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.
Story Summary The Seychelles have granted a year’s asylum to the son-in-law of Tunisia’s deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, officials said late Monday. In December he travelled briefly […]
by Taylor Luck | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Authorities have seized several Jihadi Salafists along the Kingdom’s shared border with Syria, a local security source said on Monday. Border patrols seized a group of eight Jordanians allegedly attempting to cross into Syria late Saturday to join […]
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A specially equipped German military aircraft picked up more than 30 severely injured Syrian refugees from Amman on Monday to fly them to Germany for treatment, […]
SOURCE: SALON by Joe Darger Lately, the debate about gay marriage has led to many conversations about what makes a marriage and who can have one. It’s an interesting question […]
By Jillian Keenan| Source: Slate Recently, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council reintroduced a tired refrain: Legalized gay marriage could lead to other legal forms of marriage disaster, such […]
TEHRAN — The selection of the Afghan city, Ghazni, as the Capital of Islamic Culture was celebrated during a ceremony in Kabul on Saturday. A number of officials from member […]
The Associated Press, Lebanese-Syrian border – AL ARABIYA Hezbollah-backed fighters are taking an ever more active role in the ongoing Syrian conflict along the border with Lebanon. They claim their […]
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2013 – Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to reach more than 5 percent on average in 2013-2015 as a result of high commodity prices worldwide and strong consumer spending on the continent, ensuring that the region remains amongst the fastest growing in the world — […]
(Reuters) – The pace of growth in New York state manufacturing slowed more than expected in April as new orders tumbled, the latest data to suggest the economylost some steam heading into the second quarter, data from the New York Federal Reserve showed on Monday. The New York Fed’s “Empire […]
Black and North African railway workers were banned from working at Paris’s Gare du Nord when the President of Israel visited France over fears they might be Muslim, it has […]
Sandra Siagian & Yuli Krisna | April 15, 2013 jakarta globe While Indonesia grapples with the a rise in acts of violence against religious minorities across the country, several rights groups have pointed to West Java as a significant hotspot for intolerance. In the past four months, a Christian minister […]
EDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Sunday 24 March 2013 At least 2 million expatriates may lose their jobs or leave the Kingdom shortly as about 250,000 small and medium enterprises will […]
Reuters JORDAN TIMES AMALLAH — Palestinian officials and the United States voiced optimism on Sunday that the resignation of US-backed prime minister Salam Fayyad would not hinder Washington’s planned development initiative for the West Bank. Fayyad quit on Saturday after months of tension with President Mahmoud Abbas, leaving the Palestinian […]
by Abeer Numan | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As the Syrian crisis enters its third year, Jordan and other refugee-hosting countries must come up with “innovative solutions” to reduce the exodus of Syrian refugees, said Davide Terzi, Jordan’s Chief of Mission of the International Organisation for […]
by Daniele Mariani back from Tunis, swissinfo.ch April 15, 2013 – 11:00 “Work, freedom, dignity” was the slogan chanted by Tunisians who took to the streets to topple the dictator Ben Ali. Two years after Tunisia’s revolution, the “work” part remains an unfulfilled promise for many. Switzerland is trying to […]
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar PARIS – And now some breaking news coming from the Islamic Emirate of Syriastan. This program is brought to you by the NATOGCC corporation. Please also tune in for a word from our individual sponsors, the United States government, Britain, France, Turkey, the House […]
Really cool series. . . BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Language of Science (part 1) ————————————————————— BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Empire of Reason (part 2) ——————————————————————- BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Power of Doubt (part 3)
14 April 2013 Last updated at 01:33 GMT Help A slump in the number of visitors to Tunisia since the country’s revolution has forced those in the tourism industry to rethink their businesses. One growing sector is eco-tourism, a potentially lucrative source of income which can have great benefits for […]
For years, few were interested in unearthing what lay beneath old gallows and scaffolds. But, in Germany, growing interest in “execution site archaeology” is throwing much light on how the […]