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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ahmadiyya mosque in Zurich(built in 1963). Islam in Switzerland has mostly arrived via immigration since the late 20th century. Numbering below 1% of total population in 1980, the fraction of Muslims in the population of permanent residents in Switzerland has quintupled in thirty years, […]
Qatar Foundation for Education chairperson calls for strong measures to preserve language Image Credit: QNA Shaikha Moza addressing the forum. Published: 09:34 January 21, 2016 By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: Shaikha Moza Bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), has lamented the inability of the Arabs […]
SAEED AL-KHOTANI Published — Wednesday 17 February 2016 ARABNEWS.COM RIYADH: The annual Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Competition for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an and the […]
By AFP – Feb 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iranian officials applaud on the platform as the first train connecting China and Iran arrives at Tehran Railway Station on Monday (AFP photo) TEHRAN — The first train to connect China and Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday loaded with Chinese […]
By Reuters – Feb 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES People and Civil Defence members carry a dead body removed from a destroyed Medecins Sans Frontieres-supported hospital hit by missiles in Maarat Numan, Syria, on Tuesday (Reuters photo) ISTANBUL/ANKARA — Turkey is asking allies including the United States to take part […]
By AP – Feb 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Turkish Coast Guard fast rigid-hulled inflatable boat tows refugees and migrants in a dinghy in Turkish territorial waters of the north Aegean Sea, following a failed attempt at crossing to the Greek island of Lesbos, off the shores of Canakkale, […]
Feb 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Amidst the deep schisms, military escalation and political confusion in Syria today, it is difficult to believe that a political breakthrough will succeed in ending the war, put the country on the road to democracy, help it maintain its geographic integrity, […]
Feb 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES The Israeli “right’, a scary coalition of right-wing nationalists, ultranationalists and religious zealots, deserves all the bad press it has garnered since its formation last May. But none of this should come as a shock, as the right in Israel has never been anything but […]
Places to Visit:Makkah Madina Jeddah Taif Abwa Badr Uhud Arafat Mina Makkah al-Mukarramah 1 Masjid al-Haraam The Holy Ka’aba. The House of Allah and the birth place of Imam Ali b. Abi Taalib [a] Hajar al-Aswad (The Black Stone) Maqam Ibrahim Hijr Ismail. This was the location of the house […]
JTA Posted on Feb. 16, 2016 Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., introducing Bernie Sanders on Sunday at the Black America Forum in Minneapolis. Photo is screen shot from YouTube Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “This is […]
Ramy al-Asheq, editor-in-chief of Abwab. Photo: DPA Published: 15 Feb 2016 Abwab (Doors), Germany’s first newspaper for refugees, gives refugees an Arabic-language take on the refugee debate, as well as covering news from the Arab world in Germa Ramy al-Asheq’s laptop isn’t playing ball. He wants to show a cartoon […]
FEB 16, 2016 – 11:20 Swiss parliamentarian Thomas Aeschi visited the village of Mendefera in Eritrea in early February, as part of a private parliamentary mission to the country (Keystone) While declaring that Eritrea is not the “North Korea of Africa”, the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration has criticised […]
The jihadists struck a restaurant opposite the four-star hotel where the attackers holed up. Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP Swiss and French among dead in Burkina Faso attack Published: 17 Jan 2016 18:39 GMT+01:00 The death toll in an attack by jihadists on a top hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital rose to […]
Ali-Akbar Velayati’s books on history of Islam and Iran published Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN – A series of books written by Ali-Akbar Velayati, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Supreme Leader, has recently been published by Tasnim News Agency Publications. The first volume of the Encyclopedia of Culture […]
Iran leaning neither towards the West nor the East: professor By Javad Heirannia TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is pursuing an independent policy and he is neither leaning toward the East nor the West, a former senior research fellow at Harvard University says. “His policies do not show any […]
Feb 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL It is too early to rejoice over the “breakthrough” represented by the “cessation of hostilities” in Syria, agreed upon at the end of the meeting of the 17-member International Syria Support Group in Munich, which both US Secretary of State John Kerry and his […]
Feb 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY Bernie Sanders has been unfairly criticised for being a “Johnny One Note” on foreign policy because he continually reminds voters of his early opposition to the Iraq war. To explain why he continues to emphasise the importance of his decision to […]
By JT – Feb 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Royal Court on Monday denounced attempts by some media outlets and spokespersons of FIFA presidency candidates to promote false information about HRH Prince Ali’s campaign. In a statement, the Royal Court said rumours that Prince Ali’s campaign manager […]
By FERNANDA SANTOSFEB. 16, 2016 TUCSON — Rania Kanawati, a Syrian immigrant, was walking to her car after Friday Prayer last month at the Islamic Center of Tucson when a […]
Published on: Feb 14 2016 | by Billy Solomon Protests over the proposed return of “Baby Asha” to Nauru, the fate of 267 asylum seekers also facing removal, and Australia’s offshore processing regime in general, continued across the country on Saturday. The 12-month-old, Darwin-born daughter of Nepalese asylum seekers was […]