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.
381. Commandment – Those among you who put away their wives by calling them mothers — they do not become their mothers; their mothers are only those who gave them birth; and they certainly utter words that are manifestly evil and untrue [58:3] Those among you who put away their […]
382. Commandment – As to those who call their wives mothers, and then would go back on what they have said, the penalty for it is the freeing of a slave before they touch each other …. [58:4] As to those who call their wives mothers, and then would go […]
Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Monday urged France’s Jews to stay in the country after a fresh call by the Israeli premier for European Jews to emigrate to Israel. “My message to French Jews is the following: France is wounded with you and France does not want you to leave,” […]
SANAA: A few worried families are all that remain of Yemen’s ancient Jewish community, and they too may soon flee after a Shiite militia seized power in the strife-torn country […]
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE ARABNEWS.COM The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced a package of urgent measures to prevent the rapid spread of terrorism, which has hit a number of OIC […]
In Al-Our village, families, mourners and officials attend funeral ceremony for 21 Copts decapitated by Islamic State militants Marina Barsoum , Monday 16 Feb 2015 Hundreds of grieving mourners in […]
After ten months of testing, a federal pilot project in Zurich is significantly reducing the length of time it takes to process asylum applications without harming the quality of decision-making, Swiss migration officials say. But there’s still room for improvement with the fast-tracking, the State Secretariat for Migration said on […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT An important academic investigation to be published in a few days prompts me to ask important questions. Could we save the lives of our people in Isis hands if we talked to the “Islamic State” it claims to represent? Jordan publicly declared its willingness – […]
Dr Aslam Abdullah is the Director-Imam of the Islamic Society of Nevada. He also teaches Islamic Studies at University of Nevada Las Vegas, OLLI program and is the chief editor of the Detroit-based weekly newspaper Muslim Observer THE BELIEVERS AGAINST THE BELIEVERS in Dr Aslam Abdullah, Insight, WHAT’S HOT February […]
The humanitarian catastrophe that has resulted from the conflict could be a breeding ground for extremism By Khalid Bin Mohamed al-Attiyah, foreign minister of Qatar As we mark the fourth anniversary of the Syrian civil war, the humanitarian consequences of the conflict are simply staggering. On top of the estimated […]
Leader of Denmark’s Jews voices “disappointment” over Israeli leader’s “come to Israel” plea following deadly anti-Semitic attack By Robert Tait, Jerusalem Benjamin Netanyahu has clashed with Denmark’s chief rabbi after seizing on Saturday’s deadly shootings in Copenhagen to call on European Jews to emigrate en mass to Israel. Rabbi Jair […]
By Katherine Locke FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (Reuters) – Friends and colleagues of Kayla Mueller, the aid worker who died while a captive of militants of the Islamic State group in Syria, […]
Summary Is it significant that U.S. congressman John Yarmuth, a Kentucky Democrat who also happens to be Jewish, issued a statement Thursday saying he would not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. Yarmuth also speaks openly about political and electoral dynamics that generally are not discussed in […]
Summary Copenhagen police said early Sunday they had shot a man dead hours after fatal gun attacks targeting the Danish capital’s main synagogue and a debate on Islam and free […]
PARIS — Meet Nassrin Abdallah. With her diminutive height and broad smile, it doesn’t seem like she should strike fear into the hearts of hardened militants from Daesh terror group. […]
The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has said for the first time since the revolution that we use simple language to develop mutual understanding with the world. The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has described Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s message to the youth in Europe and […]
NOTE BY THE EDITOR: I wrote this article from Kosovo in the year 2000. It has a renewed interest as now-a-days more and more Kosovars are leaving the country (again). The reality of the current predicament in Kosovo by Rafiq A. Tschannen The impressions a traveller receives when visiting Kosovo […]
The problem has four syllables: Debaltseve. German Chancellor Angela Merkel can now pronounce it without difficulties, as can French President François Hollande. Debaltseve proved to be one of the thorniest […]
The proportion of refugees with a B or F permit dependent on social welfare decreased in 2013 compared to the year before. However, the overall number receiving welfare payments increased […]
Marian Reid explores the country’s desert towns, where 3,000 years of generations have adapted to the harsh environment to create a beautiful and timeless world. By Marian Reid In the […]