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.
Why I Left America to Train in Jihad Under an Islamic Caliphate Posted: 08/20/2015 Kashif N. Chaudhry Become a fanPhysician, writer and human rights activist I am an American. I have a full-time job in one of Greater Boston’s renowned institutions as a medical professional. Yet, I just travelled out […]
TIMELY SUCCOR: A worker carries a packet of aid delivered by the Saudi Campaign for Syrian refugees. ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 21 August 2015 JEDDAH: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed its thanks to Saudi National Campaign for Syrian refugees for the provision of dates […]
By AFP – Aug 20,2015 – JORDAN TIMES ERBIL, Iraq — Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani’s extended term expired on Thursday, leaving the autonomous region in a “legal vacuum” that Kurdish political parties are still trying to resolve. The Kurdish leadership dispute comes as Kurdistan faces a multitude of crises: the […]
Syria’s fate risks repeating the catastrophe of 1920 Aug 20,2015 – by Rami G. Khouri – Jordan Times As has long been the case throughout history, developments in Syria today reflect significant trends that pertain to other parts of the Arab world, especially Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Somalia, Palestine and […]
Imams from more than 50 countries will be present together with 30,000 delegates from far afield as South Asia, New Zealand, North America, Africa and many countries in the EU to reaffirm Islam’s rejection of fanaticisms. Tight security will be in place for the event that will challenge head on […]
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison; Mormon mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife,’ Princeton PhD, nationally ranked triathlete This Sunday, I attended a Methodist worship service as […]
Palestinian Christians scuffle with Israeli forces over divisive wall By AFP – Aug 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian Christian worshippers and priests arrive for an open-air mass to protest against the building of Israel’s controversial barrier in the Cremisan Valley, which lies between the sprawling settlement of Gilo in occupied […]
Mali’s Islamist conflict spreads as new militant group emerges By Reuters – Aug 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Malian Defence Minister Tieman Coulibaly (centre) surveys the damage after a hotel siege over the weekend in which 17 people died in Sevare, Mali in this August 11 file photo (Reuters photo) BAMAKO/SEVARE […]
By REUTERS PUBLISHED: , 20 August 2015 BERLIN, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Some 11 refugees and six police officers were hurt on Wednesday night during a fight among asylum seekers at a shelter in the town of Suhl in the eastern state of Thuringia, police said. A group of about […]
563. Commandment – O ye who believe! when you go forth in the cause of Allah, make proper investigation and say not to anyone who greets you with the greeting of peace, ‘Thou art not a believer.’ [4:95] O ye who believe! when you go forth in the cause of Allah, […]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD AUG. 19, 2015 THE NEW YORK TIMES More than 50 years after India and Pakistan were created in the partition of the British colonial empire, the disputed region of Kashmir remains a dangerous flash point. Cross-border violence has surged in recent months, […]
Account Of Ibrahim Noonan ‘I was born in a staunch Roman Catholic Family, a family who had priests and Missionary Nuns’ My Christian name was Michael Peter Dennis Noonan, I […]
562. Commandment – And if they incline towards peace, incline thou also towards it, and put thy trust in Allah [8:62] And if they incline towards peace, incline thou also towards it, and put thy trust in Allah. Surely, it is He Who is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. [9:5] And when the […]
WEST BANK, August 19, 2015 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities demolished on Wednesday two residential units in Jerusalem and Ramallah, as well as notified to demolish the house of a prisoner in Hebron, according to local and media sources. Local sources said an Israeli police force accompanied by heavy machinery […]
ASYLUM POLITICS Amnesty says Switzerland should accept more refugees AUG 12, 2015 – 17:24 The UN says nearly a quarter million refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year (Keystone) The human rights organisation Amnesty International has submitted a petition to the federal government asking that it […]
An undated handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Wednesday shows the late 82-year old retired chief archaeologist of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, Khaled al-Assaad, giving a press conference at an unknown location in Syria. Daesh (Islamic State) members on Wednesdasy beheaded Al-Assaad, […]
In this June 24, 2007 file photo released by the Nature press service shows a ringlet butterfly (‘Aphantopus hyperantus’). (AFP) REUTERS Published — Wednesday 19 August 2015 ARABNEWS.COM ISTANBUL: A group of Islamic experts urged the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims on Tuesday to do more to fight global […]
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. (SPA) ABDULHADI HABTOR Published — Wednesday 19 August 2015 JEDDAH: An unmarried woman’s dowry has been officially fixed at SR50,000, (13’500 US$)while for a divorcee, it would be SR30,000. The move follows instructions from Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also adviser to […]
War begets refugees Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES On April 26, 2011, a meeting that can only be described as sinister took place between then-Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The most pressing issue discussed at the meeting in Rome was how to deal with African immigrants. […]