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.
A Commentary by Florian Harms AFP A man fishing in the haze of severe forest fires in Indonesia this autumn. This week, the most important event of the year began: 195 countries are negotiating the future of our planet in Paris. The world’s most powerful leaders must now demand sacrifices […]
Interview Conducted By Matthias Gebauer and Holger Stark AP Islamic State fighters in Raqqa, Syria: “The sad fact is that we have to put troops on the ground. We won’t succeed against this enemy with air strikes alone.” Without the Iraq war, Islamic State wouldn’t exist today, former US special […]
Interview Conducted by Susanne Koelbl in Kabul, Afghanistan Erin Trieb/ DER SPIEGEL Afghan President Ashraf Ghani stands in front of the Presidential Palace in Kabul: “If al-Qaida was version 2.0 of terror, then the Islamic State is version 5.0.” Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is calling for greater support for Afghanistan, […]
Reuters International DEC 3, 2015 – 14:49 By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Britain joined U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, but Vladimir Putin issued bitter new denunciations of Turkey for shooting down a Russian plane, demonstrating the limits to international solidarity. […]
By Andrew Hill DEC 3, 2015 – 14:23 Being multilingual can prove useful in “reading a room” during important meetings (Keystone) Having another language can aid your brain. Not having one can hurt your promotion chances. When Isabelle Allen joined KPMG in 1991, she says, the professional services group valued, […]
Created on Wednesday, 18 November 2015 12:01 | Published Date 3 New York – The UN demanded that Israel comply with the international legitimacy’s resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, particularly the Security Council resolution no. 497 of 1981 that declared Israel’s decision to impose its laws and jurisdiction on the […]
LINDA S. HEARD Published — Wednesday 2 December 2015 The self-assigned capital of Daesh, Raqqa, is being pounded from the air, forcing fighters to send their families across the border to Mosul for safety. For the West, the Paris attacks have been a game changer. Now that Daesh commanders have […]
Dec 01,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Israeli commentators Yaron Friedman, of Ynet News, and Haviv Rettig Gur, of The Times of Israel, are clueless about the driving force behind the Palestinian mobilisation and collective struggle. In two recent articles, and with unmistakable conceit, they attempted to highlight what they […]
Dec 02,2015 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN –– His Majesty King Abdullah said that current events taking place in the Middle East will shape the security and stability of Europe and the world for decades to come. In an article the King wrote for The Daily Telegraph newspaper of the UK […]
Voices Is David Cameron planning to include al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra in his group of ‘70,000 moderates?’ If he was, Nusra men are likely to prove very expensive ‘ground troops’ for the RAF and its two Tornados if they bomb Syria Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices 14 comments The former wife […]
The curious case of the dancing Muslims Gulf News Tariq Al Maeena, Special to Gulf News,ThinkerMaybe what the insufferable and by now exceedingly tiresome Donald Trump had in mind was Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason detective series, when he recently evoked the case of the dancing […]
662. Commandment – when death comes to any one of you, if he leave much wealth, that he make a will to parents and near relatives to act with fairness; it is an obligation on those who fear God [2:181] It is prescribed for you, when death comes to any one of you, if he […]
RAMZY BAROUD Published — Tuesday 1 December 2015 Israeli commentators, Yaron Friedman, of “Ynet News” and Haviv Rettig Gur, of the “Times of Israel” are clueless about the driving force behind the Palestinian mobilization and collective struggle. In two recent articles, and with unmistakable conceit, they attempted to […]
Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby The roots of our nation’s current descent into madness can be traced back to a series of unresolved catastrophic traumas Americans experienced during the Bush administration. In the short span of eight years, we suffered a collective loss of confidence in American […]
Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL It is encouraging to see that Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped short of taking military action against Ankara, which could have escalated into a much larger confrontation, a fear expressed by many these past days. To be sure, the punitive measures Moscow is […]
By JT – Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah delivers an address at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Monday, attended by several world leaders (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said the war of “our […]
No parliament has the right, no matter how sovereign, to determine the faith of an individual citizen. This is not the job of a parliament. It is God’s job Yasser […]
By JT – Nov 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday stressed that the Palestinian cause still represents the essence of conflict in the Middle East. In a letter sent to Fodé Seck, chairman of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights […]
Commandment – Regarding Kalalah – If a man dies leaving no child [4:177] They ask thee for instructions. Say, Allah gives you His instructions concerning ‘Kalalah’: If a man dies leaving no child and he has a sister, then she shall have half of what he leaves; and he shall inherit […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]