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.
Sep 07,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Heads of 22 regional churches met on the Dead Sea shores and agreed on the need for a unified ecclesiastical voice of Middle Eastern churches as an instrument for entrenching peace, tolerance and acceptance, greatly needed in the climate of death and atrocity much of the […]
Source: Dawn By Aisha Sarwari, who is a freelance writer based in Islamabad. She blogs at http://www.aishasarwari.wordpress.com. She can be followed on Twitter @AishaFsarwari Remember that dream where you wake […]
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY By Jo Fahy SEP 1, 2016 – 11:00 The bunker has seven levels underground, staff would have entered through this tunnel (swissinfo.ch) The Swiss city of Lucerne was once home to the biggest civilian bunker in the world. Built to shelter 20,000 people in the case […]
Reuters International SEP 8, 2016 – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gives his remarks during a stake-out at United Nations headquarters in New York U.S., July 22, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that statements by Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson demonstrate London’s […]
ARTISTIC STATEMENT SEP 7, 2016 – Crosses are a familiar sight on Swiss mountain tops(Keystone) An artist has posed the question of why so many mountain peaks are dominated […]
● SUNDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses non-Ahmadi guests and members of Lajna Imaillah on day 2 of Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 3 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of more than […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkey will not accept a delay for visa-free travel to the European Union until the end of the year, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said on Tuesday, in response to allegations claiming that Turkey has accepted the delay. Speaking during a live broadcast on NTV news […]
MAKKAH: The Mashaer Railway at the holy sites (Haj Metro) is a quantum leap in the history of transporting Haj pilgrims and one of the largest projects achieved by the […]
Sep 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Division within Palestinian society has reached unprecedented levels, becoming a major hurdle to a unified strategy to end Israel’s violent occupation or to rally Palestinians behind a single objective. Newly appointed Israeli ultra-nationalist Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman understands this too well. His […]
Rising infant mortality rate in Gaza ‘shocking indicator of grim situation’ By AFP – Sep 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian boy sits in the living room of his family house following Israeli artillery shelling in town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday (AP photo) GENEVA […]
Heads of 22 regional churches meet in Jordan for first time By Laila Azzeh – Sep 06,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Church leaders open the general assembly meeting of the Middle East Council of Churches in Amman on Tuesday (Photo by Abdullah Ayoub) AMMAN — Ongoing atrocities in the region […]
Those we trust to represent us will not take up the battle against injustice these days because they are now too involved in the infliction of this injustice, albeit by proxy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 5 August 2016 Yemen children waving national flags at rally in support of the Houthi rebels on […]
One year on, has the world learned the lesson of the three-year-old boy washed up on a Turkish beach? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 1 September 2016 The body of Aylan Kurdi has gone beyond the ‘iconic’. Being small and dressed like a little European boy, and being white rather than brown-skinned, […]
MIGRATION SERIES (PART 1) Defining the 25% foreign population in Switzerland By Duc-Quang Nguyen AUG 31, 2016 For the first time, Switzerland has 2 million foreigners living in its midst. As of last year, these non-Swiss – often the subject of political debate – accounted for nearly a quarter of the nation’s […]
August 30, 2016 Ediotr’s Note; We found this analysis of why Western powers got involved in the Syrian war in EcoWatch. We then asked Tikkun contributing editor Stephen Zunes for his response. Both are printed below. One thing stands out for us: though Obama assured me when he met with me […]
MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN | Published — Thursday 1 September 2016 A Saudi security guard sprays water over pilgrims to cool them down as they walk back to their tents after casting stones at Jamarrat pillars, a ritual that symbolises the stoning of Satan, during the annual pilgrimage, known as the hajj, […]
Aug 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Syrian air strikes against Al Waer, near Homs, should have been expected. Al Waer, a large built-up district, is the last under insurgent control in Homs province and remains a potential threat to the government-held city of Homs. Insurgent holdouts from Al […]
Ben Moshinsky Aug. 21, 2016, 10:30 AM AP If you want a university degree that boosts your earning power, go and study in Switzerland. Swiss universities occupy the top four spots of Emolument.com‘s table of European colleges with the highest earning graduates. The University of St. Gallen, known for its […]
ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS Tents of a migrant camp are pictured at the Parc des Olieux in Lille, northern France, on August 30, 2016 (AFP Photo) France is set to open its first approved refugee camp in the capital by the end of September, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced Wednesday. Hidalgo […]
Photo: Screen shot/Ouest France Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach Published: 29 Aug 2016 Protesters in Brittany take to the sea fully clothed after video emerges of a veil-wearing Muslim woman being asked to leave the beach in Nice, despite France’s top court ruling burqini-bans are […]