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.
By AFP – Nov 28,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Photo courtesy of culinaryblossom.com JAKARTA — The trendy café looks like a typical coffee shop in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, but in fact it sells herb-infused brews promising to fix every ailment from coughs to impotence. Indonesians have for generations taken herbal […]
By AP – Nov 28,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while listening to a question during a meeting with representatives of ‘Popular Front’ broad movement at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on Friday (AP photo) ANKARA — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for […]
By JT – Nov 28,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury attends the 31st session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul last week (Photo courtesy of Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation ) […]
By Farrukh Khan Pitafi Published: November 27, 2015 The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and tweets @FarrukhKPitafi Ishtiaq Ahmed, author of hundreds of children’s books, died this month. What struck me after hearing the news was the sheer number of admirers I came across on social media that day, […]
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION November 28, 2015 The world had hardly come to terms with the shock and horror of the burning down of a chipboard factory by an enraged mob led by misanthropic mullahs when news has emerged of another attack. This time an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Kala […]
By Andrew Osborn and Polina Devitt1 hour ago . View photo A frame grab taken from footage released by Russia’s Defence Ministry November 26, 2015, shows Russian … http://l.yimg.com/rq/darla/2-8-9/html/r-sf.html By Andrew Osborn and Polina Devitt MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin is fully mobilized to tackle what the Kremlin regards […]
The Dirty War on Syria: Barrel Bombs, Partisan Sources and War Propaganda By Prof. Tim Anderson Oct 10, 2015 – 7:32:08 AM The Dirty War on Syria: Barrel Bombs, Partisan Sources and War Propaganda By Prof. Tim Anderson Global Research, October 07, 2015 War propaganda often demands the abandoning […]
NOV 27, 2015 – 10:09 The two imams work at the Geneva Mosque, the largest in Switzerland (Keystone) French police have searched the homes of two imams who work at the Geneva Mosque, the largest in Switzerland, the mosque confirmed on Thursday night. The Tribune de Genève newspaper reported earlier […]
Nov 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Throughout many private and public encounters across the United States in the past two months, I have repeatedly heard Americans ask whether they are doing the right thing in their current policy to counter Daesh, and whether they should be […]
By Merza Noghai – Nov 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Israeli authorities on Thursday sentenced Mohammad Suleiman to 15 years in prison and a fine of 30,000 Israeli shekels (about JD5,480), according to his father. The teenager, who was 16 years old when he was arrested in March 2013 […]
Nov 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – GEORGE S. HISHMEH The carnage that took place a fortnight ago in Paris, admittedly by Daesh, has backfired, hurting Arabs and Muslims everywhere, especially in Africa, Europe and the United States. If nothing else, it has degraded Arabs and Muslims everywhere, igniting racism and […]
By Khetam Malkawi – Nov 27,2015 -JORDAN TIMES The city of Ramtha, some 90km north of Amman, where the population has almost doubled from 80,000 four years ago to over 150,000 (Photo courtesy of Ramtha community Facebook page) AMMAN — Mafraq and Ramtha have seen their populations more […]
Karachi: November 25, 2015. (PCP) A Pakistani Christian Television Channel named “Gawahi” was set on fire by some masked men destroying studios, computers, Bibles, cable network equipment and furniture on night of November 24, 2015. The Gawahi Television was broadcasting Bible teachings, Hymns, Sermons and Christian youth evangelism attracting […]
Jim Al-Khalili, physicist and Ziauddin Sardar, chair of the Muslim Institute, talk science, western colonialism and religious rigidity by Yasmin Khan As the Islamic empire expanded, Muslims in new territories needed to know the direction to Mecca for prayer, which led to leaps in map-making and trigonometry. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty […]
The Pontiff has kicked off his African tour, arriving in Nairobi Wednesday. In Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, he will address matters of poverty, corruption, and interfaith healing. By Cathaleen Chen, Staff NOVEMBER 25, 2015 Source: Christian Science Monitor Save for later Goran Tomasevic/Reuters View Caption “Grata Franciscus […]
How we respond to recent attacks will shape our future for generations to come By Umar Nasser PUBLISHED23/11/2015 Retribution bombing may well destroy ISIL, but that victory will only last as long as the short time it will take for the next extremist outfit to organise itself, writes Umar Nasser […]
Nov 25,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Editorial The shooting down of a Russian fighter jet by Turkish warplanes along the Syrian-Turkish border on Tuesday shows how fragile peace and security in the region are. Ankara said that the Russian SU-24 had crossed into Turkish airspace many times and had been warned […]
Nov 25,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Photos of Paris street memorials for the 132 people killed by Daesh on November 13 show flowers, pictures of victims, drawings, and, even, a bottle of red wine. The refrain adopted by mourning Parisians is: “They want to destroy our way of […]
By Reuters – Nov 25,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Turkish army truck loaded with a tank heading to the Syrian border near Yayladagi, Turkey, Wednesday (AP photo) ISTANBUL/NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia — Russia sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged its […]
After his tour of Kenya, the pope is scheduled to visit the Central African Republic and Uganda Philip Pullella, George Obulutsa The pope greets the crowds as he touches down in Nairobi Getty Pope Francis called for ethnic and religious reconciliation at the start of his first tour of Africa, where he […]