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.
By JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish government on Thursday appointed an envoy to “help open doors” for a new approach on migration to Europe and to “ensure that real refugees are helped faster and better in the surrounding areas.” The move comes as the […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU judges should strike down a Belgian law requiring all animals be stunned prior to their death, which has effectively outlawed slaughter according to Jewish and Muslim […]
10th September 2020 Add Comment ©Pixabay Sarah Waseem, UK September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the World Health Organisation every forty seconds, a person dies by suicide somewhere in […]
Tommy Koh PUBLISHED AUG 27, 2020, It’s a dangerous moment in history as the two powers are entangled in a struggle for dominance On Tuesday, former World Bank president Robert […]
JANUARY 27, 2011 Source: Pew Research Center The world’s Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, rising from 1.6 billion in 2010 to […]
Joshua Wong and Glacier Kwong © Provided by The Independent Ever since the release of its teaser trailer last year, the movie Mulan has been subject to heavy global criticism. […]
By Ataul Fatir Tahir Charlie Hebdo, unfortunately, has republished satirical cartoons of the greatest prophet and human being to have walked the earth; Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah […]
The King Abdul Aziz Public Library in Riyadh has acquired a new collection of rare books that sheds important new light on the history of the Arabian Peninsula. (SPA) Short […]
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday confirmed its commitment to a Palestinian state based on the borders before the Six-Day war in 1967. (@KSAMOFA) Short Url https://arab.news/47fsj Prince Faisal bin Farhan said […]
By AFP – Sep 09,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Children sit on the ground in the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out […]
Sep 09,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Sanctions are a blunt weapon used by the mighty against the weak to compel them to capitulate to political demands, but almost […]
Antimicrobial resistance ‘biggest human health threat, bar none’, says Australian research director ahead of three-year study in Fiji A microbiologist works with tubes of bacteria samples in an antimicrobial resistance […]
By drawing attention away from the principles of the case, the obsession with his character pushes out the significance of WikiLeaks’ revelations Noam Chomsky,Alice Walker 16 hours ago On Monday Julian […]
(CARTOON: CARLOS LATUFF) Next week, on September 15, Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan for a ceremonial signing […]
Khalil al-Anani 9 September 2020 10:45 UTC | This is not an alliance between two states. It is an Israeli project for regional hegemony and influence, with Emirati funding and promotion […]
Source: Business Recorder By Hassan Abbas; 09 Sep 2020 LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution against a report by parliamentarians from the United Kingdom in favour […]
Sunday, 6 September, 2020 Mohammed al-Issa and Dr. Yousef al-Othaimeen during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Muslim World League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (Asharq […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce new measures on Wednesday to reduce the number of people legally allowed to socially gather from 30 to six in England to control […]
Source: The Guardian By Faisal Devji, who is professor of history at the University of Oxford The term itself was coined in the 1990s, an era defined by the end […]
Mar 31,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – BY ALI KASSAY, alikassay@ace-house.com One of the marvels of the Internet age is that rarely a week goes by without someone inviting you to […]
