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.
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MARIA MAALOUF February 12, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/53qa2 The US is currently activating its foreign policy in Lebanon in two areas. First, there is an American demand that it must […]
YOSSI MEKELBERG February 12, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/j8h2e The ink had hardly dried on the shortlist for the highly crucial and equally sensitive post of the UN Office of the […]
Jan 10,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ J. Bradford DeLong BERKELEY — Humanity as a whole is wealthier today than at any time in its history. And yet, from the short-term challenge of the pandemic to the existential threat of global warming, there is a widespread sense that things are going […]
Feb 12,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Charles A. Kupchan and Douglas Lute WASHINGTON, DC — The United States may have lost the war in Afghanistan, but it can still salvage the […]
BY REUTERS UDIPI, INDIA FEB 12, 2022 – Ayesha Imthiaz, 21, a Muslim college student, wearing a hijab, walks past her college in Udupi, Karnataka state, India, Feb. 11, 2022. (Reuters […]
DOSSIER BEYOND SLAVERY CHAPTER 05/05 SHEEDIS – THE LOST AFRICAN TRIBE IN PAKISTAN AUTHOR: Shadi Khan Saif Lost in the daily bustle of the sprawling metropolis, Karachi, thousands of Sheedis of […]
The forced transport of enslaved people from Africa led to populations of Black people throughout North and South America and other parts of the world. NICHOLAS BOSTON FEB 3, 2022 […]
MICHAEL ELI DOKOSI | Staff Writer FULL BIOCLOSE Fallen Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, entered the world in 1942, near Sirte. A son of an itinerant Bedouin farmer, Gaddafi was brilliant in […]
(Image credit: Zoey Goto) By Zoey Goto8th February 2022 The discovery of the remains of the Clotilda, 160 years after it sank, brings new life and interest to the settlement built by the original survivors. “It’s crazy to think they would have sailed right past here,” Darron Patterson said, pulling his […]
The early champions of anti-Ahmadi cause Manan Ahmed Asif Updated 03 Nov, 2018 Editor’s Note. Old story. Still interesting. 5 Comments What we often report is that it was Zulfikar […]
Biden releases frozen Afghan assets Anwar Iqbal Published February 12, 2022 WASHINGTON: After months of waiting, US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order giving half of the $7 […]
Secular France is doubling its funding for Christian schools in the Middle East while pursuing a wide-scale crackdown against French Muslim communities which has led to Muslim schools being shut […]
February 10, 2022 at 5:24 pm | Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, France, Opinion French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France on 11 January 2022 [EU Council/Anadolu Agency] Prof. Salman Sayyid February 10, […]
The new galleries will include works from significant collections and will open in early 2023 Alexandra Chaves Feb 10, 2022 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has announced it will […]
1 / 3 Afghans hold a rally at a Gulf facility in in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to protest the lengthy US relocation process. (Rise to Peace/via REUTERS) 2 / 3 […]
Carpenter Wellington PLLC Global February 3 2022 Islamic finance refers to financing activities that must be compliant with Sharia law, also known as Islamic law. The Islamic finance sector is growing […]
By Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies February 7, 2022 — Singapore/Jakarta: In Tondano, near the north-east tip of the island of Sulawesi, south-east Asia’s first Holocaust museum was unveiled last month. The brainchild of Rabbi Yaakov Baruch, who operates Indonesia’s only synagogue in the lakeside town, its opening on International Holocaust Remembrance Day was […]
In a 2011 meeting, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, as well as the League of Arab States, a key partner, identified Islamophobia as an important area of concern. Gallup […]
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL FEB 10, 2022 – The French flag flies on the premises of France’s consulate in Istanbul, with a mosque still under construction in the background, Istanbul, Turkey, […]