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.
Human Rights breaches in Haiti, Algeria and Cuba Press Releases Plenary session AFET DROI 28-11-2019 – 11:51 Haiti must stop violently repressing protesters Algeria must end harassment and intimidation of […]
As uncertainty takes center stage in post-Bouteflika Algeria, the European Parliament denounces human rights breaches in the country, urging Algiers to improve its rights record. Hirak demonstrations in Algeria. […]
Mehrunnisa Akbar November 15, 2019 With open arms, Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed the Sikh community in the thousands from its neighboring country and lifetime rival, India. While this […]
Apparent targeting of family whose relative was convicted of terror attack prompts accusations of ‘collective punishment’ Aviva Stahl in New York Sat 30 Nov 2019 A New Yorker […]
Editor’s Note: This article is from last year, we are bringing it now for you to understand the previous article better. Michala Bendixen From a niqab clampdown to circumcision […]
FOR A SO-CALLED ghetto, Mjolnerparken seems rather pleasant. The public-housing complex in Copenhagen contains well-tended playgrounds full of cavorting children and their Somali- and Pakistani-Danish mothers. But it is a […]
Nov 27, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO is expected to ask a group of “wise persons” to help reform the alliance after U.S. President Donald […]
Nov 29, 2019 – swissinfo.ch The second week-long round of talks in Geneva on Syria’s constitution ended on Friday with the Syrian government and opposition co-chairs unable to reach consensus […]
Nov 29, 2019 Bags of plants with weight and ordinal numbers written on them are seen before being transported for planting along the pilgrimage route between Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim holy […]
Source: Swiss Info By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli A decade ago, a majority of Swiss voters backed a people’s initiative banning the building of minarets in the country. What has changed since? […]
By Domhnall O’Sullivan Nov 29, 2019 – swissinfo.ch Three years after voting to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom is still polarised over Brexit. Would a second referendum heal […]
How come the institutional memory fails the right wing so badly in modern politics? Did all these soldiers, women as well as men, die for Canada and its allies […]
Nov 26,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF One cannot but feel a sense of glee watching the dramatic fall from grace of Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister, Benjamin […]
By AFP – Nov 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Germany’s far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party is choosing new leaders on Saturday in a vote shaped by an […]
By AFP – Nov 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — The legacy of Islamic Cairo’s most famous son Naguib Mahfouz lives on in its winding lanes more than three decades […]
Source: Arab weekly By Hassan Abdel Zaher is a Cairo-based contributor to The Arab Weekly. Cairo – Rania Hashem is seen as an enemy to many of Egypt’s married women. […]
This story was told to me during my stay in Afghanistan. see: https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/08/19/glimpses-into-the-life-of-a-global-nomad-part-four/comment-page-1/ One bus driver plying the route Kabul – Peshawar and back notice at the bus stop […]
Azadeh Moaveni The prospect of scoring political points at home should not trump considerations of humanity and fairness Wed 27 Nov 2019 The water in al-Hawl, the bleak camp in […]
Shahram Heshmat Ph.D. Science of Choice Why Do We Remember Certain Things, But Forget Others? The experience of emotion enhances our memories. Posted Oct 08, 2015 A normal function of […]
Yasser Latif Hamdani@theRealYLH November 25, 2019 It bears repeating again and again that when certain sections within the Muslim community tried to bring pressure to bear on the founder of […]