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.
The Conservative MP’s tour of Israel and the West Bank was ending in controversy today as Palestinian politicians also refused meetings Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden \ Mayor of London Boris Johnson in a Palestinian cafe during a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem, 11 November 2015. EPA Boris Johnson’s tour […]
Syrian army breaks Daesh siege of key Aleppo air base By AFP – Nov 11,2015 – Last updated at Nov 11,2015 JORDAN TIMES Syrian government forces walk on a heavily damaged street in the regime-controlled side of the northern city of Aleppo on Monday (AFP photo) KWEYRIS, Syria — Syria’s […]
It includes ‘taking back’ those without visas and those who do not require international protection Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith 4 comments 7 Libya has turned into a major hub for human traffickers smuggling African migrants by boat to Italy Reuters EU leaders are expected to pledge €1.8bn (£1.3bn) in aid to African […]
Nov 11,2015 – Last updated at Nov 11,2015 JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud US Secretary of State John Kerry is often perceived as one of the “good ones” — a less hawkish top American official who does not simply promote and defend his country’s military adventurism, but reaches out to […]
“When I Picture My Future, I See Nothing” Barriers to Education for Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey Languages Available In العربية English Türkçe SEPTEMBER 2014. Syrian Kurdish refugees look out from the back of a truck as they enter Turkey from the town of Kobane (Ayn al-Arab), Syria, and […]
Bank Scandals Increase Interest in Islamic Banking October 26, 2015 8:33 AM SINGAPORE—A stream of major bank scandals has increased interest in “ethical finance,” which could benefit the Islamic banking sector. Supporters argue the growing area of Islamic finance is more ethical because banks and businesses must undergo scrutiny to […]
Muslim Majority Senegal Condemns ‘Excessive’ Islam, Urges Imams To Promote ‘Tolerant’ Form By Morgan Winsor @MorganWinsorIBT on November 10 2015 Senegalese followers of the Mouride sect of Islam line up to enter the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Touba, during an annual pilgrimage on March 7, 2007. Reuters/Daniel […]
Source: Hufington Post By Qasim Rashid; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies Dear daughter, Next month I’ll become a father for the first time to […]
Commandment – Do not take interest when you borrow money [2:279] O ye who believe! fear Allah and relinquish what remains of interest, if you are believers.
By Alexander Smoltczyk Ahead of the planned lifting of Western sanctions against Iran, businessmen from around the world are visiting the country, and as one group from Germany discovered, there […]
Muslim-Majority City Council Elected in Michigan Hamtramck is believed to be first U.S. city with the distinction; 4 of 6 seats filled by Muslims The city of Hamtramck, Mich., was once mainly Polish and Catholic. Now, by some estimates, its Muslim population has surpassed 50%, and the city council will […]
IMMIGRATION QUOTAS Swiss ambivalence towards immigration approach By swissinfo.ch and agencies NOV 8, 2015 – 13:15 Swiss voters are coming to terms with their 2014 vote to reimpose curbs on immigration for foreigners like this Spanish construction worker at the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva. (Keystone) A growing number of […]
SWITCHING ON Nearly half of current jobs could be lost to machines NOV 9, 2015 – 19:12 While self-scan machines at checkouts are becoming more common, some people prefer to […]
Nov 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES On the first World Food Day in 1945, people around the world celebrated the creation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and the launch of the first coordinated global action to combat hunger. This year, on the 70th World Food Day, countries are […]
Commandment – O ye who believe! when you borrow one from another for a fixed period, then write it down [2:283] O ye who believe! when you borrow one from another for a fixed period, then write it down. And let a scribe write it in your presence faithfully; and no scribe should […]
SHEIKH SALMAN AL-OADAH Published — Friday 6 November 2015 ALLAH Almighty says: “And if you were to count God’s favors, you would not be able to number them; most surely God is Forgiving, Merciful.” (Qur’an, 16:18) Our lives are a continuous succession of God’s gifts. Many people, due to their […]
Islamic State using kidnapped civilians as human shield against airstrikes near Kuweires Airbase 15:12, 09 Nov 2015 Siranush Ghazanchyan Photo from Fars News Agency The ISIL terrorist group has kidnapped a large number of civilians from Aleppo countryside and is using them as human shields against Syrian-Russian airstrikes near the […]
Jordanian officer shoots dead two Americans, one South African at security training site Reuters International NOV 9, 2015 – 19:20 By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – A Jordanian officer shot dead two U.S. government security contractors, a South African trainer and a Jordanian translator at a U.S.-funded police training facility […]
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank By AFP – Nov 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Car-ramming and stabbing attacks wounded six Israelis in the West Bank on Sunday while two alleged Palestinian assailants were shot. In the first incident, a Palestinian rammed a group of Israelis with […]
FIFA hopeful Prince Ali takes diplomatic path to presidential goal By AP – Nov 07,2015 – JORDAN TIMES GENEVA — In a FIFA election now more open than expected, HRH Prince Ali has changed his strategy since Michel Platini was caught up in a corruption scandal. Speaking with The Associated […]