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.
AMAL HASHIM Whatever conservative conceptions you had of the province of Gilgit Baltistan should be removed by now because the region has managed to have its first female judge since 2006. And she is definitely someone you do not want to cross. Her court is one of the strictest […]
Mar 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday told a parliamentary committee that the US had warned that annexing the West Bank would spark an “immediate crisis” with the US administration. The Israeli minister made his statements before leaving for the US for talks with […]
Julian Assange has claimed the documents are the biggest intelligence release ever Andrew Griffin @_andrew_griffin WikiLeaks has released a huge set of files that it calls “Year Zero”and which mark the biggest exposure of CIA spying secrets ever. The massive set of documents – over 8,000 pages in all – include […]
May is hardly the first avowedly Christian politician who would have made Jesus ruin his cute trick with the loaves and fish by puking over the lot of them Matthew Norman @IndyVoices When starting a column such as this, the sense of inadequacy is even more overwhelming than usual. The […]
After 9/11 it was sort of my ‘hobby’ to ask everyone of my friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances: “What was your first and second thought at the moment you saw the collaps of the Twin Towers” ? (we were not even told at the time that there was a ‘Tower […]
MARKAZ Morocco: The king’s dilemma Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs Thursday, March 2, 2017 In his 1968 book, “Political Order in Changing Societies,” Samuel Huntington coined the term […]
PAST EVENT This item has: Video Sunday, Feb 26, 2017 The Brookings Doha Center (BDC) hosted a panel discussion on February 26, 2017, which explored the motives fueling Russia’s foreign policy, especially after the approval of Russia’s new Foreign Policy Concept. The panel included Andrey Kortunov, director-general of the Russian […]
Beverley Milton-Edwards Wednesday, February 22, 2017 MARKAZ King Abdullah II of Jordan has had every reason to be pleased with himself lately. Following the January inauguration of President Donald Trump, […]
BY PHILIPPA MORGAN Nike+ Run Club Coach Manal Rostom for Nike Pro Hijab. Courtesy of Nike Following its successful “What Will They Say About You Campaign” and Nike+ Training Club […]
By S.A. Miller – The Washington Times – Updated: 12:25 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 WikiLeaks published thousands of purported CIA documents Tuesday that claim to show intimate […]
Pakistan by Mahmood Idrees | Published on March 7, 2017 🔗 KUWAIT CITY – The Kuwaiti government on Tuesday lifted a ban on visas for Pakistani citizens which had been imposed six years ago. It is being reported that the decision was made during a meeting between PM Nawaz […]
BY PHILLIP CONNOR7 COMMENTS Construction workers from India wait for transportation near the Grand Hormuz Hotel in Muscat, Oman. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) India has a long history of migration. More than a century ago, large numbers of Indian migrants – many of them involuntary ones – moved to […]
Agence France Presse | Published — Tuesday 7 March 2017 Previous In this Jan. 14, 2017 photo, protesters hold cutouts of impeached President Park Geun-hye who is embroiled in a corruption scandal, during a protest in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) In this Dec. 3, 2016, file photo, […]
REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Saudi King Salman, left, listens to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak during the MOU signing ceremony in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo) Malaysia on Tuesday said seven militants arrested late last month ahead of a visit Saudi Arabia’s King Salman were planning an attack […]
HAKAN ARSLANBENZER ISTANBUL PublishedMarch 3, 2017 Known as the forerunner of the modern disciplines of sociology and demography, Ibn Khaldun was an Arabic scholar who was born into the rich […]
Reuters International MAR 5, 2017 – By Sue Horton LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. agents detained an Afghan family of five with valid entry visas at Los Angeles International Airport and have been holding them for several days in California, according to legal papers filed in federal court in […]
Reuters International MAR 6, 2017 – Dutch Campaign posters are seen in front of a windmill in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 1 2017. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (reuters_tickers) By Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands faces political disarray after the March 15 election as mainstream parties, diminished by losses […]
Reuters International MAR 7, 2017 – Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Elite Iraqi security forces dislodged Islamic State militants from the main government buildings in Mosul on Tuesday, their […]
By Ariane de Vogue, Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak, CNN Story highlights President Donald Trump’s original executive order was rolled out to chaos six weeks ago The order will make clear that lawful permanent residents are excluded from any travel ban Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed a new executive order […]
By Emily C. Singer President Donald Trump signed a revamped version of his botched travel ban on Monday, hoping that tweaks to the executive order will withstand the all-but-certain legal challenges the policy stands to face. “This revised order will bolster the security of the United States and her allies,” Secretary of State Rex […]