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.
SHARIF M. TAHA | Published — Wednesday 14 September 2016 A Saudi security helcopter flies over Mina. (Reuters) RIYADH: A top official said all security and military units participating in the management of Haj were serving in accordance with security and preventive plans set up before the pilgrimage started. […]
Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – KEVIN RUDD As the existing international order becomes more fragmented, strong global-governance institutions are crucial for addressing the world’s strategic, economic and sustainability challenges. And yet, rarely have our existing institutions — including, above all, the United Nations — been frailer. The UN is […]
Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jeffrey D. Sachs Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet. Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died; around 10 million Syrians have been displaced; Europe has been convulsed with Daesh terror and the political fallout of refugees; and […]
Donald Tusk is welcomed by Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo CREDIT: AFP Peter Foster, europe editor 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 5:36PM An authoritarian European Commission was to blame for Brexit and must give up on its federalist dreams or risk the disintegration of the European Union, eastern European states warned yesterday […]
Tue Sep 13, 2016 US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval office of the White House in Washington on November 9, 2015. (Reuters photo) The United States and Israel have agreed on a record new package of at least $38 billion in […]
Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. ‘ 12 September 2016 Last updated at 18:00 BST Actor George Clooney has accused South Sudan’s political and military elite of being involved in “massive criminal behaviour”. Mr Clooney’s investigative unit, The Sentry, commissioned a report that accuses […]
ADITI KHANNA/LONDON REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE/AP Fifty-five people were arrested today after an eight-hour-long armed protest in the West Midlands region of England where a gang of 20-30 sword-wielding men stormed a Sikh temple, apparently opposing a mixed race marriage between a Sikh and a non-Sikh couple. Specially trained officers from Warwickshire […]
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has appointed Dame Minouche Shafik as its new Director, effective from 1 September 2017. An alumna of LSE with longstanding connections to the School’s research and public engagement programme, Minouche is the first woman to be appointed to the position on […]
What is Takaful? All human activities are subject to risk of loss from unforeseen events. To alleviate this burden to individuals, what we now call insurance has existed since at least 215 BC. This concept has been practiced in various forms for over 1400 years. It originates from the Arabic […]
Published September 11th, 2016 Demand surges for internet or network services that help pilgrims maintain contact with their relatives during their stay abroad. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli) Saad al-Qurashi The two economic sectors greatly affected by the annual Hajj pilgrimage season, directly proportional to the economic term of Hajj tourism, are sectors […]
Jinnah refused to turn out Ahmadis from the Muslim League, and stood steadfast on the principle that anyone who called himself a Muslim is a Muslim. This is how Jinnah managed to keep Shias, Sunnis, Ahmadis, Ismailis and countless other Muslims united und By: Yasser Latif Hamdani 12-Sep-16 Pakistan Electronic […]
BUSINESS SCHOOL University of St Gallen tops FT 2016 masters in management rankings By Laurent Ortmans, Financial Times SEP 12, 2016 – 08:25 A management symposium at St Gallen (Keystone) The University of St Gallen’s domination of the Financial Times’ ranking of masters in management courses continues for another year. […]
September 07, 2016 September 7 is the date when 42 years ago one of Pakistan’s most persecuted minorities was declared non-Muslim through a constitutional amendment. Today, the Ahmadiyya community is facing increased victimization in the name of reducing intolerance and extremism. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem has more in this report. SOURCE: […]
Pakistani worker checks a line of beer cans at the Muree Brewery Company in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN By AFP Published: September 12, 2016 RAWALPINDI: […]
By Our Correspondent Published: September 11, 2016 Mufti Muhammad Abdullah of the Jamaat-i-Islami said Ahmadis were stooges of the West and enemies of Pakistan. PHOTO: FILE MULTAN: A khatm-i-nabuwwat conference was organised in Multan on Saturday. Participants reiterated their call for more social sanctions on Ahmadis. In a first: Anti-Ahmadiyya advert […]
Source: The Daily Star The hajj reached its high point yesterday when Muslims from across the world converged on a stoney hill in Saudi Arabia, a year after the worst […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | Published — Sunday 11 September 2016 ZEAL: Pilgrims leave the Grand Mosque in Makkah after Isha prayers on Friday. (Reuters) MAKKAH: The Haj is no longer an old person’s ritual as a new generation of youthful Muslim pilgrims has transformed both the annual rites and Makkah […]
SIRAJ WAHAB | Published — Sunday 11 September 2016 Pilgrims gather on Mount Rahmah on the plains of Arafat on Sunday. (Reuters) ARAFAT: Around two million pilgrims are spending the day in Arafat at the climax of Haj. The pilgrims chanting “Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik” (Here I am, O Allah, […]
Sep 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – BENNETT RAMBERG The recent failed military coup in Turkey has produced instability, paranoia and a crackdown on the regime’s perceived opponents, including many journalists. Luckily, it did not end with rebel forces seizing some of the dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at Turkey’s […]