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.
John Paul Brammer Donald Trump’s daily scandals have had the effect of making other Republicans seem tame by comparison, and his running mate is no different ‘Standing at Trump’s side, Pence is the cool head, a man who reminds us of what Republican presidential candidates used to look like.’ Photograph: […]
Hillary Clinton and Micheline Calmy-Rey. Sebastien Bozon/AFP Published: 14 Nov 2016 The Swiss foreign ministry is in the spotlight for donating nearly 500,000 francs to the Clinton Foundation in 2011, when Switzerland and the US were locked in a dispute over tax evasion. The donation, revealed by the Schweiz am […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL A general view shows the plenum as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, Oct. 31, 2016. (Reuters Photo) An Arab lawmaker on Monday raised the adhan, the Muslim call to […]
November 16, 2016 Islamabad [Pakistan]: Pakistan Interior Ministry has asked the Turkish staff of Pak-Turk schools and colleges to leave the country by November 20 ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit. This comes as in August, Islamabad had promised visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavusoglu that it would […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Nine mosques that were destroyed by the Israelis in a military offensive launched on the blockaded Gaza Strip in 2014 have been rebuilt in a project initiated by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Presidency Foundation and will officially be opened next month, Turkish authorities announced yesterday. […]
Source: The Daily Sabah ISTANBUL Keith Ellison, a US Muslim lawmaker on Monday formally announced his bid to lead the battered Democratic Party, vowing to take it in a more […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Wednesday 16 November 2016 A general view of the Israeli outpost, a wildcat Jewish settlements built on private Palestinian land, of Mitzpe Dani in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. (AFP) JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned a bill by the Israeli […]
MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN | Published — Wednesday 16 November 2016 Muhammad Yunus RIYADH: Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus advised youths not to run after jobs after graduation but to prepare themselves for a career in social businesses. Yunus is known throughout the world as a pioneer of the microcredit […]
Stateless children could miss out on education, healthcare By Reuters – Nov 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iman Salman Mahmoud, 20, who fled the violence from Daesh militants, kisses her baby Aisha Qais Mahmoud, who was born under Daesh rule and has no identity documents recognised by Iraqi authorities, in […]
MARRAKECH EFFECT By Paula Dupraz-Dobias in Tighanimine, Morocco NOV 15, 2016 – 17:00 The Tighanimine Filahia cooperative produces argan oil from native trees. it’s an ingredient used by cosmetic firms like Aveda and the Body Shop. (Paula Dupraz-Dubias/swissinfo.ch) The sale of oil from a drought-resistant tree has become a lifeline for […]
By Khalid Baig Neither love nor hatred can be allowed to compromise justice. There is one word that captures the essence of all Islamic laws and all Islamic teachings; one […]
Published November 13th, 2016 via SyndiGate.info While Italy has not enacted an official ban on the hijab, Italian law requires that people uncover their head and face in a public place. (File photo) A Muslim woman of Albanian origin has been fined 30,000 euros in Italy for refusing to remove […]
STUART WILLIAMS | Published — Tuesday 15 November 2016 Turkey is heading to a referendum on granting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan new powers as early as next spring, ratcheting up tensions amid a crackdown on dissent and pro-Kurdish politicians, analysts say. The courts have arrested over 35,000 people under a […]
RAMZY BAROUD | Published — Tuesday 15 November 2016 Ramzy Baroud As I was growing up, I was always reassured by the sound of the “Muadhin” making the call for prayer in our refugee camp’s main mosque in Gaza. For the refugees in my camp, the dawn prayer meant that […]
Nov 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to the recently published Fragile States Index, on which the Fund for Peace ranks 178 nations based on their levels of stability and the pressures they face, Jordan ranks 77th, four places lower than last year. This drop is attributed in no small […]
Nov 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Carl Bildt Angry American voters who feel slighted by the Washington establishment have had their say. A stunned world must now come to terms with what the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States means for global stability in the […]
Nov 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari Judging from previous modern experiences in Iraq, one is prone to argue that winning peace in Iraq will be a far greater challenge than winning the war on the battlefield. What happens once Daesh is pushed out of northern Iraq? We need […]
Zach Cartwright | November 14, 2016 Noam Chomsky, one of the most prominent voices among the American left, says America is in for a dangerous four years under a Trump administration. In an interview with TruthOut’s C.J. Polychroniou, Chomsky said even if Trump was in the White House just […]
By JT – Nov 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty the late King Hussein with His Majesty King Abdullah (then Prince Abdullah) during a military ceremony (Petra file photo) AMMAN — Jordan today marks the 81st anniversary of the birth of His Majesty the late King Hussein. On the […]
Nov 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Chris Patten I have spent my whole political life somewhere called “the West”. It was not literally “west”: while its heartland was Western Europe and the United States, it also included faraway countries like Australia and Japan. Rather, it was a community that embraced shared hopes […]