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.
Source: JORDAN TIMES AFP BAGHDAD — Syria’s foreign minister said on Sunday that his government will take part in a peace conference in Geneva, terming it a “good opportunity for a political solution” to the civil war in Syria. Walid Mouallem also praised an Iraqi army operation against Sunni fighters […]
Tuesday 28 May 2013 ARABNEWS STOCKHOLM: A man from Sweden has been ordered to pay $ 750,000 (£ 494,000) after authorities discovered he had a secret job via his LinkedIn profile. The resident of Djursholm, an affluent suburb of Stockholm, had failed to declare all sources of income to the […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Monday 27 May 2013 The vision of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah for a world living in peace and harmony will be outlined at […]
France 24: By Rachel HOLMAN (text) As workers diligently set about clearing the stage from a last-ditch demonstration in Paris against a recent French law legalising same-sex marriage and adoption on Sunday evening, protest organisers and participants already had their minds geared towards how to keep their movement alive. Staged by the organisation Manif […]
Meeting to mark African bloc’s 50th jubilee expected to call for dropping of ICC charges against Kenyan leader. Dozens of African leaders met in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organisation that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which […]
By Serene Assir (AFP) – GOOGLE NEWS ISTANBUL — A Saudi-led bid to dilute the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence over Syria’s main opposition has thrown the group into disarray, dissidents said Saturday, with some even warning that the power tussle is “killing” the group. Syria’s main opposition National Coalition has been […]
True Khilafat compatible with Democracy Worldwide Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad On 28 September 2013, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jamaat), His Holiness and […]
The fall of Assad would be a great blow to Iran’s ambitions for Middle East dominance. It is a mistake for Israelis to express support for Bashar Assad. Israel should stay out of the Syrian conflict altogether while hoping for the fall of the Assad regime. Ultimately, Israel would be […]
For the past four days I had been working on the following article, which I intended to post yesterday evening. However, I then heard about the vile and sadistic act of violence carried out by two men with knives and a meat cleaver in Woolwich. So I thought it best […]
by Taylor Luck | May 25, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA — Arab League Secretary General Nabil El Araby called on the UN on Saturday to take urgent steps […]
by Taylor Luck, JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA — The prospects of launching peace talks between Syrian regime and opposition forces remain “dim”, leading diplomats said on Saturday, calling for UN […]
Of The Thousands Of White Britons Embracing Islam Every Year, Most Are Thought To Be Professionally Successful, Independent-Minded Women, Says A Study Islam appears to hold a strange fascination for […]
Muslims in a province of Burma have been ordered not to have more than two children in an attempt by the government to stop Buddhist attacks on Muslims. State officials said the two-child limit in the state of Rakhine would ease tensions between Buddhists and their Muslim Rohingya neighbours. Local […]
WASHINGTON — The refusal by about half the states to expand Medicaid will leave millions of poor people ineligible for government-subsidized health insurance under President Obama’s health care law even as many others with higher incomes receive federal subsidies to buy insurance. Starting next month, the administration and its allies […]
May 25, 2013 – 03:19 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the prospect of collapse after President Bashar al-Assad’s foes failed to cut an internal deal, opposition sources said […]
by Daniele Mariani, swissinfo.ch May 24, 2013 – 11:00 First it was Bolsheviks and Jews. Then it was migrant workers from Southern Europe. Now it’s more exotic newcomers such as […]
Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida affiliate, consolidates position as scramble for control of wells accelerates by Julian Borger and Mona Mahmood THE GUARDIAN The EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Saturday 25 May 2013 TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet yesterday formally denied months-long rumors that the premier had not moved into his official residence […]
By Associated Press, Published: May 24 ANKARA, Turkey — A look at legislation passed in Turkey’s parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but […]