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.
Summary BY RAMI G. KHOURI, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON The European Union’s desire to play a more active role in promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace, as its foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday as she set out on her first visit to the region, is one of the few areas […]
Petra | May 19, 2015 | Jordan Times CAIRO — Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani on Tuesday called for forming an Arab media coalition to fight terrorism. Chairing the Jordanian delegation to the meetings of the Council of Arab Information Ministers’ Executive Office at the […]
By Christoph Reuter SPIEGEL.DE EMIN OZMEN/ LEJOURNAL/ DER SPIEGEL Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers and is forced to rely on mercenaries in his ongoing battle against rebels. Many of his foreign fighters come from Afghanistan — men like Murad, who is now being held […]
PRINT SEND THIS ARTICLE 1 COMMENTS As a political refugee in Switzerland, Hani Abbas chose exile to escape Syrian security forces. Many of his fellow cartoonists and journalists had been assassinated, imprisoned or tortured. Abbas was born in 1977 in Yarmouk, a large Palestinian refugee camp in the suburbs of the […]
by Jordan Times | May 18, 2015 | AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has said that regional problems would not prevent Jordan from moving ahead with its development plans, adding that crises in the neighbourhood have always been a driver for progress as far as the Kingdom is concerned. […]
by Omar Obeidat and Dana Al Emam and Merza Noghai | May 18, 2015 | 23:53 AMMAN – Experts see hosting the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the eastern shores of the Dead Sea in the coming few days as an opportunity to send a message to global politicians, investors […]
472. Commandment – Convey the message of Peace and Love to the kings and the head of the states and ask them to Behave not proudly towards me, but come to me in submission [27:29] ‘Go thou, with this letter of mine, and lay it before them; then withdraw from them […]
469. Commandment – And on us lies only the plain delivery of the Message [15:95] So declare openly that with which thou art commanded and turn aside from those who ascribe partners to God. [36:18] ‘And on us lies only the plain delivery of the Message.’ [29:19] ‘And if you reject, then generations before […]
471. Commandment – Convey the message of Peace and Love (ISLAM) to the nearest kinsmen [26:215] And warn thy nearest kinsmen, [46:18] But the one who says to his parents, ‘Fie on you both! do you threaten me that I shall be brought forth again, when generations have already passed away before me?’ […]
470. Commandment – And thus have We made you an exalted nation, that you may be guardians over men, and the Messenger of God may be a guardian over you [2:144] And thus have We made you an exalted nation, that you may be guardians over men, and the Messenger of God may be a […]
Source: Middle East Monitor The European Union has threatened to impose economic and diplomatic sanctions against Israel if it does not resume peace talks with the Palestinians. According to Yedioth […]
There was so much hope for her as a moral leader in Myanmar, but power (or politics) has changed her ZAFAR SOBHAN 03.23.15 TOMAS MUNITA/THE NEW YORK TIMES In the face of scathing criticism from international human rights groups, supporters of the sainted Aung San Suu Kyi are left with […]
Iraq security forces withdraw from Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, 115 kilometers west of Baghdad, on Sunday. (AP) | | A A http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.b169aa788731255dd55f1bb243b660e1.en.html#_=1431934989298&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F748546&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Ffeatured%2Fnews%2F748546&size=m&text=Troops%20flee%20as%20Ramadi%20falls%20to%20IS%20%7C%20Arab%20News%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F748546%23.VVmYDGUYb4o.twitter&via=Arab_News https://apis.google.com/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&hl=en-US&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F748546&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en_US.O2dKqTSvrno.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCN31nv75zCso9dFJ8XdRgDruLMOug#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1431934989181&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&pfname=&rpctoken=10554579 http://www.facebook.com/v2.0/plugins/like.php?action=like&app_id=172525162793917&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2FNM7BtzAR8RM.js%3Fversion%3D41%23cb%3Df32b19ebfc%26domain%3Dwww.arabnews.com%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.arabnews.com%252Ff1d292fc0c%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=0&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F748546&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&ref=.VVmYDEYMtIs.like&sdk=joey&send=false&share=false&show_faces=false&width=90 AGENCIES Published — Monday 18 May 2015 Last Update 18 May 2015 4:12 am LATEST STORIES IN Featured Congratulatory calls received from Hollande, […]
NADIA AL-FAWAZ Published — Wednesday 13 May 2015 Omaima Mahmoud Azouz is an abaya designer and plastic artist who likes to proceed forward with well-studied large steps in her career, whether in decoration or abaya design. She has promising future plans, which she began with the first abaya show that […]
AFP | May 17, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES Palestinian demonstrators hold up flags as they protest near Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem’s Old City, during a march marking Jerusalem Day, on Sunday. Israeli police on horseback confronted dozens of Palestinian protesters who threw stones at forces protecting thousands of flag-waving Jewish […]
I’ve never been keen on boycotts. The one against Italy for invading Abyssinia didn’t work. Nor did the arms blockade on Spain. I’m still not sure that boycotting South Africa really brought down apartheid. I rather suspect that the old racists simply realised they were hopelessly outnumbered by the blacks […]
BY CARLOTTA GALL, MAY 12, 2015 THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Seymour Hersh in Leipzig, Germany. CreditPeter Endig/Associated Press From the moment it was announced to the public, the tale of how Osama bin Laden met his death in a Pakistani hill town in May 2011 has been […]
By Veronica DeVore swissinfo.ch Language learning in Switzerland is linked to wider political debates over immigration and education. An online poll shows strong support for giving priority to national languages in school and in the workplace. Recently, several cantons have been embroiled in disputes over whether to introduce the teaching […]
Those who are calling for a ‘Muslim Martin Luther’ should be careful what they wish for Sunday 17 May 2015 In recent months, cliched calls for reform of Islam, a 1,400-year-old faith, have intensified. “We need a Muslim reformation,” announced Newsweek. “Islam needs reformation from within,” said the Huffington Post. […]
Standardisation is critical to creating the transparency and clarity that would remove doubts from the minds of people PUBLISHED: 13:56 MAY 17, 2015 BY HUSSAIN AL QEMZI, SPECIAL TO GULF NEWS The word “innovation” is extremely malleable: it means different things to different people and within the banking fraternity […]