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.
Dec 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Marwan M. Obeidat Whether plural or individual, hypocrisy — the contraption of a fake facade of righteousness or virtuousness, hiding real personality, including, among other things, concealment, deceit or fraud, a practice of being involved in the same behaviour or activity for which an individual […]
A generation ago, the CIA’s ‘Operation Phoenix’ torture and assassination programme in Vietnam went way beyond the imaginations of the Saudi intelligence service. And have we forgotten about the thousands […]
By Sarah Yerkes December 6, 2018 As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) wraps up his two-week tour of the Middle East and North Africa (with a weekend […]
Dec 6, 2018 http://www.swissinfo.ch By Thu Thu Aung and Simon Lewis YANGON (Reuters) – As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya […]
MERYEM İLAYDA ATLAS @miailayda Children displaced from the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah stand in their shelter in Sana’a, Yemen, Nov. 1. The people of Yemen are struggling to […]
Khola Maryam Hübsch Thinly veiled Racism Our outrage over the sexist Muslim male reveals a need to feel superior. It expresses a brand of cultural chauvinism that co-opts feminism as […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Germany has been under threat of rising Neo-Nazi presence in German society. Some 470 neo-Nazis, a number of whom are wanted for violent crimes by […]
By AFP – Dec 06,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — A Turkish court issued arrest warrants Wednesday for two suspects close to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman over the murder […]
Dec 05,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN George H.W. Bush, who died last Saturday at the age of 94, has been lauded as a great US president, a humble patrician […]
Elisa Bray meets with the Mercury Prize nominee to discuss Brexit woes, wanting to have children, and why the excessive drinking had to stop @Elisabray The Independent Culture Shah’s music […]
Despite the west’s experience of managing the process of urbanisation, it doesn’t have all the answers Hamish McRae @TheIndyBusiness The Independent Voices New York will continue to be the world’s largest urban economy in 2035, but Jakarta will have passed Tokyo to become the most populous city. However, […]
Mehdi Hasan December 1 2018, The tributes to former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday aged 94, have been pouring in from all sides of the political […]
Panca Nugraha The Jakarta Post Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara | Wed, December 5, 2018 Editor’s Note: Oho! It seems that this music festival is a bit […]
By Julia Crawford This content was published on November 30, 2018 How do you help a country from which nearly a million people have fled, where the government is […]
Stefanie Jason Dec. 04, 2018 Photo: Stefanie Jason There’s a new movement of Black Muslims in South Africa asserting their Africanness within the context of their religion. “I have […]
The Kasanje Kingdom, also known as the Jaga Kingdom, was one of the biggest and most powerful kingdoms in Central Africa in the 17th to early 19th century. Established […]
As Ahmadi Muslims, it is our foremost duty to understand what we believe in. We must accept that we were born in a time like no other. Having accepted this, we must then look to the world and see what it is desperately in need of. Though the world […]
Wed December 5, 2018 “We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.” – Thomas Sankara […]
Our chief political commentator explains the significance of tonight’s votes in the House of Commons John Rentoul @JohnRentoul The Independent Voices Theresa May lost three votes tonight, which are […]
Jews from Islamic countries are migrants of the clash of civilizations Jewish migrants from Islamic lands are ignored by the Western conscience, the UN, the EU – no […]
