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.
Trusted tweet? Fact checking the rumours spread on social media By swissinfo.ch Jun 8, 2016 – 11:00 Have your heard the news? Digital media make it easier to spread rumours fast. (Keystone) For the last two years, swissinfo.ch has been involved in a collaborative project to help journalists tackle one […]
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent 8 June 2012 From the section Business Image caption Dr Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani says Qatar is making a strategic decision to spend oil income on education Global education When oil rich countries get involved in global education projects, it is easy to […]
GLOBAL RANKING Who has the best nationality? By Simon Bradley JUN 2, 2016 – 12:00 The QNI measures the opportunities and limitations that nationalities impose on citizens (AFP) Can you independently measure the value of a person’s nationality? A new index has tried, ranking nations according to economic and development […]
Reuters International JUN 7, 2016 – 08:49 Fire engines stand beside a Turkish police bus which was targeted in a bomb attack in a central Istanbul district, Turkey, June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (reuters_tickers) ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A car bomb attack on a Turkish police bus killed 11 people, seven […]
By Duc-Quang Nguyen JUN 6, 2016 – 15:32 The ageing population is increasing at an unprecedented rate. If the phenomenon only affected developed economies in the past, now it has a worldwide effect. Pensions, health costs, lower economic growth … Through a weekly series of graphics, swissinfo.ch will help explain […]
Source: Tehran Times TEHRAN – The 24th International Holy Quran Exhibition, promoting the motto “Toward Understanding the Holy Quran”, will open at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla today, the first day […]
June 6, 2016 TEHRAN – On Monday, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran declared implementation of the legislation that would provide the Foreign Ministry for demanding compensation from the U.S. for inflicting “spiritual and material damage” on Iran in years before and after the 1979 Revolution. The law comes after […]
Associated Press | Published — Monday 6 June 2016 www.arabnews.com El Mesaharty Hussien wakes up residents for their pre-dawn meals during the first day of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh) Millions of Muslims around the world on Monday marked the start of Ramadan, a month […]
By Reuters – Jun 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi government forces drive on a road near the village of Al Azraqiyah, northwest of the city of Fallujah, on Sunday, during an operation to regain control of the area from the Daesh terror group (AFP photo) BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq — An […]
By AFP – Jun 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants sit facing the sea near the former international airport in Athens, currently used as a temporary camp for migrants and refugees on Sunday (AFP photo) VIENNA — Asylum seekers to the European Union should be held on islands rather than […]
Ramadan mubarak! Jun 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The holy month of Ramadan has just begun and the new government is taking measures to help people during the fasting month; it had, for example, made control of prices, which usually go up during Ramadan, one of its early priorities. On […]
By Gaelle Sundelin – Jun 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Haider’s small hands struggle to find the edge of the brown scotch-tape roll. The 12-year old is not putting the final touches to some science project or building a kite. He is taping the window panes of his […]
June 6 — The Ramadan month is here again as it does every year. Every Sunni Muslim knows that fasting is required during the month of Ramadan, it is one of the five pillars of his faith. He knows how to fast, when to break fast and what to do […]
Quran Verses about Ramadan and fasting The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for the people O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous [2:183] [Fasting for] a […]
Jun 04,2016 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has dampened down any hope that the French initiative of convening a meeting in Paris on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be in any way successful, even before the meeting started. Dore Gold, the head of Israel’s foreign ministry, went as far as to compare […]
It may not be a written text, more a collection of stories handed down by apostles, generation after generation, only later formed into a codex Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 3 June 2016 197 comments 420 So, Sir John Chilcot’s report is going to be “four times as long asWar and Peace”, is […]
SHELTER ON THE RIGI By Veronica DeVore, Rigi Klösterli MAY 30, 2016 – 17:00 The Rigi’s many panoramas attract hundreds of thousands of tourists each year, as well as skiers during the winter months when it’s covered in snow (swissinfo.ch) A group of asylum seekers has been temporarily housed […]
JAVERIA ILYAS | Published — Wednesday 1 June 2016 A boy serves plates of fruit in preparation for iftar during last year’s Ramadan. JEDDAH: There is an air of festivity even as the holy month of Ramadan is just a few days ahead. Excitement can be seen writ large on […]
Mariam Anwer | Published — Friday 3 June 2016 THE fragrance of the blessed month of Ramadan is already in the air and almost everyone has started feeling the slight sensation of excitement that this blessed month brings with it. Isn’t it amazing how we look forward to this month […]
Jun 02,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI What is the value of law? What are the consequences of applying some laws selectively, by punishing some law-breakers and ignoring others? How does or should respect for law play a role in how countries deal with each other? Several cases these […]