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.
Mar 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Dov Waxman No foreign country features as prominently in American presidential election campaigns as Israel, and those aspiring to occupy the world’s most powerful political office, whether Republican or Democrat, routinely proclaim their support for that tiny and distant country. Yet, in the current crop […]
By Hasnain Kazim DPA Hasnain Kazim, SPIEGEL’s correspondent in Turkey, was forced to leave the country after his press credentials were not renewed. For three years, Hasnain Kazim reported for DER SPIEGEL from Istanbul. Now, he has been forced out of the country. His impressions from a place where press […]
This is a rapid sequence of excellent animal & wildlife photos. Don’t blink because you might miss something special. In the last picture, you come “eyeball-to-eyeball” with a Tiger. Enjoy!
By Christoph Reuter Ullstein Bild With two separate governments waging war against each other, Libya is crumbling. Islamic State is taking advantage of the turmoil to put down roots in the country. The US is weighing intervention. The brass band starts playing. The musicians march along the Corniche, their blue […]
Source: Swiss Info As part of an international project called “Inside Out” by the French street artist JR, Geneva-based photographer Mark Henley shot 51 portraits of asylum seekers in their […]
” Unconstitutional ” MAR 18, 2016 – 17:10 The committee handed in the initiative against the Centre for Islam and Society in July 2015 (Keystone) People in canton Fribourg will not be voting on whether the university should have a Centre for Islam and Society. The cantonal parliament threw out the […]
DR. HASEEB AHMED Published — Friday 18 March 2016 The prevailing idea of a woman’s place in Islam is that women are deprived of freedom and equality. This is the result of either ignorance about Islam or the biased propaganda of anti-Islamic ideology and a prejudiced media. The fact is […]
SHEIKH SALMAN AL-OADAH Published — Friday 18 March 2016 ALLAH says: “He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He is the Knower of all things.” (Qur’an, 57:3) Addressing Allah in supplication, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “O Allah, Lord of the heavens, […]
ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED Published — Saturday 19 March 2016 I wish US President Barack Obama’s stormy interview with Jeffrey Goldberg for The Atlantic magazine took place five years ago. Perhaps back then its implications would have been different. This time his frankness has angered his friends and very little can be […]
By Dana Al Emam – Mar 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A video grab from a commercial by the Jordan Tourism Board promoting the ‘Mars-like’ landscape of Wadi Rum (Photo courtesy of JTB) AMMAN — In a bid to transform sightseeing into sight-doing, the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) seeks to […]
By Reuters – Mar 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Refugee children walk along railway tracks at a makeshift migrant camp in the northern Greek border post of Idomeni, on Thursday (AP photo) BRUSSELS — European Union leaders met on Thursday seeking agreement with Turkey to stop migrants reaching Greece […]
By JT – Mar 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A view of Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. Jordan is installing surveillance cameras in Al Haram Al Sharif to document […]
Mar 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN The dread word “federalism” is back on the forked tongues of politicians and diplomats in discussions of the shape of Syria, if and when the war ends. UN mediator Staffan de Mistura should be ashamed to have put “federalism” on the agenda […]
24 FEB 2016 POSTED BY SHEHLA AHMAD, AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY TACKLING THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MUSLIM PLACES OF WORSHIP. President Obama recently made his first official visit to an American mosque. […]
Kabrina Krebel Chang MARCH 15, 2016 Since 2007, the number of complaints for religious discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has risen significantly. It’s not hard to see why: An increase in immigrants of diverse faiths, greater workforce diversity, and the globalization of business all play […]
WHERE LIFE IS GOOD Switzerland loses top spot in happiness report By Simona Verrazzo MAR 16, 2016 – 11:08 Sunset along the shores of Lake Zug: the Swiss remain among the happiest in the world, at least according to the 2016 World Happiness Report. (Keystone) Switzerland’s status as the world’s […]
EXPLAINER By Simon Bradley, Geneva MAR 14, 2016 – 11:26 A child injured in an unidentified bombing at Douma, north-east of Damascus, Syria on 10 March 2016 (Keystone) United Nations-brokered talks aimed at ending Syria’s five-year civil war are getting underway in Geneva on Monday. Here is a short guide […]
Three Royal Brunei Airlines pilots have made history by being the company’s first all-female flight crew, making their first journey to Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed to drive.The […]
MAHIR ALI WWW.ARABNEWS.COM Published — Wednesday 16 March 2016 IT is wise of Angela Merkel not to have panicked in the wake of setbacks for her Christian Democrats (CDU) in Sunday’s three regional elections. The German chancellor acknowledged the blow, but discounted the likelihood of abrupt changes to […]
Mar 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZI BAROUD Condemnations of the boycott of Israel seem to have fallen on deaf ears. Calls from Western governments, originating from the UK, the US, Canada and others, to criminalise the boycott of Israel have hardly slowed down the momentum of the pro-Palestinian boycott, […]