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.
ISLAM 5th January 2021 Qasim Choudhary, USA ‘I want to be successful’, a phrase echoed by our internal voice or perhaps repeated in front of a mirror. We all have our goals, aspirations, and an ultimate destination where we would like to see ourselves. Whether it be in our finances, […]
Abdul Rohim, the son of Jemaah Islamiah co-founder Abu Bakar Bashir, says father was a ‘victim’ for believing in teaching of Islamist extremists But a former counterterrorism police general warned […]
By India New England News -January 6, 202107 New Delhi– The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Uttar Pradesh government’s Ordinance promulgated to curb […]
‘They shattered the illusion of our safety,’ family member says Jordan Omstead · CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2021 The family of a Black Muslim mother and daughter say they were assaulted outside the Southgate Centre last month, an incident that has renewed calls for stronger responses from law […]
U.S. Capitol Police with guns drawn stand near a barricaded door as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in […]
16 states renew their commitment to nuclear-free world By Maram Kayed – Jan 06,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi meets with German Foreign Minister […]
Shocking scenes of chaos in our nation’s capital, including an armed standoff on the House floor and protesters breaching the Senate floor.https://khou.com/embeds/video/285-f4511f94-626f-4f56-b79a-348719c15507/iframe?jwsource=cl Author: Laura Wainman Published: 12:46 PM CST January […]
The European Medicines Agency recommends granting a conditional marketing authorization for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for its approval and distribution across the EU https://t.co/zlj6yKU5uU pic.twitter.com/2x6hqaqeFO — CNN Breaking […]
Imran Ariff -November 24, 2020 The author of a book on the Islamic gold dinar has suggested that Malaysia link the ringgit to gold. (Bloomberg pic) PETALING JAYA: Malaysia should […]
Bill Bostock 2 hours ago The Democrat Jon Ossoff has won his Georgia Senate runoff election against the Republican Sen. David Perdue, according to Decision Desk HQ and Insider. This makes Ossoff, 33, the youngest Democratic senator-elect since President-elect Joe Biden in 1973. Biden, now 78, won his first Senate […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: Financial Times Jon Ossoff clings to narrow lead in second contest that will decide […]
By Josh K. Elliott Global News Posted January 5, 2021 News: Scotland first minister warns Trump: Coming to play golf isn’t ‘essential’ travel U.S. President Donald Trump spent nearly one-quarter […]
For years, Pakistan has stood at the nexus of the falcon trade, which though officially banned, is on the rise. Wild birds are prized over those bred in captivity because they are believed to be better hunters, though there is no evidence to support those claims [Zain Zaman Janjua/AFP] https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8VZ36U.jpg?resize=770%2C513 […]
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN COLUMNS JAN 06, 2021 A building is illuminated with the word “peace,” on the occasion of the signing of the normalization agreements between Israel, the United Arab […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY MUĞLA, TURKEY ENVIRONMENT JAN 05, 2021 Rehabilitated in the care of the Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER) workers treating a Caretta caretta sea turtle […]
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan (R) and Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef Al-Hajraf hold a press conference at the end of the GCC’s 41st summit, […]
Jan 05,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD 2020 will go down in history as the year that terminated the American-sponsored “peace process”. While 2021 will not reverse the monumental […]
Will Donald Trump be able to give democracy a big blow? Or will it all just fizzle out ? Let’s wait and see …
BBC audio 45 minutes above: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his eleventh-century book the India.Born in around 973 in the central Asian region […]
BY BRIAN TRAUTMAN The U.S.-led war on Iraq, which formally began in March 2003 but essentially started more than a decade earlier with frequent aerial bombing and oppressive economic sanctions, […]
