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.
JUN 8, 2015 – 15:47 The goal of the programme is to help refugees living in Switzerland to find farm work. (Keystone) A statement from the Swiss Farmer’s Union (USP) announcing a programme to employ refugees living in Switzerland has caused quite a stir – but for the wrong reasons. […]
Updated by Zack Beauchamp on June 2, 2015, 8:09 a.m. ET @zackbeauchamp zack@vox.com 392501 01: U.S. President Geroge W. Bush speaks to members of the Future Farmers of America farm youth organization July 27, 2001 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Mark Wilson/Getty Images Remember May 2003, in the […]
JUN 7, 2015 – 18:44 By Ercan Gurses ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party may struggle to form a stable government alone, partial results from a parliamentary election indicated on Sunday, dealing a significant blow to President Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions of assuming greater powers. With more than 80 percent […]
NEVER ENDING: Migrants sit on a boat during a rescue operation off the coast of Sicily as part of the Frontex-coordinated Operation Triton in this video grab released by Italian Coast Guards (Guardia Costiera) on Sunday. (AFP) AGENCIES ARABNEWS.COM Published — Monday 8 June 2015 LONDON/ROME: British, Swedish, Spanish […]
SABRIA S. JAWHAR ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 4 June 2015 If I were a betting woman I’d say the future looks pretty grim for Muslims. I’m no pessimist, but the evidence is a bit overwhelming. In the western world we are witnessing the progressive institutionalization of religious and cultural […]
By JT – Jun 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour meets with his Palestinian counterpart, Rami Hamdallah, in Amman on Saturday (Petra photo) AMMAN — A senior Palestinian official has said that the Jordanian-Palestinian ties are as strong as ever, “not being disturbed by anything”. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami […]
Commandment – Have patience, then, as had the Messengers of strong determination; and be in no haste about them [46:36] Have patience, then, as had the Messengers of strong determination; and be in no haste about them. On the day when they see that with which they are threatened, it […]
Last month a Saudi woman racked up SR300,000 in traffic fines over husband’s second marriage PUBLISHED: 10:30 JUNE 2, 2015 02 BY: HABIB TOUMI,BUREAU CHIEF Manama: A woman who thought her husband was seriously planning to take another woman felt she found the perfect solution to exact revenge on him […]
Madani says limits of freedom of expression need to be ascertained to determine where it ends PUBLISHED: 17:18 JUNE 4, 2015 WAM Jeddah: More 90 experts on human rights, law, politics and minorities, including UN special procedures as well as representatives of UN Member States, met at the OIC headquarters […]
By Jeannie Wurz JUN 4, 2015 – 17:00 Bern city parliament is debating a motion on allowing the capital’s 33,000 non-Swiss residents to submit political motions (Keystone) The number of foreign residents in Switzerland has increased to almost one quarter of the population. Most of them don’t have a say in […]
The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, although both are good. (Muslim) HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 5 June 2015 A BELIEVER considers having certain human obligations toward not just the people around him, but to the society on the whole. That […]
MAJESTIC MOSQUE: The newly constructed annex of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, part of the latest Haram expansion project, will be opened to meet the requirements of increasing numbers of pilgrims and worshippers during Ramadan. (SPA) ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 5 June 2015 JEDDAH: Saudi missions abroad have […]
By AFP – Jun 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — The chief of Al Qaeda’s Syria affiliate described the rival Daesh group’s self-proclaimed caliphate as “illegitimate”, in a wide-ranging television interview aired on Wednesday. In the second part of his appearance on the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera news channel, Al Nusra […]
By AP – Jun 04,2015 -JORDAN TIMES Iraq’s Badr Brigades Shiite militia detain four men that they suspect of being Daesh militants outside the oil refinery in Beiji, 250 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday. The men were planning to attack oil refinery checkpoints, the militia said (AP photo) […]
Commandment – Say, ‘I only exhort youto doone thing: that you stand up before Allah in twos and singly and then reflect. You will then know that there is no insanity in your companion; he is only a Warner to you of an impending severe punishment [34:47] Say, ‘I only exhort you to […]
by Michael Jansen, The Jordan Times. Jun 04,2015 – When voters in Turkey’s 81 provinces cast their votes in 175,000 ballot boxes in 970 districts in the June 7 parliamentary election, they could decide the fate of democracy in their country. If they give the ruling Justice and Development Party […]
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By Saadia Qamar / Mehek Saeed Published: June 3, 2015 LAHORE / KARACHI: Season after season, we have seen fashion shows that aim to upgrade the style trend, but there are a few that go beyond the bandwagon. As a tribute to the grandiosity of Asian culture, this year’s Fashion […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Robert Fisk speaks to a colonel confidently preparing his men for battle at Frikeh in the Orontes river valley where Assad’s troops were besieged just last month ROBERT FISK FRIKEH Thursday 04 June 2015 Approaching front lines is usually the same. First come the fields […]
The efforts of western states are fruitless – the sectarian terror group won’t be defeated by the same power that incubated it in the first place The war on terror, […]