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.
Jul 11, 2019 By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) – A Berlin court has ruled that Germany’s foreign ministry should repatriate from Syria the German wife and three children of a […]
Jul 12, 2019 – Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has praised Turkey for its role in stabilising the situation in the Middle East and offered Switzerland’s good offices for peace […]
Jul 11, 2019 The 71st annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA will take place this coming weekend in Harrisburg. The purpose of this convention, as outlined by the […]
The choice migrants face is no choice at all. Stay in the inhuman setting of the detention centre, or go back to a war zone, or a country where you […]
When we asked constitutional experts what would happen if Trump refused to leave the White House in 2020, they were stumped Dave Maclean New York @geordiestory The Independent Voices There’s […]
Voices The treatment of Sir Kim is so typical of this time in politics, it’s dangerous, says Fisk Trump’s hissy-fit over Darroch will blow a chill wind across Britain’s […]
Behold the Millennial Nuns Source: Huffington Post By Eve Fairban I went to a science magnet high school, graduating in 2001, but in my late 20s, I began to notice […]
ABDULRAHMAN AL-HUSSEIN Published 11.07.2019 Jordan stands at a serious crossroads, and its future remains tenuous. The U.S. and Gulf-backed Hashemite kingdom located between Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and Iraq […]
Jul 10, 2019 By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police detained seven Crimean Tatars on Moscow’s Red Square on Wednesday after dispersing a demonstration that had aimed to […]
Jul 10, 2019 By Raya Jalabi ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Two years after a failed independence bid plunged Iraq’s Kurdistan Region into months of instability, the new regional prime minister […]
Jul 11, 2019 BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) classified the Identitarian Movement as an extreme right-wing group on Thursday, a sign that authorities are increasingly worried about […]
Well, let me speak here of my personal experience during my time in Baghdad, Iraq. (For more details see: https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/08/24/glimpses-into-the-life-of-a-global-nomad-part-nine/comment-page-1/ ) I give you a few examples of my inter-action […]
Washington should be made aware that anti-imperialism has deep roots in Iranian political culture. by Nader Hashemi We know that Donald Trump does not read books. He is more […]
Jul 11,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The announcement of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that it has changed its “military first” posture in the war-torn Yemen to a “peace first” […]
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) — One of the world’s most prominent Islamic scholars is drawing criticism from some Muslims for participating in the State Department’s newly […]
July 9, 2019 The anti-Semitic theology behind the Christian Zionist lobby Lynn Gottlieb Graylan Hagler (RNS) — This week, the largest Israel lobby group in the United States, Christians United […]
Wahyu Jatmiko and Azizon – Durham, UK/Coventry, UK / Wed, July 3, 2019 When the National Committee for Sharia Finance (KNKS) was formally established by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo […]
Hendy Mustiko Aji Conceptually, halal tourism is different from Islamic tourism. I distinguish among four terms that might possibly confuse many people: Islam, sharia, halal and Islamic. In […]
Mohammad al-Issa On 7/10/19 As tensions mount in the Middle East, it might be easy from the West to imagine the Islamic world locked in an internecine political […]
By Michael Swan, for The Catholic Register MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — In a campaign-style address, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed to be Canada’s defender of religious freedom July 6 at an […]