, which he called the only way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Abdullah made his statement during […]
Reuters International FEB 20, 2017 – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (L) receives a gift from Iraq’s Defence Minister Erfan al-Hiyali during a visit to Baghdad, Iraq February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) By Phil Stewart BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The U.S. military is not in Iraq “to seize anybody’s oil”, […]
Source: Independent Debenhams is soon to become the first major UK department store to sell hijabs as part of a new range of Muslim clothing. London-based clothing brand Aab, which is […]