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.
Brahamdagh Bugti AGENCIES Published — Sunday 17 January 2016 KARACHI: Citing sources in Switzerland, a private local broadcaster said that a request by the self-exiled Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti for political asylum had been turned down by Swiss authorities, a claim which local sources did not corroborate. Sources confirmed that […]
TOM ESSLEMONT | REUTERS Published — Sunday 17 January 2016 LONDON: A $15 billion shortfall in global humanitarian aid could be addressed by tapping into innovative sources of finance, such as smartphone apps, the football industry and wealthy Islamic donors, a United Nations panel of experts said on Sunday. Despite […]
By Suzanna Goussous – Jan 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES A view of Rmeimeen town north of Amman on Friday where a mosque stands next to a church in the mixed Muslim-Christian community (Petra photo) AMMAN — Church bells rang in Balqa’s Rmeimeen town on Friday in celebration of the opening […]
Jan 17,2016 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah drew a distinction between Daesh and khawarej (outlaws of Islam), making clear that the former, called by most of the West ISIS in Syria and Iraq, “can be defeated fairly quickly”, but the latter, “what I call the third world war by […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Jan 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A cartoon published by Her Majesty Queen Rania in response to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s mocking of the three-year-old Syrian boy found dead on a Turkish beach last year went viral over the weekend. On her Facebook […]
AFP — DAWN.COM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan would eradicate ‘evil’ honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for a harrowing documentary on the practice. ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’, which follows the story of a rare survivor, was […]
IMRAN GABOL — PUBLISHED 18 MINUTES AGO LAHORE: Local police on Saturday arrested the imam of a mosque on terror charges in relation to the incident involving a 15-year-old boy who had cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy. On Friday night a first information report (FIR No. […]
The centre holds All latest updates Downgrading the position of the gay-friendly American wing appeases conservatives Jan 15th 2016 | Britain AGAINST the expectations of many, leaders of the world’s Anglican churches have managed to avert a complete breakdown in the Anglican Communion by downgrading the position of the gay-friendly […]
Just add sage The regime is trying to preserve a cuisine few people have heard of Jan 16th 2016 | BEIJING | From the print edition Great brain, great prawns […]
Reuters International JAN 16, 2016 – 09:01 ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq is unlikely to undertake an offensive to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State this year because its armed forces are not ready for the task, the Kurdistan region’s deputy prime minister said in an interview. […]
ASYLUM PRICE http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:41896774 EMBED CODE JAN 15, 2016 – 15:35 Denmark’s decision to confiscate valuables from asylum seekers is similar to the practice in Switzerland, which has been in effect for more than 20 years. It is coming in for criticism too. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Swiss law states that asylum seekers have […]
Video: Security forces working to free hostages, with a reported 63 evacuated so far French gendarmes tend to a wounded man in the surrounding of the hotel Splendide and the café Cappuccino durinImage Credit: AFP Vehicles on fire outside Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Image Credit: REUTERS Published: 08:54 January […]
Kerala-born young entrepreneur Mustafa is expanding his company by bringing Indian cuisine to the Middle East P.C. Mustafa.Image Credit: Courtesy: Mustafa Masala Dosa, Indian FoodImage Credit: Supplied ( 1 of 2 ) ‹› Published: 19:22 January 15, 2016 By Archisman DindaCorrespondent Kolkata: It is a proverbial rags to riches story. […]
Schroeder: Some states back terrorists ‘directly or indirectly’ By M.A. Saki and Negar Asadi TEHRAN – Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has said that some countries support the terrorist groups “directly or indirectly”. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times in the German embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, […]
Iranian-made Fateh 110 (Conqueror) (L) and Persian Gulf (R) missiles are seen next to a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a war exhibition held by Iran’s revolutionary guard on September 23, 2011. (Reuters file photo) ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 15 January 2016 TANOUMA: Iran is […]
By AP – Jan 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli soldiers stand around near the scene where a Palestinian was shot dead in the West Bank village of Aseera Ashamaliya near Nablus, on Thursday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israelis troops on Thursday killed two Palestinians who attacked soldiers with knives […]
Jan 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Many analysts this week have marked the five years since the fall of former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali, the first of several Arab dictators who were toppled from office by a wave of spontaneous street demonstrations across Arab […]
Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in Washington this week (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) Following is the full text of His Majesty King Abdullah’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, which was broadcast late on Wednesday. Question: As we speak, 10 American […]
By JT – Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah is interviewed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in Washington DC on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has said that war against the khawarej (the outlaws of Islam) is a global struggle that […]
Advocates say Germany needs to update a 67-year-old refugee policy that assigns larger numbers to overtaxed cities and fewer to dwindling towns. By Rachel Stern, Correspondent JANUARY 12, 2016 Save for later Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP View Caption GOSLAR AND BERLIN, GERMANY — Situated at the foot of the Harz […]